Timothy D. Shaw

Consultant Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases Physicianbringing clarity to complex infections

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Overview

I provide independent advice and expert opinion to clinicians, healthcare organisations and legal teams on complex infectious disease.My practice combines clinical medicine, laboratory diagnostics and translational research to provide clear, balanced and scientifically reasoned opinions on the causation, diagnosis, management and control of infections, particularly where the evidence is incomplete or complex.

Areas of instruction

I accept instructions in relation to:
• Clinical negligence, personal injury and serious infection-related adverse outcomes
• Causation of infection
• Diagnostic delay and missed diagnosis
• Healthcare-associated infection
• Laboratory and diagnostic error
• Infection prevention and control failure
• Environmental and waterborne infection

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About

Clinical Practice
I am a dual-accredited Consultant in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. My practice involves interpretation of microbiological investigations and advice on antimicrobials for treating teams, and managing a specialist clinic for patients with tuberculosis (TB) and non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease. Alongside my clinical work, I provide infection control advice on healthcare-associated infection and decontamination incidents, and lead service development at the Northern Ireland Mycobacterial Reference Laboratory.Academic and Research Background
I hold a PhD in Medical Microbiology from Queen's University Belfast and completed a research fellowship at Colorado State University (USA) in laboratory models of respiratory infection. I am an Honorary Lecturer in Medical Microbiology at Queen's University Belfast. While I practise across the breadth of clinical microbiology, my principal research interests are TB and NTM infections. My research spans regional epidemiology, clinical trials of novel diagnostics, and the use of experimental models to decipher how pathogen, host and treatment factors determine severity of infection.Expert Witness Approach
My opinions integrate the clinical history, microbiological findings, epidemiological setting, published scientific evidence and accepted professional standards to provide independent opinions on causation, injury and standards of care in infectious disease.I understand my overriding duty to the Court and provide objective, impartial opinions within my area of expertise.