Antimicrobial Resistance Committee | Clinical Affairs Committee | CE Subcommittee | COI Ethics Committee | Diagnostics Committee | Digital Strategy Advisory Group | Education Committee | Fellows Subcommittee | Fellows In-Training Exam Test Material Subcommittee | Inclusion, Diversity, Access and Equity Committee | Investment Committee | Global Health Committee | ID Training Program Directors Committee | Leadership Development Committee | Public Health Committee | Publications Committee | Quality Improvement Committee | Research Committee | Society Awards Committee | Standards & Practice Guidelines Committee
Antimicrobial Resistance Committee
To advance through public policy and advocacy activities the development of new antimicrobial agents where unmet need exists and the reduction of the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance; to make recommendations to the Board of Directors about how the Society can best further policy and advocacy efforts in these areas; to prioritize for government relations staff the federal funding needs; and to serve as IDSA’s primary point of contact for matters under its charge with Congress and the relevant federal agencies represented.
Chair
Staff Contact
Amanda Jezek
Senior Vice President,
Public Policy & Government Relations
(703) 740-4790
Fax: (866) 899-7319
Clinical Affairs Committee
To monitor, develop and make recommendations to address issues related to infectious disease clinical practice; to monitor and make recommendations to address issues relating to the practice of hospital epidemiology and infection control; to monitor and advocate with Medicare and other third-party payers appropriate coverage and reimbursement for infectious disease services; to develop and make recommendations on providing products and services to improve the practice efficiency of infectious disease clinicians; to identify and suggest clinicians to serve on other committees, task forces, work groups and panels convened to develop practice guidelines; and to make recommendations on activities/issues under its purview that involve federal legislation or regulation.
Chair
Alice Kim, MD
Staff Contact
Kay Moyer
Senior Program Officer, Clinical Affairs
703-721-8493
CE Subcommittee
To oversee issues related to the accreditation of all IDSA CME activities, along with IDSA’s re-accreditation process; to review and evaluate all of IDSA’s CME activities to ensure compliance with ACCME regulations and criteria, to include the development of improved assessment modalities to comply with new outcomes-oriented requirements; and to assist and guide future IDSA ACCME re-accreditation processes, to include obtaining accreditation with commendation and a six year accreditation in the next re-accreditation cycle.
Chair
Bradley Stoner, MD
Staff Contact
Kathleen Matikonis
Senior Education Officer
(703) 740-4960
Fax: (866) 579-0939
COI Ethics Committee
Advances in the field of infectious diseases depend on a collaborative relationship between IDSA members and industry. Conflicts of interest (financial and non-financial) exist in many forms. This committee updates, administers and recommends enforcement actions for the Society’s Conflict of Interest and Ethics policies. The committee reviews COI disclosure forms to determine eligibility for select Society programs and roles (practice guidelines, leadership positions, etc.).
Chair
Chris Blais, M.D.
Staff Contact
Chris Busky
Chief Executive Officer
(703) 638-1503
Fax: (703) 229-0204
Diagnostics Committee
To use public policy and advocacy to advance research and development of infectious diseases diagnostics and their appropriate integration into clinical care; to provide education on new developments in diagnostics, the appropriate use and interpretation of their results, and their use in clinical care to optimize patient care outcomes; and to serve as a point of contact for diagnostics with Congress and relevant federal agencies, non-government organizations, and international entities.
Chair
Robert Colgrove, MD
Staff Contact
Eli Briggs
Director of Public Policy
Digital Strategy Advisory Group
To advise IDSA and its members regarding digital strategy, including the use of web, email, social media, mobile and other digital media and digital channels.
Chair
Maricar Malinis, MD
Staff Contact
Gayle Levy Hartman
Director of Digital Strategy
703-299-0008
Education Committee
To develop and make recommendations on the development of any new educational meeting, program, or services for members; to establish an ongoing process to get feedback from the membership on their educational needs; to oversee the Society’s efforts to maintain ACCME accreditation; to monitor developments with respect to post-graduate education in infectious diseases; to monitor developments with respect to certification and recertification in infectious diseases; and to make recommendations for activities/issues under its purview that involve federal legislation or regulation.
Chair
Jennifer Babik, MD
Staff Contact
Rachel Shnekendorf
Director of Education
(703) 299-0879
Fax: (866) 579-0939
Fellows Subcommittee
To serve as an advisory group responsible for providing input from a young ID professionals’ perspective to inform IDSA initiatives and committee deliberations; foster fellow, resident and medical student participation and membership in IDSA; and provide feedback on issues related to fellowship training.
Chair
Nathanial S. Nolan, MD, MPH. MHPE
Staff Contact
Anna Guggenheim, MPH
Associate Director of Fellowship Programs
(703) 299-0789
Fellows’ In-Training Exam Test Material Development Subcommittee
Oversees the development of IDSA’s annual Fellows’ In-Training Exam. Volunteers write and review exam items, along with ensuring the exam content is up to date.
Chair
Stuart Cohen, M.D.
Staff Contact
Rachel Shnekendorf
Director of Education
(703) 299-0879
Fax: (866) 579-0939
Inclusion, Diversity, Access and Equity Committee
To provide strategic direction to the Board and Society on advancing IDA&E priorities and ensure ongoing focus and integration of our Roadmap and Strategy recommendations, identify and support opportunities to expand outreach to under-represented populations for pursuit of careers in ID to help ensure a robust, empowered, and highly capable workforce, identify opportunities to leverage best practices in the ongoing review of policies, practices, processes, and communications and recommend enhancements, advise the Board on strategies and metrics for volunteer recruitment and increase engagement of under-represented groups in the organization, identify and support implementation of health equity priorities including involvement with external partners and potential funders, guide and monitor reporting of efforts across the organization.
Chair:
Ravina Kullar, PharmD, MPH, FIDSA
Staff Contact:
Salandra Thomas
Vice President, Talent and Organizational Development
703-740-4960
Investment Committee
To oversee the management of Society’s financial reserves and investments; to review operating budget trends; and to make recommendations to the Board of Directors on investment policies and broad financial policies relating to the maintenance of appropriate financial reserves.
Chair
Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, MD
Staff Contact
Barton Groh
Vice President, Finance & Administration
(703) 299-0108
Fax: (866) 550-0274
Global Health Committee
To promote evidence-based, robust U. S. led policy responses to global infectious disease threats, including HIV, tuberculosis, antimicrobial resistance, emerging and resurgent infectious diseases like Ebola, Zika, Dengue, Chikungunya, globally neglected epidemics such as Hepatitis C, and global health security and public health preparedness activities. Advise policymakers about policy and funding needs related to research and development and responses for global infectious diseases that constitute public health threats, including outbreak responses.
Chair
Krutika Kuppalli, MD
Staff Contact
Rabita Aziz
Senior Global Health Policy Specialist
(703) 740-4955
Fax: (866) 536-6638
ID Training Program Directors’ Committee
To establish and maintain communication with all infectious diseases academic units with accredited training programs in infectious diseases; to assist training directors, in a manner that is mutually beneficial, with any or all facets of the training program curriculum. Such activities may include, but are not limited to, recruitment to the field of infectious diseases, logistics of candidate selection, curriculum requirements and interaction with organizations responsible for curriculum accreditation requirements and board certification.
Chair
Lisa Chirch, MD
Staff Contact
Rachel Shnekendorf
Director of Education
(703) 299-0879
Fax: (866) 579-0939
Leadership Development Committee
Purpose: Using diversity, inclusion and equity as a guiding principle, the committee recommends strategies for identifying and cultivating leaders to advance the Society's strategic priorities. Responsibilities: Ensure the Society's governance structure is reflective of the overall membership; develop and maintain a governance competency model; develop and administer the process of identifying and recruiting qualified candidates to serve as volunteer leaders; ensure transparency in the nominations process; propose a slate of qualified candidates for the Board of Directors; propose committee chairs and vice chairs for Board approval; propose committee members for Board approval; and organize and participate in Board member and committee chair orientations.
Chair
Archie Chatterjee, M.D.
Staff Contact
Chris Busky
Chief Executive Officer
(703) 638-1503
Fax: (703) 229-0204
Public Health Committee
To monitor and make recommendations regarding federal support for domestic and global infectious disease issues; to monitor developments and make recommendations related to childhood and adult immunizations; to monitor and make recommendations related to federal support for the public health infrastructure; to monitor developments related to emerging pathogens and to establish ongoing methods to keep members informed in a timely fashion about important developments; to monitor developments and make recommendations to address antimicrobial resistance; and to make recommendations on activities/issues under its purview that involve federal legislation and regulations.
Chair
Julia Vaishampayan, MD
Staff Contact
Eli Briggs
Director of Public Policy
Publications Committee
To ensure strategic development/priorities, effective organization and interrelationship of IDSA journals such that they contribute to the overall goals of the Society; to develop journal strategies and editorial policies to support IDSA goals and make recommendations to the Board as necessary; to provide oversight of editorial operations; to remain abreast of the current scholarly publishing environment and make recommendations to the Board as necessary to ensure IDSA’s journals remain among the premier journals in infectious diseases; to identify strategic opportunities and risks facing the IDSA journals and make recommendations to the Board on how the journals can best capitalize on/mitigate these opportunities/risks; and to develop journal strategies and policies to ensure that IDSA’s journals advance the principles of inclusion, diversity, access and equity in the infectious diseases community and scholarly communications more broadly.
Chair
Rick Watkins, MD, FIDSA
Staff Contact
Lisa Junker
Senior Director, Publishing & Content Strategy
(703) 214-9291
Fax: (866) 889-7614
Quality Improvement Committee
To promote valid performance measures that IDSA members can implement to improve patient care outcomes in infectious diseases; to monitor and respond to the activities and policies of the federal agencies and key organizations involved in quality improvement and performance measurement; to investigate the feasibility of developing a registry for members to report and compare results on standard measures of patient care and outcomes; to provide both online and in-person (via IDWeek) educational resources that will inform IDSA members about quality improvement in general and applicable performance measures; and to approach quality measurement of ID clinical care in a manner that promotes the value of ID specialists to the broader health care system.
Chair
Josh Eby, MD
Staff Contact
Thomas Kim
Senior Program Officer, Quality Improvement
(703) 638-1502
Fax: (877) 299-0312
Research Committee
To make recommendations to promote research and new advancements in infectious diseases; to monitor developments and make recommendations related to federal support for biomedical research; and to make recommendations on activities/issues under its purview that involve federal legislation and regulation.
Chair
Jatin Vyas, M.D., Ph.D.
Staff Contact
Eli Briggs
Director of Public Policy
Society Awards Committee
To oversee the Society’s recognition awards program, including working with staff to solicit Society award nominees from the membership; and to recommend to the Board of Directors recipients for the awards.
Chair
Steven K Schmitt, MD
Staff Contact
Michelle Shanks
Membership Program Manager
(703) 740-4797
Standards & Practice Guidelines Committee
To make recommendations and oversee the development of evidence based clinical practice guideline or any other standard setting documents including those in collaboration with other groups; and to monitor, develop and make recommendations to establish scientific policy on infectious diseases related issues.
Chair
Ravi Jhaveri, M.D., FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAP
Staff Contact
Jon Heald
Senior Director of Clinical Policy
(703) 299-0200