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Mitchell Dumais, MD
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Infectious Diseases Fellow in Washington, DC by way of @MayoClinic and @UWMedicine. Interests in #Virology, #HIV, #GeneTherapy, #Immunology and #Biodefense. Amateur brewer, fisherman, cat dad. 🩺🦠🧬💊💉

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Peekaboo
July 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
And Histoplasma capsulatum in the style of Money:

It really likes to generate images of budding yeasts on stalks!
April 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Aspergillus fumigatus in the style of Dali:
April 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Coccidioides immitis in the style of Van Gogh:
April 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Recently, I've been using ChatGPT to generate unique title slides for case presentations - always the infectious organism styled in the theme of a great artist.

Here are some of my favorite fungi:
Cryptococcus neoformans in the style of Picasso
April 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Sometimes, when things get rough, you just need to get outside and take time to smell the ... roses 🌸
March 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Infectious Diseases departments across the US are having meetings to develop new protocols and transmission plans for Measles.

This one graphic is why:
March 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I've been searching for interesting/historical medical pieces related to my time in training, and found this well-preserved newspaper:

One of the founders of the Mayo Clinic, Dr. William J. Mayo, passes away. Front page issue from the Rochester Post-Bulletin.

@mayoclinic.org
March 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Covering the hospital over the weekend
February 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
A brief list of things I dont like:

- Fire alarm at 1 AM, with me stuffing my cats into their carriers and taking them outside. There was no fire.

End of list

Cat picture for reference
January 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
First thing I thought of
December 29, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Pseudomonas and Legionella
December 28, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Lazy Sunday
December 22, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Was recently asked if HIV PrEP protected against HBV acquisition - interesting "real world" study from Japan suggests good coverage for those that don't have HBV antibody titers. The one breakthrough infection while on PrEP was attributed to non-adherence.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36960800/
December 18, 2024 at 3:45 PM
A much needed break from clinical service and return to the other Washington.
December 15, 2024 at 6:42 PM
My mentor, reading my manuscript
December 3, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Cool Infectious Diseases find:
A 1943 original press photo of penicillin killing Staphylococcus aureus, titled "Death to Microbes", published in The American Weekly.
December 3, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Board Certified in Internal Medicine! 💊 🩺 ⚕️ 🏥

Building a solid foundation for Infectious Diseases 🦠🪱
December 3, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Working over the weekend = scrubs
December 3, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Supervising MKSAP questions
December 3, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Another one
December 3, 2024 at 10:18 PM
My summer reading list 🤩
December 3, 2024 at 10:18 PM
ID: Please send intraoperative cultures

Ortho: Hold my beer
December 3, 2024 at 10:18 PM
I've strayed so far...
December 3, 2024 at 10:18 PM
"What's up with Mitch?"

"Oh, he is ascending"

*For the record, I am not doing this 😅*
December 3, 2024 at 10:18 PM