2018 Health Summit: Communicable Diseases 

Please note... Registration is open.  Agenda is under development so continue to check back for additional topic and speaker information.

AGENDA
7:30 am - 8:00 am: Registration, Continental Breakfast & Exhibits

MODERATOR: Rick Hong, MD; Medical Director, Delaware Division of Public Health

8:00 am - 8:15 am: Welcome Remarks
Richard Henderson, MD, President, Medical Society of Delaware

8:15 am - 8:45 am:  Update on Delaware Health 
Karyl Rattay, MD, Director, Delaware Division of Public Health

8:45 am - 9:45 am:  STD Control in the 21st Century: Stemming the Rising Tide of STDs
Gail Bolan, MD, Director, CDC Division of STD Prevention

9:45 am - 10:30 am:  Clostridium difficile
Alfred Bacon, MD, Infectious Disease Associates

10:30 am - 10:45 am: Break & Exhibitors

10:45 am - 11:30 am:  The Gut Microbiome: The Bugs Within You 
Sarina Pasricha, MD, Delaware Center for Digestive Care, LLC

11:30 am - 12:00 pm: Panel Discussion
C. difficile - Alfred Bacon, MD
Microbiome - Sarina Pasricha, MD
Nutrition/Diet - Lauren Cohen, MS, RD, LDN
 Human Microbiome - Matthew Di Guglielmo, MD, PhD
Moderator: Martin Luta, MD

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm:  Lunch Break & Visit Exhibitors

12:45 pm - 1:45 pm:  The End of Polio? Why disease eradication matters.
Omar Khan, MD, MHS, President & CEO, Delaware Health Science Alliance,

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm:  Lady Windermere in 2018: The landscape of nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in the US
Christopher Vinnard, MD, Public Health Research Institute

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm:  Hepatitis B
Jonathan Fenkel, MD, DIrector, Jefferson Hepatitis C Center

4:00 pm: Closing Remarks