Dr. Storm is board certified in Infectious Disease, and is available to see you or your loved ones for any acute, chronic, or recurrent illness.

What do Infection Doctors do?
Infectious disease doctors are experts  in all bacterial, viral, and fungal diseases, also known as the specialists in “night drug for night bug”.

Several recent studies have shown that an Infectious Disease doctor’s work is associated not only with improved patient outcomes, but also reduced costs. For example, one review of inpatient Medicare claims data showed that patients seen by ID consultants had lower mortality rates and were less likely to be readmitted when compared to matched controls. This enviable combination of better outcomes for lower costs is often considered the very definition of “value” in health care.

 ID physicians create value by pursuing a sensible diagnostic workup and avoiding unnecessary tests. They may encourage the judicious use of antimicrobials, thereby limiting the administration of expensive medications while also preventing the costly harms of antibiotic overuse, such as Clostridium difficile infection. Often an ID consultant’s role is simply to determine that there is no infection present at all, and to stop antibiotics. These functions suggest that, while many physicians are rewarded for doing more, much of an ID consultant’s value may actually derive from doing less.