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====== William Ciccotelli ======

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Dr. **William A. Ciccotelli**, MD, FRCPC is a Canadian [[infectious diseases]] specialist based in Kitchener, Ontario. He has been practicing as an infectious diseases consultant and medical microbiologist since 2008. 

===== Education =====

Ciccotelli graduated from [[McMaster University]] in 2002.
===== Career and Affiliations =====

Ciccotelli is the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control, Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology and [[Grand River General Hospital|Grand River]] and [[St. Mary's General Hospital|St. Mary’s]] General Hospitals.

==== McMaster University ====

Ciccotelli is a part-time assistant professor in the Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine at [[McMaster University]].((//William Ciccotelli.// McMaster University. Retrieved May 1, 2022, from https://archive.ph/SqTqj))

==== Choosing Wisely Canada ====

Ciccotelli has served on a number of working groups and professional committees related to best practice development in infection control, antimicrobial stewardship and resource utilization including with [[Choosing Wisely Canada]].

==== Public Health Ontario ====

Ciccotelli is a member of the Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee on Infection Prevention and Control (PIDAC-IPC) under [[Public Health Ontario]], where he was involved in the development of best practice guidance for [[COVID-19]] infection prevention and control.((Ciccotelli, W. (2021, February 8). //Declaration of Interest.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. https://web.archive.org/web/20220502054851/https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Declaration-of-Interest_Drugs-and-Biologics-Clinical-Practice-Guidelines-Working-Group_William-Ciccotelli.pdf)) ((//Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee on Infection Prevention and Control (PIDAC-IPC).// (2021, August 14). Public Health Ontario. https://archive.ph/qxZIQ))

==== Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table ====

Ciccotelli is a member of the Drugs & Biologics Clinical Practice Guidelines Working Group of the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]].((//About Us.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved April 28, 2022, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/))

===== Research =====

==== Pandemic influenza ====

Ciccotelli has conducted research on allocation of [[vaccines]] in the context of [[pandemic influenza]], funded by the [[Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada]] (NSERC).((Dalgıç, Ö. O., Özaltın, O. Y., Ciccotelli, W. A., & Erenay, F. S. (2017). //Deriving effective vaccine allocation strategies for pandemic influenza: Comparison of an agent-based simulation and a compartmental model.// PLoS ONE, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172261))

==== Further Reading ====

  * https://observerxtra.com/2020/03/05/waterloo-region-sees-its-first-case-of-the-coronavirus/