“This is a long game and we’re maybe in the second inning." Dr. Anurag Malani of St. Joseph Mercy Health System & Dr. Dial Hewlett of Westchester County Department of Health-Disease Control discuss future waves of COVID-19 and how to lessen risks and severity. 

We discuss how COVID-19 is affecting the Latinx community and steps to alleviate disparities with Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos of New York University and the director of the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health and Dr. Raul Macias Gil with Brown University.

"There was no sense of what was coming next." Drs. Buddy Creech & Anna Person of Vanderbilt University & Michael Saag of the University of Alabama share their unique experiences as physicians infected with COVID-19.

Pediatric infectious disease physicians Dr. Tina Tan, FIDSA of Northwestern University & Dr. Jason Newland of Washington University join us to discuss how COVID-19 is affecting the pediatric population, including Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome & if children should be wearing face masks.

Dr. Paul Volberding of The University of California San Francisco and Dr. Fay Hlubocky, a clinical health psychologist from The University of Chicago, join us for a discussion on mental health. We talk about the toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on the mental health of healthcare professionals and what can be done to reverse this, while increasing resiliency.

We discuss clinical trials and registries as they relate to the COVID-19 pandemic and their importance in combating the virus with Dr. Gabriela Maron of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Dr. Jeanne Triant with Mass General.

ID medical educators and students share how they’re adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic. This episode includes guest moderator Dr. Anna Person of Vanderbilt School of Medicine, and panelists Dr. Brian Schwartz of the University of California San Francisco, medical student Cassandra Thanh, & Drs. Vera Luther and Kelsie Peirre of Wake Forest University.

We discuss strategies for safely reopening the country with Drs. Carlos del Rio, FIDSA of Emory University and Dr. Preeti Malani, FIDSA of the University of Michigan.

We discuss secondary infections as they relate to COVID-19 and the ways to prevent and treat them successfully with IDSA Board Member, Dr. Helen Boucher of Tufts University & Dr. Neil Clancy of The University of Pittsburgh. 

We discuss the disparate impact of COVID-19 by racial, socioeconomic and geographical factors with Drs. Jasmine Marcelin of the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Damani Piggott of Johns Hopkins.

Guest moderator Dr. Neil Skolnik discusses IDSA's new COVID-19 Diagnostic Guidelines (bit.ly/2zp7Tdz) with guideline panelists & IDSA Board Members Angie Caliendo of Brown Medicine & Dr. Kim Hanson of the University of Utah.

Guest moderator Dr. Neil Skolnik discusses IDSA’s new Guidelines on Infection Prevention for Health Care Personnel Caring for Patients with Suspected or Known COVID-19 with guideline panelist Dr. John Lynch, FIDSA. 

IDSA Leadership Institute faculty member Dr. Joshua Hartzell discusses the unique challenges presented by the pandemic for those leading teams in times of crisis with Dr. Wendy Armstrong of Emory University & Constance Benson of University of California, San Diego.

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Dr. Wendy Armstrong of Emory University and Constance Benson of University of California, San Diego share the biggest challenges they're facing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We discuss the need for specialized housing for frontline medical professionals fighting the COVID-19 pandemic with Dr. Preeti Malani of the University of Michigan, Dr. Josh Barocas with Boston Medical Center and IDSA Board member Dr. John Lynch of The University of Washington.

Dr. Preeti Malani of the University of Michigan, Dr. Josh Barocas with Boston Medical Center and IDSA Board member Dr. John Lynch of The University of Washington sharing top challenges medical professionals are currently facing.

Social distancing and how it can prevent the spread of COVID-19 is discussed by Sandy Kemmerly, MD, FIDSA, IDSA Board Member Tina Tan, MD, FIDSA and HIVMA Chair-Elect Rochelle Walensky, MD, FIDSA. 

Mental health, PPE shortages, & testing are top challenges right now for front line medical professionals. Dr. Sandy Kemmerly with Ocshner Medical Center, Dr. Tina Tan of Northwestern University and Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Chair-Elect of HIVMA with Harvard University discuss. 

We discuss how to keep those living with HIV safe amid the threats of COVID-19 with Dr. Jennifer Chang of Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Dr. Rajesh Gandhi of Harvard University & Dr. Rachel Bender Ignacio with the University of Washington. 

Dr. Jennifer Chang of Kaiser Permanente Southern California & Dr. Rachel Bender Ignacio of the University of Washington share the challenges they're facing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

IDSA discusses the new IDSA Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients with COVID-19 with guideline panelists, Dr. Adarsh Bhimraj with the Cleveland Clinic and Dr. Rajesh Gandhi of Massachusetts General Hospital.

In this episode, Dr. Adarsh Bhimraj with the Cleveland Clinic and Dr. Rajesh Gandhi of Massachusetts General Hospital share top challenges ID professionals are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

IDSA Board Members Dr. Angie Caliendo of Brown University and Dr. Kim Hanson of the University of Utah discuss the challenges surrounding COVID-19 testing and diagnostics, and how healthcare professionals are navigating them.

IDSA Board members Drs. Angie Caliendo of Brown University & Kim Hanson of the University of Utah discuss the challenges their teams are facing, including morale and little information on the biology of COVID-19. 

IDSA speaks with Dr. Mark Dougherty and ICU Nurse Leader Donita Cantrell of Baptist Health Lexington, Dr. Javeed Siddiqui of TeleMed2U & Dr. Ricardo Franco of the University of Alabama on PPE shortage, how it’s affecting medical professionals & the innovative ideas they have to deal with it.

Snapshot from the Frontlines is a new IDSA series that allows ID professionals to share their firsthand accounts as they fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical experts are given the opportunity to raise important issues and challenges affecting healthcare professionals.

Today we speak to Dr. Mark Dougherty from Baptist Health Lexington, Dr. Javeed Siddiqui of TeleMed2U, Donita Cantrell, ICU Nurse Leader from Baptist Health Lexington and Dr. Ricardo Franco of The University of Alabama.

Oncologists Gary Lyman, MD, MPH of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center & Karen Winkfield of Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center, & infectious disease physician Michael Boeckh, MD of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center share how to keep cancer patients safe amid the threats of the COVID-19 pandemic.

IDSA discusses the global effects of the COVID-19 pandemic with Dr. Anne Spaulding of Emory University, Dr. Mahmood Dalhat of the Nigerian Society of Infectious Diseases & Dr. Najwa Khuri-Bulos of the University of Jordan.

Is the COVID-19 supplemental funding bill enough? Drs. Andrew Pavia of the University of Utah, Matthew Zahn of Orange County Healthcare Agency, & Dawd Siraj of the University of Wisconsin-Madison join us for this week's episode.

Time stamps:
02:17 - Is the $7.8 billion supplemental funding bill enough? (Dr. Pavia)
03:57 - Can this funding be useful at other types of health care facilities, such as community hospitals or outpatient settings?
04:54 - Is this level of funding enough to respond to the epidemic? (Dr. Zahn)
09:26 - Preparedness needs in public health(Dr. Zahn)
11:13 - Assessment of the global response so far(Dr. Siraj)
13:53 - Is the funding enough at a global level? (Dr. Siraj)

Drs. Angela Hewlett, Andre Kalil & Mark Rupp of the Nebraska Bio-Containment & Quarantine Units discuss how they've been evaluating some of the Americans quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.

IDSA speaks with Carlos del Rio, MD, FIDSA of Emory University, Javeed Siddiqui, MD, FIDSA of TeleMed2U and Ravina Kullar, PharmD, FIDSA of Expert Stewardship, Inc. The expert panelists discuss the Trump administration’s supplemental funding request, combatting misinformation on social media, the role telehealth will play in patient treatment, and the status of a COVID-19 vaccine.

00:49 - Where does the spread of COVID-19 stand today?
02:46 - Current treatment plans
09:06 - Will a vaccine be developed to prevent COVID-19?
09:46 – The role of telehealth in treating patients
13:10 - CDC's assessment that hospitals should prepare for a greater role for telehealth
14:02 - Will the funding request by the Trump administration be enough?
15:41 - Combatting misinformation on social media

This week, IDSA speaks with Drs. Krutika Kuppalli of Stanford University, Julie Vaishampayan, FIDSA of Stanislaus County Public Health, & Susan Kline of University of Minnesota about the latest COVID-19 news, including new findings from a China CDC paper and important steps to keep healthcare workers safe while preventing transmission.

IDSA speaks with Drs. Elisa Choi of Harvard Medical School, Amesh Adalja of Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security & Adeel Butt of Weill Cornell Medicine about the latest COVID-19 response efforts, public risk here and abroad, & the effects of recent travel restrictions.

IDSA’s Coronavirus Expert Panel, Dr. Daniel Lucey, FIDSA, Dr. Matthew Zahn, and CDC's Dr. Tim Uyeki & Dr. Satish Pillai share what you need to know about COVID-19. 

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update Podcast provides concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines.

This episode discusses the Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia - An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2019

For the full version of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 200, Iss 7, pp e45–e67, Oct 1, 2019

Presented by:

Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

Joshua P. Metlay, M.D.,  Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management,  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Infectious Diseases Society of America'sGuideline Update: Concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines.

This episode discusses the 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Asymptomatic Bacteiuria. For the full version of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018.

Presented by:

Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

Lindsay Nicolle, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba and Consultant in Adult Infectious Diseases at the Health Sciences Centre and Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

 

The Infectious Diseases Society of America'sGuideline Update: Concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines.

This episode discusses the 2018 Update of the Clinical Practice Guidelines on Diagnosis, Treatment, Chemoprophylaxis, and Institutional Outbreak Management of Seasonal Influenza. For the full version of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018.

Presented by:

Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

Andrew T. Pavia, M.D. The George and Esther Gross Presidential Professor at the University of Utah, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America'sGuideline Update: Concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines.

This episode discusses the 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT). For the full version of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018.

Presented by:

Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

Anne H. Norris, M.D.,  Medical Director, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Infectious Diseases Specialty Clinic, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicinein the Division of Infectious Diseases, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update provides concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This podcast discusses the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: 2017 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018.

Presented by:

Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College,Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

L. Clifford McDonald, MD, Associate Director for Science, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia

    The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update provides concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This podcast discusses the 2017 IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Managment of Chronic Pain in Patients Infected with HIV. For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017.

Presented by:

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

R. Douglas Bruce, M.D., Chief of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update: Concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This podcast discusses the 2017 IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrhea. For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017.

Presented by:

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

Andi L. Shane, M.D,, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia

 

Larry Pickering, M.D. is Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, is past senior advisor to the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases of the CDC and past Executive Secretary of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). He is editor of five editions the AAP Red Book; co-editor of the four editions of Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update: Concise summaries of the most important IDSA guidelines. This podcast discusses the 2017 American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America/CDC Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children. For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org or see the full article in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017;64(2):e1-e33.

 

Presented by:

 

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

 

David M. Lewinsohn, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update presents concise summaries of important IDSA guidelines. This podcast discusses the 2016 IDSA Guideline on Managment of Adults with Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org .

Presented by:

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

Andre C. Kalil, M.D., Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha

Mark Metersky, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief of Service, Department of Medicine, Director, Center for Bronchiectasis Care, UConn Health, Pulmonary/Critical Care, Farmington, CT

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update presents concise summaries of important IDSA guidelines. This podcast discusses the IDSA and SHEA Guideline on Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org .

Presented by:

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health 

Tamar Barlam, M.D., Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

Sara Cosgrove, M.D., Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update presents concise summaries of important IDSA guidelines. This podcast discusses the IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adults: 2015 .

For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org .

Presented by:

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital.

Elie Berbari, M.D., Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update presents concise summaries of  important IDSA guidelines.  This podcast discusses the IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: 2014 . 

For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org .

Presented by: 

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital. 

Dr. Dennis L. Stevens,  Chief, Infectious Diseases Section,   VA Medical Center,  Boise, ID.  

 

This podcast is part of the Hepatitis C Knowledge Network Webinar Series of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.  Today’s podcast is:

Hepatitis C –Management after SVR  

Presented by:

Susanna Naggie, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases

Duke Clinical Research Institute

 

Hosted by:

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital.

 

This podcast is part of the Hepatitis C Knowledge Network Webinar Series of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.  Today’s podcast is:

Hepatitis C – Patient Management  

Presented by:

Mark Sulkowski, MD

Professor of Medicine

Medical Director, Viral Hepatitis Center

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

 

Hosted by:

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital.

 

This podcast is part of the Hepatitis C Knowledge Network Webinar Series of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.  Today’s podcast is:

Hepatitis C in HIV-Coinfected Persons

Presented by:

Kristin D. Marks, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases

Weill Cornell Medical College

 

Hosted by:

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital.

This podcast is part of the Hepatitis C Knowledge Network Webinar Series of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.  Today’s podcast is:

Hepatitis C - Treatment Experienced Patients and Viral Resistance

Presented by:

David L. Wyles, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases

University of California, San Diego

 

Hosted by:

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital.

This podcast is part of the Hepatitis C Knowledge Network Webinar Series of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.  Today’s podcast is:

Hepatitis C Treatment Decision Making

Presented by:

David L. Thomas, MD, MPH, FIDSA

Director, Division of Infectious Diseases

Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Hosted by:

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital.

This podcast is part of the Hepatitis C Knowledge Network Webinar Series of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.  Todays podcast is:

What Every ID Fellow Needs to Know about HCV: Epidemiology, Screening, Testing and Risk Reduction

Presented by:

Arthur Kim, MD, FIDSA

Director fo the Viral Hepatitis Clinic, Division of Infectious Diseases

Massachusetts General Hospital

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

 

Hosted by:

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's lecture series provides easy access to many of the best lectures given throughout the year through the IDSA on important infectious disease topics. This podcast is part of the Hepatitis C Knowledge Network Webinar Series. 

 

Presented by:

David Thomas, MD, MPH, FIDSA

Professor of Medicine

Director, Division of Infectious Diseases

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

 

Hosted by:

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update presents concise summaries of  important IDSA guidelines.  This podcast discusses the IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for Vaccination of the Immunocompromised Host, published online in Clinical Infectious Diseases, December 2013. 

For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org .

Presented by: 

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital. 

Lorry Rubin, MD

Director of Infectious Diseases, Cohen Children’s Medical Center of NY of the North Shore-LIJ Health System,

Professor of Pediatrics, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update presents concise summaries of  important IDSA guidelines.  This podcast discusses the Primary Care Guidelines for the Management of Persons Infected With HIV: 2013 Update by the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 

For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org .

Presented by: 

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D.,

Professor of Family and Community Medicine

Temple University School of Medicine

Associate Director

Family Medicine Residency Program

Abington Memorial Hospital

Michael A. Horberg, MD

Executive Director

Mid-Atlantic Permanente Research Institute, 

Rockville, Maryland

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's lecture series provides easy access to many of the best lectures given throughout the year through the IDSA on important infectious disease topics. This podcast is part of the Hepatitis C Knowledge Network Webinar Series - Hepatitis C Epidemiology.

Presented by:
Michael Saag, MD, FIDSA
IDSA Hepatitis Task Force
Director, Center for AIDS Research
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Hosted by:
Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's lecture series provides easy access to many of the best lectures given throughout the year through the IDSA on important infectious disease topics. This podcast, recorded during ID Week 2012 discusses Diagnosis of Hepatitis C.

Presented by:
David Thomas, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Hosted by:
Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update presents concise summaries of important IDSA guidelines. This podcast discusses the IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for Diagnosis and Management of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis.

For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org .

Presented by:

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital.

Standord T. Shulman, MD
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens's Hospital of Chicago
Virginia H. Rogers Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Nowthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update presents concise summaries of important IDSA guidelines. In this episode, Dr. Benjamen Lipsky joins us to discuss the 2012 IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections. Dr. Lipsky talks about the diagnosis of diabetic foot infections including clinical assessment, when imaging should be obtained, the place of culture and when to order a bone biopsy for osteomyelitis. Then Dr. Lipsky discusses the microbiology of diabetic foot infections, recommendations for wound care, and antibiotic recommendations.

For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org .

Presented by:

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital.

Benjamin Lipsky, MD, FACP, FIDSA,FRPC
Pofessor of Medicine
VA Puget Sound
University of Washington

The Infectious Diseases Society of America's Guideline Update presents concise summaries of important IDSA guidelines.

For details of the guidelines presented, please go to www.idsociety.org .

Presented by:

Neil S. Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital.

Anthony Chow, MD, FACP, FRCPC
Pofessor Emeritus
Division of Infectious Dieases
Department of Medicine