Susy Hota

Dr. Hota did her medical training at the University of Toronto, where she also completed her residency in Internal Medicine, sub-specializing in Infectious Diseases. She went on to do a Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology through the University of Toronto Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. She joined the Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Department at the University Health Network in 2007. As part of the UHN Infection Prevention and Control unit, she has acted as a consultant on several Ontario hospital-wide outbreaks of nosocomial infections and has partaken in a number of IPAC program reviews. She has a special interest in management of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and is the Principal Investigator in the first North American, randomized controlled trial evaluating fecal transplantation for the treatment of recurrent CDI. Research interests include: 1. Clostridium difficile infection and fecal microbiota transplantation; 2. Infection prevention and control for emergency preparedness and disaster/crisis response.