Andrew F. Shorr received his undergraduate degree (public policy) from Princeton University, an MPH from Johns Hopkins University, and his medical degree from the University of Virginia. In addition, he has an MBA from the University of Virginia and an MA in Leadership and Ethics from the University of Chicago. He currently serves as the Division Head of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Respiratory Services, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA, and as a Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. In addition, he is the medical director for both the Medical Intensive Care Unit and Respiratory Therapy. He has served on the editorial board of Chest and currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Critical Care. He also served as a Fullbright Specialist Scholar in Australia in 2010 and recently won the Sol Katz Award for Excellence in Teaching from the American College of Physicians. His research interests address healthcare outcomes, epidemiology in pulmonology/critical care, and infection in hospitalized patients. Currently, he is specifically focused on issues related to anti-infective resistance, novel clinical trial designs, and the unmet need for new therapies.
