With the resurgence of Covid 19 globally, driven by the DELTA variant, Radiology Across Borders arranged another free teleconference with infectious diseases specialist Prof Tom Gottlieb which went air on Wednesday 11th August 2021 at 7pm AEST.

Prof Gottlieb answered all those challenging questions about where we presently stand in this global pandemic and what we can do to mitigate this insidious virus.

Dr. Gottlieb is head of Infectious Diseases at Concord Hospital, and a clinical senior lecturer at the University of Sydney. He is the current president of the Australian Society for Antimicrobials (ASA) and immediate past president of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID). He is on the executive of the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR).

He represents ASA on the Antimicrobial Resistance Standing Committee reporting to the Australian Government. He has been chair of advisory Committees supervising training in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, and has participated in the writing groups for the Australian Infection Control Guidelines and Therapeutic Guidelines for Antibiotic.

His interests include the diagnosis and management of clinical infectious diseases, hospital infection control and antimicrobial resistance.