West Virginia Fall Meeting
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Updates in Clinical Microbiology
7:15-8:00 AM Registration
7:50-8:00 AM Welcome and Introductions
8:00-9:00 AM 1.0 Contact Hour - Level: Intermediate
Presentation title: TBD (topic – Regional Antimicrobial Resistance Network Activities)
Robert A. Myers, PhD – Director, Maryland Department of Health Laboratories Administration, Baltimore, MD, 21205
9:00-9:45 AM Break/Vendor Exhibits
9:45-10:45 AM 1.0 Contact Hour - Level: Intermediate
Presentation title: TBD (topic - Lyme disease epidemiology in WV)
Catherine Lewis, MPH – Vector-borne Disease Epidemiologist, Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, WVDHHR, Bureau for Public Health, Charleston, WV
10:45-11:45 AM 1.0 Contact Hour - Level: Intermediate
Presentation title: Multiplex Molecular Testing: Seeds of Success in the Face of Challenges
Amy Leber, PhD – Director of Clinical Microbiology and Immunoserology Nationwide Children’s Hospital & Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Objectives: At the conclusion of the lecture, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the benefits and challenges associated with multiplex testing
- Determine the best choices for specific situations with respect to clinical/test utility, potential for contamination, and target availability
- Review some upcoming multiplex syndromic testing
11:45AM-1:00 PM Lunch/Vendor Exhibits
1:00-2:00 PM 1.0 Contact Hour - Level: Intermediate
Presentation title: TBD (topic - Update on Clostridioides difficile diagnostics/surveillance)
Scott Curry, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
2:00-3:00 PM 1.0 Contact Hour - Level: Intermediate
Presentation title: TBD (topic - Impact of Rapid Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing for Bloodstream Infections)
Thomas L. Walsh, MD – Medical Director of Quality, Medical Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
3:00 PM Adjourn
REGISTRATION: Before 16 Oct – $30 for SCACM members ($40 thereafter), $40 for non- SCACM members ($50 thereafter), and $10 for student ($20 thereafter). Click here for online registration or visit www.scacm.org. Fees cover meeting attendance, snacks and lunch. For special dietary requests, please contact Rocco LaSala at plasala@hsc.wvu.edu.
LOCATION: Ericson Alumni Center is located at 1 Alumni Dr, Morgantown, WV 26505, a few blocks from Ruby Memorial Hospital and the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University.
HOTEL: A room block is available through 10 Oct; and rooms may be reserved online at a rate of
$109/night at the Holiday Inn University Area (group code SCA) or by calling 304.241.6649. The hotel is located ~one mile from the Alumni Center. Ample free parking will be available at the meeting site, and I would encourage driving rather than walking from the hotel.
For any additional information or questions, contact Rocco LaSala at lasala@hsc.wvu.edu
