Editorial Board — Medscape Infectious Diseases
Board Members
- Paul G. Auwaerter, MD
- The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
- The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- John Boyce, MD
- Yale University School of Medicine
Hospital of Saint Raphael
New Haven, Connecticut
- Yale University School of Medicine
- Matthew E. Falagas, MD, MSc, DSc
- Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences
Athens, Greece
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
- Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences
- William R. Jarvis, MD
- Jason and Jarvis Associates, L.L.C.
Port Orford, Oregon
National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Atlanta, Georgia
- Jason and Jarvis Associates, L.L.C.
- Salim S. Abdool Karim, MBChB, PhD
- University of KwaZulu-Natal
Nelson Mandela School of Medicine
Durban, South Africa
- University of KwaZulu-Natal
- David W. Kimberlin, MD
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Loren G. Miller, MD, MPH
- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California
- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
- Paul A. Offit, MD
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Board Member Details
Paul G. Auwaerter, MD
Clinical Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Disclosure: Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as director for: Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
Served as a member of: The Anti-infective Panel, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
John Boyce, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine; Chief, Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Medicine, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut
Disclosure: John Boyce, MD, has disclosed the following financial relationships: Received grants for clinical research from: 3M Pharmaceuticals; Ekahau; GOJO Industries, Inc.; The Clorox Company
Served as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: 3M Pharmaceuticals; BIOQUELL PLC; Cardinal Health; GOJO Industries, Inc.; Saraya; The Clorox Company
Received honoraria from: Advanced Sterilization Products Received income in an amount equal to or greater than $250 from: 3M Pharmaceuticals; Advanced Sterilization Products; BIOQUELL PLC; Cardinal Health; GOJO Industries; The Clorox Company
Matthew E. Falagas, MD, MSc, DSc
Director, Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Athens, Greece; Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Disclosure: Matthew E. Falagas, MD, MSc, DSc, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Received grants for clinical research from: Astellas Pharma, Inc.; Rokitan GmbH
Served as an advisor for: Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals; Pfizer Inc
Served as a speaker or member of a speakers bureau for: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Cipla Ltd.; Merck &Co., Inc.; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc.
William R. Jarvis, MD
President, Jason and Jarvis Associates, L.L.C., Port Orford, Oregon; former Chief, Investigation and Prevention Branch; Assistant Chief, National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System; Chief, Epidemiology Branch; Acting Director, Hospital Infections Program; Assistant Director for Program Development, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion; Director, Office of Extramural Research, National Center for Infectious Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia
Disclosure: William R. Jarvis, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Received grants for clinical research from: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Served as a speaker or a member of a speakers bureau for: Becton, Dickinson and Company; C.R. Bard, Inc.; Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. Served as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: Becton, Dickinson and Company; C.R. Bard, Inc.; Excelsior Solutions, LLC; Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
Received income in an amount equal to or greater than $250 from: Becton, Dickinson and Company; C.R. Bard, Inc.; Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
Salim S. Abdool Karim, MBChB, PhD
Pro Vice Chancellor of Research, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, Durban, South Africa
Disclosure: Salim S. Abdool Karim, MBChB, PhD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Received income in an amount equal to or greater than $250 from: Merck &Co., Inc.
Applied for patent with: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
David W. Kimberlin, MD
Professor of Pediatrics; Co-Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Disclosure: David W. Kimberlin, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Loren G. Miller, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine; Director, Infection Care Program, Department of Infectious Diseases, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
Disclosure: Loren G. Miller, MD, MPH, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Received grants for clinical research from: Cubist Pharmaceuticals; GlaxoSmithKline; Pfizer Inc
Served as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: GlaxoSmithKline; Pfizer Inc
Paul A. Offit, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Disclosure: Paul A. Offit, MD, is the co-inventor of the RotaTeq® vaccine, but he receives no financial remuneration for sales of the vaccine from either the manufacturer or his employing institution."