Contact
Lynn M. Robinson, CMC, CMOM - Director, Physician Relations and Professional Education
Medical Society of Delaware, Delaware Division of Public Health, Delaware Academy of Medicine / DPHA
302-224-5198
Continuing Education
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Medical Society of Delaware and the Delaware Healthcare Association. The Medical Society of Delaware is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Medical Society of Delaware designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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2017 Health Summit: Communicable Diseases
AGENDA
8:00 am - 8:30 amRegistration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 am - 8:45 am
Welcome Remarks
Prayus Tailor, MD, President, Medical Society of Delaware
8:45 am - 9:00 am
Update on Delaware Health
Karyl Rattay, MD, Director, Division of Public Health
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Staphylococcus Aureus Infection
David Cohen, MD, Infectious Disease Specialist
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Break & Visit Exhibits
10:15 am - 11:15 am
Tuberculosis: Diagnostic Pitfalls & Travel Issues
Lee Reichman, MD, Rutgers University
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Understanding of Waterborne Pathogens for Disease Prevention (e.g. Vibrio cholerae & Cholera)
Anwar Huq, PhD, Maryland Pathogen Institute at the University of Maryland
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch & Learn
Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Robert Dressler, MD, Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Christiana Care Health System
- Enyinnaya Merengwa, MD, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist at Delaware State Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health
Mumps and Meningococcal Disease Prevention in College Settings
Jessica MacNeil, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Opioid Epidemic & Public Health
Terry Horton, MD, Chief, Division of Addiction Medicine, Christiana care Health System
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Panel Discussion:
- Opioid Epidemic
- Harm Reduction (Hepatitis C, HIV)
- Disease
Moderator - Awele Ezeh-Maduka, MD
- Terry Horton, MD, Chief, Division of Addiction Medicine, Christiana Care Health System
- Kenneth McLaughlin, FBI, Chief of Police, Ocean View Police Department
- Darrell Sparks, Senior Social Worker, Christiana Care Health System
- Cynthia Williams, Nurse Practitioner, Christiana Care Health System
Closing Remarks