About PaulSaxMD

Hi, I’m Paul Sax, an infectious diseases doctor in Boston who’s been writing about medicine, science, and the quirks of our profession for years. While I’ll continue blogging for NEJM Group, I’ve started this newsletter to stretch a bit — to write about ID, yes, but also about the wider world for a broader audience. I’m a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and also the editor of Clinical Infectious Diseases. All of that means I’ve been doing this ID (infectious diseases) stuff for a while.

I live in Brookline, Massachusetts, within shouting distance of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where I work. On summer nights, concerts at Fenway Park float in through the window — especially the loudest ones, like Foo Fighters, Green Day, and once a band I pretended to recognize to seem cool to my kids.

I’m married to a primary care pediatrician who keeps me grounded and reminds me that most medicine happens far from academic hospitals. She was also the smartest person in our med school class, so sets a very high standard around here. We have two grown kids, both of whom learned early that MRSA is bad and that cat bites transmit Pasteurella multocida. They’ve since taken this wisdom into the world, undoubtedly sharing it during lulls in conversation.

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I know, typical ID doc business model: high effort, low profit. Guilty as charged.

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