Professor Kordo Basim Aiob Saeed, MB ChB, MSc, FRCPath, FISAC, MD

- Consultant Clinical Microbiologist: Southampton University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Honorary Professor: University of Southampton, Faculty of Medicine, School of experimental and clinical sciences/ UK Work Address: Southampton University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD e-mails: kordosaeed@nhs.net; Kordo.saeed@uhs.nhs.uk

Current leadership roles Internationally Lead consensus guideline development in orthopaedic as member/ co-chair of Research Interest Group (RIG)and orthopaedic research society (ORS) (2018-current) Member of steering group for the Global Antimicrobial Stewardship Partnership Hub (GASPH) (2023-current) Chair of the Rapid diagnostic and Biomarker Working group for the International society for antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC)(2018 -current) Secretary for Skin, bone and joint infection group for the International society for antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2017-current)

Nationally Member of the delivery group for national metagenomic sequencing service, UK (2023-current) British Infection Association (BIA)-Intensive Care Society (ISC) Steering Committee member (2024 current).

Locally / regionally Lead for Bacteriology Laboratory in UHS (2021-current), Deputy lead of Infection Control doctor for UHS (2019-current) Lead microbiologist for General Intensive Care and the orthopaedic/spinal departments and deputy infection control doctor for UHS (2019-current). Lead for Clinical Scientific training (STP) programme in infection for UHS. (2023-current) Clinical lead for Severe Presentation Infectious Disease (SPID) metagenomic sequencing service in Southampton (2023-current) Founder and chair of Wessex Infection Network for Genomics (WING) (2023-current)

Current Portfolio Research Activities: Principal Investigator for SNAP trial Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia/ SOuthampton Chief investigator (UK) for the IDEAL + study: IDEntifying pAtients with suspicion of infection in the ED who have Low disease severity using Midregional Proadrenomedullin (MR-proADM)” Co-Investigator PRECISiON study Predicting REspiratory and Coronavirus Infection Severity at point Of Need. Study member of “MicroGuide-2 a randomised controlled trial of the impact of MicroGuide™ computerised decision-support modules on antimicrobial prescribing behaviours and clinical outcomes.

Publications: Please see my research activity via Google Scholar https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=vCAqgEEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate Editorship or editorial board appointment Journal of Bone and Joint Infection Journal of Orthopaedic Research Antibiotics Menarini Scientific library (lead editor) Journal Clinical Urology

Other interests: Drawing, Woodcarving, languages and history