Medical Director
Houston Travel Medicine Clinic
Houston, TX, United States
Bonnie M. Word, MD, FIDSA, is medical director at Houston Travel Medicine Clinic. Her career focused on addressing the prevention and, treatment of HIV through and participation in pediatric aids clinical trial group protocols and the need to properly compensate ID physicians for their work. Her experience in identifying ways to code and bill for the work of ID doctors in the late 1990s ignited her interest in compensation and reimbursement in addition to supporting efforts to demonstrate the value of ID physicians. Her interest in Travel Medicine developed after collaborating with adult ID colleagues She has been a charter member and board member of the IDSA’s George W. Counts Interest group focusing on infectious diseases that disproportionately affect minority and underserved populations. As a member of IDSA, she has helped the Immunization Work Group develop policy principles to improve immunization coverage and has served as a member of the Clinical Practice Governance Task Force, Physician Compensation Task Force, and the Physician Negotiation Education & Training Work Group. She is also an active member of IDSA's Advocacy Program and currently serves on the Board of Durectors
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
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11:30 AM – 11:45 AM US PT