Dr. Irving Steinberg has been with USC since 1985, and is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at the USC School of Pharmacy, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Pediatrics at the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and is Director of the Division of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy in the Department of Pediatrics at the Los Angeles General Medical Center (formally LAC+USC). Dr. Steinberg is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, where he completed his Pharm.D. degree, residency and an endowed fellowship in infectious diseases and pharmacokinetics. He maintains a clinical consultation practice with bedside and telemetric teaching of medical residents, represents the Department of Pediatrics on the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee for the past 33 years, and on the Antimicrobial and Medication Safety Subcommittees at LA General, and has served on medical expert panels for the Department of Health Services. He has published and presented numerous scientific papers and book chapters on pharmacokinetics in pediatrics and pregnancy, antimicrobials and drug resistance, antiseizure and cardiovascular drugs. He has been a primary content editor on antivirals and antifungals for the 31st and 32nd editions of the Redbook of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Areas of research emphasis include predicitve performance of pharmacokinetic models for dosing in children, novel pharmacotherapeutic applications of drugs such as amphotericin and erythromycin in neonates, and maternal-fetal pharmacology and therapeutics. This diversity in areas of expertise is reflected in his programmatic efforts and teaching, from bedside to classroom, at USC. He has trained numerous pediatric pharmacotherapy residents & fellows who have gone on to distinguished careers, and is embedded within the training of hundreds of future pediatricians. Additionally, Dr. Steinberg is a noted national speaker for many physician and pharmacist audiences, and has given hundreds of lectures, grand rounds, and continuing education programs in 42 states in the US. He is a repeated invited speaker at the International Congress of Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy, the largest worldwide cardio-obstetrics conference. His expertise in legal medicine is nationally regarded, and is sought-after in court and arbitration disputes involving pharmacologic and toxicologic issues. His opinions on topical disease and drug therapy news items have been viewed and read across many media outlets.