She also sat on the Infection Control Committee and the Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee of the Pretoria Academic Hospital.
During her time at NHLS she was involved in teaching medical students and microbiology registrars and gave lectures to nursing staff, medical students, and specialists. She worked as a consultant for the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) in Pretoria until January 2008. She was appointed as Registrar in Clinical Virology at the University of Pretoria/ Gauteng Province, where she worked for two years, and in 2003 she was appointed as Senior Registrar in Microbiology.ĭr Dreyer received her Master’s degree in Clinical Microbiology (MMed (Path)) from the University of Pretoria in 2006. Dr Pottumarthy-Boddu’s main research interests are antimicrobial susceptibility trends and molecular methods in the diagnosis of infectious diseases.Īntimicrobials, infection control, and molecular diagnostic assays in contemporary clinical microbiology Specialities: Infection Control, Microbiologyĭr Linda Dreyer completed her undergraduate studies in 1996, receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) from the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa.įollowing four years of clinical practice, as Medical Officer in the Department of Family Medicine she commenced specialisation in 2000.
Detection of the first USA isolate of Enterobacter spp., with NmcA carbapenem hydrolyzing enzyme and establishing clinical significance of Nocardia verterana are noteworthy. Over the last 10 years she gained experience in various hospital, research, and public health laboratories in the US, publishing over 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals and presenting at various national and international conferences. She is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology. She is a recipient of various awards and scholarships, including the Neil Prentice Memorial Prize of RCPA. She was also the Technical Director of the Clinical Laboratory Services at the Houston Department of Health and Human Services.Īfter graduating from medical school in India, Dr Pottumarthy-Boddu migrated to New Zealand and completed her Pathology/Microbiology Fellowship training with the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia.
His special interests include testing of endocrine function protein abnormalities as well as laboratory automation and application of computing to pathology services.Īntimicrobial susceptibility trends and molecular methods in the diagnosis of infectious diseases Specialities: Clinical Microbiologist, Microbiologyĭr Sudha Pottumarthy-Boddu comes to us from Houston, Texas, where she was Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas, School of Medicine. He joined Gribbles Pathology (now Australian Clinical Labs) in 1998.ĭr Deam has played an active role in teaching scientific, nursing and medical staff at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and has been an examiner for the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists as well as the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia.ĭr Deam’s research interests and publications include work on thyroid function testing, various aspects of diagnostic protein measurement and the rational use of biochemical tests. Endocrine function testing, protein abnormalities, laboratory automation Specialities: Chemical Pathologyĭr Deam graduated with Honours in Medicine from Monash University in 1978 and obtained his FRCPA in 1985 following postgraduate training in Biochemistry at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.Īfter several posts in Chemical Pathology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Royal Women's Hospital, he was appointed Head of Chemical Pathology at the Royal Melbourne in 1996.
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