Learning Objectives
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Identify emerging and re-emerging infectious disease problems in the New York metropolitan region.
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Describe the microbiome and how disturbances in microbiological niches can lead to disease, including multidrug resistant infections, inflammatory diseases and cancer.
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Describe how the opioid epidemic interfaces with infectious diseases.
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Describe the diagnosis and management of infections in specific patient populations including individuals with HIV infection, cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, solid organ transplant patients and bone marrow transplant patients.
Intended Audience
Existing and new members of IDSNY and guests - physicians and pharmacists, microbiologists, researchers, and other healthcare professionals with a strong interest in ID
Registration
Department Chairs, Division or Pharmacy Chiefs: $120.00
Full Professors/Private Practice MDs: $100.00
Associate/Assistant Professors, PharmDs, PAs and NPs: $75.00
Instructor: $50.00
Fellows, Residents and Students: Complimentary
Registration includes the plenary presentations, lunch, refreshments, and the annual IDSNY membership fee. Space is limited and early registration is encouraged!
Please register here
Faculty Disclosure Policy
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Accreditation Program (ANCC) through joint providership of Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center (Einstein) and the Infectious Diseases Society of New York. Einstein is accredited by the ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC to provide continuing medical education for physicians, Pharmacists and Nurses.
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The “Conflict of Interest Disclosure Policy” of Einstein requires that faculty participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience any relationship(s) with a commercial interest; pharmaceutical or equipment company*. Any presenter whose disclosed relationships prove to create a conflict of interest with regard to their contribution to the activity, will not be permitted to present. Einstein also requires that faculty participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience when discussing any unlabeled or investigational use of any commercial products or device, not yet approved in the United States. The staff of CME of Einstein have no conflicts of interest with commercial interests related directly or indirectly to this educational activity.
* The ACCME defines "relevant financial relationships" as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the 12 months prior to the educational activity that creates a conflict of interest. ACCME considers relationships of those in control of the content of the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner with a commercial interest. All commercial relationships that create a conflict with the planner’s, speaker’s, author’s, content reviewer’s control of content must be resolved before the educational activity occurs.
Accommodations
Special Needs:
Einstein fully comply with the legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If any participant is in need of special accommodations, please contact Nada M. Piacentino at npiacent@montefiore.org or call 718-920-6674 two weeks prior to activity.
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Parking:
Cost for the parking garage is $10/day
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