Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health Annual Update & Feature – January 2021

COVID EFFORTS AND ITEMS OF NOTE • Drs. Sifri, Jackson, Bell, Mathers, Platts-Mills, Donowitz, Muto, McManus, Hogan, Enfield, and Madden have staffed the Hospital Epidemiologist/COVID pager 24/7 since March 11…

Awards and Achievements – January 2021

Congratulations to Drs Taison Bell and Andy Wolf who have been named Outstanding Faculty Award winners for 2021 by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV). The SCHEV…

Message from Dr. Eric Houpt, Division Chief, Infectious Diseases and International Health

2020 will go down in infamy, and it is great to have it behind us. The Infectious Diseases and International Health Division continued our everyday work in the clinic and…

Message from the Chair – January 2021

I hope that everyone had a great holiday and was able to take some time off from the stresses of the pandemic world. This month it is fitting that we…

Medicine Matters Newsletter – January 2021

The January 2021 Medicine Matters Newsletter features the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health. We welcome your feedback and continued updates, which can be sent to: Kim Kelley-Wagner at kak2cj@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu

Personal Reflections on a Pandemic by Thomas AE Platts-Mills, MD

By Thomas AE Platts-Mills, MD While starting to think about an annual report on the division, I realized that it was irrational not to think about the context. For the…