Overview
Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of antimicrobials, antifungal use in compromised hosts, antimicrobial stewardship, prediction and therapy of multidrug-resistant pathogens, aerosolized antimicrobials
Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Professor in Medicine
·
2021 - Present
Medicine, Infectious Diseases,
Medicine
Recent Scholarly Works
Economic Outcomes of Dalbavancin versus Standard Therapy in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in the DOTS Randomized Clinical Trial.
Journal article Clin Infect Dis · September 17, 2026 OBJECTIVE: The DOTS trial demonstrated similar clinical outcomes among 200 adults with complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) randomized to two doses of dalbavancin or standard-therapy antibiotics after initial clearance. We aimed to determine ... Full text Link to item CiteA rapid point-of-care test for vancomycin monitoring at the clinical bedside.
Journal article iScience · August 21, 2026 Vancomycin requires individualized dosing guided by therapeutic drug monitoring, but current laboratory assays are slow and centralized. We describe a competition-format microarray assay on a poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate-co-glycidyl methacrylat ... Full text Link to item CiteComparison of cefazolin administered as a continuous or intermittent infusion for prophylaxis of surgical site infections in adult patients undergoing cardiac or neurologic surgery.
Journal article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · February 2026 In a propensity-matched cohort of adult cardiac or neurosurgical procedures (n = 1,342), infection was less frequent with continuous infusion (1.8%) versus intermittent cefazolin (2.4%), though the difference was statistically non-significant (-0.6%, 95% C ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
1999
Pharm.D.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
1989
M.S.