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Ronald N. Jones M.D. is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston Massachusetts and is President/CEO of The JONES Group/JMI Laboratories in North Liberty Iowa USA. Dr. Jones obtained his medical degree from the University of Oregon where he also served an internship and residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. Dr. Jones is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology by the American Board of Pathology. He is a fellow in the American Society of Clinical Pathologists the College of American Pathologists the American Academy of Microbiology the Infectious Disease Society of America and numerous other organizations. He has served on or chaired numerous subcommittees of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) over the last 25 years (recipient of the Eilers Award in 2001 the highest award given by the NCCLS) and is also a member of the advisory council for antimicrobial agents of the U.S. Pharmacopeia. He has authored nearly 1-200 peer-reviewed publications on a variety of topics relating to the comprehensive evaluation of new antimicrobial agents antimicrobial susceptibility test development and resistance mechanisms and their phenotypic expression or molecular epidemiology. Dr. Jones has also authored a number of book chapters abstracts pamphlets and monographs sits on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals and is Editor-in-Chief of Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease a well known international publication. He has been the principal global investigator for the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program and the MYSTIC Programme (1997-present). | 