DrMatthew O'Sullivan

MBBS MMed (ClinEpi) PhD DTM&H, FRACP FRCPA

Dr O'Sullivan is an Infectious Diseases Physician and Medical Microbiologist. He has a clinical interest in staphylococcal infection, tropical medicine, HIV, infections in immunocompromised hosts and diagnosis, management and clinical biocontainment for High Consequence Infectious Diseases such as Ebola and COVID-19. His research interest is in genotyped-based surveillance of pathogens responsible for hospital-aqcuired infections. He graduated in medicine from the University of Queensland in 1996 and has a Master of Medicine (Clinical Epidemiology) from the University of Sydney and a Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He was awarded his PhD from the University of Sydney in 2013 for a thesis entitled "A prospective methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus typing system for infection control: Design and effectiveness".

Dr O'Sullivan is a member of Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute (Sydney ID)