Five faculty from the Department of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases are among 181 physicians and scientists elected as Fellows of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the nation’s leading infectious diseases professional society.
Tom Holland, MD, Rebekah Moehring, MD, MPH, Matthew Rubach, MD, Becky Smith, MD, and Gayani Tillekeratne, MD, MSc, are among those elected as 2020 IDSA Fellows.
Fellowship in IDSA is the highest honor in the field of infectious diseases. It is given to those who have achieved professional excellence and provided significant service to the profession.
“Infectious diseases specialists have trained their entire careers to step up to the plate during a crisis such as the one we face today with the COVID-19 pandemic,” said IDSA President Barbara Alexander, MD, MHS, FIDSA, professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases). “ID physicians and scientists are working on the front lines of every aspect of this outbreak, from treating patients to developing and studying diagnostics and therapies to working on vaccines. They are also preparing for the next outbreak and protecting individual and public health. The 181 individuals receiving the FIDSA designation this year represent true leaders in the field, and I am proud to call them colleagues.”
Applicants for IDSA Fellowship must be nominated by their peers and meet specified criteria that include continuing identification with the field of infectious diseases, national or regional recognition, and publication of their scholarly work. Nominees are reviewed and elected by the IDSA Board of Directors. Fellows of IDSA work in many different settings, including clinical practice, teaching, research, public health and health care administration.