Associate Dean of Research, Collage of Pharmacy
Midwestern University
Marc Scheetz attained a Doctorate of Pharmacy from Butler Univ, earned a Master’s of Science in Clinical Investigation degree at Northwestern Univ, and completed his pharmacy practice residency and an infectious diseases fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hosp. Dr. Scheetz is a Professor at Midwestern Univ in the Chicago Coll of Pharmacy and holds a joint appointment in the Dept of Pharmacology, Coll of Graduate Studies. Dr. Scheetz is the Director of the Pharmacometric Ctr of Excellence at Midwestern Univ. He currently practices clinically as an infectious diseases pharmacist at Northwestern Memorial Hosp in downtown Chicago, Illinois, and serves as the Director for the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy. Dr. Scheetz has authored over 120 original research manuscripts and review articles in the area of anti-infective pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and currently serves as a reviewer for several infectious diseases, pharmacy and medical journals. His primary research interest lies in the interface of the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic interaction between antimicrobials, pathogens and hosts. He is particularly interested in assessing modifiable pharmacologic variables in the treatment of infectious diseases and identifying optimal exposures against the backdrop of toxicity. His group studies toxicology in the laboratory as well as through clinical data modeling. Dr. Scheetz is actively engaged in local and national leadership positions and formerly served as a member of the US Food & Drug Administration Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee.