Associate Professor of Medicine in the Infectious Diseases Division (Department of Medicine)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Martin Krsak is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Infectious Diseases Division (Department of Medicine) at University of Colorado School of Medicine. His primary area of expertise is in infectious complications of injection drug use, associated behaviors and circumstances, including commercial sex, homelessness and incarceration. Before joining the faculty in Colorado, he served as a clinical faculty in the specialties of internal medicine, infectious diseases and addiction medicine for Tufts University School of Medicine at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts, a Department of Public Health hospital serving indigent, incarcerated, marginalized and substance misusing populations. His additional areas of interest include broader utilization of telemedicine and long-acting medications, and also the impact of various interventions (e.g. telemedicine, long-acting medications, and vaccination) on public health and healthcare economics in various settings, including carceral systems.
Dr. Krsak grew up in Slovakia (former Czechoslovakia) and received his M.D. at Jessenius Medical Faculty, Comenius University in Martin, Slovakia. He completed internal medicine residency at Caritas (now Steward) Carney Hospital in Dorchester, MA (a Tufts University affiliate), and his infectious diseases fellowship at Tufts Medical Center, Lahey Hospital and Lemuel Shattuck Hospital combined training. During the fellowship training he also completed his M.Sc. in Clinical and Translational Medical Science at the Sackler (now Graduate) School of Biomedical Sciences.