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Contact Us: Denise Tyrrell Conneccut ID Society 127 Washington Avenue East Building, 3rd Fl North Haven, CT 06473 Tel: (203) 865-0587 ext 111 Fax: (203) 865-4997 e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.CTIDSociety.org Announcement: Please Join Us 37th Annual Conference of the Conneccut Infecous Disease Society Thursday, May 9, 2019 New Haven Lawn Club 193 Whitney Avenue New Haven, CT Register today www.CME.yale.edu Quesons? Contact Yale CME at [email protected] or 203-785-4578 Note from the President Dear colleagues and members of the Conneccut Infecous Disease Society, I would like to begin the year 2019 with an update from CIDS. It is my privilege to serve as the president of the Society for the second year and to address you in this newsleer. I would like to welcome our new members on the CIDS Exec- uve Board, Dr. Marjorie Golden, Clinical Chief, Secon of Infec- ous Disease at SRC, Yale University, and Dr. Charisse Mandimi- ka, Infecous Disease Fellow at Yale University. Please join me in thanking them for their unique contribuons. The 36th CIDS annual conference took place on May 17, 2018 at the Yale West Campus in Orange, CT. We had a remarkable parcipaon and an overwhelmingly posive evalu- aon. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Nancy Benne, the Chair for the Advisory Commiee on Immunizaon Pracces, delivered an outstanding lecture on controversies in immunizaon policies. In addion we had panel discussions and lectures on diverse topics in Infecous Disease such as an interdisciplinary approach for hospital associated infecons, community stewardship, HIV and HCV update. Dr. Mahew Carer gave a valuable update on the state epidemiology and emerging infecons. Furthermore, we had a wealth of excellent posters displayed and reviewed with winners in each of the categories of Young Invesgator, An- driole, Thornton, and Friedland awards. The conference was followed by an ABIM Mainte- nance of Cerficaon (MOC) group module session led by Dr. David Banach. As the current president, I worked with our Board of Directors to enhance the CIDS web- site and we are in the process of preparing a series of web-based lectures on common Infecous Disease topics that will be posted on the website in the near future. I connued to offer HIV Training to GME and Community Programs in CT with collaboraon with the CT AIDS Educaon and Training Center, while connuing the work with our State leaders to improve HIV Tesng in CT. As you are aware, the flu season is peaking in CT with rates above naonal baseline and is currently widespread with the majority of circulang virus being Influenza A. We urge you to connue encouraging your hospitals and community to provide the Flu vaccine. Our 37th annual CIDS conference will take place on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at the New Haven Lawn Club. Our Keynote speaker is Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Deputy Commissioner of NYC Department of Health, who will share with us his success in Geng to Zero in the HIV epidemic. We are planning for an excing agenda that was designed based on your input and feedback. We look forward to seeing you at the meeng and to hear from you about any innovave programs locally or globally that you would like to share through this news- leer with other CIDS members and colleagues. Warm regards, Lydia Aoun Barakat Pediatric Residents Address Health Needs of Refugee Children Melissa Held, MD, FAAP They are among the most vulnerable paents we see. They are children who have been displaced from their countries due to violence and polical unrest. They are young refugees seeking to rebuild their lives with their families here in Conneccut, a world away from the countries from which they fled. Understandably, the children come to us in great need. Fortunately, through our newly launched Global Child Health Clinic, we are able to help. The Global Child Health clinic officially launched in January 2018 and was a project I envisioned years ago while helping refugees during my medical training at another instuon. While I developed and oversee the clinic, I am fortunate to have help from pediatric residents who selected refugee outreach as their area of focus in compleng their required advocacy and community health training. The residents assist me in carefully reviewing medical histories of the children we see, who are referred to us by Catholic Charies in Harord, which is an organizaon that works to resele and provide support to the refugee populaon of Greater Harord. The residents also assist in ensuring the children are up to date on their vaccinaons so they can aend school, as well as screen them for infecous diseases, nutrional disorders and mental health concerns. Since the clinic is not designed for long-term care, the residents also work with me to develop care plans for the children and locate primary care physicians for their ongoing care. Care plans are passed on to a child’s new primary care provider, so they are able to easily determine what immunizaons and screenings have already been administered and what sll needs to be done. They also detail specific recommendaons and guidelines for treang a child, which can be a helpful tool as many providers are unfamiliar with best pracces for working with refugees. Fortunately, the children oſten move to primary care centers affiliated with Conneccut Children’s so the same residents are able to connue caring for them, which helps to ease what is yet another transion for these children and families to endure. In addion to helping the children in a clinical seng, the residents work with Catholic Charies to provide health educaon to parents so they can opmally care for their children in their new homes. One of the first children we saw arrived wearing soccer cleats for shoes and lacked proper clothing to navigate our harsh Conneccut winter. Our residents provided her with a pair of sneakers as well as a winter coat, gloves and scarf, through a special fund established by a former Conneccut Children’s pediatrician to provide assistance to families in need. The pediatric residents also obtained a grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics to provide transportaon for families to the Global Child Health Clinic, as well as provide toys and games to make children more comfortable during appointments. The clinic is serving a great need in the Harord area, as it addresses a gap that previously went unaddressed. We are pleased to help the residents fulfill their community health training through this effort. We also look forward to providing medical care to addional refugees in the months and years ahead to ensure a healthy transion as they sele in Conneccut. We invite you to send us “field notes” or photos highlighng your exceponal work locally or globally. u u u SAVE THE DATE t t t 37th Annual Conference – May 9, 2019 HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 36TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018 Poster Presentaon Winners Our Mission CIDS is a local state organizaon that represents physicians, sciensts, and other health care professionals in the discipline of Infecous Disease. The CIDS mission is to enhance the care of the CT community, promote knowledge and clinical experse, advocate for scienf- ic sound human public policy, and advance collaboraon with other services and professional colleagues. BECOME A MEMBER FIELD AND GLOBAL EXPERIENCE President Lydia Aoun Barakat, MD Infecous Disease Yale University School of Medicine Vice President Jack Ross, MD Chief, Infecous Disease/Allergy Harord Hospital Treasurer Michael Simms, MD Chief, Secon of Infecous Disease Saint Mary’s Hospital Secretary/Newsleer Editor Margaret Fikrig, MD Infecous Disease Yale University School of Medicine Immediate Past President Steve Aronin, MD, Iterum Therapeucs Board Members: David Banach, MD, MPH, UCONN Health Nicholas Benne, MA, MBBChir, PhD, CT Children’s Hospital Mahew Carer, MD, MPH, Conneccut State Epidemiologist Kevin Dieckhaus, MD, UCONN Health Marjorie Golden, MD, Infecous Disease, Yale University School of Medicine Charisse Mandimika, MD Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine CIDS Board of Directors Our Execuve Board embraces Infecous Diseases specialists from aroud the state and represents a wide range of experse. Become a Member of CIDS We encourage you to become a member of CIDS. Being a member will provide you several advantages, including but not limited to: vong privileges, free access to our website www.CTIDSociety.org and relat- ed posted CME, and discount on the annual CIDS meeng. CIDS Membership Fee: $75 Annual CIDS Meeng Registraon Fees: Members: $50 Non-members: $150 Students & Residents: Free We look forward to seeing you at our annual meeng Thursday May 9, 2019. Please do not hesitate to contact us for feedback, quesons, or comments at [email protected] – we like to hear from you. Sincerely, Margaret Fikrig, MD Lydia Barakat, MD CIDS Newsleer Editor CIDS President Leſt to Right: Andriole Award for Basic Research – “The Effects of Age on CD8+ Memory T Cell Responses to Measles Virus.” L to R: Jack Ross, MD, Thilinie Bandaranayake, MD, Lydia Barakat, MD; Friedland Award For Internaonal Research – “Percepons of HIV Pre-exposure prophy- laxis (PrEP) among young pregnant women from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.” Imena Vazquez Guillamet, MD, Gerald Friedland, MD; Thornton Award for Clinical Research – “Implemenng a Co-located HCV Clinic within an HIV Clinic: Five Year Experience” - Merceditas Villanueva, MD, and Chrisna Rizk; Young Invesgator Award – “Single Cell RNA sequencing to characterize CSF immune cells during virologically-suppressed HIV” - Shelli Farhadian, MD
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Contact Us:Denise TyrrellConnecticut ID Society127 Washington AvenueEast Building, 3rd FlNorth Haven, CT 06473Tel: (203) 865-0587 ext 111Fax: (203) 865-4997e-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.CTIDSociety.org
Announcement: Please Join Us
37th Annual Conference of the Connecticut
Infectious Disease Society Thursday, May 9, 2019
New Haven Lawn Club 193 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT
Register today www.CME.yale.edu
Questions? Contact Yale CME at [email protected] or
203-785-4578
Note from the PresidentDear colleagues and members of the Connecticut Infectious Disease Society,
I would like to begin the year 2019 with an update from CIDS. It is my privilege to serve as the president of the Society for the second year and to address you in this newsletter.
I would like to welcome our new members on the CIDS Exec-utive Board, Dr. Marjorie Golden, Clinical Chief, Section of Infec-tious Disease at SRC, Yale University, and Dr. Charisse Mandimi-ka, Infectious Disease Fellow at Yale University. Please join me in thanking them for their unique contributions.
The 36th CIDS annual conference took place on May 17, 2018 at the Yale West Campus in Orange, CT. We had a remarkable participation and an overwhelmingly positive evalu-ation. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Nancy Bennett, the Chair for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, delivered an outstanding lecture on controversies in immunization policies. In addition we had panel discussions and lectures on diverse topics in Infectious Disease such as an interdisciplinary approach for hospital associated infections, community stewardship, HIV and HCV update. Dr. Matthew Cartter gave a valuable update on the state epidemiology and emerging infections. Furthermore, we had a wealth of excellent posters displayed and reviewed with winners in each of the categories of Young Investigator, An-driole, Thornton, and Friedland awards. The conference was followed by an ABIM Mainte-nance of Certification (MOC) group module session led by Dr. David Banach.
As the current president, I worked with our Board of Directors to enhance the CIDS web-site and we are in the process of preparing a series of web-based lectures on common Infectious Disease topics that will be posted on the website in the near future. I continued to offer HIV Training to GME and Community Programs in CT with collaboration with the CT AIDS Education and Training Center, while continuing the work with our State leaders to improve HIV Testing in CT.
As you are aware, the flu season is peaking in CT with rates above national baseline and is currently widespread with the majority of circulating virus being Influenza A. We urge you to continue encouraging your hospitals and community to provide the Flu vaccine.
Our 37th annual CIDS conference will take place on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at the New Haven Lawn Club. Our Keynote speaker is Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Deputy Commissioner of NYC Department of Health, who will share with us his success in Getting to Zero in the HIV epidemic. We are planning for an exciting agenda that was designed based on your input and feedback. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting and to hear from you about any innovative programs locally or globally that you would like to share through this news-letter with other CIDS members and colleagues. Warm regards, Lydia Aoun Barakat
Pediatric Residents Address Health Needs of Refugee ChildrenMelissa Held, MD, FAAP They are among the most vulnerable patients we see.
They are children who have been displaced from their countries due to violence and political unrest. They are young refugees seeking to rebuild their lives with their families here in Connecticut, a world away from the countries from which they fled. Understandably, the children come to us in great need. Fortunately, through our newly launched Global Child Health Clinic, we are able to help.
The Global Child Health clinic officially launched in January 2018 and was a project I envisioned years ago while helping refugees during my medical training at another institution. While I developed and oversee the clinic, I am fortunate to have help from pediatric residents who selected refugee outreach as their area of focus in completing their required advocacy and community health training.
The residents assist me in carefully reviewing medical histories of the children we see, who are referred to us by Catholic Charities in Hartford, which is an organization that works to resettle and provide support to the refugee population of Greater Hartford. The residents also assist in ensuring the children are up to date on their vaccinations so they can attend school, as well as screen them for infectious diseases, nutritional disorders and mental health concerns.
Since the clinic is not designed for long-term care, the residents also work with me to develop care plans for the children and locate primary care physicians for their ongoing care. Care plans are passed on to a child’s new primary care provider, so they are able to easily determine what immunizations and screenings have already been administered and what still needs to be done. They also detail specific recommendations and guidelines for treating a child, which can be a helpful tool as many providers are unfamiliar with best practices for working with refugees. Fortunately, the children often move to primary care centers affiliated with Connecticut Children’s so the same residents are able to continue caring for them, which helps to ease what is yet another transition for these children and families to endure.
In addition to helping the children in a clinical setting, the residents work with Catholic Charities to provide health education to parents so they can optimally care for their children in their new homes.
One of the first children we saw arrived wearing soccer cleats for shoes and lacked proper clothing to navigate our harsh Connecticut winter. Our residents provided her with a pair of sneakers as well as a winter coat, gloves and scarf, through a special fund established by a former Connecticut Children’s pediatrician to provide assistance to families in need.
The pediatric residents also obtained a grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics to provide transportation for families to the Global Child Health Clinic, as well as provide toys and games to make children more comfortable during appointments. The clinic is serving a great need in the Hartford area, as it addresses a gap that previously went unaddressed. We are pleased to help the residents fulfill their community health training through this effort. We also look forward to providing medical care to additional refugees in the months and years ahead to ensure a healthy transition as they settle in Connecticut.
We invite you to send us “field notes” or photos highlighting your exceptional work locally or globally.
u u u SAVE THE DATE t t t37th Annual Conference – May 9, 2019
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 36TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
2018 Poster Presentation Winners
Our MissionCIDS is a local state organization that represents physicians, scientists, and other health care professionals in the discipline of Infectious Disease. The CIDS mission is to enhance the care of the CT community, promote knowledge and clinical expertise, advocate for scientif-ic sound human public policy, and advance collaboration with other services and professional colleagues.
BECOME A MEMBER
FIELD AND GLOBAL EXPERIENCE
President Lydia Aoun Barakat, MD Infectious Disease Yale University School of Medicine
Vice President Jack Ross, MD Chief, Infectious Disease/Allergy Hartford Hospital
Treasurer Michael Simms, MD Chief, Section of Infectious Disease Saint Mary’s Hospital
Secretary/Newsletter Editor Margaret Fikrig, MD Infectious Disease Yale University School of Medicine
Immediate Past President Steve Aronin, MD, Iterum Therapeutics
Board Members: David Banach, MD, MPH, UCONN Health Nicholas Bennett, MA, MBBChir, PhD, CT Children’s Hospital Matthew Cartter, MD, MPH, Connecticut State Epidemiologist Kevin Dieckhaus, MD, UCONN Health Marjorie Golden, MD, Infectious Disease, Yale University School of Medicine Charisse Mandimika, MD Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine
CIDS Board of DirectorsOur Executive Board embraces Infectious Diseases specialists from aroud the state and represents a wide range of expertise.
Become a Member of CIDSWe encourage you to become a member of CIDS. Being a member will provide you several advantages, including but not limited to: voting privileges, free access to our website www.CTIDSociety.org and relat-ed posted CME, and discount on the annual CIDS meeting.
CIDS Membership Fee: $75Annual CIDS Meeting Registration Fees: Members: $50 Non-members: $150 Students & Residents: Free
We look forward to seeing you at our annual meeting Thursday May 9, 2019. Please do not hesitate to contact us for feedback, questions, or comments at [email protected] – we like to hear from you.Sincerely,Margaret Fikrig, MD Lydia Barakat, MDCIDS Newsletter Editor CIDS President
Left to Right: Andriole Award for Basic Research – “The Effects of Age on CD8+ Memory T Cell Responses to Measles Virus.” L to R: Jack Ross, MD, Thilinie Bandaranayake, MD, Lydia Barakat, MD; Friedland Award For International Research – “Perceptions of HIV Pre-exposure prophy-laxis (PrEP) among young pregnant women from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.” Imena Vazquez Guillamet, MD, Gerald Friedland, MD; Thornton Award for Clinical Research – “Implementing a Co-located HCV Clinic within an HIV Clinic: Five Year Experience” - Merceditas Villanueva, MD, and Christina Rizk; Young Investigator Award – “Single Cell RNA sequencing to characterize CSF immune cells during virologically-suppressed HIV” - Shelli Farhadian, MD
