Joseph Bertino, Pharm.D.

Joseph Bertino, PharmD, is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. Through Bertino Consulting, he consults to the pharmaceutical industry in areas of infectious diseases, drug metabolism, and clinical pharmacology. Dr. Bertino's research interests are in vaccines, antimicrobial pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenetics, and pharmacogenomics. His publications include work in the area of aminoglycoside pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and toxicity, drug-drug interactions, vaccine pharmacology, and application of pharmacogenetics to the drug development process. Dr. Bertino has also served on the Food and Drug Administration's Anti-infective and Antiviral Advisory Committees and remains as a special government employee. He is a recipient of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology Distinguished Investigator Award and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Clinical Practice award. (This is me - Update Profile)