Infections in Transplant Patients

Dr. Smith is a member of the Transplant Infectious Disease Service that provides inpatient and outpatient consultation for patients who have received either solid organ or bone marrow transplants. The Transplant Infectious Disease Service also works closely with the various transplant groups preparing prophylactic and treatment guidelines. Research interests include clinical research in opportunistic infections after solid organ transplantation.

Antifungal Pharmacology

Dr. Smith has participated in research in antifungal mechanisms of resistance, pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics and therapeutic drug monitoring.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

J.A. Smith, N. Safdar, V. Knasinski, W. Simmons, M. Bhavnani, P.G. Ambrose, and D. Andes; Voriconazole Therapeutic Drug Monitoring; Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Apr. 2006, p. 1570–1572

J.A. Smith and D. Andes; Tissue Penetration of Antifungal Drugs; Implications for Drug Selection; Infections in Medicine; July 2006; pp 328-333

J.A.Smith and D. R Andes; Antifungal Therapeutic Drug Monitoring - Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Considerations ; Therapeutic Drug Monitoring 30:167-172, 2008 Review

J.A.Smith: Community Acquired Staphlococcus Aureus Infection: Hospital Physician, May:43-45, 2008 Review