Editor Name: Lisa L. Dever

Designation: Professor and Vice Chair

University: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Country: USA

Biography: Dr. Lisa L. Dever is Vice Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of Medicine, Clinical Chief of Infectious Diseases and Director of the Infectious Disease Fellowship Program at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. She received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and completed her Internal Medicine Residency and Chief Residency there followed by an Infectious Disease Fellowship at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She subsequently completed a MicrobiologyResearch Fellowship at Rockefeller University in the laboratory of Dr. Alexander Tomasz. Dr. Dever has been a Faculty member at New Jersey Medical School since 1994 and has been actively involved in patient care, education, and clinical research. She has published numerous journal articles, text chapters, and monographs focusing on the study, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases.