PIDS Agenda

Wednedsay, March 5

7:50 – 8:00 AM Auditorium	Miguela A. Caniza, MD, MPH Director, Infectious Diseases Division of Global Pediatric Medicine St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
8:00 – 9:15 AM	Luminaries in Global Health Moderator: Jimmy Carlucci, MD Indiana University School of Medicine
8:00 – 8:30 AM	Respiratory Viruses in Pediatric Patients with Cancer, Fever and Neutropenia: Tackling the Gaps Maria Elena Santolaya, MD Department of Paediatrics, Hospital Dr Luis Calvo Mackenna Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
8:30 – 9:00 AM	Paediatric Infectious Diseases in Humanitarian Settings Neal Russell, MD Paediatric Advisor Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
9:00 – 9:15 AM	Q & A with Luminaries
9:15 – 10:45 AM	State of the Art - Clostridioides difficile (C. diff.) Moderator: C. Buddy Creech, MD Vanderbilt University Medical Center
9:15 – 9:40 AM	Maribeth Nicholson, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Vanderbilt University Medical Center
9:40 – 10:05 AM	Joseph P. Zackular, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Co-Director, Center for Microbial Medicine Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Children's H
10:05 – 10:30 AM	Larry K. Kociolek, MD, MSCI, FSHEA, FPIDS Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
10:30 – 10:45 AM	Q & A
10:45 – 11:00 AM	Break
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM	Breakout Career Sessions
Lecture Hall	Mentor-Mentee Relationship Maribeth R. Nicholson, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Vanderbilt University Medical Center Moderator: Kari Neemann, MD University of Nebraska Medical Center
Auditorium	How to Utilize AI in Our Daily Workflow Arthur Chang, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases University of Nebraska Medical Center/Children's Nebraska Moderator: Dr. Gwenn Skar University of Nebraska Medical Center
Meeting Room 2	Finding and Negotiating Your First Job Toni Darville, MD Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology Chief Division of Infectious Diseases North Carolina Children's Hospital University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Neil Surana, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Duke University
12:00 – 1:00 PM	LUNCH
1:00 – 1:30 PM	Oral Abstracts Session 1 Moderator: Miguela Caniza, MD, MPH St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
	Abstract Presentation 1: Transplant/ICH Muayad Alali, MD \| Indiana University Implementation and Evaluation of a Repeat Blood Culture Guideline in Hospitalized Children with Cancer and Febrile Neutropenia
	Abstract Presentation 2: Global Health Dhruv Gandhi, MBBS (Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India) Demographic and Clinical Trends in Pediatric Drug-resistant Tuberculosis in Mumbai, India from 2020-2023
	Abstract Presentation 3: General Research Eleana Vasileiadi, MD \| Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Comparative outcomes of pediatric patients with hematologic malignancies with fluoroquinolone gram negative bacteremia vs fluoroquinolone susceptible gram negative bacteremia
1:30 – 3:00 PM	Career Development Presentation Three Simulaneous Expectational Processes Continually On-going in the Brain of a Reader George Gopen, JD, PhD Professor Emeritus of the Practice of Rhetoric Duke University Moderator: Neil Surana, MD Duke University
3:15 – 3:30 PM	Q & A
3:30 - 4:00 PM	Poster Set-Up
4:00 - 5:30 PM Board Room	Poster Session - Global & Transplant/ICH Posters

Thursday, March 6

7:50 – 8:00 AM Auditorium	Welcome and Announcements Hamid Bassiri, MD, PhD Attending Physician, Divisipon of Infectious Diseases Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Chair, St. Jude/PIDS Symposium Planning Committee Gabriela Maron, MD, MSc Director IDS-BMTCT Department of Infectious Diseases St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
8:00 – 9:00 AM	Grand Rounds The Role of the Intestinal Microbiome in Cancer Immunotherapy Marcel van den Brink, MD, PhD President and Chief Physician Executive City of Hope Los Angeles and National Medical Center Moderator: Gabriela Maron, MD, MSc St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
9:00 – 9:30 AM	Updates from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Transplant Network (PIDTRAN) Moderator: Kevin J. Downes, MD Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
9:00 – 9:15 AM	Cytomegalovirus-specific T cell Immunity in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Daniel Dulek, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Diseases Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital Vanderbilt University Medical School
9:15 – 9:30 AM	Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Requiring Hospitalization Among Non-Lung Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients (pSOT) Maheswari (Mahi) Ekambaram MBBS, Fellow Pediatric Infectious Diseases Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
9:30 – 10:00AM	Oral Abstracts Session 2 Moderator: Gwenn Skar MD, PhD University of Nebraska Medical Center
	Abstract Presentation 4: Transplant/ICH Alexander Plattner, MD, MBA (Washington University School of Medicine) Implementation and Clinical Impact of an Immunocompromised Infectious Diseases Service at a Large Academic Pediatric Hospital
	Abstract Presentation 5: General Research Autumn Kittilson, BS \| University of Minnesota Medical School Comparison of Geographic Variation of CMV Glycoprotein B Between Minnesotan and Ugandan Populations
10:00 – 10:15 AM	BREAK
10:15 – 10:45 AM	Frontiers in Pediatric Infectious Diseases Quest for a Chlamydia T cell Vaccine Toni Darville, MD Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases North Carolina Children's Hospital University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Moderator: Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH Arkansas Children's Hospital
10:45 – 11:15 AM	Pediatric Transplant/Immunocompromised Hosts Platform Influenza Vaccine Optimization Strategies in Immunocompromised Hosts Natasha Halasa MD, MPH Craig Weaver Professor in Pediactric Infectious Diseases Vanderbilt University Medical Center Moderator: Tanvi S. Sharma, MD, MPH Boston Children's Hospital
11:15 – 11:30 PM	Q & A
11:30AM – 12:30 PM	LUNCH
12:30 – 1:30 PM	Interactive Session: When Less is More: Risk Stratified Antibiotic Use Practices in Patients with Underlying Malignancies Moderator: Gabriela Maron, MD, MSc St. Jude Children's Research Hospital TOPIC: Antibiotic Duration and Risk Stratification Schema for Patients with Fever and Neutropenia Adam Esbenshade, MD, MSCI John N. Lukens, Jr. Chair in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Vanderbilt University Medical Center Maria Elena Santolaya, MD Department of Paediatrics, Hospital Dr Luis Calvo Mackenna Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile Gabrielle Haeusler, MBBS, FRACP, PhD Acting Director, Department of Infectious Diseases Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
1:30 – 2:00 PM	Pediatric Transplant/Immunocompromised Hosts Platform Virus specific T cells for the treatment of infections following solid organ transplantation. Thomas M. Pfeiffer, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Moderator: Hamid Bassiri, MD PhD Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2:00 – 2:30 PM	Frontiers in Pediatric Infectious Diseases Bone Appétit: Host-pathogen interactions during osteomyelitis Jim Cassat, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology Associate Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation Vanderbilt University Medical Center Moderator: Gwenn Skar MD, PhD University of Nebraska Medical Center
2:30 – 2:45 PM	Q & A
2:45 – 3:00 PM	Poster Set-up
3:00 - 4:30 PM Board Room	Poster Session - Research and Transplant/ICH Case Posters
5:30 - 7:30 PM	Celebration at the Peabody Hotel Skyway

Friday, March 7

7:50 – 8:00 AM	Welcome and Announcements Wiliam J. Steinbach, MD Pediatrician in Chief Arkansas Children's President, Pediatric Infectious Diseaes Society Octavio Ramilo, MD Chair, Department of Infectious Diseases St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
8:00 – 8:30 AM	Frontiers in Pediatric Infectious Diseases Bacteriophages: A New Era for Antibacterial Therapy with Ancient Predators John Bradley, MD Director, Infectious Diseases Rady Children's Hospital San Diego Moderator: Octavio Ramilo, MD St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
8:30 – 8:45 AM	Q & A
8:45 – 9:15 AM	Oral Abstracts Session 3 Moderator: Hamid Bassiri, MD PhD Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
	Abstract Presentation 6: Global Health Maria Jose Reyes Caceres, MD \| UNITEC Parental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Pediatric Vaccination in Honduras: Insights and Challenges for Improving Immunization Coverage
	Abstract Presentation 7: Conference Top Abstract Hayley Scheerer, MD \| St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Short Course Compared to Standard Antibiotic Courses for Treatment of Uncomplicated Gram-negative Bacteremia in Pediatric HCT Recipients
9:15 – 10:00 AM	Challenging Cases in Immunocompromised Hosts Moderator: Monica I. Ardura, DO, MSCS Nationwide Children's Hospital
	Case 1: Adam Lee, MD \| Fellow, University of California, Irvine Finding Nemo
	Case 2: Randal De Souza, MD \| Fellow, Nationwide Children's Hospital Fantastic Yeasts and Where to Find Them
	Case 3: Daniel Whitehurst, MD \| Clinical Fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Pancytopenia Pandemonium
10:00 – 10:15 AM	BREAK
10:15 – 11:45 AM	State of the Art - Pneumonia Moderator: Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH Arkansas Children's Hospital
10:15 – 10:40 AM	F. Heath Damron, PhD Director, Vaccine Development Center West Virginia University Health Sciences
10:40 – 11:05 AM	Alpana Waghmare, MD Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics Division of Infectious Diseases University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital
11:05 – 11:30 AM	Gail Rodgers, MD Deputy Director, Pneumonia Gates Foundation
11:30 – 11:45 PM	Q & A
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM	LUNCH
12:00 – 1:00 PM	2025 John H. Erskine Lecture in Infectious Diseases RSV Vaccine Development: A New Era of Biologics Barney Graham, MD, PhD Director, David Satcher Global Health Equity Institute Morehouse School of Medicine Moderator: Octavio Ramilo, MD St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
1:00 PM	Closing Remarks and Adjourn

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