Neil J. Clancy, M.D. is an infectious diseases physician and researcher.  He is tenured Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the XDR Pathogen Lab, and Associate Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of Pittsburgh, and Chief of Infectious Diseases at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System.  He conducts collaborative clinical, translational and laboratory research on issues relevant to the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of infections in immunosuppressed and other vulnerable patient populations, including those caused by antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. He is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (which produces this blog), a member of IDSA's Antimicrobial Resistance Committee, and serves on clinical and laboratory guideline committees for  IDSA (Candida guidelines and Antimicrobial resistant infection treatment guidance).