Pamela Bailey, DO, MPH, is a board-certified infectious diseases specialist at Prisma Health in Columbia, South Carolina. After completing undergraduate degrees in history and neuroscience at William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, she attended medical school at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg. She completed her internal medicine residency at Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Delaware, and her fellowship in infectious diseases at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System in Richmond. Dr. Bailey completed an additional fellowship at VCU in hospital epidemiology and infection control, and obtained her master's degree in public health (MPH). She has interests in antibiotic stewardship and epidemiology, and her research interests include hand hygiene, personal protective equipment and quality improvement.