Professor of Medicine
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI, United States
Dr. Dawd Siraj is a professor of Medicine at the Division of Infectious Diseases University of Wisconsin, Madision. He is the Director of the UW Health Travel Clinic and Director of the Global Health Pathway in the Division of Infectious Diseases. He was the inaugural vice chair for DEI in the Department of Medicine, serving from 2021-2022. He has also served as a member of the inaugural DEI task force for Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).
Dr. Siraj completed his fellowship training in Infectious Diseases as well as a master’s in public health and Tropical Medicine in 2002 at Tulane University of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Siraj leads a global health partnership between the University of Wisconsin and Jimma University in Jimma, Ethiopia and King Fisal University in Kigali, Rwanda. Dr. Siraj runs an HIV Inmate Clinic and provides clinical training for Infectious Diseases fellows to deliver specialized continuity care for long-term HIV patients. For over five years, he has been a mentor of medical students from underrepresented ethnic backgrounds within the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
He serves on several committees including as vice chair for IDSA Global Health committee, member of the Infectious Diseases in-training exam writing committee, member of the Research as well as Education Committees for International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM). He is also the co-Chair of the Centennial Advisory Committee at the UW School of Medicine & Public Health (UWSMPH).
He is the recipient of the Centennial Scholar award from UWSMPH. He has received the Best Exemplary Alumni Award from Jimma University as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia for his voluntary service to the people of Ethiopia.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Thursday, October 12, 2023
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