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Announcement: Please Join Us

36th Annual Conference of the Connecticut

Infectious Disease Society Thursday May 17th, 2018

Yale West Campus100 West Campus Drive

Orange, CT

Register today CME@yale.edu

Note from the PresidentDear colleagues and members of CIDS,

It is my pleasure and privilege to serve as the president of the Society and to address you in this newsletter.

The 35th annual conference of the Connecticut Infectious Disease Society took place May 18, 2017 at the Yale West Campus in Orange, CT. It was a well-attended conference highlighted by an outstanding lecture on hospital-associated infections and the importance of antibiotic stewardship de-livered by our keynote speaker, Dr. Louise Dembry. We had a variety of infectious disease topics presented by excellent speakers who discussed prosthetic joint infections, Clostrid-ium difficile, updates on HIV and Hepatitis C, outpatient an-tibiotic therapy, and new diagnostics. Dr. Matthew Cartter gave a comprehensive update on the state epidemiology and emerging infections. As usual, local investigators displayed their research results at the poster presentation. Participants had the opportunity to network with colleagues and learn about new products from our sponsors. The conference was followed by an ABIM Maintenance of Certification (MOC) group module session led by Dr. David Banach. The 2017 meeting marked the end of Dr. Steven Aronin’s two years of service as CIDS President. I want to personally thank him for his dedication, commitment and leadership. We appreciate the feedback provided by par-ticipants and will use it to plan our next annual meeting for 2018.

As the current president, my goal is to allow CIDS to evolve in response to the members’ challenges and needs. I would like to continue the progress made by my predecessors on building a Research Network and on offering MOC sessions for members who are preparing for recertification. In addition, I plan to enhance the CIDS website and provide access for CT infectious disease providers to web-based lectures on common infectious disease topics. Furthermore, I would like to offer HIV Training to residents in Graduate Medical Education Programs in CT with collaboration with the CT AIDS Education and Training Center in an effort to improve the care for the HIV population in CT.

Please join me in welcoming our new member to the CIDS Executive Board of Directors – Dr. Nicholas Bennett, Pediatric Infectious Disease, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. We look forward to seeing you at our 36th annual meeting, scheduled for May 17, 2018. I welcome any suggestions about topics that you would like to discuss in the conference. We hope to build together a strong and collaborative infectious disease society in our state of ConnecticutSincerely,Lydia Barakat

Liberia Healthcare Workforce Program Liberia has the lowest doctor to population ratio in the world, which was ex-acerbated by the recent Ebola epidemic. Residual unspent Ebola funds have been reappropriated to support medical education in Liberia. Under the aus-pices of the Office of Global Health of the Yale University Department of Med-icine, I am the program director of the World Bank funded Liberia Healthcare Workforce program. This program supports the Internal Medicine residency training program run by the Liberia College of Physicians and Surgeons (LCPS). The scope of our activities include selection and deployment of faculty to Libe-ria (from the sub-Saharan African region), curriculum strengthening, support-ing educational programs utilizing e-learning platforms and innovative peda-gogic approaches, development of subspecialty training pathways including in Infectious Diseases, as well as strengthening training in Infection Control and HIV/AIDS. Co-funding is also provided by HRSA for the outlined activities.Onyema Ogbuagu, MB.BCh, FACP

Dr. Ogbuagu is Assistant Professor of Medicine and Student Elective Director, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine; Director, Clinical Trials Program, Yale AIDS Program; and Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Liberia Healthcare Workforce Program.

Clare Nsenga Foundation Dr. Kevin Dieckhaus MD (UConn Health) has been returning regularly to the rural Kisoro district of Uganda since 2002. He is the medical director of the Clare Nsenga Foundation, a Connecticut and Ugandan-based 501c3 organization focused on improving healthcare in the village of Cyanika. Kisoro district is one of the least developed districts in Uganda.

In 2007, the foundation opened the Clare Nsenga Clinic as level-2 health center, and now operates the clinic in conjunction with the Ministry of Health. The clinic consists of two treatment rooms, a community education room, dispensary, and laboratory space. The site is permanently staffed by a clinical officer and three nurses, and manages approximately 1500 visits per month, 80% of which are chil-dren, and 50% of which come from neighboring Rwanda, only 1/2 kilometer away. The clinic serves as a focal point for emergency care, routine medical needs, childhood vaccination, as well as numerous community support and public health programs.

The foundation has supported the local community by leading local initiatives addressing sanitation and hygiene, malaria prevention through insecticide-treated net distribution, HIV/AIDS, syphilis, orphan support, health education, mental health, the development of women’s job skills for household financial stability, and many others. A computer lab was established in the neighboring Katarara primary school, making it the first primary school in the Kisoro district with access to the internet.

Over 60 trainees and faculty from UConn’s School of Medicine and residency training programs have joined Dr. Dieckhaus in Kisoro to volunteer direct medical services at the clinic and nearby St. Francis Mutolere Hospital, as well as to promote the multiple ongoing com-munity support and public health initiatives. The clinic is currently expanding with the addition of staff housing and a new maternity ward and birthing center, projected to open in summer 2018. Future plans include opening additional inpatient services for men and children.

More information about the work of the Clare Nsenga Foundation, including photographs of the clinic and current expansion project, can be seen at www.cnfcare.org

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 t36th Annual Conference – May 17, 2018

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 35TH ANNUAL MEETING

2017 CID Poster Presentation Winners

L to R: Young Investigator Award – Christoper Mashiak: The Effects of Locus of Control, Social Support, and Stigma on the HIV Care Con-tinuum in the Aging HIV-Infected Population; Thornton Award – Kelsie Cassell: Association Between Sporadic Llegionellosis and River Systems in Connecticut; Andriole Award – Laura Scaramella: The Epidemiology of Rotavirus in Connecticut, 2011-2016; Friedland Award Presentation – Friedland Award – Lichen Sun: Descriptive Epidemiology and Trends of Human Infections with Avian Influenza A(H7N9) in Mainland China during the First Four Seasons. The award was accepted by the second author of the abstract, James Hadler, MD.

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.

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FIELD AND GLOBAL EXPERIENCE

L to R: Lydia Barakat, MD, Key Note Speaker Louise Dembry, MD, and Steven Aronin, MD

L to R: Jack Ross, MD and Razeq Jafar, PhD

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: Jessica Abrantes, MD, Resident, UCONN School of Medicine 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

CIDS Board of DirectorsOur Executive Board embraces Infectious Diseases specialists from aroud the state and represents a wide rate 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 17th, 2018. Please do not hesitate to contact us for feed-back, questions, or comments at cids@csms.org – we like to hear from you.Sincerely,

Margaret Fikrig, MD Lydia Barakat, MDCIDS Newsletter Editor CIDS President