Medicine is full of remarkable specialties, but for me infectious diseases is one of the most intellectually demanding and unpredictable among them, and that’s exactly why I love it.
ID has a way of showing up everywhere. At some point, almost every specialty hits a question that traces back to a bug, a host response or an antibiotic decision. You cannot be a good ID physician without understanding pharmacology, microbiology, immunology and the nuanced physiology of every organ system. Every consult is a lesson in critical thinking.
And just when you think you’ve started to master