Infectious disease (ID) conferences tend to rejuvenate me despite the information overload. This year, IDWeek in Washington DC was no different except for the impact of social media particularly Twitter. The last time I attended IDWeek in New Orleans ( 2016), one of the themes was gloom. We were struggling to fill ID fellowship spots. […]
Care by ID Physicians as Unreimbursed Care
I’ve often written about the low salary of infectious disease (ID) physicians as compared to other medical specialities. Much of this is due to ours being a cognitive field where we think more than we do and to the payment incentive plan being designed to reward volume and procedures more so than medical decision thinking. […]
Why Infectious Diseases (#WHYID)
Recently on ID Twitter, there was a collective engagement to describe why any medical trainee these days should pursue Infectious Disease as a career (#WhyID). I have myself over the years mused over this thought always concluding that Infectious Disease is the coolest medical specialty. I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who […]
Infectious Disease – The Coolest Medical Specialty
I may just be biased but the coolest medical specialty out there by far is infectious disease (ID). It has been a while since I sung its praises on my path to being an infectious disease specialist here, here and here so this is a very overdue blog post. Everybody in medicine knows that the […]
Dark Clouds A Lifting
I rarely discuss finances but have been disturbed by the many stories of student loan debt in recent years. Most people realize that a medical education comes with great financial undertaking and indebtedness though I doubt most understand the delayed gratification required. After all, doctors are inherently rich! Are Student Loans Good Debt? I realize that […]