MRSA: Addressing the Issues

Monday, September 17

Room: E353AB
Meal/Reception Time: 6:30 AM – 7:00 AM
Symposium Time: 7:00 AM – 8:45 AM

This satellite symposium is made possible by an unrestricted educational grant to the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases from Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Welcome and Introductions

Treatment Considerations for Patients with MRSA Endocarditis
Helen Boucher, MD (Chair)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Tufts New England Medical Center
Boston, MA

Community vs. Hospital-Associated MRSA Infections: Is the Distinction Blurring?
Henry M. Blumberg, MD
Professor of Medicine
Program Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Hospital Epidemiologist
Grady Memorial Hospital
Atlanta, GA

Recognition and Treatment of the Spectrum of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections due to CA-MRSA
Loren G. Miller, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, Infection Control Program
Harbor UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, CA

Failures of Therapy: Has MRSA Won the Game?
Michael Rybak, PharmD, MPH, FCCP, BCPS
Professor of Pharmacy and Medicine
Associate Dean for Research
Director, Anti-Infective Research Laboratory
Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Accreditation

Continuing Medical Education

The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor Continuing Medical Education (CME) for physicians. NFID takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity. NFID designates this CME activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Continuing Nursing Education

NFID is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Maryland Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This educational activity has been approved for a maximum of 2 contact hours. To receive credit, each participant must attend the entire program and return a completed evaluation form.

Symposium Registration Information:
On-site registration will be accommodated as space permits.

Updated as of: August 26, 2007