Dr. Thomas O’Brien — Expert in Antimicrobial Resistance and Giant in His Field (Literally)
Dr. Thomas (Tom) O’Brien was born in January 1929, in between the discovery of penicillin (September 1928) and the publication of the findings in a medical journal (May 1929). As noted by his longtime mentee Dr. John Stelling, Tom physically embodied the antibiotic era — quite appropriate for someone best known for his groundbreaking work […]