Where
Ammon Education Center at Christiana Hospital4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road
Newark, DE 19713
Driving Directions
Contact
Kate Smith, MD, MPHDelaware Academy of Medicine and the Delaware Public Health Association
302-733-5571
ksmith@delamed.org
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 Academy of Medicine/Delaware Public Health 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 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
It is the policy of the Medical Society of Delaware to comply with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support of Continuing Medical Education. In keeping with these standards, all faculty participating in continuing medical education provided by MSD are expected to disclose to the activity audience any real or apparent conflicts of interest related to the content of their presentations.
Joint providership of CME by MSD in no way implies endorsement of any product or service.
"How 2020 Changed the World"
Please register below to attend the 2021 Communicable Disease Summit in-person.
All in-person attendees must be vaccinated against COVID-19, and show proof of that vaccination upon entry. If you wish to attend the event virtually, please click here.
The event will be moderated by Dr. Kate Smith, Program Manager of the Immunization Coalition of Delaware.
Agenda
7:30 - 8:00 am
Registration
8:00 - 8:10 am
Welcome Remarks
Kate Smith, MD, MPH
Program Manager, Immunization Coalition of Delaware
8:10 - 8:40 am
Update on Delaware Health
Karyl T. Rattay, MD, MS
Director, Division of Public Health, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services
8:40 - 9:40 am
Delaware Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Rick Hong, MD
Medical Director, Division of Public Health, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services
9:40 - 9:55 am
Break
9:55 - 10:55 am
Vaccine Hesitancy
Jonathan Miller, MD
Pediatrician, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children; Medical Director, Value-Based Care, Nemours Delaware Valley Operations
10:55 - 11:55 am
Vaccine Development
Michael J. Smith, MD, MSCE
Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center
11:55 am - 12:10 pm:
Break, Pick up Lunch
12:10 - 1:00 pm
Lunch Panel: Pandemic Update
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Travel Medicine: The Impact of COVID-19
Scott Olewiler, MD
Infectious Disease and Travel Medicine, Beebe Healthcare
2:00 - 2:10 pm
Break
2:10 - 3:10 pm
Pandemics and the Global Response
David Weber, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FSHEA, FRSM
Charles Addison and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Epidemiology, UNC School of Medicine and UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health; Associate Chief Medical Officer, Medical Director, Department of Infection Prevention, UNC Medical Center
3:15 pm
Adjourn
Conference Costs
If you are a health care provider, the cost of your admission includes the cost of continuing education credits.
Cancellations made 7 days or more in advance of the event date, will receive a 100% refund minus applicable fees. Cancellations made less than 7 days from the event will not receive a refund, and may be blocked from attending future events.