Brent W. Laartz
Infectious Diseases Physician and Author
- Role
- President, CEO, Chief Medical Officer at Protect U Guard, Llc
- Location
- Tampa, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brent W. Laartz
Dr. Laartz is a board certified physician in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine with almost 20 years of experience in patient care, infection prevention, and travel medicine. At West Coast Infectious Diseases, he has built a practice with 4 physicians and 2 nurse practitioners providing patient care at 8 local hospitals and 2 offices in the Tampa Bay area with infusion services and travel and immunization services. At Protect U Guard, LLC, Dr Laartz has built a first-class organization importing and manufacturing personal protective equipment such as masks, gowns, gloves, and more. In addition, the company also sells other infection prevention supplies for travel, cleaning, and insect avoidance. Caribe ID, LLC, provides consultative services for businesses that have a need to protect their employees or customers from infections, such as restaurants, gyms, college and professional athletic teams, healthcare facilities, and corporations with frequent foreign travel. Caribe ID has food safety and infection control experts for prevention and post-event mitigation. Dr. Laartz has become an accomplished author and media expert in Infectious Diseases. His first book,\"Protect Yourself: From Ebola to Zika, and from MRSA to Hospital Acquired Infections: How to Avoid Contagious Diseases\", published in 2016, provides lay persons a complete A to Z guide to preventing infections. His forthcoming book,\"Protect Your Patient: Educating Healthcare Providers and Building a Complete Healthcare Infection Control Program\", should be available in 2017. In addition, his informative news articles are gaining traction in some of the most widely read publications in the world.
Experience
President, CEO, Chief Medical Officer
Dec 2014 — Present · Tampa, FL, US
Education
University of South Florida
Fellowship Training
2001 — 2003
Northwestern University
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
1987 — 1992
University of South Florida
Internal Medicine Residency Program
1998 — 2001
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
1994 — 1998
Skills
- Healthcare Management
- Medical Devices
- Healthcare
- Healthcare Improvement
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Infectious Diseases
- Adventure Travel
- Infection Control
- Medical Writing
- Published Author
- Hiv Prevention
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