Dr. Andrew Hale is an infectious disease physician at the University of Vermont Medical Center and assistant professor at the Larner College of Medicine at UVM in Burlington, VT.Dr. Hale went into medicine because he loves to take care of people and help them improve their health. He feels medicine also affords the opportunity to teach and learn for one's whole life. Infectious Disease drew Dr. Hale in as a specialty because, of the vast array of pathogens out there, most are curable or controllable and he likes to help patients get past them.