TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASES ROUNDS
Tuesdays – 12:00PM & Thursdays – 12:00PM
Conf TGH 11 PMB 196 (formerly CSB 11C-1272)
August 2014 to June 2015
The Transplant Infectious Diseases Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of
Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Aug 19
Aug 21
Aug 26
Aug 28
Sep 2
Sep 4
Sep 9
Sep 11
Sep 16
Sep 18
Sep 23
Sep 25
Sep 30
Oct 2
Oct 7
Oct 9
Oct 14
Oct 16
Oct 21
Oct 23
Oct 28
Oct 30
Nov 4
Nov 6
Nov 11
Nov 13
Nov 18
Nov 20
Nov 25
Last revised: Jan 7, 2015
RESEARCH
All staff
--Pretransplant ID evaluations of SOT/SCT and vaccinations
Dr. Dima Kabbani – TRANSPLANT ID
--CASE PRESENTATION
Dr. Ali Alghamdi, Dr. Melissa Gitman – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
--(ICAAC)
--Principles of chemotherapy in leukemia
Dr. Karen Yee – HAEMATOLOGY
--Febrile Neutropenia in SCT and leukemics
Dr. Coleman Rotstein – TRANSPLANT ID
Research in Progress (RIP)
Dr. Mona Aldabbagh – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
Basics of HLA, PRA, rejection and its management
Dr. Carl Cardella – KIDNEY
JOURNAL CLUB
Dr. Ali Alghamdi – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
--(IDSA)
CASE PRESENTATION
Dr. Yoichiro Natori – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW, Dr. Jeff Craig – ID FELLOW
--Donor derived infections
Dr. Shahid Husain – TRANSPLANT ID
--Respiratory viruses in SOT/SCT
Dr. Deepali Kumar – TRANSPLANT ID
Hepatitis B
Dr. Leslie Lilly – GASTROENTEROLOGY
CANCELLED
CANCELLED
CASE PRESENTATION
Dr. Melissa Gitman – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
--Principles of SOT and immunosuppression
Dr. Jeffrey Schiff – KIDNEY
--IA in leukemics/SCT
Dr. Coleman Rotstein – TRANSPLANT ID
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Nov 27
JOURNAL CLUB
Dr. Ali Alghamdi – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
Principles of HSCT, immune suppression and GVHD
Dr. Matthew Seftel – ONCOLOGY & HAEMATOLOGY
Drug interactions
Miranda So – PHARMACY
IFI in SOT
Dr. Shahid Husain – TRANSPLANT ID
CASE PRESENTATION
Dr. Adrian Gonzalez, Dr. Yoichiro Natori – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
-cancelled---
Dec 2
Dec 4
Dec 9
Dec 11
Dec 16
Dec 18
Dec 23
Dec 25
Dec 30
Jan 1
Jan 6
Jan 8
Jan 13
Jan 15
Jan 20
Jan 22
Jan 27
Jan 29
Feb 3
Feb 5
Feb 10
Feb 12
Feb 17
Feb 19
Feb 24
Feb 26
Mar 3
Mar 5
Mar 10
Mar 12
Mar 17
HOLIDAY
Single vs. combination therapy for Pseudomonas HAP and VAP
Dr. Coleman Rotstein – TRANSPLANT ID
-cancelledCMV in SOT
Dr. Atul Humar – TRANSPLANT ID
JOURNAL CLUB
Dr. Yoichiro Natori – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
Immune diagnostics for CMV
Dr. Deepali Kumar – TRANSPLANT ID
--LVAD infections
Dr. Shahid Husain – TRANSPLANT ID
RIP
Dr. Melissa Gitman – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
CASE PRESENTATION
Dr. Ilana Saltzman – ID FELLOW, Dr. Ali Alghamdi – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
NTM in ICH
Dr. Andrea Page – ID
Viral diagnostics
Dr. Tony Mazzulli – MICROBIOLOGY
--HIV in SOT
Dr. Melissa Gitman – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
--TDM
Bassem Hamandi – PHARMACY
JOURNAL CLUB
Dr. Adrian Gonzalez, Dr. Ali Alghamdi – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOWS
CASE PRESENTATION
Dr. Dan Petrescu – ID FELLOW, Dr. Melissa Gitman – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
RIP
Dr. Yoichiro Natori – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
Infectious issues in small bowel, other transplants
Dr. Shahid Husain – TRANSPLANT ID
--Fungal diagnostics
Alyajahan Bhimji – PHD STUDENT
Last revised: Jan 7, 2015
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Mar 19
Mar 24
Mar 26
Mar 31
Apr 2
Apr 7
Apr 9
Apr 14
Apr 16
Apr 21
Apr 23
Apr 28
Apr 30
May 5
May 7
May 12
May 14
May 19
May 21
May 26
May 28
Jun 2
Jun 4
Jun 9
Jun 11
Jun 16
Jun 18
Jun 23
Jun 25
Jun 30
Last revised: Jan 7, 2015
--Pneumocystics in ICH
Dr. Ali Alghamdi – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
CASE PRESENTATION
Dr. Adrian Gonzalez – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
Infection prophylaxis in SOT
Dr. Deepali Kumar – TRANSPLANT ID
MDR bacterial infections in SOT
Dr. Andrea Page – ID
CASE PRESENTATION
Dr. Ali Alghamdi, Dr. Melissa Gitman – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
----(ISHLT)
Non-respiratory viruses (HSV/VZV/Parvovirus/HTLV/HHV6)
Dr. Yoichiro Natori – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
--Advances in microbiology diagnostics and their application to transplant-related
infections
Dr. Susan Poutanen – MICROBIOLOGY
CASE PRESENTATION
Dr. Derek MacFadden – ID FELLOW, Dr. Bahareh Ghadaki – ID RESIDENT
--(ATC)
Hepatitis C advances in management
Dr. Leslie Lilly – GASTROENTEROLOGY
JOURNAL CLUB
Dr. Yoichiro Natori – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
--BK + adenovirus in SOT/SCT
Dr. Shahid Husain – TRANSPLANT ID
--Latent TB/TB in SOT/leukemia
Dr. Adrian Gonzalez – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
CASE PRESENTATION
Dr. Melissa Gitman, Dr. Ali Alghamdi – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOWS
CASE PRESENTATION
Dr. Aynaa AlSharidi, Dr. Fadwa AlOfi – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOWS
Endemic mycoses
Dr. Coleman Rotstein – TRANSPLANT ID
Zygomycetes, fusarium, Cryptococcus
Dr. Shahid Husain – TRANSPLANT ID
--Nocardia in ICH
Dr. Andrea Page – ID
--RIP
Dr. Melissa Gitman – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
CASE PRESENTATION
Dr. Adrian Gonzalez, Dr. Yoichiro Natori – TRANSPLANT ID FELLOW
Parasitic infections in SOT
Dr. Sumontra Chakrabarti – ID
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