Dr. Tomasz holds the Endowed Chair of Bacteriology at The Rockefeller University. Dr. Tomasz is a prominent infectious disease specialist who has played a key role in a number of important organizations dedicated to combating MDR bacteria. For example, (i) he was Chairman of the Board of Scientific Counselors of NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease ("NIAID"); (ii) he was a member of the Task Force on Impacts of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria, Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assistance ("OTA"); (iii) he served on the Advisory Board of the World Health Organization ("WHO") Scientific Working Group on Monitoring and Management of Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents; and (iv) he is a member of the Anti-Infective Advisory Panel of the FDA. Dr. Tomasz is on the editorial board of several prestigious scientific journals, and is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Microbial Drug Resistance. |