Schedule

Friday January 29, 2010

3:00 - 3:50 PM

REGISTRATION / EXHIBITS / POSTERS

3:50 PM

Welcome

Diane C. Halstead, PhD
Jacksonville Pathology Associates, P.A.
& Baptist Health
,
Jacksonville, FL

 Session 1

Moderator: E. Dylan Sandler, MD, Jacksonville Pathology Consultants, P.A.

4:00 PM

Emerging Gram-Positive Cocci: Clinical Lab Diagnosis

Roberta B. Carey, PhD
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Moderator: Jane Hata, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville FL

4:50 PM

Challenges in Laboratory Diagnosis

Expert Panel: Roberta B. Carey, PhD; Tim Cleary, PhD; Phyllis Della-Latta, PhD; Randall Hayden, MD; Stephen G. Jenkins, PhD; Octavio Martinez, PhD; Karin L. Mc Gowan, PhD; Mark Neuman, PhD

6:00 PM

RECEPTION / EXHIBITS / POSTERS

6:45 PM

DINNER / SPEAKER

Moderator: Alex Vandevelde, MD, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, FL

7:15 PM

Top 10 Contributions of Clinincal Microbiology and Infection Control in the Past 50 Years

John E. McGowan, MD
Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University
Atlanta, GA

 

Saturday January 30, 2010

7:15 AM

REGISTRATION / EXHIBITS / POSTERS / CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

7:50 AM

Welcome

Carol Himmelreich, MS
Mayo Clinic Florida,
Jacksonville, FL

Session 2 

Moderator: Robert Catalla, MD, Magic Johnson HIV Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

8:00 AM

How to Create a Threapeutic Committe and an Antibiotic Stewardship Programme that is Scientifically and Economically Sound

Richard Quintiliani, MD
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Farmington, CT

Moderator: Jeffrey T. Lauer, MD, Duval Country Health Dept., Jacksonville, FL

9:00 AM

The TB Diagnostic Puzzle: Targetting Problems and Amplifying Solutions

Phyllis Della-Latta, PhD
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeions, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
New York City, NY

10:00 AM

BREAK / EXHIBITS / POSTERS

Session 3 

Moderator: Dana Harris, MD, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL

10:45 AM

Infectious Transplantation and Immunocompromised Hosts

Jay A. Fishman, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Moderator: Mobeen Rathore, MD, Wolfson Children's Hospital and University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, FL

11:45 PM

Diagnostic Testing and Interpretation in Transplant Patients: Selected Topics

Randall Hayden , MD
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN

12:45 PM

LUNCH / EXHIBITS / POSTERS (Presenters will be available for questions at 1:30pm)

Session 4

Moderator: Malcolm Foster, MD, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, FL

2:00 pm

New and Experimental Anti-Infectives in an Era of Microbial Superiority

Stephen G. Jenkins, PhD
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center,
New York City, NY

Moderator: Mihaela Ionescu, MD, Orange Park, FL

3:00 pm

Clinical Cases in Mycology and Parasitology

Karin McGowan, PhD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Moderator: Yvette McCarter, PhD, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, FL

4:00 pm

Closing Remarks

Yvette S. McCarter, PhD
University of Florida Health Science Center
Jacksonville, FL

Disclosure Policy: All participating faculty will disclose any significant financial interest or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products and or providers of commercial services discussed in an educational presentation and with any commercial supporters of this activity, in accordance with the Standards of Commercial Support of the ACCME. All participating faculty must also disclose to the audience during their presentations any investigational/unlabeled use that is discussed.

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