Clinical Parasitology

Dr Harsha Sheorey is a Staff Specialist in the Microbiology Department, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne and in the Microbiology Department, Royal Melbourne Hospital. He has extensive and varied experience in clinical microbiology having worked both in Australia and India. His interests include Parasitology, Ocular microbiology, Mycology and Mycobacteriology and he has organised numerous workshops in parasitology, ocular microbiology and mycology.He is also involved in organising scientific programs for the Royal College of Pathology of Australasia, the Australian Society of Microbiology and the Parasitology Master Class. His special interest is in clinical parasitology and tropical medicine and he has written a book titled "Clinical Parasitology - a handbook for medical practitioners and microbiologists". He is an invited writer for the ASM Manual of Clinical Microbiology and has written the chapter on Nematodes for 5 editions of the manual. He co-ordinates an international e-Diagnosis expert group in parasitology and is a member of the ESCMID Parasitology Morphology Hub.