Support WBURU.S. Doctor Didn't Treat Ebola Patients Yet Still Caught The VirusLinda PoonSeptember 03, 2014 ShareDr. Rick Sacra, who had worked in Liberia in previous years, went back in August to tend to pregnant women and to children. The 51-year-old Massachusetts family physician is the third American to contract the Ebola virus. (Courtesy of SIM)