2021 Infectious Disease Board Review Agenda
- Saturday, August 21, 2021
- Sunday, August 22, 2021
- Monday, August 23, 2021
- Tuesday, August 24, 2021
- Wednesday, August 25, 2021
- Online Only Lectures
- Primers and Study Guides
Saturday, August 21, 2021
| # | Start | End | Presentation | Speaker(s) | ||
| 1 | 9:30 AM | - | 10:00 AM | Introduction | Drs. John Bennett and Henry Masur | |
| 2 | 10:00 AM | - | 10:15 AM | How to Prepare for the Certification, Recertification, or Check-In Exam | Helen Boucher, MD | |
| 3 | 10:15 AM | - | 10:45 AM | Daily Question Preview Day 1 | Henry Masur, MD | |
| 4 | 10:45 AM | - | 11:30 AM | Core Concepts - Microbiology: What You Need to Know for the Exam | Robin Patel, MD | |
| 5 | 11:30 AM | - | 11:45 AM | Microbiology Questions That Could Be on the Exam | Robin Patel, MD | |
| 11:45 AM | - | 12:15 PM | BREAK with FACULTY CHAT | |||
| 6 | 12:15 PM | - | 1:00 PM | Core Concepts: Antibacterial Drugs I | David Gilbert, MD | |
| 7 | 1:00 PM | - | 1:15 PM | Antibacterial Drugs I: Key Points and Questions That Could be on the Exam | David Gilbert, MD | |
| 8 | 1:15 PM | - | 2:00 PM | Board Review Day 1 | Drs. Masur (Moderator), Bell, Bennett, Boucher, Gandhi, Gilbert, Patel, and Winthrop | |
| PM Moderator: David Gilbert, MD | ||||||
| 9 | 2:00 PM | - | 2:45 PM | Core Concepts: Antibacterial Drugs II | Helen Boucher, MD | |
| 10 | 2:45 PM | - | 3:00 PM | Antibacterial Drugs II: Key Points and Questions That Could be on the Exam | Helen Boucher, MD | |
| 3:00 PM | - | 3:30 PM | BREAK with FACULTY CHAT | |||
| 11 | 3:30 PM | - | 4:15 PM | Core Concepts: Antifungal Drugs | John Bennett, MD | |
| 12 | 4:15 PM | - | 4:45 PM | Core Concepts: Antiviral Drugs | Andrew Pavia, MD | |
| 4:45 PM | - | 5:15 PM | BREAK with FACULTY CHAT | |||
| 13 | 5:15 PM | - | 5:45 PM | Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Normal and Abnormal Hosts | Kevin Winthrop, MD | |
| 14 | 5:45 PM | - | 6:15 PM | Syndromes in the ICU that ID Physicians Should Know | Taison Bell, MD | |
| 15 | 6:15 PM | - | 7:00 PM | Photo Opportunity I: Photos and Questions to Test Your Board Preparations | Rajesh Gandhi, MD | |
| 16 | 7:00 PM | - | 7:30 PM | Skin and Soft Tissue Infections | Helen Boucher, MD | |
| 7:30 PM | - | 8:00 PM | FINAL FACULTY CHAT | |||
Sunday, August 22, 2021
| # | Start | End | Presentation | Speaker(s) | |
| 17 | 9:30 AM | - | 10:00 AM | Daily Question Preview 2 | Andrew Pavia, MD (Moderator) |
| 18 | 10:00 AM | - | 11:00 AM | Clinical Immunology and Host Defence | Steven Holland, MD |
| 19 | 11:00 AM | - | 11:45 AM | Respiratory Viral Infections Including Influenza, Immunocempetent, and Immunocompromised Patients | Andrew Pavia, MD |
| 11:45 AM | - | 12:15 PM | BREAK with FACULTY CHAT | ||
| 20 | 12:15 PM | - | 1:00 PM | Board Review Day 2 | Drs. Pavia (Moderator), Aronoff, Bloch, Chambers, and Nelson |
| 21 | 1:00 PM | - | 1:45 PM | Bone and Joint Infections | Sandra Nelson, MD |
| 22 | 1:45 PM | - | 2:30 PM | Syndromes that Masquerade as Infections | Karen Bloch, MD |
| 2:30 PM | - | 3:00 PM | BREAK with FACULTY CHAT | ||
| 23 | 3:00 PM | - | 2:30 PM | Endocarditis of Native and Prosthetic Devices, and Infections of Pacers and Ventricular Assist Devices | Henry Chambers, MD |
| 24 | 4:00 PM | - | 4:45 PM | Zoonoses | David Aronoff, MD |
| 25 | 4:45 PM | - | 5:00 PM | Penicillin Allergies | Sandra Nelson, MD |
| 5:00 PM | - | 5:30 PM | BREAK with FACULTY CHAT | ||
| 26 | 5:30 PM | - | 6:15 PM | Staphyloccal Disease | Henry Chambers, MD |
| 27 | 6:15 PM | - | 6:45 PM | Helicobacter and Clostridiodes Difficile | David Aronoff, MD |
| 28 | 6:30 PM | - | 7:30 PM | HIV Associated Opportustic Infections I | Henry Masur, MD |
| 7:30 PM | - | 8:00 PM | FINAL FACULTY CHAT |
Monday, August 23, 2021
| # | Start | End | Presentation | Speakers | |
| 29 | 9:30 AM | - | 10:00 AM | Daily Question Preview 3 | Richard Whitley, MD (Moderator) |
| 30 | 10:00 AM | - | 10:30 AM | Sexually Transmitted Infections: Genital Ulcers Diseases (GUD) | Khalil Ghanem, MD |
| 31 | 10:30 AM | - | 11:00 AM | CMV, EBV, HHV6 and HHV8 in Immunocompetent and Immunocompromised Patients | Camille Kotton, MD |
| 11:00 AM | - | 11:30 AM | BREAK with FACULTY CHAT | ||
| 32 | 11:30 AM | - | 12:30 PM | Sexually Transmitted Infections: Other Diseases and Syndromes | Khalil Ghanem, MD |
| 33 | 12:30 PM | - | 1:00 PM | HSV and VZV in Immunocompetent and Immunocompromised Hosts | Richard Whitley, MD |
| 34 | 1:00 PM | - | 1:45 PM | Board Review Day 3 | Drs. Whitley (Moderator), Kotton, Dhanireddy, Ghanem, Thomas, and Tunkel |
| 1:45 PM | - | 2:15 PM | BREAK with FACULTY CHAT | ||
| 35 | 2:15 PM | - | 3:00 PM | Kitchen Sink: Syndromes Not Covered Elsewhere | Stacey Rose, MD |
| 36 | 3:00 PM | - | 4:00 PM | Antiretroviral Therapy for Special Populations | Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD |
| 37 | 4:00 PM | - | 4:45 PM | Acute Hepatitis | David Thomas, MD |
| 4:45 PM | - | 5:15 PM | BREAK with FACULTY CHAT | ||
| 38 | 5:15 PM | - | 5:45 PM | Viral and Bacterial Meningitis | Allan Tunkel, MD |
| 39 | 5:45 PM | - | 6:45 PM | Chronic Hepatitis | David Thomas, MD |
| 40 | 6:45 PM | - | 7:15 PM | Brain Abscess, Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis, and Subdural and Epidural Empyema | Allan Tunkel, MD |
| 7:15 PM | - | 7:45 PM | FINAL FACULTY CHAT |
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
| # | Start | End | Presentation | Speaker | |
| 41 | 9:30 AM | - | 10:00 AM | Daily Question Preview 4 | Roy Gulick, MD (Moderator) |
| 42 | 10:00 AM | - | 10:30 AM | Gastrointertinal Disease: Clinical Syndromes | Herbert Dupont, MD |
| 43 | 10:30 AM | - | 11:15 AM | Clinical Manifestation of Human Retroviral Diseases and Slow Viruses | Frank Maldarelli, MD |
| 44 | 11:15 AM | - | 11:45 AM | Gastrointertinal Disease: Etiologic Agents | Herbert Dupont, MD |
| 11:45 AM | - | 12:15 PM | BREAK with FACULTY CHAT | ||
| 45 | 12:15 PM | - | 12:30 PM | HIV Diagnosis | Frank Maldarelli, MD |
| 46 | 12:30 PM | - | 1:15 PM | Antiretroviral Therapy | Roy Gulick, MD |
| 47 | 1:15 PM | - | 1:30 PM | HIV Drug Resistance | Michael Saag, MD |
| 48 | 1:30 PM | - | 2:00 PM | Antiretroviral Therapy for Special Populations | Roy Gulick, MD |
| 2:00 PM | - | 2:30 PM | BREAK with FACULTY CHAT | ||
| 49 | 2:30 PM | - | 3:15 PM | Board Review Session 4 | Drs. Gulick (Moderator), Dorman, Dupont, Maldarelli, Saag, and Weinstein |
| 50 | 3:15 PM | - | 4:00 PM | Photo Opportunity II: More Photos and Questions to Test Your Board Preparations | John Bennett, MD |
| 51 | 4:00 PM | - | 4:45 PM | Tuberculosis in Immunocompetent and Immunosuppressed Hosts | Susan Dorman, MD |
| 4:45 PM | - | 5:15 PM | BREAK with FACULTY CHAT | ||
| 52 | 5:15 PM | - | 6:00 PM | Non AIDS-Defining Complications of HIV/AIDS | Michael Saag, MD |
| 53 | 6:00 PM | - | 7:00 PM | Hospital Epidemiology | Robert Weinstein, MD |
| 54 | 7:00 PM | - | 7:15 PM | Pharyngitis Syndromes Including Group A Strep Pharyngitis | Karen Bloch, MD |
| 7:15 PM | - | 7:45 PM | FINAL FACULTY CHAT | ||
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
| # | Start | End | Presentation | Speaker | |
| 55 | 9:30 AM | - | 10:00 AM | Daily Question Preview Day 5 | Kieren Marr, MD (Moderator) |
| 56 | 10:00 AM | - | 11:15 AM | Infections in the Neuropenic Cancer Patient and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Recipients | Kieren Marr, MD |
| 57 | 11:15 AM | - | 12:00 PM | Fungal Disease in Normal and Abnormal Hosts | John Bennett, MD |
| 12:00 PM | - | 12:30 PM | BREAK with FACULTY CHAT | ||
| 58 | 12:30 PM | - | 1:30 PM | Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients | Barbara Alexander, MD |
| 59 | 1:30 PM | - | 2:00 PM | Pneumonia: Some Cases That Could be on the Exam | Paul Auwaerter, MD |
| 60 | 2:00 PM | - | 2:45 PM | Board Review Session 5 | Drs. Auwaerter (Moderator), Alexander, Bennett, Marr, and Mitre |
| 2:45 PM | - | 3:15 PM | BREAK with FACULTY CHAT | ||
| 61 | 3:15 PM | - | 4:15 PM | Ticks, Mites, Lice, and the Diseases They Transmit | Paul Auwaerter, MD |
| 62 | 4:15 PM | - | 5:15 PM | Worms and More Worms | Edward Mitre, MD |
| 5:15 PM | - | 5:45 PM | BREAK with FACULTY CHAT | ||
| 63 | 5:45 PM | - | 6:15 PM | Skin and Soft Tissue Infections | Paul Auwaerter, MD |
| 64 | 6:15 PM | - | 7:15 PM | Antibacterial Drugs II | Edward Mitre, MD |
| 7:15 PM | - | 7:45 PM | FINAL FACULTY CHAT |
Online Lectures
| # | Presentations | Speaker |
| A | Encephalitis Including West Nile and Rabies (45 mins) | Allan Tunkel, MD |
| B | Nocardia, Actinomycosis, Rhodococcus, and Meliodosis (45 mins) | David Aronoff, MD |
| C | HIV-Associated Opportunistic Infections II (45 mins) | Henry Masur, MD |
| D | HIV-Associated Opportunistic Infections III (45 mins) | Henry Masur, MD |
| E | Other Antibacterial Drugs (Macrolides, TMP, SMX, etc) | Drs. Gilbert and Boucher |
| F | Statistics | Khalil Ghanem, MD |
Online Primers & Study Guides
| # | Presentation | Author |
| 1 | Antibacterial Resistance Primer | Robin Patel, MD |
| 2 | Antiviral Resistance Primer | Drs. Whitley and Pavia |
| 3 | HIV Drug Resistance Primer | Roy Gulick, MD |
| 4 | Antifungal Resistance Primer | John Bennett, MD |
| 5 | Differential Diagnosis of Diseases presenting as Skin Nodules, Ulcers, or Ulceronodular Skin Lesion Primer | David Gilbert, MD |
| 6 | Microbiology Primer | Robin Patel, MD |
| 7 | Rickettsia Primer | Drs. Auwaerter, Bennett, and Scheld |
| 8 | Images You should Know | Henry Masur, MD |
Agenda subject to change.