Dr. Paul Sax

Paul Sax, MD, is an infectious disease physician specializing in HIV & AIDS medicine. He is Clinical Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the HIV Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an attending physician at the institution, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His clinical work focuses on complex infectious disease care, antimicrobial and antiviral therapy management, and comprehensive inpatient and outpatient consultation with an emphasis on infection prevention. His research centers on clinical trials of antiviral therapies, the cost-effectiveness of infectious disease management strategies, and treatment toxicity and long-term safety. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Infectious Diseases and Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Section Editor for the HIV/AIDS section of UpToDate, and a member of the editorial board for NEJM Journal Watch, where he authors the HIV and ID Observations blog. He is the principal investigator at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital AIDS Clinical Trials Unit, serves on the editorial advisory board for Medscape HIV/AIDS, and holds the Bruce A. Beal and Robert L. Beal Distinguished Chair in Infectious Diseases. Dr. Sax earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, completed his residency in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and pursued fellowship training in infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital.