Yehuda Carmeli

Prof. Carmeli, a world leader in the area of antimicrobial resistance, is the Head of the Israeli National Center for Antibiotic Resistance, Head of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at the Tel Aviv Medical Center, and a Professor of Medicine at the Tel Aviv University, Israel. He received his MD degree from Ben Gurion University, Israel and his MPH degree at Harvard School of Public Health. Following his residency at Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University, he served as a fellow in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Professor Carmeli completed his fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Currently, Prof. Carmeli is also on the research staff at the Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. His primary research interest is the epidemiology of resistance to antibiotics. He is the co-author of over 200 scientific publications, the recipient of multiple research grants and awards, and a member of the editorial board of major journals in the fields of infectious diseases and antibiotic research. Prof Carmeli has been studying A. baumannii and performing clinical studies in the anti-infective area in EU/US for more than 20 years. He brings to Omnix his vast experience and network that have been constructed over time, and he is advising and assisting in building the clinical strategy throughout all the medical and clinical aspects of the Omnix programs.