From Theory to Practice: Maximizing Aminoglycoside Efficacy with AUC-guided TDM 

Tony Lai, Bpharm, GradDipClinPharm, MClinPharm, FSHP

Tony Lai is a clinician-researcher based at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and a clinical lecturer at the University of Sydney. He is a specialist pharmacist in antimicrobial stewardship and infectious diseases with experience in an extensive range of Sydney hospitals spanning over 15 years in paediatrics and adults. His expert advisory editor roles include the Society of Hospital Pharmacy Australia (SHPA) Injectables Drugs Handbook, Australasian Neonatal Medicines Formulary (ANMF) and the upcoming Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic. He is a member of the New South Wales (NSW) Health AMS Expert Advisory Committee, the NSW Health Tuberculosis (TB) Advisory Committee and NSW Health High Consequences Infectious Diseases (HCID) Committee. His research interest is dose optimisation of antimicrobials and is currently a PhD candidate investigating liposomal amphotericin B therapeutic drug monitoring in children.