TIBDN Education Day Nov. 21, 2019

Video conference (your Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) Coordinator can help you):

If you would like to participate in this event via videoconference, please contact your OTN Site Coordinator to register to OTN.

Event number: 138478308

Registration:

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1. Download form (registration form) and e-mail or fax (email: [email protected], fax: 416-586-3140)

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Agenda: [Download PDF]

8:15 – 8:45

Coffee and Registration

8:45 – 9:00

Welcome and Introduction - Dr. Allison McGeer

9:00 – 10:00

Not What They're Not, but What They Are: Nontuberculous Mycobacteria and NTM Infections
Dr. Frances Jamieson
Medical Microbiologist, Public Health Ontario Laboratories
Associate Professor, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
University of Toronto

Dr. Theodore Marras
Director, Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Clinical & Research Program, Toronto Western Hospital
University Health Network
Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine
University of Toronto

10:00 –10:30

Acute Flaccid Paralysis and Enteroviral Infections
Dr. Ari (Sean) Bitnun
Staff Physician and Infectious Diseases Consultant
The Hospital for Sick Children
Professor, Dept. of Paediatrics
University of Toronto

10:30 – 10:50 Break: Posters and Sponsors Exhibits Viewing

10:50 – 11:20

Preventing and Managing Exposures to Brucellosis
Dr. Matthew Muller
Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control
Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine
University of Toronto

11:20 – 11:50

Implementation and Impact of an Extensive Carbapanemase Screening
Dr. Christie Vermeiren
Clinical Microbiologist
The Shared Hospital Laboratories
Lecturer, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
University of Toronto

11:50 – 12:10

CPO Screening – Shall we Move to Direct NAAT Testing?
Dr. Susan Poutanen
Medical Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases Physician
Sinai Health System and University Health Network
Associate Professor, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
University of Toronto

12:10 – 12:30

TIBDN Updates and Closing Remarks
Dr. Allison McGeer
Principal Investigator, TIBDN

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch, Discussions and Exhibits Viewing