12th Annual Infectious Disease Update 2021

• For questions please contact Robert Walsh, Program Coordinator at row4003@med.cornell.edu

• Target Audience for this program consists of primary care providers (internists, family practitioners, infectious diseases specialists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants).

• The program will consist of five state-of-the-art thirty minute lectures by experts in the field plus time for questions and answers from the audience.

Agenda

9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. Welcome and Opening Comments:  Marshall J. Glesby, M.D., Ph.D.

9:10 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Targeted Molecular Panels for Antimicrobial Resistance Detection:  Lars F. Westblade, PhD, D(ABMM)

9:50 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Duration of Therapy for Common Bacterial Infections: Is Shorter Better?:  Michael Satlin, MD

10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Virtual Break

10:40 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. Vaccines & Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID-19 Prevention:  Kristen Marks, MD

11:20 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Infection Prevention and Control in 2021: Deborah Yokoe, MD, MPH

12:00 pm – 12:10 pm Virtual Break

12:10 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. HIV cure research: The journey so far, and the road ahead:  Brad Jones, PhD

12:50 pm – 1:00 pm Closing Remarks