Michael S. Saag (born (1955-10-02)October 2, 1955) is a physician and prominent HIV/AIDS researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
[2] In 2009 Saag was elected chairman of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
[4] Saag appeared in the 2001 PBS documentary Evolution describing how HIV can evolve to newer drug-resistant strains in the course of hours.
He graduated from Ballard High School in 1973 and was a three-year starter at offensive guard and defensive tackle for the Bruins football team.
He graduated from medical school at the University of Louisville and completed his residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UAB.