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Program Overview
This 25.75-hour review and update in the areas of clinical immunology, microbiology, and infectious diseases is intended to improve knowledge about the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of infectious diseases, immunological mechanisms of disease and disease prevention, appropriate approaches to the diagnosis of infections and immunologic disorders, and utilization of the clinical microbiology and immunology laboratory, including selection and interpretation of results.
This course will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas dealing with microbial infections as well as immunity to infectious diseases and immunologic disorders. Faculty consists of clinicians involved in patient care, pathologists, and clinical laboratory scientists. Discussion of timely topics by faculty and participants assures that this course will be informative, interesting, and relevant.
On completion of the course, attendees should be able to:
- Identify new emerging pathogens, infectious syndromes, and immunologic diseases, including clinical presentations
- Critically analyze current practice and laboratory procedures in diagnosing infectious and immunologic disorders as well as result reporting
- Update the current knowledge of the epidemiology and mechanisms of transmission of infectious disorders
- Assess new therapeutic modalities developed or utilized in treating infectious and immunologic diseases
- Discuss genetics and molecular diagnosis of immunodeficiencies
Special Topics
- Innate Immunity
- Bacterial Meningitis
- Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Infections
- Update on Blood Cultures
- Update on Parasitology
- Rickettsial Diseases
- Clinical Microbiology Q&A
- Improving the Value of Clinical Microbiology Reports
- Update on Susceptibility Testing
- Update on Clostridium Difficle Testing
- Update on MRSA
- Bacterial Identification by Sequencing
- Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis of Chronic Granulomatous Disease
- Job Syndrome of Hyper IgE and Recurrent Infections
- Common Variable Immune Deficiency
- Adoption of Molecular Respiratory Virus Testing
- Human Papilloma Virus: Testing, Vaccination and Guidelines for Clinical Practice
- Update on Hepatitis B & C Testing
- Vaccine Update 2008
- TNFα Blockers & Infections
- Wild Infectious Disease Cases
- Review of Epstein-Barr Virus and New Methods for Determining Serological Status
- Multianalyte Analysis of Cytokines
- Gram-negative Diplococci and Coccobacilli
- Emerging Bacterial Infections
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Pneumonia
- HIV: Newer Treatment Strategies of HIV
- Medical Education in the 21st Century
- Laboratory Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
- Serologic Markers for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Faculty
Harry R. Hill, MD |
Larry G. Reimer, MD |
Judy A. Daly, PhD |
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Paul G. Quie, MD Regent’s Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics Co-Director, International Medical Education and Research Program Former President, Infectious Diseases Society of America University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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L. Barth Reller, MD, DTM & H Professor of Pathology and Medicine Director of Clinical Microbiology Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina |
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Susan E. Sharp, PhD, DABMM Director of Microbiology, Kaiser Permanente—NW Portland, Oregon |
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Mark A. Fisher, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology University of Utah School of Medicine Assistant Medical Director, Microbiology Laboratory ARUP Laboratories |
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David R. Hillyard, M.D. Associate Professor of Pathology University of Utah School of Medicine Director, Molecular Infectious Disease Testing ARUP Laboratories |
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Thomas B. Martins, MS, ASCP I Senior Scientist ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology® ARUP Laboratories |
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John M. Matsen, M.D. Professor Emeritus of Pathology and Pediatrics University of Utah School of Medicine |
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Megan Elizabeth Reller, MD, MPH, DTM & H Assistant Professor Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland |
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Anne Tebo, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology University of Utah School of Medicine Assistant Medical Director, Autoimmune Immunology Laboratory ARUP Laboratories |
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Paul G. Quie, MD Regent’s Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics Co-Director, International Medical Education and Research Program Former President, Infectious Diseases Society of America University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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L. Barth Reller, MD, DTM & H Professor of Pathology and Medicine Director of Clinical Microbiology Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina |
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Susan E. Sharp, PhD, DABMM Director of Microbiology, Kaiser Permanente—NW Portland, Oregon |