Dr. Anucha Apisarnthanarak is current the Professor and Chief of Infectious Diseases Division and Infection Control Committee at Thammasat University Hospital.  He also serves as an Adjunct Visiting Professor at Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, USA.  Dr. Apisarnthanarak’s research focus included infection prevention in resource-limited setting, infection control to prevent multi-drug resistant microorganisms as well as outbreak investigations.  He published more than 250 peer-review articles and more than 20 peer-review book chapters.  He has been a key committee member of many national and international societies including Thai National Nosocomial Infection Group, Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, and Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control.  Dr. Apisarnthanarak also serves as editorial board for key infectious diseases and infection control journals including Clinical Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology and American Journal of Infection Control.

Dr Ling Moi Lin, MBBS, FRCPA, CPHQ, MBA, is the Director, Infection Prevention & Epidemiology at Singapore General Hospital (SGH). She has more than 30 years experience in the healthcare setting with sub-speciality experience in clinical microbiology for the past 15 years. During her secondment to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, she held the responsibility of Acting Head, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (1995 –1997).

She played a key role in the infection control program in Singapore and helped to establish the Infection Control Association (Singapore) in 1999, of which she is the President till today.  She is also currently the President of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC).  She has been conducting training programs in infection control in China, South East Asia as well locally in Singapore since 1995.  She has been one of the key faculty members of the APSIC Course in Infection Control since 2002.  She is also a certified professional in healthcare quality (CPHQ) since 2000 and received training in healthcare quality from Dr Brent James of the Intermountain Health Care (IHC) in the United States in 2001.

She has played a key role as Director of Quality Management at the SGH for the past 5 years where she contributed to building-up and improving quality awareness and implementing clinical quality programmes in SGH.  She was also the Director for Quality Management for 2 years at the corporate office of Singapore Health Services where she initiated the Health Management Programs for various chronic diseases and also contributed to building the quality movement in the cluster.  She has special interest in quality improvement and is the key trainer for the quality improvement training program at SGH since 2001.

Her expertise in healthcare quality is recognized internationally and she was a Director on the Healthcare Quality Certification Board (HQCB) and its Asia Pacific representative from 2006 – 2007.

Ms. Patricia Ching is presently the Principal Nurse in Infection Control of the WHO Collaborating Center, School of Public Health, the University of Hong Kong. She has extensivelypursued a wide range of post graduate qualifications including Critical Care, Midwifery, Coronary care, Infection Control and epidemiology as well as Diploma of Nursing Administration. She started the career of Infection Control Practitioner since 1985 and have comprehensive infection control experience from acute care to long term care andextending to Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinics.She published widely in infection control and nursing and is well recognised by the Hong Kong Academy of Nursingthat conferred the Honorary Fellow Member in Infection Prevention and Controlin May 2018. She is also the field expert in the Scientific Committee of Infection Control (SCIC) in Centre for Health Protection Hong Kong.

Director, Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Professor, Sichuan University

Dr. Zong is a senior physician-scientist for infectious diseasesand is the director of the infectious diseases wardin West China Hospital of Sichuan University, one of the top medical centers in China. He received medical training in China and obtained PhD from the University of Sydney, Australia. He was the International Ambassador of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America in 2011 and is an awardee of the Newton Advanced Fellowship, Royal Society, UK. He is a member of APSIC EXCO committee.

His expertise is in the management of multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) infections in critically ill or immunocompromised patients. His main research interests are the epidemiology and mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in the Enterobacterales, the prevention and control of MDRO, and surveillance on healthcare associated infections. He has authored>200 peer-reviewed papers in Science Citation Index-indexed journals such as Lancet Microbe, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Clinical Microbiology Reviews, PLoS Medicine, Journal of Hospital Infection, and Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

Adj. Asst. Prof Surinder Pada is the Head of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Chairperson of the Infection Control committee as well as the Pandemic Chairperson of the Emergency Preparedness committee and is a Senior Consultant at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and Jurong Community Hospital in Singapore. (Jurong Health Campus)

She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales, Sydney and undertook most of her training in Australia. She was conferred as a fellow of the Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in 2009. 

In 2013 under the auspices of Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) she completed a six-month fellowship atthe Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in Infection Control. Again in 2020, she was awarded a group HMDP where she studied waterless ICU systems and best practices in Infection Prevention in the Netherlands and Spain.

Adj. Asst Prof Pada was awarded National Awards (COVID19) Public Administration Medal (Bronze) in 2022 for her tireless efforts in helping Jurong Health campus weather the storm of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a member of the National Infection Prevention Committee (NIPC) set up by the Ministry of Health, she was also involved in advising and driving policy change in areas where assistance was requested from NIPC for the pandemic. She has been involved in non-pandemic work as well and has assisted in writing several policy and guideline documents in her role as a member of the NIPC.

Her main interests are in Infection Prevention particularly in renovation and construction of healthcare facilities, and emerging infectious diseases.

Dr. Doo Ryeon Chung is a leading infectious diseases specialist with over 25 years of experience, particularly in antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial stewardship, and infection control. He is a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Samsung Medical Center and has played a crucial role in developing computerized antibiotic prescription programs that have significantly improved antimicrobial stewardship. His expertise is evidenced by over 300 papers published in prestigious journals.

After earning his M.D. from Seoul National University and Ph.D. in Microbiology, he completed post-graduate training, including a clinical fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Asan Medical Center and a research fellowship at Harvard Medical School. His career has been marked by leadership in nationwide infection control efforts, and he currently oversees the Korean National Healthcare-associated Infection Surveillance System (KONIS).

Beyond clinical practice, Dr. Chung has been a key advisor on public health policy, guiding the Korean CDC and WHO on critical issues. He leads the Asian Network for Surveillance of Resistant Pathogens (ANSORP), contributing to understanding and addressing antimicrobial resistance in the Asia-Pacific region. As Secretary General of the Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID), he managed antibiotic stewardship campaigns and played a crucial role in developing APEC guidelines to tackle antimicrobial resistance. In 2024, he co-chaired the 14th International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance (ISAAR).

Since 2018, Dr. Chung has been an active council member of ISID, contributing to its Publication and Education Committee. His recent appointment as a council member and Exco member of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC) further cements his leadership and influence on the global stage.

Glenys is an experienced Infection Control Consultant with an extensive background in managing and developing healthcare organization infection control programs in developed and developing countries.  Glenys has post graduate qualifications in Critical Care, Midwifery and Infectious Diseases. She has published widely and has a specific interest in improving patient safety through introducing quality improvement initiatives to reduce health care associated infection.

Glenys started her Infection Control career with the Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Unit at Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia. Alfred Health provides services for tertiary referral acute, rehabilitation, long-term care, community health and state wide programs for burns, heart and heart lung transplantation and trauma.  Between 2000 and 2009, she held the Infection Control Program Coordinator position and in 2010 she established her own business called Infection Control Consultancy (ICC).

Glenys’ experience in the Asia Pacific region includes a World Health Organization (WHO) Consultancy to a SARS Outbreak Team, infection control program reviews, and tutorial attachments along with being an Honorary Advisor on the Hong Kong Infection Control Nurses Association (HKICNA) Research Review Panel.  Glenys is an executive committee member of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC).

Dr. Namita Jaggi is currently the Director, Lab services and Infection control & Chief, Education & Research at the Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon, India. She is an alumnus of the prestigious MAMC (Maulana Azad Medical College) in New Delhi, India and has more than 25 years of experience in Microbiology and Infection control having excelled in her academic career with many awards and distinctions. She has been a National Talent Search Scholarship Holder in school, received Distinctions and gold medals in Physiology, Microbiology & Ophthalmology. She has successfully steered the Artemis hospital through NABH, NABL, Green OT and JCI audits. She is also the Chairperson of the Infection control Committee and the Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee at the hospital.
Dr Namita is the country secretary for INICC (International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium). She is one among twelve in the world to be chosen as the APIC Heroes of infection prevention for the year 2012 and SHEA (Society for healthcare epidemiology of America) International ambassador for the year 2015. She is on executive board in Hospital Infection Society, India (HISI) and Asia Pacific Society for Infection prevention and control (APSIC). She extensively collaborates with National and International experts in the field of infection control for Global Development in this field. She is also a member of SHEA, IFIC, INICC and APIC.

Dr. Namita Jaggi is a NABL, NABH, Green OT and JCI– lab surveyor. She has authored a number of publications, research papers and articles including a book – Microbiology Theory for MLT. She is the editor for Journal of Patient Safety and Infection control. She has co-guided several DNB theses and is also actively involved in translational research at Artemis. She has represented India in writing APSIC Central line associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) guidelines and also contributed chapters on blood stream infections and judicious use of antibiotics in a book published by Indian Medical Association (IMA). She has also contributed to Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organizations (CAHO) in writing modules on Antibiotics and Antibiotic policy.
She has participated in numerous International and National conferences as speaker and panelist. Dr Namita has won various awards and Honors – under her leadership Artemis Hospital was the first hospital in India to be awarded for the Asia Pacific hand hygiene excellence award, 2010-2011 at Melbourne.

I
have been practicing Infection control since 1985.Currently overseeing Infection
Control in Dental Services for 6 Dental Clinics in Dental services for six  dental clinics in National
Healthcare Group Polyclinics.

 Experience

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Part of the panel for Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control
CSSD Center of Excellence Program since 2014.

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Executive member with Asia Pacific Society and served as a
treasurer from 2020 till April 2024.

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Faculty member in Infection Control Training Course with Asia
Pacific Society of Infection Control

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Faculty member in Central Sterile Sterilizing Course with
Infection Control Association, Singapore.

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Chaired the National Healthcare Group Training and Competency
Workgroup for Decontamination and Reprocessing of Medical Equipment between
2019 and 2020. 

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Co-chaired the Infection Prevention and Control Workgroup in
developing Infection Control Competency Training and Assessment with the
National Healthcare Group.

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Member of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control
Workgroup in developing infection control guideline in Dentistry.

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Contributed in Ministry of Health Infection Control guidelines;

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The National Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines for
Acute Healthcare Facilities 2017

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The National Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines for
Long Term Care Facilities 2021

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Pioneered and chaired the Infection Control Chapter in Singapore
for 7 years since 1991.

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Co- founding member and an executive member with Infection
Control Association, Singapore. 

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Cofounder
and council member with Asia Pacific Society of
Infection Control.

With many years of working experience in healthcare and infection
control, I have led in the Infection Control Program for both the Private and
Restructured hospitals, ambulatory services and dental services in the primary
care.

My passion is in Infection Control and teaching. The above
experience gave me many opportunities to teach and provide consultation and
assessment in both local and overseas hospitals in Brunei, China, Hong Kong,
India, Indonesia, Malaysia Thailand and Vietnam.

Dr WH Seto played a key role in initiating Infection Control in Hong Kong and started the local training course for Infection Control Practitioners in 1985. He is involved extensively in Infection Control education throughout China and the region and is the Founding President of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control. Besides being Honorary Professor for the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, he is also a visiting professor for the University of New South Wales.

He was conferred honorary professorships by several universities in China including Honorary Professorship for Infection Control by the Postgraduate Military Medical College of the PLA General Hospital (301). The People’s Liberation Army of China has in addition appointed him honorary consultant for Infection control in 1999. He is also the past Chairman of the Scientific Committee on Infection Control of the Centre for Health Protection of HKSAR Government.

He has authored over a hundred and fifty research papers including the book “Infection Control for the Asian Healthcare Worker”. Many international societies had invited him to speak on Infection Control and they include the ICC, ICID, CDC (USA), ASM (USA), ICN (UK), Hospital Infection Society (UK), APIC (USA), SHEA (USA) and ICNA (Australia).

The WHO has also regularly assigned him as advisor for various projects in Infection Control, Antibiotics Resistance and a core group member for the WHO Hand Hygiene guideline. He is also a member of the Emergency Committee of the IHR of the WHO, member of the Infection Control International Network and Director of WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, The University of Hong Kong.

He is also awarded the “Bronze Bauhinia Star” in 2004 and “Silver Bauhinia Star” in 2011 from the Hong Kong Government for his work in Infection Control in Hong Kong. In view of his years of involvement in Infection Control, he is also active in the related field of Quality Healthcare Management and is presently the President of the Asia Pacific Society of Healthcare Quality. He is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) and was the CPHQ Examination Committee in 2000-2001. He is also a F1000 Prime Faculty Member since 2014.

For 2013 he is made a Meritorious Member of ISC (International Society of Chemotherapy) and also awarded The Yen Award for outstanding research in Infections Disease.

For 2015, he wins the IFIC (International Federation of Infection Control) Martin S. Favero Award 2015. This award is to honor him for his lifetime contribution to global infection prevention.

Relevant Qualifications & Training

• Fellow of HK Academy of Medicine and HK College of Pathologist (Founding Fellow)
• MRCP (Member of Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom)
• FRCPath (Fellow of Royal College of Pathologist, United Kingdom)
• Certificate in Infection Control (CDC, USA)
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ, USA)
• F1000 Prime Faculty Member since 2014

Position

• Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
• Clinical Professor (Hon.), School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
• Special Advisor, HKU Shenzhen Hospital
• Consultant Microbiologist, Hong Kong Baptist Hospital
• Board Member and Medical Advisor, Hong Kong Adventist Hospital
• Honorary Health Advisor, New Frontier Health