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This 3-½ day symposium will offer workshops on genomics and soil isolation, diagnosis, and laboratory safety. These will be followed by sessions on fungal and human genomics, epidemiology, case management, new therapeutics, occupational health, and on basic science, pediatric and veterinary coccidioidomycosis. There will be a panel discussion on the new Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines. The meeting is appropriate for physicians (internists and pediatricians) and other allied health professionals, as well as epidemiologists, occupational health experts, basic scientists, and veterinarians. Speakers are all experts in their field and represent both the United States and Latin America. There will be up to 24.5 hours of category-1 CME available.
To go to the Stanford CME web site to register, click here.
The meeting will also present posters that will be hosted by the Coccidioidomycosis Study Group.
Brigham Willis MD Named New Associate Editor Pediatrics
Brigham C. Willis, MD, MEd, completed his undergraduate studies at UCLA, graduated from UCSF School of Medicine, completed his residency at Children’s Hospital and Research Center at Oakland and finished his training in a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. He is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Child Health and a staff physician in the cardiac intensive care unit at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Prior to coming to Phoenix, he served as Associate Fellowship Director for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Dr. Willis has also maintained a strong interest in medical education throughout his career, recently completing a Masters degree in Higher Education at Arizona State University. He was selected as a Master Educator by the Class of 2015, the highest teaching honor bestowed at the college. Dr. Willis is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine.
Ultrasound Listings
On the right side of the home page, under manuscript lists, there is a new section entitled ultrasounds. Opening this and clicking on the link will open an Excel file with links to each of the ultrasounds. This is similar to lists for the Cases of the Month and Medical Image of the Week.
Bhupinder Natt MD Named New Associate Editor Pulmonary & Critical Care
Dr Natt received his medical training at the University of Kerala, India. After internship at Unity Health in Rochester (NY), he moved to University of Arizona for completion of his residency. He stayed on to complete his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. His clinical and research interests include airway management, interstitial lung disease and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine.
