Conference Program Agenda

 

Bi-State Infectious Disease Conference Agenda
              PLEASE NOTE WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS THIS YEAR                         

7:00 – 8:00 a.m.

 

Registration/ Continental Breakfast/ Vendors

8:00 – 8:15 a.m.

 

Welcome: Mark Barnes – Master of Ceremonies

8:15 – 9:15 a.m.

General Session A

 

How To Get to Zero - Panel discussion

Dr. Carl Freeman, MD, FACS – Trauma Surgeon - SSM Saint Louis University Hospital

Lisa Hessy, BSN, RN, NE-BC – Nurse Manager - SSM Saint Louis University Hospital

Dr. David Tannehill, DO, FACOI, FACP - CMO - Mercy Washington

Maggie Wolf, DNP, RN, NNP-BC, NEA-BC - VP, Patient Care Services & CNO – Barnes Jewish West County Hospital

Julie Turner, RN - Director of Quality, Patient Safety and Regulatory – St. Luke’s Hospital

9:15 – 9:45 a.m.

 

Break/ Vendors

9:45 – 10:45 a.m.

Breakout Session B

B1

Translating Evidence into Practice in Public Health

Ross Brownson, PhD – Washington University St. Louis

B2

MO State Lab on expanding lab and capabilities

Adam Perkins, B.S. – MODHSS

B3

Culture Negative TB

Dr. Elizabeth Ann Misch, MD – Mayo

10:45 – 11:15 a.m.

 

Break/ Vendors

11:15 a.m.

12:15 p.m.

 

Vendor lunch

Concourse C

Breakout Session C

C1

Alpha-gal and other research  

Genevieve Weseman, MPH – St. Charles County Department of Public Health

Dr. Tina Merritt, MD - Northwest Arkansas Asthma & Allergy

Jennifer Platt DrPH – Tick-Borne Conditions United

C2

TB Case Study – STL County HD

Tracey Swaringen, RN, BSN – Saint Louis County Department of Public Health

Tracey Campbell, RN – STL City Department of Health

C3

Missouri HAI/AR Program Overview

Sarah Hanson, MPH, CPH – MODHSS

12:15 – 1:15 p.m.

 

Lunch/ Vendors

1:15 – 2:15 p.m.

Breakout Session D

D1

C. auris, CRAB and other MDROs

Dr. George Turabelidze, MD – MODHSS

D2

Sustainable Programming in Public Health and Clinical Settings

Ginger McKay, PhD, MA – Washington University St. Louis

D3

St. Louis Fusion Center – Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Health Intelligence Sharing

Kyle Foerst, MS - Saint Louis County Department of Public Health – Detached to the Saint Louis Fusion Center (STLFC)

2:15 – 2:30 p.m.

 

Break/ Vendors

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

General Session E

 

Hot Topics in Emerging Infectious Diseases

Dr. Manokiran Patri, MD – SSM Health

3:30 p.m.

 

Evaluations/ Adjourn                                                                                

 

 

COVID Health and Safety Protocol

We want our guests to feel comfortable and protected while at our event.   We recommend vaccination, masking, social distancing in crowded situations but the final level of precautions are left up to the individual. To this end we have again situated vendor tables farther apart than in the past and will make seating at least 6 feet apart available for those people who prefer.  Please do not attend if you have been recently diagnosed with COVID-19 or are displaying symptoms commonly associated with COVID-19.

Attendees Register Here You will be registering at the Mayo Clinic Education website. You will first need to create an account there.

 ​​​​​​​​​​(Don't forget to decide on what breakouts you want to attend. You will be asked that at the Registration Site)

Continuing Education: PLEASE NOTE WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS THIS YEAR