85 - Forging Provider-Public Health Partnerships to Effect Control of Challenging Infections

Thursday, October 17, 2024

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM US PT

Location: 408 B

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 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)

Annabelle de St. Maurice, MD MPH (she/her/hers)

Unit Chief, Community Outbreak and Syndromic Surveillance Team
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Ruth Lynfield, MD (she/her/hers)

State Epidemiologist and Medical Director
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN, United States

Faculty(s)

Tristan McPherson, MD (he/him/his)

Medical Director, Communicable Diseases
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
New York, NY, United States
Prabhu Gounder, MD, MPH

Medical Epidemiologist
Acute Communicable Disease Control Program
Los Angeles County DPH
Los Angeles, California, United States
Marisa D'Angeli, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Medical Epidemiologist
Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Program
Washington State Department of Health
Shoreline, WA, United States

Disclosure(s):

Annabelle de St. Maurice, MD MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Ruth Lynfield, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Tristan D. McPherson, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Prabhu Gounder, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Marisa A. D'Angeli, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

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

describe how partnerships can be forged between clinicians and public health specialists;
explain how data can be used to inform public health and clinical interventions;
describe how public health can leveraged to control spread of resistant organisms.

Presentations:

3:15 PM – 3:40 PM US PT

Increasing Access to Novel Therapeutics in Public Health Emergencies
Speaker: Tristan D. McPherson, MD (he/him/his) – New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
3:40 PM – 4:05 PM US PT

Public health efforts to improve hepatitis C care and treatment in Los Angeles
Speaker: Prabhu Gounder, MD, MPH – Los Angeles County DPH
4:05 PM – 4:30 PM US PT

Controlling the regional spread of MDROs
Speaker: Marisa A. D'Angeli, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Washington State Department of Health