REF 1877465
21.08.2025 | Dubai | full time
- General
- Location: Dubai
- Occupancy: full time
- Description
- An infectious disease specialist is a medical doctor who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and other microorganisms. These specialists have expertise in managing a wide range of infectious conditions, including common infections like influenza, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and skin infections, as well as more complex and rare diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and Ebola.
Infectious disease specialists play an important role in public health by providing expert guidance on infection control measures, antibiotic stewardship, vaccination strategies, and outbreak management to prevent the spread of infectious diseases within communities and healthcare settings.
- Requirements
- This specialty requires a four year degree and as well as four years of medical school and three years of training as an internist. You will need to be licensed to practice as a physician in the state in which you are working, and also stay current with continuing education requirements. Further, the position of clinical infectious disease specialist requires that you also receive at least three years of training specifically in infectious diseases and pass the AMA certification for becoming a specialist.
As many drug resistant infections are becoming more prevalent, the demand for clinical infectious disease specialists is steadily growing. The projected increase in jobs in this area is estimated at about 12% over the next ten years. For such a specific area of public health, that is considered an above average increase, and with the educational requirements, there is concern that not enough applicants will be available in the coming years.
- Provisions
- Salary: to be discussed
- Medical insurance
- Publisher
- direct employer
- up to 50 employees