Prof Grant Waterer

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Prof Grant Waterer

Respiratory Physician; Deputy Director, Clinical Services for EMHS and RPH

Prof Grant Waterer is the acting EMHS Area Director of Clinical Services and acting Director of Clinical Services at Royal Perth Bentley Group. He is also a respiratory physician at Royal Perth Hospital, Professor of Medicine at the University of Western Australia and Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago. He is currently the Chair of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America Community Acquired Pneumonia Guidelines and a panel member of the ATS/IDSA HAP/VAP guidelines. He has over 150 peer reviewed publications, more than 60 invited international presentations and is on the Editorial Board of eight journals including the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Chest and the European Respiratory Journal.

RSV – More serious than you think

RSV is a big problem in young children, under one’s and older patients. There is a significance in over 60, the mortality and morbidity does seem to increase. Vaccine fatigue is also a significant deterrent to overcome in general practice.

RSV – More serious than you think

RSV is a big problem in young children, under one’s and older patients. There is a significance in over 60, the mortality and morbidity does seem to increase. Vaccine fatigue is also a significant deterrent to overcome in general practice.

By Prof Grant Waterer