Holt, Curtis D. Pharm. M.D.

Curtis Holt received his BS in biology at the University of California (Revelle College), San Diego and then completed his Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco. Following a general clinical residency at UCSF, Dr. Holt completed a fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of California, Los Angeles. Since that time he has practiced as a Transplant Pharmacist Specialist at UCLA Medical Center, where he is now an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery with the Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation, UCLA School of Medicine. He also serves as the Director of Clinical Research for the Liver Transplant Program were his primary responsibilities are to initiate, manage, analyze data, and publish results from single or multi-center trials with which he is involved. Furthermore, Dr. Holt has an active role in training pharmacy fellows and specialty residents, as well as teaching medical students, pharmacy residents, and fourth year pharmacy students.

With respect to research interests, Dr. Holt has focused on studying infectious complications and immunosuppressive agents in liver transplant recipients. His current research interests are related to the study of drugs and their disposition in patients with liver diseases.