Dr. Jotam G. Pasipanodya received his degree (MB, ChB) from the University of Zimbabwe Medical School, in Harare, and his Doctorate in Public Health from the University of North Texas Health Sciences at Fort Worth, Texas. He also holds a certificate in TB Epidemiology from International Union Against TB and Lung Diseases in Paris, France. Dr. Pasipanodya spent 4 years (2000–2004) as the Government Medical Officer and Medical Superintendent at Chidamoyo Hospital in Zimbabwe. He was also an Epidemiologist and Adjunct Faculty at the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, at the University of Zimbabwe Health Sciences Centre. He is currently in a Fellowship at Vanderbilt University and an Assistant Professor at the Texas Tech University, Lubbock, United States. Dr. Pasipanodya’s research is devoted to the study of quantitative relationships between antimicrobial agents, and outcomes, including clinical, microbiological, and toxicity, and healthcare costs to individuals and society.
Prof. Charles Feldman obtained his MB BCh degree at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in 1975, and served his internship at Johannesburg Hospital. He subsequently completed his fellowship training in Internal Medicine at Johannesburg Hospital and received his FCP (SA) in 1981. He received his PhD in 1991 for a thesis entitled “Aspects of Community-acquired Pneumonia”. He was registered as a sub-specialist in Pulmonology in 1993 and elected to the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) in 1997. From 1982, he worked as a consultant in the Division of Pulmonology/Critical Care in the Department of Medicine at Hillbrow Hospital in Johannesburg, and in 1986 he became Director of the Intensive Care Unit and Pulmonology Unit of that Hospital. He was appointed as Professor of Pulmonology and Chief Physician at Johannesburg Hospital from 1995 until the end of 2017. Between 1 January 2018 and December 2023, he was the Distinguished Professor of Pulmonology, and since January 2024, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interest is in the field of community-acquired pneumonia, and in particular, pneumococcal pneumonia. He has a number of publications in books and book chapters, as well as more than 380 articles in indexed, peer-reviewed journals.
