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Dr John Conly

Fellow, Visiting Fellow

Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary

John Conly CM MD DSc is a Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, former Head of the Department of Medicine at the University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services in Calgary, Canada and the current Medical Director for IPC and Antimicrobial Stewardship for the Calgary Health Zone. He was a former President of the Canadian Infectious Disease Society, a past Chairman of the Board for the Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance, a member of the Canadian Advisory Group on AMR and the current Chair of the WHO IPC Research & Development Expert Group for COVID-19. He has published over 500 manuscripts, book chapters, technical reports and guidelines and has many career honours including the Order of Canada, the FNG Starr Award from the Canadian Medical Association and the CAPM Ronald Christie Award for outstanding contributions to academic medicine in Canada. He holds multiple Fellowships and continues as an active consultant in clinical infectious diseases with current interests which focus on AMR, stewardship, prevention of hospital-acquired infections and novel innovations in healthcare.