About Us
The Sanford Guide:
Providing Comprehensive Infectious Diseases Treatment Recommendations,
At The Point of Care.
• The Sanford Guide is widely recognized as the "gold standard" reference for treatment of infectious diseases. For more than 40 years, the Sanford Guide has focused on one core purpose-to provide health care professionals with comprehensive, evidence-based treatment recommendations for use at the point of care.
• For decades, the Sanford Guide pocket edition was a staple in lab coat pockets around the world. Today the content is available in a wide array of digital and print formats: Apps for smart phones and tablets (iOS and Android), Web Edition and print editions in a range of sizes and bindings.
• Developed by Jay P. Sanford, M.D., the first edition in 1969 was the outgrowth of a medical grand rounds handout on newer antibacterial agents. Today's editorial board is comprised of leading experts in the field of infectious diseases from major academic medical centers in the United States. Globally, the editorial effort is augmented by contributions from experts in Belgium, China, Japan and Poland.
• Sanford Guide digital content is updated on an ongoing basis with regular updates to Apps and the Web Edition. The print editions are updated annually. With resistance to antibacterial agents increasing at an alarming pace, management of resistant gram-positive organisms, such as MRSA, and multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacilli, such as E. coli, poses particular challenges to clinicians, pharmacists and nursing staff. All editions of the Sanford Guide reflect current best-evidence recommendations for treatment of bacterial, fungal, mycobacterial, parasitic, viral and retroviral infections-utilizing cutting edge technology for our digital editions as well as continuing refinements to our print editions.
The Editors
• David N. Gilbert, M.D. is Director of the Earl A. Chiles Research at Providence Portland Medical Center in Portland Oregon. He is also Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University. Dr. Gilbert’s involvement with the Sanford Guide began during his infectious diseases fellowship under Jay P. Sanford, M.D., at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas in the 1960s. He served as President of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) in 2002.
• Robert C. Moellering, Jr., M.D. is the Shields Warren-Mallinckrodt Professor of Medical Research at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Moellering is a leading expert on antimicrobial mechanisms of action and resistance. He served as President of IDSA in 1991. He received the prestigious Maxwell Finland Award in 2006 from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and the IDSA’s lifetime achievement award in 2008.
• George M. Eliopoulos, M.D. is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the James L. Tullis Firm at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. An expert on antimicrobial resistance, he also served as Editor-in-Chief of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
• Michael S. Saag, M.D. is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for AIDS Research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Saag is an internationally recognized AIDS expert and serves as HIV Medicine Association member of the IDSA Board of Directors.
• Henry F. “Chip” Chambers, M.D. is Professor of Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco and Chief of Infectious Diseases at San Francisco General Hospital. His academic interests include antimicrobial resistance; genetics, molecular basis, and epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; staphylococcal infections and tuberculosis.
Contributing Editors
• Andrew T. Pavia, M.D. is Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City. Dr. Pavia's interests have focused on HIV/AIDS and the epidemiology of emerging infections and vaccine-preventable diseases. He serves as Chairman of the Pandemic Influenza Task Force of the IDSA.
• Douglas Black, Pharm. D. is Associate Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Washington in Seattle.
• David O. Freedman, M.D. is Director of the Travelers Health Clinic and Professor of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Emeritus
• Jay P. Sanford, M.D. (1928-1996)
• Merle A. Sande, M.D. (1935-2007)
Management
• Jeb C. Sanford, President and Managing Editor, is a graduate of Southern Methodist University and St. Mary’s University School of Law. He began his career as a legislative staffer for a member of Congress and then on the Minority Counsel staff of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. After serving as a law clerk for the Texas Supreme Court, he practiced law in Washington, D.C. and San Antonio, Texas before joining the Environment Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington where he spent nine years as a Trial Lawyer, Senior Lawyer and Assistant Chief of Environmental Enforcement. He has been a director of the corporation since 1979 and assumed full-time responsibility for management of the company in 1995.
• Dianne H. Sanford, General Counsel, is a graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Law School. She began her legal career as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia as a felony prosecutor and then served in the Environment Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in the Wildlife and Marine Resources and Environmental Enforcement Sections, as a Trial Lawyer, Senior Lawyer and Assistant Section Chief. After leaving Justice, she was a partner in the Environmental practice at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld in Washington, D.C. She later served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Vermont. She has served as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since 1996, as its Secretary/Treasurer since 1998 and General Counsel since 2001.
Staff
• Sherry M. Golden is Customer Service Manager. She joined the company in 2005 from a background of customer and logistical support services.
• Thomas Golden is responsible for system engineering and administration of sanfordguide.com and Sanford Guide Web Edition. Tom has a background in engineering; he joined the company in 2008.
• Catherine Wehri is a customer service representative and serves as the company's Social Media Coordinator. She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina; she joined the company in 2010.
• Jonathan Robinson is an Information Technology Specialist. He earned his degree in Computer Science at James Madison University in 2007. Formerly with the Global Business Services (Public Sector) Unit at IBM Corporation, he joined the company in 2011.
• Lin Chunmei received her undergraduate degree at Beijing Normal University and her M.A. in economics at Princeton University. She has served as the company's representative in Beijing, China since 2005.
Antimicrobial Therapy, Inc., publisher of the Sanford Guides,
has been owned and operated by the Sanford family since 1969.