Table of Contents
Credits
Host: Sara Dong
Guests: Maria Rueda-Altez, Katarina Manzi, Hannah Chase, Lillian Flannigan, Einar Helgason, ugur Berkay Balkanci, Sarah Benke, Roya Gordji, Alexandra Yonts, Nada Harik
Edited and produced by Sara Dong with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
Our Guests
Guests from the Children’s National Hospital (CNH) team “District of Contagion”!
Check out their fellowship instagram !
Katarina Manzi: first year pediatric ID fellow
Hannah Chase: first year pediatric ID fellow
Lillian Flannigan: second year pediatric ID fellow, team captain
Einar Helgason: second year pediatric ID fellow
Ugur Berkay Balkanci: second year pediatric ID fellow
Sarah Benke: third year pediatric ID fellow
Roya Gordji: third year pediatric ID fellow
Alexandra Yonts: Attending Physician in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Children’s National and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington, Director of Post-COVID Porgram Clinic at CNH
Nada Harik: Attending Physician in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Children’s National and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University, Pediatric ID Fellowship Director
Other team members not on the recording: Craig Shapiro, Rana Hamdy, Andrea Hahn, Shreya Doshi
Also joining the recording was Maria Rueda-Altez: Pediatric ID Attending at University of Alabama Birmingham
Culture
Marisu: Friends and the Office – she recently won a big Friends trivia competition in Birmingham!
Roya: a new nearby shop with macarons and French hot chocolate
Sarah: collecting gnomes
Lillian: watching the Muppet Christmas Carol during the holidays
Einar: some Icelandic chocolate covered licorice pieces his parents-in-law gave him
Berkay: the movie Perfect Days
Hannah: her new record player
Katarina: The Moth podcast
Alex: her community hand bell choir
Nada: Stranger Things
Consult Notes
Updates on US ID Fellowship Match
- Congratulations and welcome to all of our new incoming ID fellows! We now have at least 272 new adult ID fellows and 44 incoming pediatric ID fellows!
- NRMP Match Results Statistics, Medicine and Pediatric Specialties – 2025, Overall Statistics
- NRMP Results and Data Specialties Matching Service, 2025 Appointment Year
- Official IDSA/PIDS statement
Adult ID 2026 Appointment | Adult ID 2025 Appointment | Adult ID 2024 Appointment | Adult ID 2023 Appointment | Pediatric ID 2026 Appointment | Pediatric ID 2025 Appointment | Pediatric ID 2024 Appointment | Pediatric ID 2023 Appointment | |
Certified programs | 184 | 179 | 189 | 175 | 60 | 59 | 53 | 56 |
Programs filled | 83 (45.1%) | 91 (50.8%) | 96 (50.8%) | 98 (56%) | 27 (45.0%) | 25 (42.2%) | 20 (37.7%) | 24 (43%) |
Programs unfilled | 101 (54.9%) | 88 (49.2%) | 93 (49.2%) | 77 (44%) | 33 (55.0%) | 34 (57.6%) | 33 (62.3%) | 32 (57%) |
Certified positions | 447 | 450 | 450 | 441 | 86 | 89 | 77 | 81 |
Positions filled | 272 (60.9%) | 316 (70.2%) | 303 (67.3%) | 328 (74%) | 44 (51.2%) | 43 (48.3%) | 37 (48.1%) | 40 (49%) |
Positions unfilled | 175 (39.1%) | 134 (29.8%) | 147 (32.7%) | 113 (26%) | 42 (48.8%) | 46 (51.7%) | 40 (51.9%) | 41 (51%) |
Pediatric ID Fellows Cup (PIDFC)
We celebrated the champions from the inaugural PIDFC! There were 158 total players who started the game, and 120 players answered all the questions by the end of the cup
70% of participants were trainees!
10% of players earned the “Chronic Carrier” badge, meaning that they answered all question on the day they were released
Website: pidfc.notion.site
Follow on Instagram: @pid_fellows_cup
We discussed some of the top missed questions – these will be posted on PIDFC website in the future!
Infographics
Goal
Listeners will be able to review the most recent US infectious diseases fellowship match
Learning Objectives
After listening to this episode, listeners will be able to:
- Discuss the most recent US adult and pediatric ID fellowship matches
- Identify the Pediatric ID Fellows Cup
- Correctly answer the top missed questions in pediatric ID on recent PIDFC
Disclosures
Our guests as well as Febrile podcast and hosts report no relevant financial disclosures
Citation
Dong, S. “#127: Season 5 Finale: Match Update & Pediatric ID Fellows Cup (PIDFC)”. Febrile: A Cultured Podcast. https://player.captivate.fm/episode/399f0ab0-1dad-4a41-8535-ab1ea2a3b5fc/