Background: Steven Ebert, PharmD is Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Supervisor at Meriter Hospital as well as Clinical Professor of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison. He received his BS in Pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin in 1979. He subsequently received his PharmD at the University of Texas-Austin, and completed a residency in infectious diseases at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio. His practice and research interests are antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial pharmacokinetics/ pharmacodynamics, and appropriate utilization of healthcare resources. Dr. Ebert has served on the Board of Directors of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin. He has served as Chairman of WARN (Wisconsin Antibiotic Resistance Network), and was the president of the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists from 2004-5. He served as a member of the FDA Antiinfective Drug Advisory Committee from 2001-4. Dr. Ebert has published over 50 original research articles, review articles, and book chapters on optimizing antimicrobial use and administration.