The Division of Infectious Diseases provides excellent outpatient and inpatient care for patients with suspected or known infectious diseases, including meningitis, osteomyelitis, sepsis, fever of unknown origin and opportunistic infections such as those associated with prematurity, malignancy, HIV or primary immunodeficiency.

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship

In partnership with Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC), UCI School of Medicine offers a fully-accredited, three-year Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship training program, providing fellows diverse clinical and educational experiences in pediatric infectious diseases, including fundamental laboratory, infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship skills.

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Antonio Arrieta, MD
Antonio Arrieta, MD

Division Chief – Division of Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics

Medical Director, Infectious Disease, CHOC Children's

Division of Infectious Diseases Faculty

Felice C. Adler-Shohet, MD
Felice C. Adler-Shohet, MD

Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Director, Infectious Diseases, Outpatient Services, Children's Health of Orange County (CHOC)
Behnoosh Afghani, MD
Behnoosh Afghani, MD

Clinical Professor, Pediatrics

Director, Fourth Year Medical Student Pediatric Rotations
Antonio C. Arrieta, MD
Antonio C. Arrieta, MD

Division Chief – Division of Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics

Medical Director, Infectious Disease, CHOC Children's
Tempe K. Chen, MD
Tempe K. Chen, MD

Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Coleen K. Cunningham, MD
Coleen K. Cunningham, MD

Professor, Pediatrics
Delma J Nieves, MD
Delma J Nieves, MD

Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Jasjit Singh, MD
Jasjit Singh, MD

Professor, Pediatrics
Erlinda R. Ulloa, MD
Erlinda R. Ulloa, MD

Assistant Professor — Pediatrics

Joint appointment — Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

Volunteer Faculty

  • Negar Ashouri, MD
  • Jagmohan Batra, MD
  • Michele Cheung, MD
  • Hilary Lin, MD
  • David Michalik, DO
  • Matthew Shapiro, MD
  • Aaron Shaw, MD
  • Brittany Winckler, MD
  • Matthew Zahn, MD