He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma. He received his joint medical and masters degrees in epidemiology at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center and went on to completed his residency and fellowship at the University of Virginia. In July of 2013, Dr. Enfield was appointed as the medical director of the medical intensive care unit at the University of Virginia. From 2009 through July of 2016, he was the assistant hospital epidemiologist there and he remains the co-medical director of the special pathogens unit. Dr. Enfield’s clinical interests are in critical care medicine and transport of critically ill patients. His academic interests are the epidemiology and prevention of healthcare-associated conditions, including multidrug-resistant organisms acquisition and healthcare-associated infections.