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Open Forum Infectious Diseases (OFID) provides free podcast interviews with experts in the field, keeping you up to date with the latest research on your computer or on the go.
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In episode 38 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, interviews Chris Stolarski, associate director of university communication at Marquette University, about his frightening experience with COVID-19 infection and hospitalization, and sharing his story to encourage others to get vaccinated.
In episode 37 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, and Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, professor of medicine and director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, square off in a spirited draft of the top animal-related infections.
In episode 36 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, interviews Emily Oster, PhD, professor of economics at Brown University and author of several books assessing risk during pregnancy and raising kids, to discuss communicating risk to readers and precautions parents should take in the time of COVID-19.
In episode 35 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, is joined by Zeynep Tufekci, PhD, sociologist and associate professor at the University of North Carolina, to discuss the logic behind her prescient COVID-19 pandemic conclusions, and her use of op-eds in prominent news outlets to amplify her findings.
In episode 34 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, speaks with David Meltzer, MD, PhD, professor and chief of hospital medicine at the University of Chicago, about his research linking low vitamin D levels with COVID-19 susceptibility, the limitations of currently available data, and if vitamin D supplementation is wise.
In episode 33 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, speaks with Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, author and associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, about being an evidence-based medicine proponent, the handling of COVID-19 in the U.S., and voicing his thoughts on social media.
1In episode 32 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, invites University of Alabama Jim Straley Chair in AIDS Research Michael Saag, MD, to walk through his harrowing experience with COVID-19, offer a comparison between COVID-19 and HIV, and what gives him hope for the future.
In a pre-pandemic OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, takes on Monica Mahoney, PharmD, clinical pharmacy coordinator of infectious diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in a podcast draft. This time, the pair debates their top ID internet resources (COVID-19 excluded).
In episode 30 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, speaks with David Boulware, MD, MPH, about the large, double-blind, internet-based trial he and his team conducted finding hydroxychloroquine is no more effective at preventing COVID-19 infection than a placebo.
In episode 29 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, speaks candidly with Eric Bressman, MD, chief medical resident at Mt. Sinai Hospital, about confronting the onslaught of COVID-19 cases at Elmhurst Hospital, the disproportionate impact on the Queens community, and the toll on his colleagues and family.
In episode 28 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, speaks with Helen Branswell – a seasoned infectious diseases and global health reporter at STAT – a media company offering health, medicine, and scientific discovery reporting. She shares the turbulent pursuit of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 story.
In episode 27 of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, interviews Aditya (“Adi”) Shah, MD – Chief ID Fellow and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic and creator of the cult ID Twitter following #StewardMeme. The duo discuss Dr. Shah’s clever social media commentaries and what drew him to ID.
In the 26th episode of the OFID podcast, OFID Editor in Chief Paul Sax, MD, interviews medical cartoonist and Chief of Hospital Medicine at Mount Sinai West Hospital, Grace Farris, MD. The pair discuss how she found her passion in art and medicine, and the all-too-real issues she brings to life in her cartoons.
Paul Sax, MD – OFID Editor in Chief – and Raphael Landovitz, MD, are at it again. In the 25th episode of the OFID podcast, the pair engage in a lively debate of the top five research papers in HIV medicine, covering topics throughout the disease’s relatively short history. Dr. Landovitz is Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angles School of Medicine.
The 24th episode of the OFID podcast, hosted by OFID Editor Paul Sax, MD, explores the motivations and histories of two brothers who both followed their father’s footsteps into medicine, but then forayed into infectious diseases and now jointly own a private practice in Memphis, TN.
In this episode, OFID Editor Paul Sax, MD, invites colleague and friend Raphael Landovitz, MD, to debate the top five reasons one might choose infectious diseases as a medical specialty. The pair cover everything from being hit up for a consult at cocktail parties to having the distinct pleasure of removing parasites from terrified patients.
In this episode, OFID Editor Paul Sax, MD, interviews Eric Winer, MD, about his enduring battle with hemophilia. Diagnosed at 13 months old, he shares how early exposure to hospitals and doctors ignited his drive to become a physician, and how his subsequent diagnoses with HIV, hepatitis C, and numerous treatment complications did not deter his work resolve or his determination to have a family – and an extraordinarily productive career.
In this episode, OFID Editor Paul Sax, MD, interviews Susan Davis, PharmD, about the role pharmacists play in improving patient outcomes, why PharmDs may be underutilized in the clinical setting, and ID drugs. They also reference the recent OFID article "A Qualitative Study of the Real World Experiences of Infectious Diseases Fellows Regarding Antibiotic Stewardship."
In this episode, OFID Editor Paul Sax, MD, interviews Philip Cheng, MD, a urology resident denied disability insurance after taking an HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Here he shares how he first heard of and started taking PrEP, the time and steps he took to capture media attention, and how he’s adjusting to his newly found role combating discriminatory insurance practices.
In this episode, OFID Editor Paul Sax, MD, and Raphael Landovitz, MD, face off in a game that mirrors a fantasy sports draft, where the players take turns picking their favorite ID drugs available as generics.
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