Infectious Diseases Specialty Residency

Beginning July 16, 2012, the UCSD Medical Center Department of Pharmacy and UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences offers a one-year specialty residency in infectious diseases.

Program Summary

• Residency Positions Available Per Year
  1 resident is accepted each year
• Stipend
  The current annual stipend is approximately $46,000.
• Beginning Date
  July 16, 2012
• Application Deadline
  January 12, 2012
• Application Procedure
  Download Infectious Diseases Specialty Residency Application

Resident Contacts

Program Director

Charles L. James, Pharm.D., BCPS, is the Infectious Diseases Pharmacist Specialist for UCSD Medical Center and the director of Specialty Residency in Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Practice. He holds academic appointments at the new UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SSPPS) and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Pharmacy. He is also the Course Chair for the SSPPS Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Therapeutics third year course.

Dr. James is a preceptor for the Infectious Diseases rotation for UCSD Pharmacy Practice residents, fourth-year pharmacy students from UCSF and UCSD. He has authored many articles and has given numerous professional presentations to a wide variety of health care providers on a broad spectrum of subjects.

Dr. James has been the co-director for the Enterprise’s Antibiotic Utilization Team for more than 15 years. He serves on the Enterprise’s Emergency Preparedness and Infection Control Committees as the pharmacy representative.