My career encompassed 35 years in preventive medicine with post-graduate training in infectious diseases and public health. I developed and managed large and small scale infectious disease control programs in domestic and international environments for two governments (USA and Canada) and the World Health Organization (Regional Office for the Americas). I was also instrumental in establishing HIV prevention programs throughout Latin America and the Caribbean and was the Canadian federal manager for the SARS outbreaks. I retired in 2007 as the Director General of Canada’s first Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response in the Public Health Agency of Canada. I currently consult internationally with many governments and organizations on infectious disease control issues.Specialties: internal medicine, infectious disease control, epidemiology, health emergency preparedness and response, public health consulting