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Thomas M. File, Jr., MD, MSc, MACP, FIDSA, FCCP

Distinguished Physician, Infectious Disease Division
Summa Health, Akron, Ohio Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine; Master Teacher; Infectious Disease Section Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) Rootstown, Ohio
Akron, OH, United States

Thomas M File Jr., MD MSc MACP FIDSA FCCP
Dr Thomas File is Distinguished Physician of the Infectious Disease Division at Summa Health in Akron, Ohio and Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine, Master Teacher of the Infectious Disease Section at Northeast Ohio Medical University. After graduating from medical school at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1972, Dr. File received his Master of Science in medical microbiology from Ohio State University in Columbus, in 1977, where he also completed his fellowship in infectious diseases.
Dr File is a past President of the Board of Directors of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Past President of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID). He is a Master of the American College of Physicians and a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. He was a founding member and past president of Northeastern Ohio Task Force on AIDS.
Primary research interests that Dr File has pursued include respiratory tract infections, antimicrobial stewardship, immunizations in adults, and evaluation of new antimicrobial agents. A frequent lecturer nationally and internationally, he has published more than 250 articles, abstracts, and textbook chapters, focusing on the diagnosis, etiology, and treatment of infectious diseases, especially on respiratory tract infections and antimicrobial stewardship. He received the Watanakunakorn Clinician Award from the IDSA in 2013, the John P Utz Leadership award from NFID in May 2017 and the Distinguished Physician Award from Summa Health in 2023. He is Editor-in-Chief of Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice.

Disclosure(s): Eagle Pharmaceuticals: Member DSMB; Merck and Company, Inc.: Advisor/Consultant; MicroGenDx: Advisor/Consultant; Paratek Pharmaceuticals: Advisor/Consultant, Honoraria; Shionogi: Advisor/Consultant, Honoraria; ThermoFisher Scientific: Advisor/Consultant, Honoraria

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