Programme Director
Dr Owen Seddon
Biography
Dr Owen Seddon MB BCh (Wales) MRCP, FRCPath, Dip HIV, PGCertMedEd
Current Post: Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
- Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists
- Member of the Royal College of Physicians
- Member of the British Infection Association
- Postgraduate training lead for specialty in Cardiff
- Undergraduate training lead for specialty
Dr Seddon completed undergraduate medical training in Cardiff and after training in both Wales and New Zealand, underwent postgraduate training in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology in Wales. He runs the OPAT (outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy) service for Cardiff and the Vale and contributes to a busy clinical infection service covering the region, with an inpatient bed base and outpatient clinics for TB, Hepatitis, HIV, Migrant health, OPAT and general ID. He has a strong interest in medical education at all levels and is a member of the BSAC Keep Antimicrobials Working Initiative, whose aim is to ensure all UK medical students are trained in the principles of antimicrobial resistance and stewardship, based on the NICE endorsed consensus-based national antimicrobial stewardship competencies.