In our Season 4 finale wrapping up 2024, Febrile is excited to host our biggest guest list yet to discuss the importance of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in infectious diseases! 

Our guests:

Ana Del Valle (Pediatric ID faculty at Arkansas Children’s Hospital)

Cristina Tomatis (Pediatric ID faculty at Nationwide Children’s Hospital)

Diego Cruz (Current pediatric resident and recent graduate of pediatric ID fellowship program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital)

Radhika Sheth (Adult ID faculty at Henry Ford Health System)

Shweta Anjan (Adult ID faculty at University of Miami and Jackson Memorial Hospital)

Zheyi Teoh (Pediatric ID faculty at Seattle Children’s Hospital)

Cesar Berto (Adult ID faculty at University of Alabama Birmingham)

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Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Drs. Jonathan Ryder and Sarah Turbett discuss blood culture stewardship!

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This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on use of antimicrobials at the end of life.

Our guest stars this episode are:

Daniel Karlin (University of California Los Angeles, UCLA)

Christine Pham (UCLA)

Daisuke Furukawa (Stanford)

Journal article link: Karlin D, Pham C, Furukawa D, et al. State-of-the-Art Review: Use of Antimicrobials at the End of Life. Clin Infect Dis. 2024;78(3):e27-e36. doi:10.1093/cid/ciad735

Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/78/3/493/7596075

From Clinical Infectious Diseases

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This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on a comprehensive approach to vascular graft infection.

Our guest stars this episode are:

Hussam Tabaja

Supavit “Mac” Chesdachai

Daniel DeSimone

(from Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota)

Journal article link: Tabaja H, Chesdachai S, Shah AS, et al. Fostering Collaborative Teamwork-A Comprehensive Approach to Vascular Graft Infection Following Arterial Reconstructive Surgery. Clin Infect Dis. 2024;78(6):e69-e80. doi:10.1093/cid/ciae150

Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/78/6/1391/7651000

From Clinical Infectious Diseases

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This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on Unintended Consequences: Risk of Opportunistic Infections Associated with Long-term Glucocorticoid Therapies in Adults.

Our guest stars this episode are:

Daniel Chastain (University of Georgia College of Pharmacy)

Megan Spradlin (University of Colorado)

Hiba Ahmad (University of Colorado)

Andrés F Henao-Martínez (University of Colorado)

Journal article link: Chastain DB, Spradlin M, Ahmad H, Henao-Martínez AF. Unintended Consequences: Risk of Opportunistic Infections Associated With Long-term Glucocorticoid Therapies in Adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2024;78(4):e37-e56. doi:10.1093/cid/ciad474

Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/78/4/811/7643625

From Clinical Infectious Diseases

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This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on ##.

Our guest stars this episode are:

Arsheena Yassin (Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital)

Mariya Huralska (Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital)

Journal article link: Yassin A, Huralska M, Pogue JM, Dixit D, Sawyer RG, Kaye KS. State of the Management of Infections Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Organisms. Clin Infect Dis. 2023;77(9):e46-e56. doi:10.1093/cid/ciad499

Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/77/9/1223/7408674

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Drs. Maxime Billick and Isaac Bogoch from the University of Toronto discuss the buffet of options available for HIV biomedical prevention!

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This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia - controversies in clinical practice.

Our guest stars this episode are: 

Daniel Minter (UCSF)

Sarah Doernberg (UCSF)

Journal article link: Minter DJ, Appa A, Chambers HF, Doernberg SB. Contemporary Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia-Controversies in Clinical Practice. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Nov 30;77(11):e57-e68. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad500. PMID: 37950887.

Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/77/11/1489/7453594

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Drs. Maria Gabriela Segura, Misti Ellsworth, and Michael Chang from UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital chat about an unusual pediatric case of fever of unknown origin.

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This StAR episode features the CID State-of-the-Art Review on neurosyphilis.

Our guest star this episode is Dr. Matthew Hamill (Johns Hopkins University)

Journal article link: Hamill MM, Ghanem KG, Tuddenham S. State-of-the-Art Review: Neurosyphilis. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 May 15;78(5):e57-e68. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad437. PMID: 37593890.

Journal companion article - Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/78/5/1085/7672813

From Clinical Infectious Diseases

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Febrile is produced with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)