Dr. Edward B. Breitschwerdt graduated from the University of Georgia and completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Missouri. He is currently a professor of medicine and infectious diseases at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine and is an adjunct professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Breitschwerdt directs the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory in the Comparative Medicine Institute at North Carolina State University and co-directs the Vector Borne Diseases Diagnostic Laboratory. He also serves as the director of the NCSU-CVM Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory. Dr. Breitschwerdt’s clinical interests include infectious diseases, immunology, and nephrology. For over 30 years, his research has emphasized vector-transmitted, intracellular pathogens.