Case Conference (April 28, 2021)

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This Citywide Infectious Diseases Conference will take place on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 12:00 P.M. Attendance for this conference will only be available through Zoom.

Activity Information

Needs Statement

Infectious diseases faculty, fellows, residents, medical students, and pharmacists who are involved in the care of patients need to be regularly updated with the recent advances and guidelines in the field of infectious disease, including hospital-acquired infections, antimicrobial resistance, infections related to chemotherapy and immunomodulators, and travel-acquired infections. The conference aims to increase clinical knowledge of the learners in these topic areas, and to implement the advances and guidelines in clinical practice to enhance the quality of patient care and outcomes.

Educational Objectives

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

  • Summarize types of infections associated with specific chemotherapy and immune modulator therapies.
  • Identify different etiologies and treatments of hospital-acquired infections.
  • Review antimicrobial patterns of resistance and identify treatment for multi-drug resistant infections.
  • Develop a differential diagnosis for returning travelers who present with fever.

Target Audience

Professional Categories

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

Specialties

  • Emergency Medicine
  • Family and Community Medicine
  • Internal Medicine

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 enduring material 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. Denise Francisco, M.D. Placeholder Image

    Denise Francisco, M.D.

    Infectious Diseases - Transplantation Fellow
    MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Disclosure:

    Nothing to disclose.

  2. Roumen Iordanov, M.D.

    Roumen Iordanov, M.D.

    Infectious Diseases Fellow
    Baylor College of Medicine

    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. 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:
    • Research Support: Takeda Vaccines, Inc.
    • Advisory Committee Membership: Seres Therapeutics
  2. Charles Ericsson, M.D.

    Charles Ericsson, M.D.

    Professor
    University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

    Disclosure:

    Nothing to disclose.

  3. Emmanuel Guajardo, M.D.

    Emmanuel Guajardo, M.D.

    Infectious Diseases Fellow
    Baylor College of Medicine

    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:

Denise Francisco, M.D.

Infectious Diseases - Transplantation Fellow MD Anderson Cancer Center
Roumen Iordanov, M.D.

Roumen Iordanov, M.D.

Infectious Diseases Fellow Baylor College of Medicine

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