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April 18, 2015

What’s Hot in Adult & Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Diagnostic Microbiology (2015)

Difficult to Treat Organisms: the CDC Big Three

  • Epidemiology and Prevention (Dr. Mark Joffe, University of Alberta)
  • Challenges from the Laboratory Perspective (Dr. Todd Hatchette, Dalhousie University)
  • New Antimicrobial Pipelines (Dr. Gerald Evans, Queen’s University)

Trends and Challenges in Invasive Fungal Infections

  • Spectrum of Invasive Fungal Infections in Canada (Dr. Shariq Haider, McMaster University)
  • Diagnostics, Something Old, Something New  (Dr. Donald Vinh, McGill University)
  • New Directions in Therapy (Dr. Coleman Rothstein, University of Toronto)

Treatment for HCV in 2015

  • Dogma: HCV Treatment for Eradication (Dr. Lisa Barrett, Dalhousie University)
  • Treatment Guideline Update: A Case-based Approach (Dr. Stephen Shafran, University of Alberta)
  • Unmet Medical Needs in HCV Genotype 3 (Dr. Karen Doucette, University of Alberta)
  • Pay Now or Pay Later? (Dr. Daniel Smyth, Dalhousie University)

State of the Art Clinical Lectures – 2015

  • Strategies Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy (Dr. Noni MacDonald, Dalhousie University)
  • Laboratory Test Utilization in Microbiology (Dr. Christopher Naugler, University of Calgary)

AMMI-Canada/CACMID Special Lecture – 2015

  • Ebola Epidemic: Lessons Learned from the Frontline Clinical Response (Dr. Adrienne Chan, University of Toronto)

Challenges and Opportunities in the Treatment and Prevention of Serious Bacterial Infections

  • MRSA and VRE (Dr. Andrew Simor, University of Toronto)
  • Multi-drug Resistant Gram-negatives (Dr. Susan Poutanen, University of Toronto)
  • Clostridium difficile (Dr. Christine Lee, McMaster University)

Device-Associated Infections

  • What’s New in the Diagnosis of Device-Associated Infections (Dr. Robin Patel, Mayo Clinic)
  • Medical & Surgical Treatment Options (Dr. Stuart Rosser, University of Alberta)
  • Prevention Strategies for Device-Related Infections (Dr. John Conly, University of Calgary)

Is It Time to Replace Vancomycin for Serious MRSA Infections?

  • Treatment Options for Serious MRSA Infections (Dr. Andrew Simor, University of Toronto)
  • Is It Time to Replace Vancomycin? (Dr. Daniel Thirion, Universitè de Montrèal)

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