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2011 IDAC Spring Symposium | 2011 IDAC Fall Symposium


Emerging Clinical Issues in Infectious Diseases 2011
26th Annual IDAC Spring Symposium

Hard Rock Hotel
San Diego CA
Saturday-Sunday, April 30-May 1, 2011

Registration: IDAC Members— Free
Non-IDAC Members: $125; $85 Saturday Only, $50 Sunday Only
($20 additional fee for ALL On-Site Registrations)
Banquet Tickets $75 ($85 On-Site)

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

Saturday, April 30, 2011

7:30 am Registration Opens
Continental Breakfast, Industry Exhibits
8:30 am Opening Remarks
Bonnie V. Bock, M.D.
President, IDAC
8:40 am Foodborne Pathogens: 2011*
Cynthia Sears, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Div. of I.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
9:40 am Morning Break/Industry Exhibits
10:00 am Non-Bacterial Pneumonia: When the Labs Are Negative*
Thomas Cesario, M.D.
Emeritus Dean and Professor, Dept. of Medicine
University of California, Irvine
Orange, CA
11:00 am Controversies in Coccidioidomycosis*
Royce Johnson, M.D.
Chair, Department of Medicine & Chief of Infectious Disease
Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, CA
Vice Chair and Professor, Department of Medicine
UCLA Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Noon Lunch/Business Meeting/Industry Exhibits
1:30 pm HIV Prevention: Are We Reaching the Beginning of the End?**
Robert Schooley, M.D.
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Academic Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
2:30 pm HIV Resistance Testing in 2011
Non-CME satellite session
Charles Walworth, M.D.
Director, Global Medical Affairs and Education
Monogram Biosciences
3:30 pm Session Ends
5:45 pm Symposium Reception
7:00 pm 25th Anniversary Banquet
Reception & Banquet Ticket - $75 per person
- Welcome to the Hard Rock
- Celebrating IDAC's 25 Years
- Award Presentations

Sunday, May 1, 2011

8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:15 am Antibody Deficiency: Evolving Concepts in the Diagnosis and Treatment*
Marc Riedl, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Section Head, Clinical Immunology and Allergy
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
9:30 am CLSI Revised Some MIC Breakpoints, Now What?*
Janet A. Hindler, MCLS MT(ASCP)
Sr. Specialist, Clinical Microbiology
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
10:30 am Mass-ive Change: Mass Spectrometry and Other Emerging Technologies for Identifying Infections*
Donna M. Wolk, Ph.D. D(ABMM)
Associate Research Professor, BIO5 Institute
Division Chief, Clinical and Molecular Microbiology
Arizona Health Science Center and University Medical Center
Tucson, AZ
11:30 am Session Ends

Registration includes symposium sessions, continental breakfasts, and buffet lunch.

* The Infectious Disease Association of California designates these educational activities for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in these sessions. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.
** This session may also be applied to HIV Specialist certification.

2011 Fall Symposium

Saturday, November 5, 2011
Long Beach Airport Marriott Hotel Long Beach, CA

Previous Symposia

2010 Fall Symposium
2010 Fall Symposium
2009 Fall Symposium
2009 Spring Symposium

 

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