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Program

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TIME PROGRAM TITLE SPEAKER
7:30 – 8:15 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 – 8:30 Opening Remarks
TOPIC: VIRUSES Chair: Dr. Shahid Husain
8:30 – 9:00 CMV: What is New, What’s Hot Dr. Atul Humar
9:00 – 9:30 Respiratory Viruses in Transplant: Treatment and Prevention Dr. Deepali Kumar
9:30 – 10:00 BKV in Transplantation: What Now? Dr. Greg Knoll
10:00 – 10:20 Morning Nutrition Break and Sponsor/Exhibit Viewing
TOPIC: VIRUSES Chair: Dr. Deepali Kumar
10:20 – 10:50 Do We Really Have to Dread HCV in Hepatic and Non-Hepatic Transplantation? Dr. Jordan Feld
10:50 – 11:20 Transplantation in HIV: The New Realities Dr. Jose Camargo
11:20 – 12:00 Interesting Cases Dr. Faiqua Cheema
Dr. Mohammed Al Saeed
Dr. Seyed Hosseini
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Break and Sponsor/Exhibit Viewing
TOPIC: FUNGAL Chair: Dr. Atul Humar
1:00 – 1:30 Fungal Epidemiology and Evidence of Anti-Fungal Prophylaxis Dr. Shahid Husain
1:30 – 2:00 Use of Non-Cultural Based Methods for Anti-Fungal Management Dr. Melinh Luong
2:00 – 2:30 Treatment of Established Fungal Infections in Candida and Aspergillosis Dr. Coleman Rotstein
2:30 – 3:10 Interesting Cases Dr. Nancy Law
Dr. Sabina Herrera
Dr. Claire Aguilar
3:10 – 3:30 Afternoon Nutrition Break and Sponsor/Exhibit Viewing
TOPIC: OTHER Chair: Dr. Coleman Rotstein
3:30 – 4:00 MDR Bacteria in Transplantation: New Drugs, Resistance Mechanisms and Tests Dr. Robin Patel
4:00 – 4:30 Vaccine in Transplantation Dr. Lara Danziger-Isakov
4:30 – 5:00 M. Abscessus: Taming of the Shrew Dr. Ted Marras
5:00 – 5:40 Midnight Calls for Transplant ID Physicians: Real Life Scenarios
5:45 – 6:45 Visionary Lecture
Transplant Infectious Diseases; Past , Present and Future		 Dr. Nina Singh

Date & Time

Friday, August 24, 2018
8am-7pm

Location

Peter Gilgan Centre for
Research and Learning
686 Bay Street
Toronto, ON M5G 0A4

Registration Fees

General $150.00
Residents/Fellow/Students* Free

*A valid copy of your student ID or letter from your program director must be sent via email to conferences@uhn.ca in order to have the rate honoured.

More Information

Conference Services
conference@uhn.ca
416-597-3422 ext 3448

Endorsements

The program is endorsed by the American Society of Transplantation and the Canadian Society of Transplantation