Contact
Pat Kludt
Massachusetts Department of Public Health Northeast Branch of the American Society of Microbiology
Patrica.kludt@state.ma.us/617-983-6832
Agenda
"Antibiotic Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae" Katherine Hsu, MD, MPH, FAAP, Medical Director, Division of STD Prevention & HIV/AIDS Surveillance, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Associate Professor of Pediatrics / Attending Physician, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston University Medical Center
"Drug-resistant Tuberculosis" Elizabeth A. Talbot, MD, Associate Professor at the Geisel Medical School at Dartmouth, Deputy State Epidemiologist for the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
"Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Task Force" Richard Melchreit, MD, Healthcare Associated Infections Program, Connecticut Department of Public Health
"New Antimicrobials: Now and for the Future" David C. Hooper, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital
"Strategies Toward Stewardship in Long-Term Care" Stefan Gravenstein, MD, MPH, CMD, Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Brown University
Target Audience
Clinicians, microbiologists, infection preventionists, pharmacists, and epidemiologists
Jointly sponsored by:
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health, The Connecticut Department of Public Health, The Massachusetts Infectious Disease Society, Healthcentric Advisors, The New England QIN-QIO, Northeast Branch, American Society for Microbiology
Registration: 12:30 - 1:00 pm Program: 1:00 - 5:00pm
Fees: $20 -$45
Please note: Educational credits will be offered for this activity.
Registration deadline: October 13, 2017
Evening Program
"Around the World of Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Policy"
Louise-Marie Dembry, MD, MS, MBA, FACP, FSHEA
Dr. Dembry is Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology at Yale University. She was the Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) Associate Director and Director of Hospital Epidemiology from 1993-2015. She is currently Director of Hospital Epidemiology for the VA CT Healthcare System. She has held multiple hospital leadership positions at both YNHH and the VA CT Healthcare System. She was President of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and Board Chairperson in 2016. Her main interests include 1) the prevention and control of transmission of antibiotic resistant organisms in healthcare settings, 2) patient safety, 3) healthcare facility preparedness for high consequence infections and 4) training and education for hospital epidemiology and public health emergencies.
Please note: Educational credits will be offered for this activity.
Registration deadline: October 13, 2017