How do we solve our ID recruitment crisis? Dr. Kam Sidhwa’s new article shows private practices how to fix this: transparent pay, income diversification, and physician-led recruitment that sells culture, not just paperwork. 🔗

Recruiting Infectious Disease Physicians: A Deepening Crisis and a Path Forward - Private Practice Infectious Disease

The infectious disease (ID) physician workforce faces a recruitment crisis of growing severity. A persistent compensation gap, escalating medical student debt, limited pre-fellowship exposure, and the...

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#IDx 24 yo man p/w f/c, facial & nasal swelling after scratching inside of his nose. Exam revealed nasal swelling, furuncles, erythema, periorbital swelling & proptosis. Blood cx w/ MSSA (persistently +), MRV w/bilateral cavernous sinus thrombosis. How do you tx?

When Standard Therapy Is Not Enough: Invasive MSSA Bacteremia with Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis and Mycotic Aneurysm Requiring Salvage Beta-Lactam Therapy - Private Practice Infectious Disease

Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia is commonly treated with beta-lactam antibiotics, including cefazolin and antistaphylococcal penicillins. Although cefazolin is supported...

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#IDsky 42 yo woman who presents with pelvic abscess 6 wks post TAH-BSO. Extension of abscess to adjacent bowel loops noted. What is the pathogen and how do you tx? www.ppidjournal.com/doi10-55636-...

Really enjoyed this interview with Dr Gaby Frank re: Hanta and Ebola. vimeo.com/1195136236 www.roon.com/doctors/post...

A post by Dr. Ashwin Balagopal on Roon

Join the conversation on Roon for Doctors.

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Friendly reminder, if you haven’t already signed up for our webinar re: malpractice prevention in ID, you can do it here! Next Tuesday, 10 am EST. Tony and Brian are excellent. This will be really good!

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Save the date: May 19th 10 am EST Our upcoming IDSA webinar covers the malpractice risks ID physicians can't afford to ignore: 🩺 Curbside consult liability 📋 Documentation pitfalls 🚪 When patients sign out AMA — and how to protect yourself Sign up here👇 societycentral.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Save the date: May 19th 10 am EST Our upcoming IDSA webinar covers the malpractice risks ID physicians can't afford to ignore: 🩺 Curbside consult liability 📋 Documentation pitfalls 🚪 When patients sign out AMA — and how to protect yourself Sign up here👇 societycentral.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Malpractice Prevention in ID: Common Pitfalls, Documentation, Curbside Consultations and Best Practices for Patients signing out AMA . After registering, yo...

An intro to reducing risk in clinical practice: Litigation fundamentals (anatomy of a lawsuit), risk reduction strategies, and challenges/best practice in AMA discharges.

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Whoohoo! Guess what? Our IDSA Private Practice Community of Practice website landing page is up! 🥰 Thank you to everyone who joined our webinar this morning 🙏. In case you missed it, you can find it on our new website page 👇 www.idsociety.org/membership-c...

Friendly reminder for this upcoming Monday, we have our upcoming first IDSA Private Practice CoP webinar for 2026: Getting the job you want in ID: Exploring practice models and career success Mon, April 20th at 10 am EST Register here: societycentral.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Hope to see you there!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Getting the Job You Want in Infectious Disease: Exploring Practice Models and Career Success. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about...

Join Drs. Russ Petrak and Alice Han from Metro Infectious Diseases Consultants as they discuss: Leadership and group structures of private practice ID groups, opportunities for revenue diversificatio...

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Pt presents with 2 wk headaches, blurred vision, polyuria, polydipsia, Na 121. Found to have panhypopituitarism from mass involving pituitary gland. CT chest and skin lesion below. What is the diagnosis? www.ppidjournal.com/doi10-55636-...

What happens when a 79 year old woman wrestles a badger to protect her dog? What do you get from a badger bite? Read all about this fascinating case report here! www.ppidjournal.com/doi10-55636-...

Curbside consults are a daily reality in ID practice - but are we thinking carefully about the risk? This article examines the clinical, ethical and legal dimensions of curbside consults and gives you practical strategies to minimize liability

Informal (“Curbside”) Consultations in Infectious Disease Practice: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Liability Issues - Private Practice Infectious Disease

Informal consultations are discussions between healthcare professionals outside of formal clinical settings. The process involves a physician directly involved in a patient’s care requesting informal…

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How do you navigate a curbside? Every ID doc knows the curbside consult 😅 Someone catches you in the hallway, asks you about a cx result, & suddenly you're giving advice on a pt you've never seen. We discussed the pros, cons, and yes - the legal risks, right here👇 ppidjournal.com/doi10-55636-...

Save the date! April 20th at 10 am EST Webinar: Getting the Job you want in ID Get a honest look at private practice ID, learn key interview strategies and more! Register here. societycentral.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#IDsky Hi for anyone who wasn’t able to join Roon, please message me with your email. They gave us invites until they can build it out. @sebpoule.bsky.social @germhuntermd.bsky.social @idiots-pod.bsky.social @dremilymcd.bsky.social @steventong.bsky.social @absteward.bsky.social

Excited to share a SoMe ID community that I'm helping build as one of their Founding Physicians: Roon The ID community is launching today. The fragmentation between X and BlueSky has hurt ID social media. I hope this medically focused SoMe will improve this connection and collaboration Join below!

I’m really enjoying this platform w/o the noise that makes other platforms frustrating. I am learning so much about other specialties & can’t wait to see what the ID community will bring (which launches today!) But I miss my friends so I hope you join! www.roon.com?utm_campaign....

I enjoyed this conversation on Roon. Got a little heated. Folks are passionate about the word “provider” Thoughts? www.roon.com/doctors/roun...

Roon Round: What's in a name? Are we 'providers'? What are your thoughts and dispositions regarding this position paper from the ACP?

Share your perspective alongside other physicians on Roon.

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#IDSky Blood culture from the febrile patient in ICU. Proteus miralbilis is isolated (susceptibility below). How would you treat? @dralicehan.bsky.social @antibioticdoc.bsky.social @bradspellberg.bsky.social @idiots-pod.bsky.social @wwrighid.bsky.social @cortes-penfield.bsky.social

We are genotyping and phenotyping as many of the isolates as we can get hold of (will be most). So the analysis of blaZ and cefazolin inoculum effect will follow once done. Can't wait to see what this shows! Altogether there were 1341 participants in SNAP, so much larger than CloCeBa.

#IDsky Somehow I missed this in November! I thought snap put worries about BlaZ and inoculum effect to bed, but in the CloCeBa trial, in the BlaZ Type A subset, cefazolin did not meet noninferiority. Thoughts? @steventong.bsky.social @erinmccreary.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Cloxacillin versus cefazolin for meticillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (CloCeBa): a prospective, open-label, multicentre, non-inferiority, randomised clinical trial

Cefazolin constitutes an alternative to cloxacillin for the treatment of MSSA bacteraemia, offering non-inferior clinical efficacy and potentially enhanced tolerability.

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#IDsky Looking for private practice ID groups interested in joining a network that facilitates connections with local fellowship programs. Please contact me if you are interested!

Malpractice litigation is a reality for many clinicians - even in ID. This article explains the anatomy of a lawsuit and shares proves risk reduction strategies to help protect your practice and your patients 🩺 💡 www.ppidjournal.com/doi10-55636-...

Clinical educators - this one’s for you! A pragmatic approach to teaching ID in a busy private practice - actionable strategies to boost engagement and learning!

Teaching Infectious Diseases in the Context of a Busy Private Practice: A Pragmatic Framework for Clinician Educators - Private Practice Infectious Disease

Abstract Teaching infectious diseases (ID) in private practice is inherently constrained by multiple external and internal factors, including time scarcity, documentation burden, and financial…

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Medical lawsuits are the most emotionally stressful part of a physician’s job. This was an incredible article outlining how malpractice claims work. I loved the section on risk reduction strategies to protect your practice and patients. One to bookmark!

An Introduction to Medical Negligence Litigation: Anatomy of a Lawsuit and Risk Reduction Strategies - Private Practice Infectious Disease

Medical negligence litigation poses substantial economic and emotional concerns for healthcare providers, including infectious disease specialists. Even in relatively low risk specialties such as infectious...

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#idboardreview A Pt w/travel to Mexico a few months prior (drank tap water, ate raw vegetables) noticed a small worm-like object on inner surface of her lower lip. She removed the object with a needle. Dx? #medEd #idmeded #IDsky #parasitology

The hospital is handing out taffy apples 🍎today, and I am just here to say they are delicious! I am ashamed to admit I grew up in the midwest, and this is the first time I have ever had a taffy apple. Don’t make my mistake, go try one now! They are so good! 😋

‼️Just shared at #IDWeek2025 & now published in @ofidjournal.bsky.social cephalexin vs. cefdinir for tx of uUTI in females. Spoiler: Cefdinir was independently associated with/failure & cefdinir pts were twice as likely to fail. Let’s stop Rx’ing cefdinir for UTI! 🛑💊 academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

Cefdinir Versus Cephalexin for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections

Due to its poor bioavailability and urinary excretion, cefdinir may be a suboptimal agent for UTI treatment. Our findings demonstrate that patients treated

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#IDsky Wow!!! This is a really exciting prospect. To think that the COVID19 mRNA primes the immune system to make immunotherapy more effective against cancer is a BIG deal. This is fascinating science 🤩

Really proud to be a part of this community and always inspired by my colleagues around the country who continue to show up even when it's hard.

This year's #IDweek is now over. Our community has taken so many hits since the pandemic and now the assaults on public health, science, vaccines etc. Yet the infectious disease community has some of the most dedicated, resilient and thoughtful people I know. Here's to hope & staying with the fight.