He is a Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine in the subspecialty area of Infectious Diseases. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America (SHEA). He is a past president of SHEA (2009). Dr. Rupp has served as a consultant for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the VA. He recently served as the Chief of Staff at Nebraska Medicine. Dr. Rupp has published nearly 500 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and abstracts and holds three U.S. patents. His research efforts have been funded by the NIH, CDC, VA, AHA, and industry. He frequently presents papers at national and international meetings, serves as a guest lecturer, and is an active teacher and researcher. Dr. Rupp’s research interests are in the areas of health care-associated infections and antimicrobial stewardship.