The Visiting Fellow Program
Our Past Visiting Fellows
Dr. Nicholas Laundy
12 month Visiting Advanced Trainee from Yorkshire UK
Dr Nick Laundy was a visiting ID Clinical and Research Fellow contributing to clinical trials work, in particular the C-SMART trial, an RCT trial looking at COVID-19 in cancer patients and clinical consult work both at Royal Melbourne Hospital and Peter MacCallum Hospital. He is from Yorkshire in England and is now working as an Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist in Hobart, Tasmania.
Dr Pedro Puerta- Alcalde
Dr Pedro Puerta-Alcalde was our visiting ID physician fellow from Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona Spain. He is a highly regarded clinician researcher with special interest in fungal and bacterial infections in immune-compromised hosts. He leads a large international multisite study investigating the incidence and risk factors for relapse of Clostridioides difficile infection in cancer patients (CIRCA study) with sites involved in Australia and Spain.
Short Stay Program example - Taiwanese visiting clinicians
The NCIC hosted a Short Stay program for a group of clinicians from The National Taiwan University Hospital. The program consisted of a 2-week itinerary full of tours, comprehensive courses and ward rounds and many other activities guided by the NCIC. This program cost a nominal fee of $5500 AUD.
Visiting clinicians from The National Taiwan University Hosptial during the 2-week program with the NCIC