Infectious Disease Officer for the Army

Duties and Responsibilities: Infectious disease officers are responsible for diagnoses, laboratory confirmation, treatment, control, and description of natural history and transmission kinetics of infectious diseases. As an Officer on the U.S. Army healthcare team, you can build a distinguished medical career while making a difference in the lives of the Soldiers and their families. You also consult on public health policies.

Salary: $132,000

Education: You need to be between the ages of 21 and 42 have a US citizenship and require a current license to practice medicine in the United States, District of Columbia or Puerto Rico. you need to be eligible for board certification and have had completed at least one year of an approved graduate medical education internship. You also need completion of a training program in infectious disease.

Demand: For the next few years it is expected that Infectious Disease officer jobs is going to increase.

I am not sure about this job it seems like a lot of requirements and I don’t think I would go through all of that If I didn’t love the job.