Commentary
Infectious Diseases in the 21st Century: No End in Sight
Emergency Medicine. 2009 November;41(11):8
Author(s):
Fred A. Lopez, MD, FACP
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Fred A. Lopez, MD, FACP
In the late 1970s, Dr. Robert Petersdorf, an international leader in infectious diseases, stated the following in reference to graduating infectious disease fellows: "Even with my great personal loyalty to [the discipline of] infectious diseases, I cannot conceive of a need for 309 more infectious disease experts unless they spend their time culturing each other."