Clinician's Roundtable

Treating fungal infections can be difficult due to the limited treatment options available, but could antifungal vaccines help change that? To catch us up on the progress being made in immunotherapeutic and vaccine strategies, Dr. Charles Turck speaks with Dr. Stuart Levitz about the “Antifungal Vaccines: Where Are We At?” session he presented at IDWeek 2023.

The chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) treatment objective for disease stabilization and long-term maintenance is to get the patient to a normal functioning state with as few fluctuations and relapses as possible. Dive in with Dr. Qihua Fan, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at Virginia Commonwealth University.

The field of infectious diseases is always evolving thanks to new research studies, data, and treatment options. To help us catch up on some of these essential updates, Dr. Jeffrey Freiberg is here to give us an overview of the “What's Hot in ID in Clinical Science” session he helped develop for IDWeek 2023.

With a global shortage of human organs, xenotransplantation offers a potential new way to save lives. But what are the immunologic barriers? Tune in as Dr. Jay Fishman, Director of Transplant Infectious Diseases and Compromised Host Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, recaps his session from the 2023 IDWeek.

There are three main first-line treatments for CIDP, and those are steroids, immunoglobulins, and plasmapheresis. So to walk us through the updated guidelines, we’re joined by Dr. Qihua Fan, Neurology Specialist in the Department of Neurology at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond.

Emergency departments are demanding, causing ER nurses to experience high levels of work-related stress, and they're at a higher risk of burnout now more than ever before. But what are the causes and factors specific to emergency nurses that can lead to burnout, and why are these nurses leaving their positions? Those are the exact questions a recent study sought to answer, and here to break down the results with Dr. Charles Turck is Dr. Allison Norful, adult nurse practitioner and Assistant Professor of Nursing at Columbia School of Nursing.

When it comes to treating chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) with subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIG), the patient can be trained by a professional to administer the treatment themselves. So what counseling strategies can we use to help patients successfully transition from intravenous to SCIG therapy? Join Dr. Jennifer Caudle as she gains insights from Dr. David Saperstein, Director of the Center for Complex Neurology, EDS, and POTS in Phoenix, Arizona, and Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

While there are FDA-approved treatments for CIDP, patients remain, to a large extent, fairly disabled by this illness. However, there are several ways in which clinicians can work with their patients to provide the best care possible. Dive in with Dr. Sami Khella, Professor of Clinical Neurology at Penn Medicine University City in Philadelphia.

HIV diagnoses in the United States have declined two-thirds since the start of the pandemic in the 1980s. However, the Latino community are still facing high risk of infections. To learn more on providing better access to care for these patients, join Dr. Mary Katherine Cheeley as she speaks with Dr. Valeria Cantos Lucio, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Infectious Diseases at Emory University and an investigator at the Ponce de Leon research site.

Attendees can expect a wide range of education sessions, keynote presentations, networking events, and hands-on learning experiences from this year’s Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) annual meeting. Hear from ENA President, Terry Foster, Critical-Care Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Emergency Departments at St. Elizabeth Healthcare, a Magnet-Designated Hospital, in Northern Kentucky, as he shares more details on the upcoming 2023 meeting.