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
	1:45 PM	-	2:00 PM	Afternoon Break
6	2:00 PM	-	3:00 PM	Infections in Solid Organ Recipients	Barbara Alexander, MD
7	3:00 PM	-	4:00 PM	Respiratory Viral Infections Including Influenza in Immunocompetent and Immunocompromised Persons	Andrew Pavia, MD
	4:00 PM	-	4:15 PM	Afternoon Break
8	4:15 PM	-	5:00 PM	Infections in the Neutropenic Cancer Patient	Jennifer Saullo, MD
9	5:00 PM	-	5:15 PM	SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19	Andrew Pavia, MD
	5:15 PM	-	6:00 PM	Welcome Reception

AM Moderator: Henry Masur, MD
#	Start		End	Presentation	Faculty
10	8:00 AM	-	9:00 AM	Clinical Immunology and Host Defense	Steven Holland, MD
11	9:00 AM	-	10:00 AM	Protozoa That Could Be Tested	Edward Mitre, MD
	10:00 AM	-	10:15 AM	Morning Break
12	10:15 AM	-	11:00 AM	Ticks, Mites, Lice, and the Diseases They Transmit	Paul Auwaerter, MD
13	11:00 AM	-	11:45 PM	Worms You Should Know	Edward Mitre, MD
	11:45 AM	-	12:00 PM	Lunch Break
PM Moderator: Paul Auwaerter, MD
BR2	12:00 PM	-	12:45 PM	Board Review Day 2	Drs. Auwaerter (Moderator), Bell, Bennettt, Mitre, Platts-Mills, and Tunkel
14	1:15 PM	-	1:15 PM	Lyme Disease	Paul Auwaerter, MD
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	Brain Abscess, Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis, and Subdural and Epidural Empyema	Allan Tunkel, 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	Encephalitis including West Nile and Rabies	Allan Tunkel, MD
	4:45 PM	-	5:00 PM	Afternoon Break
20	5:00 PM		5:45 PM	Fungal Diseases in Immunocompetent and Immunosuppressed Hosts	John Bennett, MD
21	5:45 PM	-	6:15 PM	Pneumonia	Paul Auwaerter, MD

AM Moderator: David Aronoff, 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	-	12:15 AM	Core Concepts: Antibacterial Drugs II Gram Positive Organisms	Helen Boucher, MD
	12:15 PM	-	12:30 PM	Lunch Break
BR3	12:30 PM	-	1:15 PM	Board Review Day 3	Drs. Aronoff (Moderator), Boucher, Dhanireddy, Dorman, Ghanem, and Klompas
PM Moderator: David Aronoff, MD
27	1:15 PM	-	2:00 PM	Skin and Soft Tissue Infections	Helen Boucher, MD
28	2:00 PM	-	2:45 PM	Helicobacter and Clostridiodes	David Aronoff, MD
	2:45 PM	-	3:00 PM	Afternoon Break
29	3:00 PM	-	3:45 PM	Immunizations: Domestics, Travel, and Occupational	Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD
	3:45 PM	-	4:00 PM	Afternoon Break
30	4:00 PM	-	5:00 PM	Hospital Epidemiology	Michael Klompas, MD
31	5:00 PM	-	5:45 PM	Immunizations: Domestics, Travel, and Occupational	Susan Dorman, MD

AM Moderator: Roy Gulick, MD
#	Start		End	Presentation	Faculty
32	8:00 AM	-	8:45 AM	Clinical Manifestations of Human Retroviral Diseases and Slow Viruses	Frank Maldarelli, MD
33	8:45 AM	-	9:30 AM	HIV-Associated Opportunistic Infections I	Henry Masur, MD
34	9:30 AM	-	9:45 AM	HIV Diagnosis	Frank Maldarelli, MD
	9:45 AM	-	10:00 AM	Morning Break
35	10:00 AM	-	10:45 AM	Antiretroviral Therapy	Roy Gulick, MD
36	10:45 AM	-	11:00 AM	HIV Drug Resistance	Michael Saag, MD
37	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, Kotton, Maldarelli, Saag, and Whitley
38	1:00 PM	-	1:30 PM	EBV, HHV6, HHV8	Camille Kotton, MD
39	1:30 PM	-	2:15 PM	HIV-Associated Opportunistic Infections II	Rajesh Gandhi, MD
40	2:15 PM	-	3:00 PM	Syndromes Masquerades as Infections	Karen Bloch, MD
	3:00 PM	-	3:15 PM	Afternoon Break
41	3:15 PM	-	4:00 PM	Non-AIDS-Defining Complications of HIV/AIDS	Michael Saag, MD
42	4:00 PM	-	4:30 PM	Pharyngitis Syndromes Including Group A Strep Pharyngitis	Kare Bloch, MD
	4:30 PM	-	4:45 PM	Afternoon Break
43	4:45 PM	-	5:15 PM	Herpes Simplex and Varicella Zoster	Richard Whitley, MD
44	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
45	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
46	9:00 AM	-	9:45 AM	Acute Hepatitis	David Thomas, MD
	9:45 AM	-	10:00 AM	Morning Break
47	10:00 AM	-	10:45 AM	Staphylococcus Aureus	Henry Chambers, MD
48	10:45 AM	-	11:30 AM	Chronic Hepatitis	David Thomas, MD
	11:30 AM	-	11:45 AM	Lunch Break
PM Moderator: Henry Masur, MD
49	11:45 AM	-	12:30 PM	Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Normal and Abnormal Hosts	Kevin Winthrop, MD
50	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
51	1:30 PM	-	2:15 PM	Infections of Upper and Lower Urinary Tract	Barbara Trautner, MD
52	2:15 PM	-	3:00 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	45 Mins	Antimicrobial Toxicities II	Douglas Black, PharmD
OL - 3	45 Mins	HIV-Associated Opportunistic Infections III	Rajesh Gandhi, MD
OL - 4	25 Mins	Statistics	Khalil Ghanem, MD
OL - 5	40 Mins	Review of Basics: HIV	Roy Gulick, MD
OL - 6	50 Mins	Review of Basics: Transplant Infectious Disease	Camille Kotton, MD
OL - 7	45 Mins	Even More Worms	Edward Mitre, MD
OL - 8	45 Mins	Bone and Joint Infections	Sandra Nelson, MD
OL - 9	30 Mins	Penicillin Allergy	Sandra Nelson, MD
OL - 9	45 Mins	Epididymitis, Orchitis, and Prostatitis	Barbara Trautner, MD
OL - 10	40 Mins	Immunomodulatory Agents: What Can be Tested	Jennifer Saullo, MD
OL - 11	45 Mins	Treating Antimicrobial Resistant Infections III Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	Pranita Tamma, MD
OL - 12	45 Mins	Epididymitis, Orchitis, and Prostatis	Barbara Trautner, MD
OL - 13	45 Mins	Bacterial and Viral Meningitis	Allan Tunkel, MD
OL - 14	40 Mins	Sinusitis and Otitis	John Bennett, MD
OL - 15	25 Mins	Kitchen Sink: Syndromes Not Covered Elsewhere - Bonus Cases	Stacey Rose, MD

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

Agenda subject to change.