Neil Rau is Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control, Chair of the Patient Safety Steering Committee and Medical Microbiologist at Halton Healthcare Services. He is also Infectious Diseases Section Head for the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Canada. Dr. Rau received his MD from the University of Toronto in 1991 and then pursued Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases Residency training at McGill University. He served as Infectious Disease Section Head for the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada from 2008 to 2012. He is a Lecturer at the University of Toronto, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.