Agenda

2026 Infectious Disease Board Review Course Agenda

AM Moderator: Henry Masur, MD and John Bennett, MD
#	Start		End	Presentation	Faculty
1	8:00 AM EDT	-	8:30 AM EDT	Introduction	John Bennett, MD and Henry Masur, MD
2	8:30 AM	-	9:30 AM	Core Concepts: Microbiology: What You Need to Know for the Exam	Robin Patel, MD
AM Moderator: Barbara Alexander, MD
	9:30 AM	-	9:45 AM	Morning Break
3	9:45 AM	-	10:45 AM	Core Concepts: Antibacterial Drugs I Approach to Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli	Pranita Tamma, MD
4	10:45 AM	-	11:45 AM	Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Recipients	Jennifer Saullo, MD
	11:45 AM	-	12:15 PM	Lunch Break
BR1	12:15 PM	-	1:00 PM	Board Review Day 1	Drs. Patel (Moderator), Alexander, Pavia, Saullo, and Tamma
PM Moderator: Robin Patel, MD
5	1:00 PM	-	1:45 PM	Antifungal Therapy	Barbara Alexander, MD
6	1:45 PM	-	2:15 PM	Sinusitis, Otitis, Endophtalmitis, Orbital Cellulitis	John Bennett, MD
	2:15 PM	-	2:30 PM	Afternoon Break
7	2:30 PM	-	3:30 PM	Infections in Solid Organ Recipients	Barbara Alexander, MD
8	3:30 PM	-	4:30 PM	Respiratory Viral Infections Including Influenza in Immunocompetent and Immunocompromised Persons	Andrew Pavia, MD
	4:30 PM	-	5:15 PM	Afternoon Break
9	4:45 PM	-	5:30 PM	Infections in the Neutropenic Cancer Patient	Jennifer Saullo, MD
10	5:30 PM	-	5:45 PM	SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19	Andrew Pavia, MD
	5:45 PM	-	6:30 PM	Welcome Reception

AM Moderator: Andrew Pavia, MD
#	Start		End	Presentation	Faculty
11	8:00 AM	-	9:00 AM	Clinical Immunology and Host Defense	Steven Holland, MD
12	9:00 AM	-	10:00 AM	Core Concepts: Antibacterial Drugs II Gram Positive Organisms	Helen Boucher, MD
	10:00 AM	-	10:15 AM	Morning Break
13	10:15 AM	-	11:15 AM	Protozoa That Could Be Tested	Edward Mitre, MD
14	11:15 AM	-	12:00 PM	Skin and Soft Tissue Infections	Helen Boucher, MD
	12:00 PM	-	12:30 PM	Lunch Break
PM Moderator: David Aronoff, MD
BR2	12:30 PM	-	1:15 PM	Board Review Day 2	Drs. Aronoff (Moderator), Bell, Boucher, Mitre, Platts-Mills, and Thomas
15	1:15 PM	-	2:00 PM	Syndromes in the ICU that ID Physicians Should Know	Taison Bell, MD
16	2:00 PM	-	2:45 PM	Acute Hepatitis	David Thomas, MD
17	2:45 PM	-	3:15 PM	GI Infections Part 1	James Platts-Mills, MD
	3:15 PM	-	3:30 PM	Afternoon Break
18	3:30 PM	-	4:00 PM	GI Infections Part 2	James Platts-Mills, MD
19	4:00 PM	-	4:45 PM	Chronic Hepatitis	David Thomas, MD
	4:45 PM	-	5:00 PM	Afternoon Break
20	5:00 PM		5:45 PM	Helicobacter and Clostridioides	David Aronoff, MD
21	5:45 PM	-	6:15 PM	Worms You Should Know	Edward Mitre, MD

AM Moderator: Paul Auwaerter, MD
#	Start		End	Presentation	Faculty
22	8:00 AM	-	8:30 AM	Sexually Transmitted Infections: Genital Ulcers Diseases (GUD)	Khalil Ghanem, MD
23	8:30 AM	-	9:15 AM	Zoonoses	David Aronoff, MD
	9:15 AM	-	9:30 AM	Morning Break
24	9:30 AM	-	10:15 AM	Nocardiosis, Actinomycosis, Rhodococcus and Actinomycosis	David Aronoff, MD
25	10:15 AM	-	11:15 AM	Sexually Transmitted Infections: Other Diseases and Syndromes	Khalil Ghanem, MD
26	11:15 AM	-	11:45 AM	Pneumonia	Paul Auwaerter, MD
	11:45 AM	-	12:15 PM	Lunch Break
BR3	12:15 PM	-	1:00 PM	Board Review Day 3	Drs. Auwaerter (Moderator), Aronoff, Bennett, Dhanireddy, Dorman, Ghanem, and Klompas
PM Moderator: Paul Auwaerter, MD
27	1:00 PM	-	1:45 PM	Ticks, Mites, Lice, and the Diseases They Transmit	Paul Auwaerter, MD
28	1:45 PM	-	2:30 PM	Systemic Mycoses in Immunocompetent and Immunosuppressed Hosts	John Bennett, MD
	2:30 PM	-	2:45 PM	Afternoon Break
29	2:45 PM	-	3:30 PM	Tuberculosis in Immunocompetent and Immunosuppressed Hosts	Susan Dorman, MD
30	3:30 PM	-	4:00 PM	Lyme Disease	Paul Auwaerter, MD
	4:00 PM	-	4:15 PM	Afternoon Break
31	4:15 PM	-	5:15 PM	Hospital Epidemiology	Michael Klompas, MD
32	5:15 PM	-	6:00 PM	Immunizations: Domestics, Travel, and Occupational	Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD

AM Moderator: Roy Gulick, MD
#	Start		End	Presentation	Faculty
33	8:00 AM	-	8:45 AM	Clinical Manifestations of Human Retroviral Diseases and Slow Viruses	Frank Maldarelli, MD
34	8:45 AM	-	9:30 AM	HIV-Associated Opportunistic Infections I	Henry Masur, MD
35	9:30 AM	-	9:45 AM	HIV Diagnosis	Frank Maldarelli, MD
	9:45 AM	-	10:00 AM	Morning Break
36	10:00 AM	-	10:45 AM	Antiretroviral Therapy	Roy Gulick, MD
37	10:45 AM	-	11:00 AM	HIV Drug Resistance	Michael Saag, MD
38	11:00 AM	-	11:45 AM	Antiretroviral Therapy for Special Populations	Roy Gulick, MD
	11:45 AM	-	12:15 PM	Lunch Break
PM Moderator: Roy Gulick, MD
BR4	12:15 PM	-	1:00 PM	Board Review Day 4	Drs. Gulick (Moderator), Bloch, Gandhi, Maldarelli, Masur, Saag, Tunkel, and Whitley
39	1:00 PM	-	1:30 PM	Pharyngitis Syndromes Including Group A Strep Pharyngitis	Karen Bloch, MD
40	1:30 PM	-	2:15 PM	HIV-Associated Opportunistic Infections II	Rajesh Gandhi, MD
41	2:15 PM	-	3:00 PM	Syndromes Masquerades as Infections	Karen Bloch, MD
	3:00 PM	-	3:15 PM	Afternoon Break
42	3:15 PM	-	4:00 PM	Non-AIDS-Defining Complications of HIV/AIDS	Michael Saag, MD
43	4:00 PM	-	4:30 PM	EBV, HHV6, HHV8	Camille Kotton, MD
	4:30 PM	-	4:45 PM	Afternoon Break
44	4:45 PM	-	5:15 PM	Herpes Simplex	Richard Whitley, MD
45	5:15 PM	-	6:00 PM	Photo Opportunity I: Photos and Questions to Test Your Board Preparation	Rajesh Gandhi, MD

AM Moderator: John Bennett, MD
#	Start		End	Presentation	Faculty
46	8:00 AM EDT	-	9:00 AM EDT	Endocarditis of Native and Prosthetic Devices, and Infections of Pacers and Ventricular Assist Devices	Henry Chambers, MD
47	9:00 AM	-	9:45 AM	Brain Abscess, Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis, and Subdural and Epidural Empyema	Allan Tunkel, MD
	9:45 AM	-	10:00 AM	Morning Break
48	10:00 AM	-	10:45 AM	Staphylococcus Aureus	Henry Chambers, MD
49	10:45 AM	-	11:30 AM	Bone and Joint Infections	Sandra Nelson, MD
	11:30 AM	-	11:45 AM	Lunch Break
PM Moderator: Henry Masur, MD
50	11:45 AM	-	12:30 PM	Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Normal and Abnormal Hosts	Kevin Winthrop, MD
51	12:30 PM	-	1:15 PM	Principles of Antimacrobial Therapy for Exam: What You Need to Know About Toxicities, PK/PD, Drug-Drug Interactions	Douglas Black, PharmD
	1:15 PM	-	1:30 PM	Afternoon Break
52	1:30 PM	-	2:15 PM	Infections of Upper and Lower Urinary Tract	Barbara Trautner, MD
53	2:15 PM	-	2:30 PM	Penicillin Allergies	Sandra Nelson, MD
54	2:30 PM	-	3:15 PM	Kitchen Sink: Syndromes Not Covered Elsewhere	Stacey Rose, MD

Online Only Lectures
#	Duration	Title	Faculty
OL - 1	15 Mins	How to Prepare for the Certification and Recertification Including the LKA	Helen Boucher, MD
OL - 2	40 Mins	Review of Basics: HIV	Roy Gulick, MD
OL - 3	50 Mins	Review of Basics: Transplant Infectious Disease	Camille Kotton, MD
OL - 4	45 Mins	Bacterial and Viral Meningitis	Allan Tunkel, MD
OL - 5	40 Mins	Immunomodulatory Agents: What Can Be Tested	Jennifer Saullo, MD
OL - 6	45 Mins	HIV-Associated Opportunistic Infections III	Rajesh Gandhi, MD
OL - 7	45 Mins	Even More Worms	Edward Mitre, MD
OL - 8	25 Mins	Statistics	Khalil Ghanem, MD
OL - 9	45 Mins	Epididymitis, Orchitis, and Prostatitis	Barbara Trautner, MD
OL - 10	45 Mins	Treating Antimicrobial Resistant Infections III Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	Pranita Tamma, MD
OL - 11	45 Mins	Antimicrobial Toxicities II	Douglas Black, PharmD
OL - 12	45 Mins	Encephalitis Including West Nile and Rabies	Allan Tunkel, MD

Primers and Study Guides
#	Title	Faculty
P - 1	Microbiology Primer	Robin Patel, MD
P - 2	Antibacterial Resistance Primer	Robin Patel, MD
P - 3	Antifungal Resistance Primer	Barbara Alexander, MD John Bennett, MD
P - 4	Antiviral Resistance Primer	Richard Whitley, MD Andrew Pavia, MD
P - 5	HIV Drug Resistance Primer	Roy Gulick, MD
P - 6	Rickettsia Primer	Paul Auwaerter, MD John Bennett, MD
P - 7	Differential Diagnosis of Diseases Presenting as Skin Nodules, Ulcers, or Ulceronodular Skin Lesion	David Gilbert, MD
P - 8	Outpatient Antibacterial Drugs	Pranita Tamma, MD

Agenda subject to change.