Prof Colleen Bamford

MMed (Med Micro)(UCT 2008); Fellow of the College of Pathologists of South Africa (Microbiology); MPhil Maternal and Child Health (UCT 1996); Diploma in Child Health (College of Medicine 1990); MBChB (UCT 1987) Clinical MicrobiologistMicrobiology / Virology, Serology

Prof Colleen  Bamford is originally from Port Elizabeth and studied medicine at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
Subsequently she worked as a medical officer in Durban for a number of years before returning to UCT to specialise in medical microbiology, graduating in 2005.
Since then Colleen has been employed by the National Health Laboratory Service initially at Tygerberg Hospital and latterly at Groote Schuur Hospital.
She has a broad range of interests in clinical microbiology, including the management of infections due to multi-drug resistant organisms, the rational use of diagnostic tests and antimicrobial stewardship. She is an honorary associate professor in the Division of Medical Microbiology, UCT.