Dr. Anthony Fauci Joins Georgetown University as Professor Months After Leaving Biden Admin

Dr. Anthony Fauci is joining Georgetown University as one of its "distinguished" professors.

His new academic stint comes months after Dr. Fauci left the Biden administration in December last year, or in 2022, to be exact.

Anthony Fauci Joins Georgetown University

According to The Hill, Georgetown University confirmed that the former medical adviser of United States (US) President Joe Biden is joining their faculty members in July. It is the first stint of Dr. Fauci since he resigned from his post in the government.

Georgetown University announced that "Fauci will serve as a Distinguished University Professor in the School of Medicine's Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases." The educational research institution further notes that "it is an academic division that provides clinical care, conducts research, and trains future physicians in infectious diseases."

In his new role as a "distinguished university" professor, Fauci is set to participate in medical and graduate education and engage with students, The Washington Post reports.

Fauci also confirmed that he is joining the university in Washington. The former chief White House medical adviser says his upcoming stint in the academe "is a natural extension" of his "scientific clinical and public health career."

According to The New York Post, Biden's ex-medical adviser says joining the Jesuit school was "a no-brainer" for him. Notably, he tied the knot with his wife, a Georgetown University alumnus, at the university's chapel.

Fauci's Decades-Long Career in the Government

Fauci stepped down from the Biden administration in December 2022, leaving his role as the chief medical adviser to the President. He also resigned from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or NIAID, at the National Institutes of Health as its director.

He has led the NIAID for roughly four decades or 40 years, wherein he has served a total of seven presidents. During his stay, he encountered various outbreaks and diseases like Ebola, Zika, and HIV.

But above and beyond those, Fauci served as the face of the US COVID-19 response, which made him some sort of a celebrity during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

While others praised his response, others were highly critical of him, leading to death threats. And as such, in 2021, the doctor had his own armed security detail. It was that intense.

In the early 1980s and 1990s, Fauci was behind the US response to the HIV and AIDS crisis during that time. In fact, former President George W. Bush conferred him a prestigious award named "the Presidential Medical Freedom" last 2008 for his effort against the HIV/AIDS crisis.

And now, Fauci is on to the next. He is joining Georgetown University next month.