Upcoming events
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World Chagas Day Symposium
World Chagas disease day is coming! To commemorate this, Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center has organized an interactive, half-day symposium on Chagas disease run by renowned experts.
Please contact Maria Henriquez at maria.henriquez@einsteinmed.edu or 718-918-5639 with any questions. Visit https://www.einsteinmed.edu/centers/global-health/geographic-medicine-education/details/?id=56 to register for the event. An agenda is available on the registration page.
Chagas Echo Series Part IV
This Chagas ECHO educational series is in partnership with Clinical Directors Network (CDN, https://www.cdnetwork.org/)
This series includes four sessions and will be primarily focused on Chagas education for providers. We will be offering continuing education credits for providers and nurses at 1.5 hours CME/CNE credits for each session. The details of each session are outlined below:
Session I: Chagas Disease in the USA: Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment for Primary Care Patients
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 9:00-10:30AM PT/12:00-1:30PM ETSession II: Congenital and Pediatric Chagas Disease in the USA
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 9:00-10:30AM PT/12:00-1:30PM ETSession III: Chagas Disease as a Migrant Health Issue
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 9:00-10:30AM PT/12:00-1:30PM ETSession IV: Interprofessional Team Approaches to Chagas Disease Management Wednesday, March 6, 2024 9:00-10:30AM PT/12:00-1:30PM ET
You can sign up for the series here https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__echo.zoom.us_meeting_register_tZApd-2D6srD0qGtFJLoQtb-5FS3aZKZN4mb10Wu-23_registration&d=DwMFAw&c=ZQs-KZ8oxEw0p81sqgiaRA&r=6LG5RLMrltbshZybfD4XDcib7-qtvoQpvxnwSVuNdb4&m=pEVdP_atvR_tHfjY32MvTvWb0mgRbQEFwLgxiX92ZMPkA2BxmCfiz4eZzo_n2Lxc&s=xx4p_Z_vHBjXh_G5RE9YOI3teoBAubfbIjI7RZZQWWs&e=.
You only need to sign up one time to register for all four parts of the series. More information about ECHO sessions can be found on their website (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__wp.uthscsa.edu_echo_echo-2Dprograms_chagas-2Ddisease_-23-3A-7E-3Atext-3DChagas-2520disease-2520is-2520caused-2520by-2Creferred-2520to-2520as-2520American-2520trypanosomiasis.&d=DwMFAw&c=ZQs-KZ8oxEw0p81sqgiaRA&r=6LG5RLMrltbshZybfD4XDcib7-qtvoQpvxnwSVuNdb4&m=pEVdP_atvR_tHfjY32MvTvWb0mgRbQEFwLgxiX92ZMPkA2BxmCfiz4eZzo_n2Lxc&s=ZQp_DxUyKX1PtPsmStDSnAV_8oXPFFLaVi33Zh43XOs&e=).
Chagas Echo Series Part III
This Chagas ECHO educational series is in partnership with Clinical Directors Network (CDN, https://www.cdnetwork.org/)
This series includes four sessions and will be primarily focused on Chagas education for providers. We will be offering continuing education credits for providers and nurses at 1.5 hours CME/CNE credits for each session. The details of each session are outlined below:
Session I: Chagas Disease in the USA: Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment for Primary Care Patients
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 9:00-10:30AM PT/12:00-1:30PM ETSession II: Congenital and Pediatric Chagas Disease in the USA
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 9:00-10:30AM PT/12:00-1:30PM ETSession III: Chagas Disease as a Migrant Health Issue
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 9:00-10:30AM PT/12:00-1:30PM ETSession IV: Interprofessional Team Approaches to Chagas Disease Management Wednesday, March 6, 2024 9:00-10:30AM PT/12:00-1:30PM ET
You can sign up for the series here https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__echo.zoom.us_meeting_register_tZApd-2D6srD0qGtFJLoQtb-5FS3aZKZN4mb10Wu-23_registration&d=DwMFAw&c=ZQs-KZ8oxEw0p81sqgiaRA&r=6LG5RLMrltbshZybfD4XDcib7-qtvoQpvxnwSVuNdb4&m=pEVdP_atvR_tHfjY32MvTvWb0mgRbQEFwLgxiX92ZMPkA2BxmCfiz4eZzo_n2Lxc&s=xx4p_Z_vHBjXh_G5RE9YOI3teoBAubfbIjI7RZZQWWs&e=.
You only need to sign up one time to register for all four parts of the series. More information about ECHO sessions can be found on their website (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__wp.uthscsa.edu_echo_echo-2Dprograms_chagas-2Ddisease_-23-3A-7E-3Atext-3DChagas-2520disease-2520is-2520caused-2520by-2Creferred-2520to-2520as-2520American-2520trypanosomiasis.&d=DwMFAw&c=ZQs-KZ8oxEw0p81sqgiaRA&r=6LG5RLMrltbshZybfD4XDcib7-qtvoQpvxnwSVuNdb4&m=pEVdP_atvR_tHfjY32MvTvWb0mgRbQEFwLgxiX92ZMPkA2BxmCfiz4eZzo_n2Lxc&s=ZQp_DxUyKX1PtPsmStDSnAV_8oXPFFLaVi33Zh43XOs&e=).
Chagas Echo Series Part II
This Chagas ECHO educational series is in partnership with Clinical Directors Network (CDN, https://www.cdnetwork.org/)
This series includes four sessions and will be primarily focused on Chagas education for providers. We will be offering continuing education credits for providers and nurses at 1.5 hours CME/CNE credits for each session. The details of each session are outlined below:
Session I: Chagas Disease in the USA: Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment for Primary Care Patients
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 9:00-10:30AM PT/12:00-1:30PM ETSession II: Congenital and Pediatric Chagas Disease in the USA
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 9:00-10:30AM PT/12:00-1:30PM ETSession III: Chagas Disease as a Migrant Health Issue
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 9:00-10:30AM PT/12:00-1:30PM ETSession IV: Interprofessional Team Approaches to Chagas Disease Management Wednesday, March 6, 2024 9:00-10:30AM PT/12:00-1:30PM ET
You can sign up for the series here https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__echo.zoom.us_meeting_register_tZApd-2D6srD0qGtFJLoQtb-5FS3aZKZN4mb10Wu-23_registration&d=DwMFAw&c=ZQs-KZ8oxEw0p81sqgiaRA&r=6LG5RLMrltbshZybfD4XDcib7-qtvoQpvxnwSVuNdb4&m=pEVdP_atvR_tHfjY32MvTvWb0mgRbQEFwLgxiX92ZMPkA2BxmCfiz4eZzo_n2Lxc&s=xx4p_Z_vHBjXh_G5RE9YOI3teoBAubfbIjI7RZZQWWs&e=.
You only need to sign up one time to register for all four parts of the series. More information about ECHO sessions can be found on their website (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__wp.uthscsa.edu_echo_echo-2Dprograms_chagas-2Ddisease_-23-3A-7E-3Atext-3DChagas-2520disease-2520is-2520caused-2520by-2Creferred-2520to-2520as-2520American-2520trypanosomiasis.&d=DwMFAw&c=ZQs-KZ8oxEw0p81sqgiaRA&r=6LG5RLMrltbshZybfD4XDcib7-qtvoQpvxnwSVuNdb4&m=pEVdP_atvR_tHfjY32MvTvWb0mgRbQEFwLgxiX92ZMPkA2BxmCfiz4eZzo_n2Lxc&s=ZQp_DxUyKX1PtPsmStDSnAV_8oXPFFLaVi33Zh43XOs&e=).
Chagas Echo Series Part I
This Chagas ECHO educational series is in partnership with Clinical Directors Network (CDN, https://www.cdnetwork.org/)
This series includes four sessions and will be primarily focused on Chagas education for providers. We will be offering continuing education credits for providers and nurses at 1.5 hours CME/CNE credits for each session. The details of each session are outlined below:
Session I: Chagas Disease in the USA: Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment for Primary Care Patients
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 9:00-10:30AM PT/12:00-1:30PM ETSession II: Congenital and Pediatric Chagas Disease in the USA
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 9:00-10:30AM PT/12:00-1:30PM ETSession III: Chagas Disease as a Migrant Health Issue
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 9:00-10:30AM PT/12:00-1:30PM ETSession IV: Interprofessional Team Approaches to Chagas Disease Management Wednesday, March 6, 2024 9:00-10:30AM PT/12:00-1:30PM ET
You can sign up for the series here https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__echo.zoom.us_meeting_register_tZApd-2D6srD0qGtFJLoQtb-5FS3aZKZN4mb10Wu-23_registration&d=DwMFAw&c=ZQs-KZ8oxEw0p81sqgiaRA&r=6LG5RLMrltbshZybfD4XDcib7-qtvoQpvxnwSVuNdb4&m=pEVdP_atvR_tHfjY32MvTvWb0mgRbQEFwLgxiX92ZMPkA2BxmCfiz4eZzo_n2Lxc&s=xx4p_Z_vHBjXh_G5RE9YOI3teoBAubfbIjI7RZZQWWs&e=.
You only need to sign up one time to register for all four parts of the series. More information about ECHO sessions can be found on their website (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__wp.uthscsa.edu_echo_echo-2Dprograms_chagas-2Ddisease_-23-3A-7E-3Atext-3DChagas-2520disease-2520is-2520caused-2520by-2Creferred-2520to-2520as-2520American-2520trypanosomiasis.&d=DwMFAw&c=ZQs-KZ8oxEw0p81sqgiaRA&r=6LG5RLMrltbshZybfD4XDcib7-qtvoQpvxnwSVuNdb4&m=pEVdP_atvR_tHfjY32MvTvWb0mgRbQEFwLgxiX92ZMPkA2BxmCfiz4eZzo_n2Lxc&s=ZQp_DxUyKX1PtPsmStDSnAV_8oXPFFLaVi33Zh43XOs&e=).
Developing Chagas Disease Screening Programs in At-Risk US Communities
Please join us for the next USCN Scientific Session, “Developing Chagas Disease Screening Programs in At-Risk US Communities“. Zoom link: https://bcm.zoom.us/j/96108705812?pwd=TGtZcmRRczBkZUY1WUN6RDBqbm1tQT09 Password: 359746
USCN Case Presentation
A Case of CNS T. cruzi Reactivation Post-Solid Organ Transplant
Presenters: Jill Teitelbaum, MDc; Vagish Hemmige, MD
Discussant: Christina Coyle, MD
USCN Scientific Presentation
T. cruzi genotyping and molecular detection methods
Louisa Messenger (University of Nevada School of Public Health)
USCN Case Presentation
A case of Chagas disease diagnosed during pregnancy
Case presentation: Naseem Alavian (Duke University School of Medicine)
Case discussion: Sue Montgomery (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
USCN Scientific Presentation
“Mapping Chagas Disease Prevalence in the United States”
Discussion by Amanda Irish and Caryn Bern (UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
Zoom link: https://bcm.zoom.us/j/99070737064?pwd=TkdRWG1OVnZPTDAwakV3VXk2ZFFOQT09, Password: 820585
Chagas Disease: My Achy Breaky Heart
Register here: https://einsteinmed.edu/education/md-program/faculty-development/event-details.aspx?eventid=2785
USCN Scientific Presentation
Chagas disease in Washington, DC: Our experience developing a longitudinal cohort
USCN Case Presentation: Trypanosoma Cruzi Reactivation in People with HIV
Case presenter: Laila Woc-Colburn, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine
Case discussant: Carlos Franco-Paredes, MD, Associate Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine
USCN Case Presentation
T. cruzi Related Gastrointestinal Disease
Case presenter: Adrienne Showler, MD, ScM, DTM&H; Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital; Attending Physician, Clinical Parasitology Section, National Institutes of Health
Case discussant: Caryn Bern, MD, MPH; Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco
USCN Case Presentation (times noted are Central Standard)
Topic: T cruzi Reactivation Post-Transplantation
Presenter: Josh Chen, DO (Infectious Diseases Fellow, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California) and Jean Gibb, MD (Assistant Professor of Medicine-Infectious Diseases, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California)
Discussant: Sue Montgomery, DVM, MPH (Veterinary Medical Officer/Epidemiology Team Lead, CDC, Center for Global Health, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Parasitic Diseases Branch)
New York ID Society: Addressing the Complexity of Diagnosing and Treating Chagas Disease
The Infectious Disease Society of New York is pleased to announce a special webinar co-sponsored by the Infectious Disease Society of New York and the CDC-funded cooperative agreement “Reducing the burden of neglected parasitic infections in the United States through evidence-based prevention and control activities” on February 9th.
Chagas' disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi is a lifelong infection if left untreated. An estimated 300,000 people living in the United States are currently infected, and 20 to 30% of these will develop symptomatic, potentially life-threatening Chagas' disease. Many of these infections are not recognized. Treatment with anti-trypanosomal drugs are always recommended for acute disease, reactivation, and chronic disease in children less than 18 years of age. During this lecture, Dr. Natasha Hochberg, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine and School of Public Health, will discuss treatment, who to treat, what treatments are available, and how to manage adverse reactions. She will bring her vast experience diagnosing and treating patients with Chagas disease in Boston.
By the end of this workshop, participants should be able to:
• Discuss diagnosing and screening of patients with Chagas disease.
• Describe how to establish a screening center in their institution.
• Discuss indications for treatment of Chagas and management of treatment related adverse events.
New York ID Society: Chagas Disease in the US
The Infectious Disease Society of New York is pleased to announce a special webinar co-sponsored by the Infectious Disease Society of New York and the CDC-funded cooperative agreement “Reducing the burden of neglected parasitic infections in the United States through evidence-based prevention and control activities” on January 13th.
Chagas' disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi is a lifelong infection if left untreated. An estimated 300,000 people living in the United States are currently infected, and 20 to 30% of these will develop symptomatic, potentially life-threatening Chagas' disease. Many of these infections are not recognized. Dr. Caryn Bern, Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics of the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine is recognized as an international expert on Chagas Disease. During this session she will bring her years of experience to the IDSNY audience and give an overview of Chagas disease in the United States.
By the end of this workshop, participants should be able to:
• Discuss transmission and clinical presentation of Chagas disease.
• Discuss congenital disease and reactivation in immunosuppressed individuals.
• Discuss challenges of available diagnostics for Chagas disease.
• Discuss management of a patient that screens positive while attempting to donate blood.