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Dr. Susanna Frost

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Contact Details

Name Susanna Frost
Contact Details 01 414 3936 / 414 3934
Specialty Clinical Microbiology

Special Interests

  • Molecular diagnostics
  • Bone and joint infection
  • Invasive fungal disease

Education 

MB BCh BAO MRCPI FRCPath MD

Experience

  • Tallaght University Hospital 2014 to present – Consultant and Head of Department, Clinical Microbiology
  • The Royal Free Hospital, London and St George’s Hospital, London 2012–2013
  • Specialist Registrar Ireland 2009-2011
  • Research Fellow Trinity College Dublin 2008-2009

Achievements

  • MD – Development and evaluation of novel molecular methods for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis
  • ECDC expert contact point for diphtheria in Ireland
  • Co –chair of the Irish CF Microbiology Subgroup
  • Recipient of research grants from both The Meath Foundation and The National Children’s Hospital  in 2016 for research projects

Professional Memberships

  • Member of the Irish Society of Clinical Microbiology
  • Member of the Royal College of Physicians Ireland
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Pathology, UK
  • Member of the British Infection Association