Emerging Diseases meeting, NYC

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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES: MEETING THE CHALLENGE
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June 5-6, 1995, at the New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
Inquiries to NYAM, Office of Public Health, (212) 876-8200

June 5, 1995
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8:00-8:30 am    Registration
8:30-8:40 am    Welcome: Jeremiah A. Barondess, M.D.

        EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Why and Why Now?
		Moderator:  Jonathan Gold, M.D.

8:40-9:50 am    Charge for the Conference - Jonathan Gold, M.D.

8:50-9:30 am    Keynote Address:
                The Future of Infectious Disease
                - Joshua Lederberg, Ph.D.

9:30-9:50 am	Emerging and Resurging Pathogens in New York City
                - Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D.

9:30-10:10 am 	BREAK

10:10-10:40 am 	Ecology and Evalution of Pathogens
		- Paul W. Ewald, Ph.D.

10:40-11:1O am 	Molecular Basis of Pathogens
		- James Musser, M.D., Ph.D.

11:10-11:40 am  Social, Behavioral and Demographic Factors in Emerging
Infections
		- Laurie Garrett

11:40 am -1.00 pm LUNCH

Session 2

        TRANSMISSION OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES:
        Old Modes, New Agents
        Moderator: Dale L. Morse, M.D.

1:00-1:30 pm	Water-borne Infections and Infestations
                - Rosemary Soave, M.D.

1:30-2:00 pm	Food-borne Infections
		- Ann Marie McNamara, Sc.D.

2:00-2:30 pm	Air-borne Diseases
		- Thomas R. Frieden, M.D.

2:30-3:00 pm	Arthropod and Rodent-borne Infections
                - Robert E. Shope, M.D.

3:00-3:30 pm	Sexually Transmitted Diseases & Blood-borne Infections
		- Edward Telzak, M.D.

3:30-3:45 pm	BREAK

3:45-5:30 pm	BACTERIAL ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE: an Update
			Moderator:  Richard B. Roberts,  M.D.

3:45-4:05 pm 	Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis
		- Barry N. Kreiswirth, Ph.D.

4:05-4:25 pm	Penicillin Resistant Pneumococci and Methicillin Resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
		- Alexander Tomasz, Ph.D.

4:25-4:45 pm	Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase Gram Negative Bacilli
		- James J. Rahal, Jr., M.D.

4:45-5:05 pm	Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci
		- Richard B. Roberts, M.D.

5:05-5:30 pm	DISCUSSION


June 6, 1995
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Session 3

        SURVEILLANCE AND SENTINEL SYSTEMS FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES
                Moderator: John S. Marr, M.D.

8:30-9:00 am 	Emerging Infections: A Public Health Response
                - Barbara A. DeBuono, M.D., M.P.H.

9:00-9:40 am	Emerging Infection Surveillance: the New Jersey Model
                - Kenneth Spitalny, M.D.

9:40-10:20 am	Laboratory Surveillance
                - Joseph E. McDade, Ph.D.

10:20-10:35 am 	BREAK
			
10:35-11:15 am 	Surveillance of an Emerging Infection
		- Matthew Cartter, M.D.

11:15 am-12:00  Prospects for Global Surveillance Through Collaborative Networks
		- James W. LeDuc, M.D.

12:00-1.00 pm    LUNCH

Session 4

        EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES: WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

1:00-4:00 pm    PANEL DISCUSSION:
                What is Needed, What is Possible, What are the Priorities?
		Moderator: Barry R. Bloom, Ph.D.

Focus Area:                             Discussant:
Respondent:

Infectious Disease Diagnosis            Richard B. Roberts, M.D.
Thomas R. Frieden, M.D.
Laboratory Testing & Surveillance       Alexander Tomasz, Ph.D.
Joseph McDade, Ph.D.     
Infectious Disease Surveillance         Rosemary Soave, M.D.
Kenneth Spitalny, M.D.
Infectious Disease Investigation        Donald Armstrong, M.D.          Dale
Morse, M.D.
Risk Perception & Public Relations      Kenneth Goldstein
Matthew Cartter, M.D.
Global Transmission & Surveillance      D.A.Henderson, M.D.
James W. LeDuc, M.D.

4:00-4:30 pm    SUMMATION - James Hughes, M.D.

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