Paul E. Sax MD

Dr. Paul E. Sax is Clinical Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He holds the Bruce A. Beal and Robert L. Beal Distinguished Chair in Infectious Diseases. He received his MD from Harvard Medical School, did his residency in Internal Medicine at the Brigham, then fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dr. Sax is the Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Infectious Diseases, the flagship journal of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). In addition, he is a Section Editor of HIV/AIDS in UpToDate, and on the Editorial Board of NEJM Journal Watch, where he writes a regular column called HIV and ID Observations. An internationally recognized clinician and clinical teacher in infectious diseases and HIV, Dr. Sax also has been actively involved in research. Ongoing areas of investigation include clinical trials of antiretroviral therapies, cost-effectiveness of strategies for HIV management, and toxicity of antiretroviral therapy. He was closely involved in the clinical management and prevention of COVID-19, including frequent communications with the medical and lay public about the disease.