Dr David Burgner

Dr David Burgner is a paediatric infectious diseases physician. Dr Burgner is an international authority on understanding the susceptibility and consequences of childhood infection and inflammation, particularly in relation to developing cardiometabolic disease risk. Dr Burgner is recognised internationally as a clinical and scientific leader in Kawasaki disease. They have made major scientific, clinical and policy contributions to the Australian response to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the hyperinflammatory post-infectious syndrome in children.