Richard P Wenzel, MD, MSc

Professor and chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond, VA.

President of MCV Physicians, the clinical practice plan for over 600 physicians.

Author of over 450 publications, the editor of five textbooks and the lead editor of A Guide for Infection Control in the Hospital.

Distinguished teacher - trained 50 hospital epidemiologists worldwide.

The work has focused on the epidemiology of hospital-acquired infections, especially bloodstream infections (BSIs) and sepsis

A nationally recognized expert on antibiotic resistance and its impact.

For many years a member of the editorial board of The New England Journal of Medicine, and the journal’s first Editor-at-Large.

A member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI), the Association of American Physicians (AAP) and a charter member of the Surgical Infections Society. A former president of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and former councillor of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).

In March 2004 named President-elect (2004-2006) of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. In 2006-2008 he is the President of the Society.