Stephan Harbarth

Geneva University Hospitals
4, rue G-P-G
Infection Control Unit
Geneva Switzerland
CH-1211

Biographical Sketch: Stephan Harbarth, MD, MS, is an associate professor and hospital epidemiologist at Geneva University Hospitals in Geneva, Switzerland. He also serves as senior attending physician in geriatric and general infectious diseases. Dr Harbarth earned his medical degree from Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany, and completed his residency in internal medicine and tropical medicine at Munich University Hospitals. After serving as a clinical fellow in the Infectious Diseases Division and Infection Control Program in the Department of Internal Medicine at Geneva University Hospitals, Dr Harbarth completed his master’s degree in epidemiology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is board certified in infectious diseases. Dr Harbarth’s work has garnered several awards, including the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Microbiology in 2003, the Young Investigator Award from the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in 2006, and the Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases Award for epidemiological research in 2008.