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All times listed below are Eastern Daylight Time.

Monday, May 01, 2023

Session 1: Monday Morning
8:00am to 8:20am	Introduction and Road Map: Infectious Diseases of Adults Dr. Nesli Basgoz
8:20am to 9:05am	Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy Dr. Alyssa R. Letourneau
9:05am to 9:50am	Update on Antifungal Diagnostics and Therapy Dr. Michael K. Mansour
9:50am to 10:00am	Break
10:00am to 10:45am	Antimicrobial Stewardship Dr. Alyssa R. Letourneau
10:45am to 11:30am	Clostridioides difficile Infection, including Recurrent and Refractory Disease and Novel Approaches Dr. Elizabeth Hohmann
11:30am to 12:00pm	Live Q & A
12:00pm to 1:00pm	Break

Session 2: Monday Afternoon
1:00pm to 1:20pm	Panel Workshop #1: Resistant Gram Positive Infections - MRSA Moderator: Dr. Alyssa R. Letourneau
1:20pm to 1:40pm	Panel Workshop #2: Resistant Gram Positive Infections - VRE Moderator: Dr. Alyssa R. Letourneau
1:40pm to 2:00pm	Live Q & A
2:00pm to 2:20pm	Panel Workshop #3: Resistant Gram Negative Infections - I Moderator: Dr. Alyssa R. Letourneau
2:20pm to 2:40pm	Panel Workshop #4: Resistant Gram Negative Infections - II Moderator: Dr. Alyssa R. Letourneau
2:40pm to 3:00pm	Live Q & A
3:00pm to 3:10pm	Break
3:10pm to 4:00pm	Flummoxing Cases in Fungal Infections Drs. Michael K. Mansour and Sarah Turbett
4:00pm to 4:40pm	Plenary - Public Health Dr. Larry Madoff
4:40pm to 5:10pm	Live Q & A

Tuesday, May 02, 2023

Session 3: Tuesday Morning
8:00am to 9:00am	Encephalitis and Healthcare-Associated CNS Infections: The Newest Guidelines and Best Practices Dr. Allan R. Tunkel
9:00am to 9:50am	Tick Talk: Lyme Disease, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Babesia, Rickettsia, and Other Tick-Borne Infections Dr. Kimon C. Zachary
9:50am to 10:00am	Break
10:00am to 10:50am	Bone and Joint Infections: A Conceptual Framework Dr. Sandra B. Nelson
10:50am to 11:40am	Staphylococcus aureus: Déjà Vu All Over Again Dr. Henry F. Chambers
11:40am to 12:10pm	Live Q & A
12:10pm to 1:00pm	Break

Session 4: Tuesday Afternoon
1:00pm to 1:35pm	Panel Workshop #5: Native Bone Infections including Diabetic Foot Infection and Sacral Osteomyelitis Moderator: Dr. Sandra B. Nelson
1:35pm to 2:10pm	Panel Workshop #6: Orthopedic Device Infections: Prosthetic Joint Infections Moderator: Dr. Sandra B. Nelson
2:10pm to 2:40pm	Live Q & A
2:40pm to 2:50pm	Break
2:50pm to 3:40pm	State-of-the-Art Diagnosis and Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections Dr. Kevin L. Ard
3:40pm to 4:30pm	New and Emerging Viruses Dr. Martin S. Hirsch
4:30pm to 5:00pm	Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in 2023 Dr. Sandra B. Nelson
5:00pm to 5:30pm	Live Q & A

Wednesday, May 03, 2023

Session 5: Wednesday Morning
8:00am to 8:40am	Panel Workshop #7: Multidisciplinary Management of Intra-abdominal Infections Moderator: Dr. Nesli Basgoz
8:40am to 9:20am	Panel Workshop #8: Multidisciplinary Management of Complex Urinary Tract Infections Moderator: Dr. Jacob Lazarus
9:20am to 9:50am	Live Q & A
9:50am to 10:00am	Break
10:00am to 10:30am	Clinical Manifestations of COVID, including Long COVID Dr. Arthur Y. Kim
10:30am to 11:00am	COVID-19 Treatment and Vaccines Dr. Rajesh T. Gandhi
11:00am to 11:30am	COVID-19 and Monkeypox Transmission & Infection Control Dr. Erica S. Shenoy
11:30am to 12:00pm	SARS CoV-2 and Monkeypox Testing Dr. Sarah Turbett
12:00pm to 12:30pm	Live Q & A
12:30pm to 1:00pm	Break

Session 6: Wednesday Afternoon
1:00pm to 1:30pm	Monkeypox: Epidemiology and Public Health (US) Dr. Demetre Daskalakis
1:30pm to 2:00pm	Monkeypox on the Global Stage Dr. Boghuma K. Titanji
2:00pm to 2:40pm	Monkeypox: Clinical Manifestations and Vaccination Drs. Nesli Basgoz and Kevin L. Ard
2:40pm to 2:50pm	Break
2:50pm to 3:30pm	Monkeypox: Treatment, including Regulatory Aspects Dr. Elizabeth Hohmann
3:30pm to 4:30pm	Live: New England Journal of Medicine Clinicopathologic Conference (CPC) Dr. Eric S. Rosenberg
4:30pm to 5:00pm	Live Q & A

Thursday, May 04, 2023

Session 7: Thursday Morning
8:00am to 9:00am	Infections in Hematologic Malignancies and Stem Cell Transplantation Dr. Sarah Hammond
9:00am to 10:00am	Infections Related to Solid Organ Transplant and Non-Oncologic Immunomodulatory Therapy Dr. Camille Nelson Kotton
10:00am to 10:10am	Break
10:10am to 10:45am	Cellular and Immune-Based Therapies for Cancer: What the ID Clinician Needs to Know in 2023 Dr. Michael K. Mansour
10:45am to 11:30am	Endocarditis Dr. Molly L. Paras
11:30am to 12:00pm	Live Q & A
12:00pm to 1:00pm	Break

Session 8: Thursday Afternoon
1:00pm to 1:35pm	Panel Workshop #9: Challenges in Native Valve Endocarditis (including in Persons with Substance Use Disorder) Moderator: Dr. Molly Paras
1:35pm to 2:10pm	Panel Workshop #10: Multidisciplinary Management of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis (including in Persons with Substance Use Disorder) Moderator: Dr. Molly Paras
2:10pm to 2:40pm	Live Q & A
2:40pm to 2:50pm	Break
2:50pm to 3:30pm	Plenary - Client-Centered HIV/STI Care: Advancing Equity in Health Dr. Ruanne V. Barnabas
3:30pm to 4:00pm	Pre- and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Dr. Kevin L. Ard
4:00pm to 4:45pm	HIV Management in 2023 Dr. Rajesh T. Gandhi
4:45pm to 5:25pm	Understanding and Addressing the Continuing Challenges in HIV-Associated Opportunistic Infections Dr. Nesli Basgoz
5:25pm to 5:55pm	Live Q & A

Friday, May 05, 2023

Session 9: Friday Morning
8:00am to 8:50am	Tuberculosis Update Dr. Rocío Hurtado
8:50am to 9:40am	Bronchiectasis, Pneumonia, and NTM Infections: Anatomic and Clinical Approaches Dr. Nesli Basgoz
9:40am to 9:50am	Break
9:50am to 10:40am	Advances in Viral Hepatitis: HBV and HCV Dr. Arthur Kim
10:40am to 11:30am	Eye and ENT Infections: What You Need to Know in 2023 Dr. Miriam B. Barshak
11:30am to 12:00pm	Live Q & A
12:00pm to 1:00pm	Break

Session 10: Friday Afternoon
1:00pm to 1:35pm	Panel Workshop #11: Management of Complex Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Infection: Pulmonary Moderator: Dr. Rocío Hurtado
1:35pm to 2:10pm	Panel Workshop #12: Management of Complex Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Infection: Extrapulmonary Moderator: Dr. Rocío Hurtado
2:10pm to 2:40pm	Live Q & A
2:40pm to 2:50pm	Break
2:50pm to 3:25pm	Tropical Medicine: 2023 Review and Update Dr. Edward T. Ryan
3:25pm to 4:05pm	Cases in Global Infectious Diseases Dr. Edward T. Ryan
4:05pm to 4:45pm	Infections in Persons with Substance Use Disorder: New Horizons and Emerging Approaches Dr. Jennifer A. Johnson
4:45pm to 5:15pm	Live Q & A

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Infectious Disease Medicine, Public and Global Health

The 2023 program includes a focus on public and global health, including:

Monkeypox on the global stage
Cases in global infectious diseases
Tropical medicine
The intersection of infectious diseases and public health

Optimized for Remote Learning

This course has been optimized for remote learning, with live streaming sessions that include interactive online Q&A with faculty. Participate from your laptop or desktop computer.

Sessions are designed and presented by leading Harvard Medical School faculty, leaders in their respective fields of medicine.

All course presentations and workshops will be available online to course registrants for 90 days following the course to watch and review at their convenience.

All live streaming sessions are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ as well as other relevant credits.

Special pricing is in effect.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Describe the current status of the Monkeypox outbreak in the United States and worldwide, including transmission, prevention, diagnosis, and management
Update key features of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, including details about newer variants and their impact on transmission, prevention, diagnosis and management
Utilize the latest strategies for the prevention, diagnosis and management of important infectious disease syndromes in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients
Summarize principles of judicious antimicrobial selection, dose and duration to optimize patient outcomes, prevent resistance and decrease cost
Describe evidence-based treatments as well as new treatment paradigms for resistant or difficult-to-treat infectious diseases
Recognize the role of novel, rapid diagnostics in infectious disease practice
Analyze key areas of recent clinical and basic science relevant to clinical care in infectious diseases
Select the optimal infection control approach for each patient and care setting
Integrate your understanding of risk factors into your differential diagnosis and your strategies for diagnosis and empiric treatment
Better understand factors impacting care provided by non-infectious disease physicians in the care of persons with infections, including by surgeons, pharmacists, addiction specialists, and radiologists

Program Notes

All schedule times are Eastern Daylight Time.

Please note that program changes / substitutions may be made without notice.

Offered by

Nesli Basgoz, MD
MGH Master Clinician Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases,
Associate Chief and Clinical Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Ruanne V. Barnabas, MBChB, MSc, DPhil, FIDSA
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital;
MGH Francis and Dorothea Reed Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Rajesh T. Gandhi, MD
Director, HIV Clinical Services and Education, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Co-Director and Principal Investigator, Harvard University Center for AIDS Research;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Sandra B. Nelson, MD
Director, Musculoskeletal Infectious Disease and Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy Programs, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School