Professor Dilip Nathwani OBE

Professor Dilip Nathwani is a Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases and Honorary Professor of Infection at Ninewells Hospital & Medical School. He is President of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC), serves as National Specialty Adviser for Infectious Diseases to the Scottish Government Health Department and is recent Chair of the European Study Group on Antibiotic Policies. He also held the post of Director of Medical Education for NHS Tayside between 2006 and 2014.

Professor Nathwani chairs the Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group - Government Funded National Stewardship Programme. He has authored more than 225 peer-reviewed publications and contributed extensively to national and international infection guidelines or policy statements.

Professor Nathwani was awarded OBE for contribution to the treatment of infectious diseases in the Queen’s the New Year’s Honours List in 2015.