About

Home
Meetings
2010 Annual Meeting

IDSA 2010

About IDSA 2010

Conference Description

The 48th Annual Meeting of IDSA will be held October 21 – 24, 2010 at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The meeting brings together physicians, scientists, and other health care professionals involved in research, patient care, public health, disease prevention, and education in the field of infectious diseases. There are no prerequisites for attendance. This meeting provides three and a half days of broad continuing educational courses and comprehensive educational experiences in the major facets of infectious diseases: pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The courses combine expert reviews of the traditional field of infectious diseases with emphasis on the most contemporary trends, including emerging infections, new diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics.

Conference Objectives

To update infectious diseases clinicians and investigators with state-of-the-art developments in the field, including timely reviews of recent advances in clinical care and research and original reports of clinical, translational, and basic research
To bridge the widening gaps among the fields of infectious diseases clinical practice, clinical research, epidemiological and health services research, translational research, and basic research
To promote multi-disciplinary dialogue and collaboration among clinicians and investigators, thus facilitating advances in the
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases

Program Committee

Joel D. Ernst. MD, FIDSA - Chair
New York University School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
New York, NY

Barbara D. Alexander, MD, FIDSA - Vice Chair
Duke University Medical Center
Division of Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine
Durham, NC

Paul G. Auwaerter, MD - Past Chair
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine
Baltimore, MD

David R. Andes, MD
University of Wisconsin Hospital
Madison, WI

Naomi E. Aronson, MD, FIDSA
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD

Michael Boeckh, MD, PhD, FIDSA
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

James E. Crowe, Jr., MD, FIDSA
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Marta Feldmesser, MD, FIDSA
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York, NY

Thomas R. Hawn, MD, PhD
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Joseph Heitman, MD, PhD, FIDSA
Duke University
Department of Genetics/Microbiology
Durham, NC

Elizabeth Hermsen, PharmD
The Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE

Steven M. Holland, MD
NIH/NIAID
Bethesda, MD

Barbara I. Kazmierczak, MD, PhD, FIDSA
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Peter H. Kilmarx, MD, FIDSA
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Kami Kim, MD, FIDSA
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY

Dimitrios Kontoyiannis, MD, FIDSA
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Department of Infectious Diseases
Houston, TX

Joanne Langley, MD
Clinical Trials Research Center
W. K. Grace Health Center
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Loren G. Miller, MD, MPH
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Division of Infectious Diseases
Torrance, CA

Didier Raoult, MD, PhD, FIDSA
Faculte de Medecine
Unite des Rickettsies
Marseille, France

Robert C. Read, MD, FIDSA
University of Sheffield
School of Medicine and BioMed Sciences
Sheffield, England

George F. Risi, MD, FIDSA
Infectious Disease Specialists, PC
Missoula, MT

Paul A. Tambyah, MD
National University of Singapore
Department of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Singapore

David L. Thomas, MD, MPH, FIDSA
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Nesli Basgoz, MD, FIDSA
HIVMA Representative
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Rafael E. Campo, MD
HIVMA Representative
University of Miami School of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Miami, FL

Joel E. Gallant, MD, FIDSA
HIVMA Representative
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Baltimore, MD

Carrie L. Byington, MD
PIDS Liaison
University of Utah Health Science Center
Department of Infectious Diseases
Salt Lake City, UT

David W. Kimberlin, MD
PIDS Liaison
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Trish M. Perl, MD, MSc, FIDSA
SHEA Liaision
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Department of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Scott Fridkin, MD
SHEA Liaison
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
NCPDCID, CCID, CDC
Atlanta, GA

Richard J. Whitley, MD, FIDSA - IDSA President
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

James M. Hughes, MD, FIDSA - IDSA President-Elect
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Mark A. Leasure
IDSA Chief Executive Officer
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Arlington, VA

Assigned Staff
Sandra Vura Harwood, CMP
Vice President, Meetings & Education
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Arlington, VA

Rachel Shnekendorf
Senior Education Officer
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Arlington, VA