Lowell Young, MD

Lowell Young, MD, is Director of the Kuzell Institute for Arthritis & Infectious Diseases at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute in San Francisco. Dr. Young is also Attending Physician and Clinical Professor at the University of California’s San Francisco Medical Center. He is a highly regarded infectious disease expert and specializes in anti-infectives, clinical research, and drug development. Dr. Young is also Editor of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and serves on the editorial boards of Clinical Infectious Diseases; Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases; Infection; Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice; and Infection and Immunity. His academic interests include infections in immunocompromised hosts (cancer, transplants, AIDS), antimicrobial chemotherapy, and the pathogenesis and treatment of septicemia. He is Board-certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Previously, he was Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute. Dr. Young received the Langmuir Prize from the Center for Disease Control and the Garrod Medal of the British Society from Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. (This is me - Update Profile)