Curriculum Vitae:

Professional Panels, Boards and Councils

• Question writer and reviewer, Infectious Diseases Certifying Examination, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1996-98
• Course Director, MCV Regional Chief Medical Resident Training Course, Richmond, VA, 1996
• Co-Chair, Program Committee, Virginia Chapter, American College of Physicians Annual Meeting, 1997
• Regulation Review Advisory Committee for Disease Reporting and Control, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, 1997
• Pfeisteria Medical Evaluation Team, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, 1997
• M-1, M-2 Ethics Group Facilitator, VCU School of Medicine, 1998-2004
• Education Merger Task Force, Virginia Chapters, American College of Physicians & American Society of Internal Medicine, 1998
• Abstract Reviewer, American College of Physicians National Associates Competition, 1998-2000
• Abstract Reviewer, Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine Poster Competition, 1998-2000
• Secretary-Treasurer, Brown-Sequard Chapter, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 2000-02
• Councilor, Brown-Sequard Chapter, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 2002-05
• Question Writer on Bioterrorism, United States Medical Licensure Examination, 2002
• Advisory Committee on Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response, Virginia Department of Health, 2002-03
• Governor’s Secure Virginia Initiative, Health and Medical Subpanel, Commonwealth of Virginia, 2002-03
• Abstract Reviewer, American College of Physicians Virginia Associates Competition, 2002-03
• Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Health Department Workers, Virginia Department of Health, 2003
• Abstract Reviewer, Infectious Diseases Society of America Annual Meeting, 2004
• Scientific Program Subcommittee for the 2007 national meeting of the American College of Physicians, 2005-06
• Public Policy and Government Affairs Committee, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, 2005-present
• Task Force on Mandatory Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, 2005-06
• Virginia Department of Health Pandemic Influenza Advisory Committee, 2006-07
• Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield Expert Advisory Panel to the Quality-in-Sights Hospital Incentive Program, 2006
• Special Emphasis Panel (Study Section) on antimicrobial resistance research (R01, U01), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, and National Institutes of Health Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance, 2007
• Infection Control Consultant to the United States Secret Service, 2007
• Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association Advisory Group on Quality/Safety Initiatives, 2008-present
• Healthcare-Associated Infections Advisory Group, Virginia Department of Health, 2008-present
• Infectious Diseases Clinical Advisory Group to the Virginia Commissioner of Health, 2009-present
• Steering Work Group, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Healthcare Safety Network, 2010-present
• Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee Work Group on Surveillance Methods, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011-present

Editorial Activities

• Editorial Review Board, Microbial Drug Resistance, 2009-
• Editorial Review Board, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2011-