Infectious Disease

Hooked on ID with Keith S. Kaye, MD, MPH

Evan Vega April 6, 2024

0 68 1 minute read

April 06, 2024

1 min read

Add topic to email alerts

Receive an email when new articles are posted on

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on .

”
data-action=”subscribe”>
Subscribe

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected].

Back to Healio

Given my family history of MDs — my father, siblings and spouses of my siblings are all physicians — I actively tried to steer clear of medicine, but in the end, I just couldn’t help myself.

My dad had a huge influence on my career and choice of career in infectious diseases. For me, it was almost subconscious — I tried to consider other specialties, but I always came back to infectious diseases because my love of the cognitive challenges and the detective work that clinical cases often presented: trying to identify sources of fever, types of infection or alternative diagnoses. I don’t know if it was from environment or genetics or a combination of both, but I was instilled with curiosity and passion for infectious diseases.

IDN0424HookedOnID_Graphic_01

My father helped me navigate the political and administrative challenges associated with academic medicine, which facilitated my pursuit of my passions within the field of infectious diseases — antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial stewardship, hospital-acquired infections, infection prevention and research.

At an early stage of my career, I also became passionate about the mentoring of students, trainees and junior faculty regarding career choices, clinical care and academics.