Dr. Allan Tunkel received his PhD and MD from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School in 1980 and 1984, respectively, where he was elected to membership in Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.  He completed his residency and served a chief residency at the Hospital of the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and did a fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center.  During his fellowship, he initiated his interest the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of bacterial meningitis and central nervous system infections; he has authored or co-authored more than 280 publications (original articles, reviews, editorials, books and book chapters) in his fields of interest and Chaired of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Practice Guideline Committee which developed practice guidelines for Bacterial Meningitis, Encephalitis, and Healthcare-associated Ventriculitis and Meningitis.  He was previously at Drexel University College of Medicine where his roles included Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine, Associate Dean for Admissions, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Campuses, and Faculty Councilor of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.  From January 2006 through June 2013, he was Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, NJ.  In July 2013, he began his appointment at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and is currently the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education.  Dr. Tunkel was the principal investigator on a 5-year, $1 million grant awarded as part of the American Medical Association’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education Initiative entitled “Educating Future Physicians: Development of a Primary Care-Population Medicine Program.”