I have 30 years of experience, and specialize in the field of health care epidemiology and infection control with specific knowledge in the areas of antimicrobial resistance, device-associated infections and blood borne pathogen infections. I have published on such topics as the above, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE), central venous catheter blood stream infections (CVC-BSIs), surgical site infection surveillance (SSIS), ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), and hospital infections.23 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in various supervisory positions, including chief of the healthcare-associated outbreak and guideline development activities for 17 years.