Committees

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

Chair:         Tina Tan, MD, FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAP 

Staff Contact:    Chris Busky 

Chief Executive Office

Provides strategic direction to the Board and Society on advancing IDA&E priorities and ensures ongoing focus and integration of our Roadmap and Strategy recommendations. 

Chair:        Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, MPH, PharmD 

Vice Chair:    Carina Marquez, MD, MPH 

Staff Contact:    Salandra Thomas, Vice President, Talent & Organizational Development 

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. 

Chair:         Dan McQuillen, MD, FIDSA 

Vice Chair:     Steve Schmitt, MD, FIDSA 

Staff Contact:     Chris Busky, Chief Executive Officer 

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; supports educational policy to improve the quality and value of ID care and services; and supports the professional fulfillment of ID medical educators. 

Chair:        David Andes, MD, FIDSA 

Vice Chair:    Stacey Rose, MD, FIDSA 

Staff Contact:    Rachel Shnekendorf 

                             Senior Director of Education 

Responsible for developing, organizing, and delivering the scientific content of the annual meeting, IDWeek. The committee ensures that the meeting reflects the highest standards of scientific quality, relevance, and diversity, and that it meets the educational and collective objectives of attendees.  The meeting must also advance the mission and strategic goals of the partner organizations. 

Chair:        Ruth Lynfield, MD 

Vice Chair:    Paul Pottinger, MD, FIDSA 

Staff Contact:     Sandra Harwood 

Vice President, Meetings

Ensures 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 ensures IDSA's journals remain the leading journals in ID. 

Chair:        Louis Rice 

Vice Chair:     Aruna Subramanian 

Staff Liaison:    Lisa Junker, Senior Director, Publishing & Content Strategy 

Works with IDSA staff to develop and implement efforts to improve the quality, safety, value and efficiency of ID care and services. Activities shall include: overseeing IDSA's portfolio of clinical and practice guidelines, standards, measures and other quality products; providing expert input to guide the development of white papers and other published resources related to ID practice and quality of care; identify, review and provide feedback on emerging issues related to ID practice. 

Chair:        Jaan P. Naktin, MD, FIDSA 

Vice Chair:    Shira Doron, MD, FIDSA 

Staff Contact:    Dana Wollins 

                             Senior Vice President, Strategy 

Works 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. 

Chair:        Cornelius J. Clancy, MD, FIDSA 

Vice Chair:    Yukari Manabe, MD, FIDSA 

Staff Liaison:    Eli Briggs 

Director of Public Policy 

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

Chair:        Kinna Thakarar, DO, MPH, FIDSA 

Vice Chair:    Haley Pritchard, MD, MS, FIDSA 

Staff Contact:    Rabita Aziz 

                             Associate Director of Advocacy 

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

Chair:        Timothy Sullivan, MD, FIDSA             

Vice Chair:    Asher Schranz, MD, MPH             

Staff Contact:    Maitri Vaidya                     

Director, Clinical Practice

Designs and delivers training content for the IDSA Leadership Institute. 

Chair:        Lyssette Lourdes Cardona 

Vice Chair:    Jennifer A Hanrahan 

Staff Contact:    Colin Dixon 

                             Associate Director, Leadership Institut

Monitors and advises IDSA staff on issues related to ID quality measurement and improvement; develop 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:        Julio Figueroa, MD, FIDSA 

Vice Chair:    Cory Hussain, MD, MS 

Staff Contact:    Fran Griffin 

                             Associate Director, Clinical Quality & Innovation

Provide strategic oversight and direction to IDSA’s Antimicrobial Stewardship Centers of Excellence program. 

Chair:        Jerod Nagel, PharmD, FIDSA 

Vice Chair:    Gopi Patel, MD, MS, FIDSA 

Staff Contact:    Fran Griffin 

                             Associate Director, Clinical Quality & Innovation 

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

Chair:        Ted Louie, MD, FIDSA 

Vice Chair:    Mirella Salvatore, MD, FIDSA 

Staff Contact:    Rachel Shnekendorf 

                             Senior Director of Education 

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:        Laila Woc-Colburn, MD, FIDSA 

Vice Chair:    Alithea D. Gabrellas, MD 

Staff Contact:    Amari Pearson-Fields 

                             Director of Programs 

Monitors, develops, and makes recommendations to establish scientific 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:        Sharon B. Weissman, MD             

Vice Chair:    Lindsey Baden, MD, FIDSA             

Staff Liaison:    Jon Heald                        Senior Director of Clinical Policy

Supports ID Division Chiefs by creating a community that fosters collaboration, develops resources, and assists in     recruiting and retaining the next generation of ID professionals.              

Chair:        Gonzalo Bearman, MD, MPH, FIDSA         

Vice Chair:    Vidya Sundareshan, MD, FIDSA             

Staff Liaison:    Colin Dixon                     

Associate Director, Leadership Institute 

Creates a community that fosters collaboration, develops resources, and assists in recruiting and retaining the next generation of transplant ID professionals.   

Chair:        Maricar Malinis, MD, FIDSA 

Vice Chair:    Steven Pergam, MD, MPH, FIDSA 

Staff Contact:     Maitri Vaidya, Director, Clinical Practice 

Supports private group practitioners by creating a community that fosters collaboration, develops resources, and assists in recruiting and retaining the next generation of ID professionals.                

Chair:        Russell M Petrak, MD, FIDSA             

Vice Chair:    Jaime Catala, MD                 

Staff Contact:    Maitri Vaidya                            Director, Clinical Practice 

Serves as an advisory group responsible for providing input from a young ID professional's perspective to inform IDSA initiatives. Informs IDSA’s committee deliberations by integrating the trainee perspective. Fosters fellow, resident and medical student participation and membership in IDSA. Provides feedback on issues related to fellowship training. 

Chair:        Rachael Pellegrino, MD 

Vice Chair:    Armani Minasian Hawes, MD 

Staff Liaison:     Arlene Martin 

Education Program Coordinator 

Supports clinical educators in their teaching endeavors, catering to  all types of learners. The community emphasizes the importance of fostering and advocating for career development on a clinician-educator pathway, which includes facilitating medical education scholarship. Furthermore, the CoP aims to educate other IDSA members about the significance of medical education, aiming to attract the most talented individuals to the field. 

Chair:        Darcy Wooten, MD, MSc, FIDSA              

Vice Chair:    Brad Cutrell, MD, FIDSA                 
Staff Contact:    Kaitlin Flintroy                            Senior Program Coordinator                    Workforce & Professional Development 

Monitors, addresses, and refines all aspects of ACGME ID training programs; keeps members informed of training curriculum, recruitment, and other issues affecting ID training. 

Chair:         Molly Paras, MD, FIDSA   

Vice Chair:    Todd McCarty, MD, FIDSA 

Staff Contact:    Rachel Shnekendorf, Senior Director of Education