Citywide Infectious Diseases Conference (February 14, 2024)

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This Citywide Infectious Diseases Conference will take place on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Attendance for this conference will be available in-person at Main Baylor Campus in Cullen Auditorium, and remotely through Zoom.

Activity Information

Needs Statement

Infectious disease physicians, fellows, residents, medical students, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals and trainees need to receive regular updates on guidelines regarding the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases and recent advances in the field. The series will examine a wide range of topics, such as hospital-acquired infections, multi-drug antimicrobial resistance, viral respiratory infections, and opportunistic infections in patients with HIV/AIDS and in transplant recipients. The series also aims to expand the clinical knowledge of learners, promote guideline-based medical practice, enhance the quality of patient care, and improve outcomes.

Educational Objectives

At the conclusion of the sessions, the participants should be able to:

  • Identify and implement current clinical best practices for the diagnosis and treatment of hospital-acquired infections.
  • Distinguish evidence-based strategies for diagnosing and treating COVID-19 and other viral respiratory infections.
  • Recognize the various clinical manifestations of common opportunistic infections in patients with HIV/AIDS and in transplant recipients.
  • Develop strategies to recognize and treat multidrug-resistant infections.

Target Audience

Professional Categories

  • Physicians
  • Medical Students
  • Fellows
  • Residents
  • Other Health Professionals

Specialties

  • Infectious Disease

Interest Groups

  • Hospital Medicine
  • Primary Care

Accreditation/Credit Designation

Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Baylor College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Activity Director

  1. Jose Serpa-Alvarez, M.D., M.S.

    Jose Serpa-Alvarez, M.D., M.S.

    Associate Professor
    Baylor College of Medicine

Disclosure Policy

Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. BCM is committed to sponsoring CE activities that are scientifically based, accurate, current, and objectively presented.

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, BCM has implemented a mechanism requiring everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity (i.e., directors, planning committee members, faculty) to disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests (drug/device companies) and manage/resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. Individuals must disclose to participants the existence or non-existence of financial relationships at the time of the activity or within 24 months prior.

In addition, BCM has requested activity faculty/presenters to disclose to participants any unlabeled use or investigational use of pharmaceutical/device products; to use scientific or generic names (not trade names) in referring to products; and, if necessary to use a trade name, to use the names of similar products or those within a class. Faculty/presenters have also been requested to adhere to the ACCME's validation of clinical content statements.

BCM does not view the existence of financial relationships with commercial interests as implying bias or decreasing the value of a presentation. It is up to participants to determine whether the relationships influence the activity faculty with regard to exposition or conclusions. If at any time during this activity you feel that there has been commercial/promotional bias, notify the Activity Director or Activity Coordinator. Please answer the questions about balance and objectivity in the activity evaluation candidly.

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

Disclosures

The following individual(s) has/have reported financial or other relationship(s) with commercial entities whose products/services may relate to the educational content of this activity:

Presenters

  1. Tyler Brehm, M.D. Placeholder Image

    Tyler Brehm, M.D.

    Infectious Diseases Fellow
    Baylor College of Medicine

    Disclosure:

    Nothing to disclose.

  2. Aarohi Vora, M.D. Placeholder Image

    Aarohi Vora, M.D.

    Infectious Diseases Fellow
    UT Health Houston McGovern Medical School

    Disclosure:

    Nothing to disclose.

Activity Director

  1. Jose Serpa-Alvarez, M.D., M.S.

    Jose Serpa-Alvarez, M.D., M.S.

    Associate Professor
    Baylor College of Medicine

    Disclosure:

    Nothing to disclose.

Planning Committee Members

  1. Cesar A. Arias, M.D., M.S., Ph.D.

    Cesar A. Arias, M.D., M.S., Ph.D.

    Professor
    McGovern Medical School
    Houston, Texas
    Disclosure:
    • Intellectual Property (patent rights, royalty payments): UpToDate® (Wolters Kluwer Health)
  2. Robert Atmar, M.D.

    Robert Atmar, M.D.

    John S. Dunn Research Foundation Clinical Professorship in Infectious Diseases Honoring Temple W. Williams, Jr., M.D.
    Baylor College of Medicine

    Disclosure:
    • Consultancy: Hillevax Vaccines, Inc.
  3. Charles Ericsson, M.D.

    Charles Ericsson, M.D.

    Professor
    University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

    Disclosure:

    Nothing to disclose.

  4. Daniel Musher, M.D.

    Daniel Musher, M.D.

    Distinguished Service Professor
    Baylor College of Medicine

    Disclosure:

    Nothing to disclose.

  5. Jose Serpa-Alvarez, M.D., M.S.

    Jose Serpa-Alvarez, M.D., M.S.

    Associate Professor
    Baylor College of Medicine

    Disclosure:

    Nothing to disclose.

Presenters:

Tyler Brehm, M.D.

Infectious Diseases Fellow Baylor College of Medicine

Aarohi Vora, M.D.

Infectious Diseases Fellow UT Health Houston McGovern Medical School

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