Who We Are
Board Of Directors
The MSGERC is governed by an international Board of Directors. Elections are held annually. The Board, Executive Director, and MSGERC headquarters office work together to direct the association’s activities. More information is available in the MSGERC Board Job Descriptions.
President
Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA
Professor of Medicine
McGovern Medical School
Houston, Texas, USA
President Elect
Dimitrios Kontoyiannis, MD
Professor for Cancer Research
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, USA
Immediate Past President
John Perfect, MD
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Secretary
llan Schwartz, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Treasurer
Marisa Miceli, MD
Associate Professor
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Member at Large
Barbara Alexander, MD, MHS
Professor
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Member at Large
Sharon Chen, MD, PhD
Director
Westmead Hospital
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Member at Large
John Baddley, MD
Physician
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MarylandA
Member at Large
Joe Vazquez, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Chief, Infectious Diseases
Medical College of Georgia/Augusta University
Augusta, Georgia
Member at Large
Tom Patterson, MD
Professor and Chief, Infectious Diseases
University of Texas HSC San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Member at Large
Minh-Hong Nguyen, MD
Director, Transplant Infectious Disease
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Member at Large
Monica Slavin, MBBS, MD
Director Infectious Diseases
Peter MacCallum Cancer Center
Melbourne, Australia
Member at Large
George R. Thompson, MD
Associate Professor
UC Davis Health
Sacramento, California USA
Non-Voting Members
President
Beth Kassalen, MBA
Kassalen Meetings & Events
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
MSGERC Consulting Executive Director / Research
Carolynn Thomas Jones, DNP
Consultant / Nurse Planner
Professor of Clinical Nursing
The Ohio State Univ, College of Nursing
Birmingham, AL, USA (home office)
Peter Pappas, MD
Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Scientific Committee Representative
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
CDC Liaison to the MSGERC Board of Directors
Chief, Mycotic Diseases
Tom Chiller, MD
Centers for Disease Control
Atlanta, Georgia, USA