Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
BIDMC is the primary training location. Here fellows will learn about all microbiology subspecialty areas, laboratory management, hospital epidemiology, infection control, and pharmacy activities. BIDMC is a primary teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. It was formed by the merger of Beth Israel and Deaconess Hospitals in 1998 and also includes the Joslin Diabetes Center. BIDMC is also now part of a 10 hospital network including the Lahey Clinic.
The Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at BIDMC currently occupies approximately 3000 square feet of space on the East Campus of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the Yamins and Rabb Buildings. The laboratories serve two large hospital complexes (the former Beth Israel Hospital, now called the East Campus, and the former Deaconess Hospital, now called the West Campus, located 1/10 of a mile down the street) and the Joslin Diabetes Center (located about half way in between). Together, these centers contain approximately 650 inpatient beds. We also provide laboratory testing for a large group of BIDMC-affiliated outpatient practices.
The microbiology laboratory resides within the clinical laboratory cluster on the East Campus and is adjacent to chemistry, hematology, blood bank, stem cell, and cytogenetics laboratories. Down the hall from the microbiology laboratory is a resident and fellows room, where fellows have a dedicated desk space, computer, and access to a large library of departmental microbiology, infectious disease, molecular diagnostics, and laboratory medicine reference books.
The Department of Pathology also maintains a state-of-the-art research division with approximately 15 million dollars of direct cost funding and 30,000 square feet of space. These facilities will be available for fellow initiatives and house a laser scanning dissection microscope, real time PCR machines, confocal and electron microscopes, and tissue culture facilities. The experimental pathology division is primarily located in the new Clinical Life Sciences Building. This research facility is connected by an enclosed walkway to the East Campus buildings where the clinical laboratories are located. The proximity of clinical and research divisions fosters collaboration and allows ready access of fellows to scientific expertise and equipment. As an institution, BIDMC has an extremely active research program, and is the third largest recipient of NIH funds amongst independent hospitals.
BIDMC is located in the Longwood Medical Area in close proximity to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital Boston, the Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, the Harvard School of Pharmacy, and the Harvard Dental School. Other major research institutions including the Massachusetts Institutes of Technology, Harvard College, Boston University and Medical School, Tufts Medical School, and Northeastern are close by. The microbiology department offers an outstanding seminar series related to bacterial and viral pathogenesis. Taken together, the wealth of biological research endeavors in the greater Longwood Medical Area is probably equaled in few other places in the world. Weekly
Through an affiliation with Harvard Medical School, fellows will have access both to the Countway Medical Laboratory, which houses one of the world’s largest collection of medical references, as well as access to an extensive collection of online journals and resources. One of our microbiology faculty members, Ramy Arnaout, created a new and efficient way of searching for and retrieving articles from the extensive collection of online journals at Countway. This new service, Pubget, has now been adopted at Harvard Medical School and major universities around the world.
The Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at BIDMC currently occupies approximately 3000 square feet of space on the East Campus of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the Yamins and Rabb Buildings. The laboratories serve two large hospital complexes (the former Beth Israel Hospital, now called the East Campus, and the former Deaconess Hospital, now called the West Campus, located 1/10 of a mile down the street) and the Joslin Diabetes Center (located about half way in between). Together, these centers contain approximately 650 inpatient beds. We also provide laboratory testing for a large group of BIDMC-affiliated outpatient practices.
The microbiology laboratory resides within the clinical laboratory cluster on the East Campus and is adjacent to chemistry, hematology, blood bank, stem cell, and cytogenetics laboratories. Down the hall from the microbiology laboratory is a resident and fellows room, where fellows have a dedicated desk space, computer, and access to a large library of departmental microbiology, infectious disease, molecular diagnostics, and laboratory medicine reference books.
The Department of Pathology also maintains a state-of-the-art research division with approximately 15 million dollars of direct cost funding and 30,000 square feet of space. These facilities will be available for fellow initiatives and house a laser scanning dissection microscope, real time PCR machines, confocal and electron microscopes, and tissue culture facilities. The experimental pathology division is primarily located in the new Clinical Life Sciences Building. This research facility is connected by an enclosed walkway to the East Campus buildings where the clinical laboratories are located. The proximity of clinical and research divisions fosters collaboration and allows ready access of fellows to scientific expertise and equipment. As an institution, BIDMC has an extremely active research program, and is the third largest recipient of NIH funds amongst independent hospitals.
BIDMC is located in the Longwood Medical Area in close proximity to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital Boston, the Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, the Harvard School of Pharmacy, and the Harvard Dental School. Other major research institutions including the Massachusetts Institutes of Technology, Harvard College, Boston University and Medical School, Tufts Medical School, and Northeastern are close by. The microbiology department offers an outstanding seminar series related to bacterial and viral pathogenesis. Taken together, the wealth of biological research endeavors in the greater Longwood Medical Area is probably equaled in few other places in the world. Weekly
Through an affiliation with Harvard Medical School, fellows will have access both to the Countway Medical Laboratory, which houses one of the world’s largest collection of medical references, as well as access to an extensive collection of online journals and resources. One of our microbiology faculty members, Ramy Arnaout, created a new and efficient way of searching for and retrieving articles from the extensive collection of online journals at Countway. This new service, Pubget, has now been adopted at Harvard Medical School and major universities around the world.