Microbiology into the Next Decade!
Sponsored by the Northeast, Connecticut Valley, Eastern New York, and New York City branches of the ASM
November 7-8, 2019
at the Lantana Conference Center, Randolph, MA
The Northeast Branch would like to thank the more than 35 speakers, the 215 attendees, and 19 exhibitors who helped make this meeting a success.
Presentations from speakers who agreed to share their presentations are posted below.
New Antimicrobial Agents, Using Old Agents in New Ways and the Pipeline Helen W. Boucher, MD, Director, Tufts Center for Integrated Management of Antimicrobial Resistance, Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical Group Please click here
Prosthetic Joint Infections Robin Patel MD, Mayo Clinic. ASM President Click here
Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing Shira Doron, MD, MS, Hospital Epidemiologist, Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Attending Physician, Division of Geographic Medicine in Infectious Disease, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA Please click here
The Social Determinants of Antibiotic Prescribing: Towards a More Human Stewardship Julia E. Szymczak, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine (Infectious Diseases) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Please click here
The Role of the Nurse in Antimicrobial Stewardship – Effective Communication Rita D. Olans, DNP, RN, CPNP-PC, APRN-BC, Assistant Professor and NP Hospitalist, MGH Institute of Health Professions and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA Please click here
Whole Genome Sequencing for National Surveillance of Enteric Pathogens William Wolfgang, PhD, Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center NYS Dept. of Health, Albany, NY Please click here
Amplicon-Based Next Generation Sequencing for Parasitology Susan Madison-Antenucci, PhD, Director of Parasitology, Wadsworth Center NYS Dept. of Health, Albany, NY, University of Albany, School of Public Health Please click here
There’s WHAT in my Brain? What We Can Learn from NGS Testing of Bacterial Meningitis Cases Kara Mitchell, PhD, General Bacteriology Laboratory Supervisor, Wadsworth Center NYS Dept. of Health, Albany, NY Please click here
Laboratory Investigations of Multidrug-resistant Candia auris: Impact & Lessons Learned Sudha Chaturvedi, PhD, Director/Research Scientist, Mycology Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, NYS Dept. of Health, Albany, NY Please click here
Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network – Northeast Update and Expanded Drug Susceptibility Testing Elizabeth Nazarian, MT(ASCP), AR Laboratory Network Lead, Wadsworth Center NYS Dept. of Health, Albany, NY Please click here
Clinical Utility of Biomarkers for Rapid Sepsis Diagnosis Stefan Riedel, MD PhD, D(ABMM), FCAP, Associate Professor, Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Medical Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA Please click here
Ultrasensitive Point-of-Care Tests for Malaria Diagnosis and Eradication Rose Lee, MD, MSPH, Medical Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Fellow and Medical Microbiology CPEP Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Wyss Institute at Harvard University, Boston, MA Please click here
Mosquito-borne Viruses in New England: What’s Happening? Alfred DeMaria Jr. MD, Medical and Laboratory Consultant, Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences, MA Dept. of Public Health Please click here
Evaluating the Role of Taxonomy, Diet, Sex, and Geography of the Oral and Rectal Microbiome of Puerto Rican Bats Ahmad Hassan, PhD student, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Please click here
Prosthetic Joint Infections Robin Patel MD, Mayo Clinic, ASM President Please click here