Dr. Elie Saade

Elie Saade, MD, MPH, FIDSA, is an infectious diseases physician and Associate Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He is the Medical Director of Infection Control for University Hospitals Health System and cares for patients as an infectious diseases specialist at UH Cleveland Medical Center. His clinical work centers on the evaluation and management of complex infections, hospital epidemiology and infection prevention across inpatient and ambulatory settings, and infectious diseases care for older adults, including those in long-term care. His research interests include healthcare-associated infection prevention and quality improvement, vaccine effectiveness and population health surveillance, and immune responses and prevention strategies in aging populations. Dr. Saade has been recognized as a University Hospitals “Dinner with the Doc” honoree for leadership advancing systemwide infection prevention initiatives, and he serves in regional and national professional communities as a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and a member of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. He earned his MD from Saint Joseph University School of Medicine (Faculté Française de Médecine) in Beirut, completed internal medicine residency training at the American University of Beirut Medical Center and UH Case Medical Center, and completed fellowships in geriatric medicine and infectious diseases at UH Case Medical Center; he also received an MPH from Case Western Reserve University.