He graduated in Medicine from the University of Adelaide in 1987, and he is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. His interest in today’s topic originated from his visits to Myanmar where he saw many snakebite patients with severe kidney failure. He is project leader of the DFAT-funded Myanmar Snakebite Project that aims to improve the health outcomes of snakebite patients in Myanmar. Dr Afzal Mahmood – MBBS Senior Lecturer at the School of Population Health, University of Adelaide