2013 Infectious Diseases
Fellows Program
David M. Aronoff, MD
Assoc. Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Microbiology &
Immunology
University of Michigan
daronoff@umich.edu
Welcome to Denver!
• Dr. Craig Rubens, Chair, ICAAC
Program Committee; Dr. Robin Patel,
Vice Chair
• ASM: Judy Dalie, Erin Dalder-Alpher,
Connie Herndon
• Program Committee of ICAAC
• Fellows Program Directors:
– Drs. Didier Pittet, David Aronoff,
Helen Boucher, & Jesús RodríguezBaño
CONGRATULATIONS!
• 82 Applicants from 19 countries
• Selected 50 ID Fellows
– 35 North America
– 15 Outside N. America
• Everyone has a poster or a talk!
• Sponsored by the ASM & support from 3M
GOALS
• It’s all about YOU
• Personalized attention
• Enhanced educational experience of ICAAC
• Mentoring by ICAAC faculty
• Career development skills
• Networking with your peers & future
colleagues
Program Overview
• Expectations: have fun & learn, learn, learn!
• Breakfast Briefing each morning at 6 AM
(except Tuesday)
– Meet members of the Program committee
– Early start to get it all in….time for inquiry, career
advice, friendship
• At each Breakfast Briefing we will review the
meeting highlights of the day
Program Overview
• “Poster walks” are each
day!
• Key lectures and awards
– Opening Keynote (TUES)
– ICAAC Lecture (TUES)
– Cubist ICAAC Award lecture
(WED)
– Special Address (THURS)
BREAKFAST BRIEFINGS
PEER RECOGNITION
• Fellows with talks or posters introduce
themselves & relate a 1 minute summary of
their presentation/findings
– Didier Pittet, MD, MS
– Tell people time & place!
• A great method to learn about the exciting
work in your colleagues’ labs & begin
networking
Career Development Talks
• “Negotiating a faculty position”
– Helen Boucher, MD
– Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, MD, PhD
• “Establishing a career in global health”
– Kevin Kain, MD
• “Grant writing tips”
– Carlo Giaquinto, MD
– David Aronoff, MD
DAILY OVERVIEW
TUESDAY
• No breakfast briefing
• Fellows 101 (7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Mile High Ballroom)
– An Update on Hepatitis C Virus Diagnostics &
Management by Dr. Barbara H. McGovern (Tufts)
– Antimicrobial Stewardship by Dr. Stephan Harbarth
(Univ. of Geneva Hosp.)
– Responding to a National Outbreak of Fungal
Meningitis by Dr. John A. Jernigan (CDC)
– Key Aspects of Tuberculosis Infections by Dr. William
R. Bishai (KwaZulu-Natal Res. Inst. for Tuberculosis &
HIV (K-RITH), Durbank, South Africa)
TUESDAY
• Keynote Address (9:30 a.m.)
– A Vision of Antimicrobial Therapy for the Future
– Dr. Fernando Baquero
• Ramón y Cajal Inst. for Hlth. Res., Madrid, Spain
• ICAAC Lecture (10:45 a.m.)
– Escherichia coli: So Common, So Complex
– Dr. James R. Johnson
• University of Minnesota
TUESDAY
• Poster Walk: Molecular Epidemiology of
Resistant Bacteria
– 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., Exhibit Hall A
• Poster Walk: Advances in Diagnostic Methods
for Sepsis
– 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall A
TUESDAY
• Literature Review 2013 (2:30-4:30 p.m.)
• Review the past year's most noteworthy
publications
• Recent advances in adult & pediatric
infectious diseases, HIV, epidemiology,
pathogenesis, diagnostics, & therapeutics
WEDNESDAY
• Breakfast Briefing (6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.)
– The Hyatt Regency (Granite A/B/C)
– Review of the ICAAC Day 1 Highlights
– Short career development talk
– Fellows present a brief synopsis of poster/talks
WEDNESDAY
• Poster Walks:
• Challenges in Infection Prevention
• Current Issues in HIV Co-Infections &
Antiretroviral Therapy
– 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
– Exhibit Hall A
• Antifungal Stewardship
– 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
– Exhibit Hall A
WEDNESDAY
• Cubist-ICAAC Award Lecture
– 1:30-2:30 p.m. Mile Hall Ballroom 3
– Suppression of Resistant Sub-Population
Amplification, Pathogen Kill and Clinical Outcome:
Relationship to Antimicrobial Exposure
• Dr. George Drusano, University of Florida
THURSDAY
• Breakfast Briefing (6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.)
– The Hyatt Regency (Granite A/B/C)
– Review of the ICAAC Day 2 Highlights
– Short career development talk
– Fellows present a brief synopsis of poster/talks
THURSDAY
• Poster Walk: New Developments in Infectious
Diseases in Transplantation
– 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
– Exhibit Hall A
• Poster Walk: Fungal Management
– 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
– Exhibit Hall A
THURSDAY
• Special Address
– 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., Mile High Ballroom 3
– The Importance of Innovation in Addressing
Infectious Diseases in the Developing World
• Dr. Trevor Mundel, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
FRIDAY
• Breakfast Briefing & Wrap Up 6:00 a.m. – 7:00
a.m.
– The Hyatt Regency (Granite A/B/C)
– Grant writing tips
– Fellows present a brief synopsis of poster/talks