2025 Preliminary Course Agenda (Times and titles subject to change)
| Sunday, February 9, 2025 |
| 12:00 - 1:50pm | Registration and Visit Exhibits |
| 1:50 - 2:00pm | Welcome Remarks |
| 2:00 - 2:45pm |
Keynote Address Clinical Management and Gaps Regarding Enterococci |
| 2:45 - 3:00pm |
Questions and Answers |
| 3:00 - 3:30pm |
Lyme Disease: Different but the Same ~ Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, MBA, FIDSA |
| 3:30 - 4:00pm |
Break and Visit Exhibits |
| 4:00 - 4:30pm |
Trends in AMR in Bacterial Pathogens ~ Helen W. Boucher MD, FACP, FIDSA, Hon. FICPI |
| 4:30 - 5:00pm |
IDSA Update: Compensation, Workforce, Recruitment into the Field, Advocacy, UN High Level Update, Guidelines Update ~ Carlos del Rio, MD |
| 5:00 - 5:30pm |
Questions and Answers |
| 5:30 - 7:00pm |
Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall |
| Monday, February 10, 2025 |
|
7:00 - 7:30am |
Coffee in Exhibit Hall |
| 7:30 – 8:00am | HIV Update ~ Wendy Armstrong, MD, FIDSA, FACP |
| 8:00 – 8:30am |
HIV: Early Diagnosis and Prevention Updates ~ Raphael J. Landovitz, MD, MSc |
| 8:30 - 8:45am | Break and Visit Exhibits |
| 8:45 – 9:15am | HIV: Opportunistic Infections Update ~ Wendy Armstrong, MD, FIDSA, FACP |
| 9:15 – 9:45am |
STI Update including Syphilis and Mpox |
| 9:45 – 10:15am |
Case-based Discussion on HIV Treatment and Prevention |
| 10:15am - 3:30pm |
Break |
| 3:30 - 4:00pm |
Coffee and Visit Exhibits |
| 4:00 – 4:30pm |
Opportunistic Fungal Infections |
| 4:30 – 5:00pm |
Emerging Global Pathogens ~ Isaac Bogoch, MD |
| 5:00 - 6:30pm |
WCID Case Panel |
| Tuesday, February 11, 2025 |
|
7:00 - 7:30am |
Coffee and Visit Exhibits |
| 7:30 – 8:00am |
Fever in the Returned Traveler ~ Isaac Bogoch, MD |
| 8:00 – 8:30am |
New Developments in Antimicrobial Therapy |
| 8:30 - 8:45am | Coffee Break and Visit Exhibits |
| 8:45 – 9:15am | Antimicrobial Stewardship Update: View from the CDC ~ Arjun Srinivasan, MD |
| 9:15 – 9:45am |
Antimicrobial Stewardship in Non-acute Care Settings |
| 9:45 – 10:15am |
Core Elements of Diagnostic Stewardship ~ Arjun Srinivasan, MD |
| 10:15am - 3:30pm |
Break |
| 3:30 - 4:00pm |
Coffee Break and Visit Exhibits |
| 4:00 – 4:30pm |
Progress in Rapid AST Detection |
| 4:30–5:00pm |
Fungal Diagnostics |
| 5:00 - 5:30pm |
Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis ~ Robin Patel, MD |
| 5:30 - 6:30pm |
WCID Case Panel |
| Wednesday, February 12, 2025 |
|
7:00 - 7:30am |
Coffee and Visit Exhibits |
| 7:30 – 8:00am | Solid Organ Transplant ID Update ~ John Baddley, MD, MSPH |
| 8:00 – 8:30am |
STI Prevention |
| 8:30 - 8:45am | Break and Visit Exhibits |
| 8:45 – 9:15am |
What's New in Hematology/Stem Cell Transplant ID ~ John Baddley, MD, MSPH |
| 9:15 – 9:45am |
Where Do We Stand on Diagnosing and Managing Post-infectious Syndromes? |
| 9:45 – 10:15am | Endemic/Dimorphics/Cutaneous/Subcutaneous Mycoses ~ Ilan S. Schwartz, MD, PhD, FRCPC |
| 10:15am - 3:30pm |
Break |
| 3:30 - 4:00pm |
Coffee and Visit Exhibits |
| 4:00 – 4:30pm |
Updates in the Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia |
| 4:30 – 5:00pm | The Same but Different: Group A Streptococcal Infections ~ Paul Auwaerter MD, MBA, FIDSA |
| 5:00 - 5:30pm | Getting to the Heart of CIED Infections ~ Thomas L. Holland, MD, |
| 5:30 - 6:30pm | WCID Case Panel |
| Thursday, February 13, 2025 |
|
7:00 - 7:30am |
Coffee and Visit Exhibits |
| 7:30 – 8:00am |
Mycobacterial Disease I - Managing Disseminated NTM Infections ~ Charles Daley, MD |
| 8:00 – 8:30am | The Times They Are A-Changing: Impact of AI, WGS, CDS on Infection Prevention ~ Daniel J. Diekema, MD, D(ABMM), FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA |
| 8:30 - 9:00am |
Mycobacterial Disease II - Oral Regimens for MDR-TB ~ Charles L. Daley, MD |
| 9:00 – 9:30am |
Q & A and Adjourn |