Consultant Microbiologist Microbiology Laboratory SUH
Dr Ana Rueda-Benito is the Consultant Microbiologist in Sligo University Hospital since May 2018. She got her Medical degree in University of Alcalá de Henares and did her first speciality training as a Family and Community Medicine specialist in Hospital de Cabueñes in Gijón (Asturias). After working as a GP for about 15 years, she started her second specialist training in Clinical Microbiology in Hospital Central de Asturias, in Oviedo. She has always had a special interest in the clinical aspects of Microbiology, and how diagnostics can influence the patient’s treatment, which is why the favourite component of her speciality is Antimicrobial Stewardship. She had the opportunity of developing this interest when offered the Consultant Microbiologist post in Sligo, in 2018. The COVID pandemic has changed many things in her daily duties, and therefore her focus more recently has been on molecular diagnostics.