Craig Martin, Pharm.D., BCPS
Pharmacist Specialist, Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor
University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
University of Kentucky Health Care
Lexington, Kentucky

Craig Martin, Pharm.D., BCPS, is Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Internal Medicine at the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Pharmacy in Lexington. He is the clinical pharmacist for the University of Kentucky Health Care's Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, which provides patients of the UK Chandler Medical Center with appropriate, cost-effective antimicrobial therapy through formulary management and patient-specific interventions. Dr. Martin serves as a lecturer on infectious diseases and counter-terrorism in the first, second, and third professional year curriculum. He also provides experiential education to fourth professional year students through the antimicrobial management and infectious diseases rotations.

Dr. Martin received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy in 1999 and completed an infectious disease specialty residency at UK in 2002.

Dr. Martin is a recipient of Best Practices Award from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (2004), Outstanding Clinical Practice award from the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (2005), and Pharmacist of the Year award from the Kentucky Society of Health System Pharmacists (2010).

Debra A. Goff, Pharm.D., FCCP
Clinical Associate Professor
The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy
Infectious Diseases Specialist
The Ohio State University Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio

Debra A. Goff, Pharm.D., FCCP, is Infectious Disease Specialist and Director of the Infectious Diseases Residency program at The Ohio State University Medical Center (OSUMC) in Columbus. She serves as Associate Professor at the College of Pharmacy. Dr. Goff received her Bachelor of Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she also completed a pharmacy residency.

At OSUMC, Dr. Goff is a member of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP). As such, she is actively involved in developing strategies to control the escalating rate of antimicrobial resistance. The team manages both community-acquired and healthcare-associated infections. She developed a medical "app" called STAB-IT (Staph aureus bacteremia is terrible) to help educate clinicians at OSUMC on the management of patients with Staph aureus bacteremia. She is the first medical educator to conduct a workshop for Apple® on "Medical apps for Healthcare Professionals: Using the iPad to Educate."

Dr. Goff's research interests include antimicrobial resistance, clinical outcomes research, antifungals, and innovative ways to educate using technology. She is an active member of Infectious Diseases Society of America, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, American Society for Microbiology, Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists, and Making a Difference in Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy (MAD-ID), and she serves as a board member of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Goff has received numerous research grants and lectures both nationally and internationally. She has published in several journals, including Clinical Infectious Diseases, Archives of Internal Medicine, Pharmacotherapy, Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, and Journal of Infection.

George H. Karam, M.D.
Paula Garvey Manship Professor of Medicine
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

George H. Karam, M.D., a board-certified internist and infectious disease specialist, is the Paula Garvey Manship Professor of Medicine at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans.

Dr. Karam received his medical degree from the Louisiana State University School of Medicine. He did his internal medicine residency, a year as chief medical resident, and an infectious diseases fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham prior to returning to Louisiana State University Medical School as a faculty member.

Dr. Karam is a member of many professional associations, including the Association of Professors of Medicine, Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, and Infectious Diseases Society of America. His major academic interests have focused on bacterial resistance and on medical education. He serves as Chairman of American Board of Internal Medicine's Subspecialty Board on Infectious Disease.