Dr Suryabrata Banerjee, MBBS, FRCPath (Microbiology &Virology)
Consultant and Clinical Lead in Medical Microbiology and Virology
Northumbria Healthcare, United Kingdom (Opinions are my own)
Chair, Speciality Reference Group, NENC
Member, Generative AI Subgroup, ESGAID, ESCMID
Question setter and Reviewer, UEMS European Examination in Medical Microbiology
Founder, Microregistrar – an online platform for microbiology education and FRCPath exam preparation
Cofounder, Microquora India
Interests: Infection prevention and control, antimicrobial stewardship, FRCPath education, diagnostic stewardship, AI and large language models in medicine, clinical safety, and digital medical education.
Teaching, Mentoring & Education
Microregistrar.com was started in 2012 as my study notes that I can access anywhere. I continued to maintain this website as many people found it useful, and there was so little guidance available for the FRCPath Microbiology examination. In 2022, I started working on a special project – a moodle only for FRCPath Microbiology. The aim was to provide a site where a trainee can find >80% of what is needed for the exam. It contains materials specifically written with the examination in mind, guidance, MCQs, part 2-style questions, and a standing mock examination. This is a resource valued by most of its users (>500 over the years) from >29 countries. This is supported by an active WhatsApp group.
I am committed to supporting the next generation of microbiologists through structured mentoring and digital education resources. Through Microregistrar.com, microregistrar.moodlecloud.com and MicroQuora, I provide exam-focused learning materials, practice questions, Mock exams and study guides for FRCPath Part 1 and Part 2 candidates. My teaching interests include antimicrobial resistance, infection prevention, diagnostic microbiology, and the application of AI tools in medical education.
My other projects and interests
I am a keen follower of technology and recent developments in AI/ML and LLMs. I also trained in clinical safety. I am involved in collaborative projects in the field of LLM as a part of ESCMID’s ESGAID study group on generative AI.
I am an avid user of LLMs and particularly interested in user-side education, optimisation, and safety, especially in high-stakes environments such as clinical medicine.
In microbiology, my current projects are improving the pre-analytical stage of blood culture and applying data-driven approaches to the empirical treatment of patients.
Education and Experience
- Clinical Risk Management in AI: Advanced Training, Newton’s Tree 2026
- Clinical Expert, ESGAID Generative AI subgroup 2025 – present
- Generative AI courses, Coursera, Northeastern University, IBM and American Board of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (ABAIM) 2025
- Chair, SRG NENC 2025 – present
- BSAC Academic Publishing, BSAC 2025
- Using Data Science and Machine Learning for Infection Sciences, ESCMID 2024
- Clinical Lead, Microbiology 2022 – present
- Clinical Safety Officer, NHS Digital 2021
- Consultant Microbiologist, 2014 – present
- Courses on IPC – Water safety in healthcare (WMS), Ventilation in healthcare, Foundation course (Healthcare Infection Society) 2014 – current
- CCT, UK 2014
- FRCPath Microbiology and Virology, 2013, RCPath, UK
- UK training programme in Microbiology and Virology, Northern Deanery 2009 – 2014
- Resident-level experience in Surgery, Medicine, Critical care, and Elderly care/Stroke, UK (2000 – 2009)
- Medicine, Surgery, University of Calcutta, India, 1999