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Edith Hsiung Practical Issues in Diagnostic Virology

Panel Discussions: 

Communicating Virology Services to Health Care Providers
Panelists will present and discuss detection methods based on laboratory type, size, and complexity, and will include molecular methods, cell culture, RA, etc.

Neurological Disease - Alternative Approaches to Detection
The Panelists will be presented with cases and will respond with "on the spot" testing recommendations. Panel members will not have prior exposure to the selected cases. Discussion of the decision-making process will follow.

Philip Hanff Memorial Clinical Case Presentations and Discussion - Participants are invited to submit cases for presentation by a panel member. Up to 3 cases may be accepted. Individuals whose cases are selected for presentation will receive free registration to the Clinical Virology Symposium, or will have their registration fee refunded if they have already registered and paid. . Click here for an opportunity to receive a refund of your Symposium registration fee.

Richard Hodinka, Ph.D., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Angela Caliendo, M.D., Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Marie Landry, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Late Breaking Topic(s) in Clinical Virology - Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - Issues arising after the program is completed will be addressed as is appropriate.

Session I - (Monday) - Clinical Aspects of Viral Diseases

Understanding the Pathogenesis of Highly Virulent Adenoviruses - Frederick Hayden, M.D., World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland Dengue: Is Environmental Change Impacting the Emergence and Spread? - Bishara J. Freij, M.D., William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI Transmission of Influenza: What is Keeping the Next Pandemic at Bay? - Charles Calisher, Ph.D., Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO Emergence of Virology as a Discipline and its Impact on Clinical Medicine - Jon McCullers, M.D., St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

Session II - (Tuesday) - Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Infections

Viral Load Testing in Transplant Patients - Mark Stoler, M.D., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Classic and Molecular Methods: Blending Old and New - Frederick Nolte, Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC Viral Diagnosis: We've Come a Long Way - Stephan S. Monroe, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA Evidence-Based Virology as a Discipline and its Impact on Clinical Medicine - Bernard M. Branson, M.D., CDC - Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Session III - (Wednesday) - Prevention of and Therapy for Viral Diseases

The Evolution of Viral Vaccinology - Thomas C. Wright, Jr., M.D., Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY Impact of Rotavirus Vaccine - Kathryn M. Edwards, M.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN HIV Drug Resistance: The 2nd Decade of HAART - Teresa L. Wright, M.D., Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Pleasanton, CA Use of Human Moabs for Treatment of West Nile Virus - Mark Holodniy, M.D., Veteran's Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA