Max Salfinger, M.D. is currently the Director of the Mycobacteriology and Pharmacokinetics Laboratories at National Jewish Health in Denver, Colorado, and is a Fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America (FIDSA) and the American Academy of Microbiology (FAAM). Before joining National Jewish Health, he was the Florida State Public Health Laboratory Director from 2006-2012, as well as the Acting Florida State TB Controller for his last 19 months with the Florida Department of Health. Prior to his Florida position, Dr. Salfinger was with the New York State Department of Health Wadsworth Center from 1992 to 2006.