Dr. Samir Patel

Areas of Expertise

• antimicrobial resistance
• hospital-associated infections
• zoonotic diseases

Appointments

• Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto

Academic Degrees and Accreditations

• Doctor of Philosophy (Innate Immunity and Infectious Disease), University of Toronto
• Master of Science (Innate Immunity and Infectious Disease), University of Toronto
• Fellowship of Canadian Clinical Microbiology (FCCM), Canadian Society of Microbiology
• American Board of Medical Microbiology (ABMM), American Society of Microbiology

PHO Research Interests

• Detection and epidemiology of antimicrobial-resistant organisms.
• Detection of emerging and re-emerging pathogens using next generation sequencing platforms.

PHO Research Activities

• Investigating utility of next generation sequencing platforms to detect rare or emerging pathogens in Ontario.
• Understanding epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Ontario.

Selected Publications

1. Kohler PP, Melano RG, Patel SN, Shafinaz S, Faheem A, Coleman BL, et al. Emergence of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae, South-Central Ontario, Canada. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018;24(9):1674-82.
2. Johnson KO, Nelder MP, Russell C, Li Y, Badiani T, Sander B, Sider D, Patel SN. Clinical manifestations of reported Lyme disease cases in Ontario, Canada: 2005-2014. PLoS One. 2018;13(6):e0198509.
3. Kohler P, Eshaghi A, Kim HC, Plevneshi A, Green K, Willey BM, McGeer A, Patel SN; Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network (TIBDN). Prevalence of vancomycin-variable Enterococcus faecium (VVE) among vanA-positive sterile site isolates and patient factors associated with VVE bacteremia. PLoS One. 2018;13(3):e0193926.
4. Johnstone J, Patel SN; Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee – Infection Prevention and Control (PIDAC-IPC). An emerging multidrug-resistant bacteria. CMAJ. 2017;189(35):E1115.
5. Fattouh R, Tijet N, McGeer A, Poutanen SM, Melano RG, Patel SN. What is the appropriate meropenem MIC for screening of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in low-prevalence settings? Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015;60(3):1556-9.

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