Carolyn D. Alonso, a member of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians, practices at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the Division of Infectious Disease at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where she serves as the Director of Transplant Infectious Disease. A graduate of the College of William & Mary and Boston University School of Medicine, Dr Alonso completed her internship and residency in internal medicine and fellowship in infectious disease at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. She is board certified in both infectious diseases and internal medicine.
Dr Alonso's research into transplant-related infections has appeared in peer-reviewed journals, with many publications focusing on the epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile in immunocompromised transplant recipients.
Vasilios Athans, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, an infectious diseases clinical pharmacy specialist, serves the needs of patients and staff at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr Athans is a graduate of the Doctor of Pharmacy program at Rutgers University and completed his infectious diseases residency training at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. He has published a number of peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters relating to infectious diseases pharmacotherapy and antimicrobial stewardship. Dr Athans has also presented nationally and internationally on the topic of effective antimicrobial use. Among his specific areas of research is the management of infectious diseases in the immunocompromised host.
Dayna McManus serves as Senior Clinical Pharmacist Specialist in infectious diseases and Residency Program Director for the PGY2 pharmacy residency in Infectious Diseases at Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut. A graduate of Stockton College of New Jersey, Dr McManus earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Dr McManus completed her first and second year pharmacy residencies at Yale New Haven Hospital as well.
Dr McManus has undertaken research on treating fungal and protozoal infections, contributing multiple chapters to Side Effects of Drug Annual. In addition, she has coauthored publications on the significance of establishing multidisciplinary antimicrobial stewardship teams and on antimicrobial stewardship in immunosuppressed populations. Dr McManus has also presented her research at national and international conferences.
Dr Jennifer L. Saullo is an assistant professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine and an infectious disease specialist in Durham, North Carolina. She graduated with honors from University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio, after which she completed her residency and chief residency in internal medicine and fellowship in infectious diseases at Columbia University, New York, New York. She completed her transplant infectious diseases training at Duke University. Dr Saullo, who is board certified in infectious diseases and internal medicine, affiliates with Duke University Hospital and the Duke Infectious Diseases Clinic.
With a focus on infectious disease—particularly hospital- and transplant-associated fungal and viral infections—Dr Saullo has published and presented her research at major professional conferences.
Frank Tverdek, Clinical Pharmacy Manager and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases, received his doctor of pharmacy degree from Midwestern University, Downers Grove, Illinois, after completing his undergraduate degree in molecular physiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Dr Tverdek completed his pharmacy residency training at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy, specializing in Infectious Diseases.
Dr Tverdek has focused his clinical practice and research on antimicrobial stewardship in cancer patients in light of the ever-expanding use of antibiotics and the resultant emergence of bacterial resistance. He has published his analyses in refereed journals and presented his work at national and international seminars and symposia and he has been recognized for his scholarly work with the Alan I. Fields Award by the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Texas Chapter.
Eduardo Yepez Guevara, MD, joined the staff of MD Anderson Cancer Center after serving as Chief Clinical Fellow in Infectious Diseases at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Dr Yepez Guevara earned his medical degree at the National University of Trujillo, Peru, after which he undertook his internship and residency in internal medicine at New York Medical College–Metropolitan Hospital in New York City. There, he served as attending physician and assistant professor of general internal medicine until he accepted clinical fellowships—in infectious diseases and transplantation infectious diseases—at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston.
Dr Yepez Guevara has focused his research on Clostridioides difficile infection in immunocompromised and cancer patients and has presented his findings in print and at international meetings including those of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and at ID Week.