188 - Mass Gatherings and Emerging Infectious Diseases

Saturday, October 19, 2024

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM US PT

Location: 403 B

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

CME Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1 CE broker credit hours

Moderator(s)

Carlos Franco-Paredes, MD, MPH

Faculty
Department of Medicine - Division of Infectious Diseases
Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Mexico and Instituto Conmemorativo de la Salud, Panama
Denver, CO, United States
Sapna Bamrah Morris, MD

Associate Director of Programs
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dulles, VA, United States

Faculty(s)

Jaffar Al-Tawfiq, MD (he/him/his)

Director, Accreditation and Infection Control
Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Ziad Memish, MD, FIDSA, FRCPC, FACP (he/him/his)

Senior Infectious Diseases consultant & Advisor Supervisor General for humanitarian and medical studies
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relef Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
AH

Andrés Henao Martínez, MD (he/him/his)

Associate Professor
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado, United States

Disclosure(s):

Carlos Franco-Paredes, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Sapna Bamrah Morris, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Ziad A. Memish, MD, FIDSA, FRCPC, FACP: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

describe emerging infectious diseases in the setting of mass gatherings;
identify preventive interventions to reduce the risk of emerging infections in people attending mass gatherings.

Presentations:

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM US PT

Understanding the risk of infectious diseases at mass gatherings
Speaker: Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM US PT

Lessons from the Hajj and beyond
Speaker: Ziad A. Memish, MD, FIDSA, FRCPC, FACP (he/him/his) – King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relef Center
Speaker: Andrés F. Henao Martínez, MD (he/him/his) – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus