Blake Cirks

Blake Cirks, MD is a Major in the U.S. Army, a board-certified Pediatric Infectious Diseases attending physician at Madigan Army Medical Center (Tacoma, WA), and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

• Education: B.S. in Biological Sciences (2011, University of Illinois at Chicago), M.D. (2017, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences), Pediatric Residency (2020, National Capital Consortium), Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship (2023, National Capital Consortium).

Clinical Interests: Infectious complications in critically ill children, combat-related infections in pediatric patients, pharmacotherapy selection, and antimicrobial stewardship.

Research Focus: Vaccine responses in immunocompromised hosts, infections complicating traumatic blast injuries in children, and epidemiology of invasive bacterial infections in military-connected youth.