Paul Sax

@PaulSaxMD

Harvard/Brigham Infectious Diseases doctor, writer, @CIDJournal editor, educator. Prefer baseball to football, pizza to sushi, dogs to cats, Beatles to Stones.

Boston, MA paulsaxmd.substack.com/about Joined April 2009

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Paul Sax @PaulSaxMD 1d

Really enjoyed chatting with my ID colleagues and friends Drs. Kelly Cawcutt and Buddy Creech at @IDWeek, where we summarized important studies and shared what our families tease us about... Listen here: @IDSAInfo buzzsprout.com/2019912/episod…

www.buzzsprout.com IDWeek 2026: Clinical Takeaways, Hot Takes and Regular Bananas -... Live from IDWeek 2026, Let's Talk ID hosts Drs. Buddy Creech, Kelly Cawcutt and Paul Sax share their biggest clinical takeaways and hot takes from the meeting. They discuss new developments in...

Paul Sax @PaulSaxMD 3d

It's always great when a photo (or in this case, an illustration) both takes years off your age and, more importantly, includes a dog.
Excited to be starting at @NEJMClinician!
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Paul Sax @PaulSaxMD 5d

And this person was undoubtedly Dr. James (Jamie) Maguire. IYKYK.

Allison Fitzgerald, MD, PhD @allisonoconn 5d

The best notes I’ve ever encountered were written by the a senior ID physician who has been practicing for over 50 years. Not a single word was auto-filled from the EHR. Not a single word was AI. Not even a template. Just a blank page documenting his thoughts and recommendations.
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Paul Sax @PaulSaxMD 5d

Terrific series of comments arguing against the use of RIF in MAC pulmonary disease. Thank you, @adil_rashidk

Adil Rashid MD Verified account @adil_rashidk 6d

@IdVilchez @ricardocedenomd @DousaKhalid @van_jakko @BradSpellberg @DrToddLee @ABsteward @dralicehan @PaulSaxMD @ErinMcCreary Several lines of evidence make a stong case *aganist* using Rif in MAC-PD:

1) Rif MICs aganist M avium remain far above current breakpoints for S aureus /MTB (0.06/0.5 mg/L); Median MIC being around 4 mg/L .....(1/n)
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Paul Sax @PaulSaxMD Nov 1

Remembering my father with great fondness, who would have turned 95 recently — and the tough time I had helping him with his medical problems late in life. Free-to-read link in replies.