Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program – How to Apply

1. Register with both ERAS and NRMP
2. Upload the following to ERAS (all at once, ideally):
   • Two or 3 letters of recommendation from people directly involved in your clinical training. One letter should be from your residency program director. The second letter should be from a faculty member who can adequately assess your performance and growth to date. This does not necessarily need to be from an infectious disease specialist, but it can be.
   • Curriculum vitae
   • USMLE scores: Tufts Medical Center requires that entering fellows pass USMLE Step 3 or COMLEX Step 3.
   • Personal statement, which should describe:
     1. The basis for your interest in infectious disease.
     2. Any previous research experience and current specific research interest.
     3. Your career goals in medicine and infectious disease.
     4. The characteristics of an infectious disease training program that would suit your needs and goals.
   • ECFMG scores (if applicable)
   • Citizenship/visa status should be appropriately filled out in ERAS
   • Optional items for ERAS:
     • Fourth letter of recommendation from a research mentor
     • Medical school dean’s letter
     • Medical school transcript

Important calendar dates – for the fellowship beginning July 1, 2026

• ERAS begins accepting applications July 2, 2025. However fellowship programs cannot review these until July 16, 2025.
• We interview from September – October 2025.

For fellowships beginning July 2025, interviews will be virtual, via Zoom teleconferencing. Consistent with guidance from the Infectious Diseases Society of American, in the interest of encouraging social distancing measures, on-site visits will not be offered, and all interviews will be conducted by teleconference. On-site "second looks" are neither required nor recommended. Depending on pandemic activity and changing local regulations, we may not be able to accommodate on-site visits at certain times, if at all.

• We will accept applications through the interview season until October 2025.
• Match Day is typically at the beginning of December 2026.

If an applicant is invited for an interview, we will email an invitation via the ERAS post office with several interview dates. The applicant will need to reply via email with 3 of the dates in order of preference.

Please email Doris Hernandez or call 617.636.8877 with any questions.