IDSA Committees

Coordinating Council

Coordinates the execution of the strategic plan.  Identifies and/or approves opportunities within existing strategic priority areas.

Chair:

Carlos del Rio, MD

Staff Contact:

Chris Busky
Chief Executive Officer  

IDWeek Program Committee

Plans the scientific program for the annual IDWeek meeting. Shares reporting to HIVMA, SHEA, PIDS, and SIDP leadership.

IDSA Chair:

Emily J Erbelding, MD

IDSA Vice Chair:

Yohei Doi, MD, PhD

Staff Contact:

Sandra Harwood
Vice President, Meetings

Inclusion, Diversity, Access, and Equity Committee 

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.

Chair:

Dial Hewlett Jr., MD, FIDSA

Vice Chair:

Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, MPH, PharmD

Staff Contact:

Salandra Thomas
Vice President, Talent, and Organizational Development 

Journals Committee

Ensure that IDSA’s journals portfolio supports and contributes to the Society’s strategic priorities, helps IDSA stay abreast of publishing trends and the scholarly publishing environment, and ensure’ IDSA's journals remain the leading journals in ID.

Chair:

Preeti N Malani, MD, FIDSA

Vice Chair:

Louis B Rice, MD, FIDSA

Staff Contact:

Lisa Junker
Senior Director, Publishing & Content Strategy 

Leadership Development Committee 

Using diversity, inclusion and equity as a guiding principle, recommend strategies for identifying and cultivating leaders to advance the Society’s strategic plan. 

Chair:

Virginia D. Banks, MD, FIDSA

Vice Chair:

Daniel P McQuillen, MD, FIDSA

Staff Contacts:

Chris Busky
Chief Executive Officer

Tari McDermand
Senior Manager, Governance

Professional Development Committee

Develops and implements strategies to support the continuous learning and professional development of ID professionals at all levels of the career continuum, in alignment with IDSA’s strategic plan; support educational policy to improve the quality and value of ID care and services; and support the professional fulfillment of ID medical educators.

Chair:

Emily A Blumberg, MD, FIDSA

Staff Contact:

Rachel Shnekendorf
Senior Director of Education, Workforce and Professional Development

Antimicrobial Stewardship Curriculum Subcommittee 

Builds the framework and content needed to provide fellows in training with the education, knowledge and expertise to incorporate antimicrobial stewardship and its guiding principles into daily practice

Chair:

Priya Nori, MD, FIDSA

Vice Chair:

Cole Beeler, MD

Staff Contact:

Kenza Bennani
Education Manager

Mentorship & Recruitment Subcommittee

Guides the development and implementation of IDSA’s mentorship and recruitment programs, ensuring a robust offering to support the needs of a diverse ID workforce.

Chair:

Todd J Vento, MD, MPH, FIDSA

Vice Chair:

Laila E Woc-Colburn, MD, FIDSA

Staff Contact:

Amari Pearson-Fields, PhD, MPH
Director of Programs

CE (Continuing Education) Subcommittee

Oversees and guides the accreditation of all IDSA CE activities, including IDSA’s re-accreditation process.

Chair:

Sri Edupuganti, MD, FIDSA

Vice Chair: 

Ted Louie, MD, FIDSA

Staff Contact:

Rachel Shnekendorf
Sr Director Education, Workforce and Professional Development

Leadership Institute Subcommittee

Designs and delivers training content for the IDSA Leadership Institute.

Chair:

Ravi Jhaveri, MD, FIDSA

Vice Chair:

Lyssette Cardona, MD, MHA, MPH, MS, FIDSA

Staff Contact:

Colin Dixon
Associate Director, Leadership Institute

Practice and Quality Committee

Works with IDSA staff to develop and implement efforts to improve the quality, safety, value and efficiency of ID care and services.

Chair:

Francesca J Torriani, MD, FIDSA

Vice Chair:

Jaan P Naktin, MD, FIDSA

Staff Contact:

Dana Wollins
Senior Vice President, Strategy

Antimicrobial Stewardship Centers of Excellence Subcommittee

Provides strategic oversight and direction to IDSA’s Antimicrobial Stewardship Centers of Excellence (AS CoE) program, a designation program designed to promote excellence in optimizing antimicrobial use and combating antimicrobial resistance, by recognizing institutions that effectively demonstrate excellence in this work.

Chair:

Lisa Davidson, MD, MS, FIDSA

Vice Chair:

Jerod Nagel, PharmD

Staff Contact:

Cheryl Smith
Senior Program Manager, Clinical Practice Innovation

Coding and Payment Subcommittee

Monitor and advise IDSA staff on issues related to ID coding and payment, including Medicare and other third-party payer policies to improve coverage; develop resources on coding and documentation of ID care and services; and serve as IDSA’s Specialty RVS Committee, as required by the RUC's guidelines for specialty societies

Chair:

Ronald E Devine, MD, FIDSA

Vice Chair:

Timothy Sullivan, MD, FIDSA

Staff Contact:

Maitri Vaidya
Director, Clinical Practice

Quality Measures and Improvement Subcommittee

Monitors and advises IDSA staff on issues related to ID quality measurement and improvement; develops measures, tools and resources to improve the quality of ID care and services; collaborates with others to implement measures into payer and quality improvement initiatives; and approaches quality measurement of ID clinical care in a manner that promotes the value of the ID clinician to the broader health care system.

Chair:

Theresa Madaline, MD, FIDSA

Vice Chair:

Julio E Figueroa II, MD, FIDSA

Staff Contact:

Maitri Vaidya
Director, Clinical Practice

Standards and Practice Guidelines Subcommittee

Establishes IDSA as the scientific voice on issues and standards related to infectious diseases; monitors, develops, and makes recommendations to establish clinical policy on infectious diseases related issues; makes recommendations and oversees the development of practice guidelines or any other standard setting documents including those done in collaboration with other groups.

Chair:

Nabin K Shrestha, MD, MPH, FIDSA

Vice Chair:

Sharon B Weissman, MD

Staff Contact:

Jon Heald
Senior Director, Clinical Policy

Public Policy and Advocacy Committee

Work with IDSA staff to develop and implement public policy and advocacy objectives to advance strategic priorities and initiatives set by the IDSA board, for example: strengthening the ID workforce and ID compensation, combating AMR and strengthening the antibiotic/antifungal pipeline, and enhancing pandemic/outbreak preparedness and response, and additional domestic and global policy issues as needed.

Chair:

Julie K Vaishampayan, MD, MPH, FIDSA

Vice Chair:

Neil Clancy

Staff Contact:

Eli Briggs
Director, Public Policy

Advocacy Captains Subcommittee

Working with IDSA and HIVMA staff, serve as lead IDSA/HIVMA interface with assigned high impact congressional representatives, senators and their staff and promote advocacy opportunities to the IDSA membership.

Chair:

Rachel A Bender Ignacio

Vice Chair:

Kinna Thakarar

Staff Contact:

Rabita Aziz
Associate Director, Advocacy

Jose Rodriguez
Senior Advocacy and Policy Manager, HIVMA

Society Awards Committee

Oversees the Society’s recognition awards program, including soliciting Society award nominees from the membership, ensuring a broad swath of nominations from diverse groups in alignment with our IDA&E principles. The committee recommends a slate of awardees to the board each year to the IDSA board of directors.

Chair:

Tina Q Tan

Vice Chair:

Ronald G Nahass

Staff Contact:

Michelle Shanks
Membership Program Manager