Main Fellowship Affiliation

Touro University California, College of Osteopathic Medicine

Location

1310 Club Drive, Vallejo, CA 94592

Main Contact Name

Sumera Ahmed, MD, BC-ADM

Main Contact Phone

707-638-5321

Main Contact Email

sahmed21@touro.edu

Program History

Touro University California (TUC) is the first University on the Pacific Coast to offer a diabetes fellowship. This program started in 2018 and takes one fellow per year. This  is a 12-month fellowship generally beginning July 1 and completing June 30 the following year. It offers comprehensive training in diabetes in the primary care clinics along with focus on public health and community education. Fellows will have the opportunity to rotate at subspecialty clinics in pediatrics, podiatry, wound care, obstetrics and nephrology. Fellows are encouraged and supported in clinical research activity, presentations at national conferences and publications. They will participate in diabetes camp at Camp de Los Ninos to enhance their learning experience alongside people living with Type 1 diabetes. Fellows will also engage in Inter-Professional Educational (IPE) promoting team-based care with peers from other TUC colleges.

Program Curriculum

Monday: DM clinic all day

Tuesday: DM clinic all day

Wednesday: Campus-Research and Didactics

Thursday: DM clinic all day

Friday: Specialty clinic – AM / Admin time - PM

Application process/dates

• Applicants must be board certified or eligible in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine or Med-Peds.

• Applications will be accepted after September 1 each year.

• Application deadline for the fellowship is December 31.

• Interviews will be held in January and February with final selection of fellows to be completed by March.

Send your application form and requested documents to Program Director Dr. Sumera Ahmed at sahmed21@touro.edu. Application form can be accessed on TUC website.