Dr Michael M Rothburn

BSc, MB, ChB, DpBact, FRCPath Consultant Medical Microbiologist

Areas of Expertise:
Infections.
Infectious diseases.
Immunology.
Bacterial infections.
Skin infections
Bone and soft tissue infections.
Viral infections.
Hospital-acquired infection.
Neonatal infections.
Obstetric infections.
Gynaecological infections.
Pathology and related services.
Microbiology.
Virology.
Bacteriology.
Neurosurgical and spinal infections.
Orthopaedic infections.
Prosthetic infections.

Additional Information:
Regional Limits:
GB Wide: Yes
Additional Languages: No

Expert Witness Work:

Single Joint Expert: Yes
Legal Aid Work: Yes
Criminal Cases: No
Media & Public Relations: No
Personal Injury: Yes

Expert Witness Activity:

Claimant: 40%
Defendant: 40%
Single Joint Expert: 20%

How many times have you attended court: 5
(Past 3 years)

How many expert reports have you written: 100
(Past 3 years)

Lawyer Consultation:

15 minutes free of charge discussion: Yes

General Medical Council (GMC reference number: 2501981) Royal College of Pathologists Hospital Infection Society

Liverpool Clinical Laboratories Consultant Medical Microbiologist July 2013-March 2015 (retired) &Control of Infection Doctor

Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust Consultant Medical Microbiologist May 1987-July 2013 Control of Infection Doctor

I retired (March 2015) as a Consultant Medical Microbiologist responsible for giving a clinical microbiology service for patients of University Hospital Aintree which has most specialties served by 926 acute beds, the
Walton Centre Foundation Trust (for Neurology & Neurosurgery (160 beds) and local General Practitioners. I also supported the needs of Health Protection England particularly in community based outbreak investigations
e.g. food poisoning.

The laboratory is a former regional Public Health Laboratory which has been managed by Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust since April 2003 and now part of Liverpool Clinical Laboratories which is a joint venture between
Aintree Hospitals and the Royal Liverpool Hospital. This large joint laboratory has a workload of more than 120000 bacteriology and 170000 Virology specimens with the bacteriology specimens derived from Primary
Care and local hospital trusts The Virology derives from Merseyside and parts of Cheshire. I have been mostly involved in giving advice on bacteriological infections and hospital infection control but also support
the needs of the Virology part of our service as appropriate. The laboratory provides a comprehensive rapid tuberculosis isolation service for many laboratories in the North West and again I give appropriate medical
advice as required. I served as head of the Clinical Microbiology & Health Protection Agency Collaborating Laboratory since July 2003 until July 2012.

Contact Details:

8 Hill Top Drive,
Hale,
Cheshire,
WA15 0JN

Mob: 07944 130439
Email: manddrothburn@yahoo.co.uk