Jesse O’Shea MD, MSc is a Yale and Emory University trained infectious disease and internal medicine physician. His writings about the humanities, global public health, and being on the frontlines of medicine have appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Doximity, American Journal of Tropical Medicine, KevinMD, among other publications. He has spent the last decade deepening his understanding of the control of infectious disease and global health policy and is an advocate for narrative medicine.
Publications
Non-Academic Writing in Press
Besting a virus that thrives on chaos, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s time to treat the COVID-19 vaccine campaign as if we are at war, KevinMD.com, Medium
A thank you to all artists on behalf of the health care community, KevinMD.com
When the world went dark from COVID-19, who did the heroes turn to? The artist, Medium
A tough truth about COVID-19, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The inconvenient truth: We need to learn how to live with COVID-19 and here’s how, KevinMD.com
The Infectious Disease Physician Is an Endangered Species, Doximity, Op-Med
The world needs more infectious disease doctors, KevinMD.com & Medium
False certainty and blanket statements: not even the WHO is immune, KevinMD.com & Medium
Supporting those on pandemic’s frontlines, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Enduring the pandemic: How to support your friend on the frontlines. KevinMD.com
Infectious Disease Practice Is Infectious, Doximity, Op-Med
4 reasons why this physician specialized in infectious disease, KevinMD.com & Medium
Reflections on synthetic marijuana outbreaks: our own local zombie apocalypse, The CT Mirror
Have the flu? Tweet it. Diarrhea? Review it. Help identify outbreaks, KevinMD.com & Medium
Antibiotic misuse and superbugs create the perfect killer, KevinMD.com & Medium
Telemedicine is medicine’s sexiest new field, but why aren’t we ready for it? KevinMD.com & Medium
Narrative Medicine in Academic Journals
Reciprocity, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Death as an Intern, Journal of Palliative Medicine
Innate Curiosity, Academic Medicine
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