Speciality
Subspeciality
- Infectious Diseases
Areas of interest
About
Prof Torresi has a long-standing commitment to the practice, teaching and research in infectious diseases. His practice encompasses the breadth of clinical infectious diseases in both hospital and community acquired infections and he has been involved in numerous clinical trials in viral hepatitis, vaccines and virology.
He has long been involved in the teaching of medical students and medical practitioners in several aspects of infectious diseases, travel and tropical medicine. He has research activities in basic virology, in particular hepatitis B and C pathogenesis, immunology and vaccine research. He also has ongoing clinical and research interests in travel medicine.
Consulting locations
Consulting Location
145 Studley Road
Heidelberg
VIC
3184
Consulting Location
Epworth Eastern - East Wing Tower
Level 14, Suite 14.2
1 Arnold Street
Box Hill
VIC
3128
Epworth locations
Qualifications
- B.Med.Sci
- MBBS
- FRACP
- PhD
- FFTM (RCSP Glasgow)
Education and training
- Lecturing in infectious diseases to medical and science students
- Teaching and mentoring of infectious diseases trainees
- Lecturing in infectious diseases and travel medicine to medical practitioners
Research
- Hepatitis C immunology and vaccines
- Hepatitis B pathogenesis
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute
Professional Associations
- Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases
- International Society for Travel Medicine
- Australian College of Tropical Medicine
- GeoSentinel Global Surveillance Network