Mervyn Shapiro

Head Infectious Disease Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel

Mervyn Shapiro

Academic positions:
- Professor of Clinical Microbiology

All industry positions (in last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr Shapiro's research is focused on the epidemiology of hospital acquired infection. Particular areas of interest are the spread of resistant organisms, antibiotic use and its relation to the emergence of resistant bacteria and infections in the immuno-compromised host.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Head of Faculty: Infectious Diseases (since 16 November 2005)

Mervyn Shapiro is a Head of Faculty for the INFECTIOUS DISEASES Faculty. The role of a Head of Faculty is to help divide the Faculty (specialty) into Sections (sub-specialty areas), nominate leaders in those areas as Section Heads, and offer ongoing advice on the strategic direction of the service. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

Links

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