Karl Madaras-kelly PharmD, MPH

Dr. Karl Joseph Madaras-Kelly received his BS in Pharmacy in 1991 and a Doctor of Pharmacy in 1992 from the University of Minnesota. He then went on to complete an Infectious Diseases/Pharmacokinetics Fellowship at the University of Minnesota and St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center. He received his Master of Public Health in 2006 from ISU.

Dr. Madaras-Kelly has been in his current position located at the Boise Veterans Affairs Medical Center (BVAMC) since 1994 where he maintains active clinical infectious diseases and research programs, as well as mentors pharmacy residents and fourth-year students on adult medicine and infectious diseases rotations. Dr. Madaras-Kelly has given many presentations and authored numerous manuscripts on a variety of issues related to antibiotic resistance. He has received over a million dollars in grant support from the NIH, VHA, CDC, pharmacy professional societies, and the pharmaceutical industry. His primary research interests involve antibiotic stewardship, health systems research, epidemiology, and clinical outcomes of infectious disease treatments.

Dr. Madaras-Kelly has been a recipient of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Fellowship award in infectious diseases, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Young Investigator Award, and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) Young Investigator Award. Dr. Madaras-Kelly was previously selected as Teacher of the Year and Most Influential Professor by four-year Doctor of Pharmacy students. Dr. Madaras-Kelly is an active member of the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP), and a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Health Care Epidemiology.