John Parkinson

The University of North Carolina’s (UNC) Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases Director Myron Cohen, MD, discusses the uniqueness of the institution and its ability to offer research and clinical opportunities globally as well as play a significant role in public health.

Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN) Thomas Walsh, MD, talks about Allegheny General Hospital being recognized as an Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Center of Excellence and some of the stewardship strategies they are employing to reduce antimicrobial usage.

Deeksha Jandhyala, MD, discusses how her team works to prevent infections and provide clinical assistance for transplant candidates.

George Bchech, MD, details his experience within the AHN infectious disease-critical care medicine (ID-CCM) fellowship.

In the second episode of Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN) Media Day, Cassandra Oehler, MD, provides insights on HIV care at their Positive Health Clinic (PHC), including the comprehensive services they offer and how they are involved in clinical trials using long-acting injectables.

Their comprehensive program provides instruction in both specialties to enable fellows to treat the most critical patients.

Jose Alexander, MD, offers insights on these antimicrobial combinations when treating against this bacterium.

If this GSK antibiotic is approved, it will provide a new oral option to patients in the US who are currently relying on injectable treatments.

Emily Olsen, PhD, offers some insights on this underdiagnosed infection, including describing antimicrobial studies, particularly in biofilm and intracellular environments. Her findings look to create a standardized approach for treating all forms of the different presentations of bartonellosis.

Athena Hobbs, PharmD, BCIDP, looked at this issue through the lens of treating urinary tract infections.

Clarametyx Biosciences said its investigational antibody therapy, CMTX-101, which is in a phase 1b/2a study, remains on track for full trial enrollment by the end of 2025.

Sara Keely Schultz, MD, offers some insights on the Temple infectious disease fellowship and what sets the program apart from others.

In part 2 of the conversation, David Relman, MD, discusses the importance of the research and medical communities in shaping future work in this area as well as the potential severe consequences of Mirror Life in a worse case scenario.

David Relman, MD, discusses the theoretical issues of "mirror life," how the scientific community could potentially research natural chirality synthetic life, and how mirror molecules may be a way to extract beneficial research from the concept.

Temple first year fellow, Jesse Veisblatt MD, gives some insights on infectious disease consultations and how the unique cases and wide range of pathologies is interesting and keeps the job exciting.

In a continuing trend from the last several years, a record number of families are opting out of vaccines.

The study will examine the switch to the combination of tobevibart and elebsiran in patients not achieving undetectable hepatitis D virus RNA despite bulevirtide treatment.

Heather Clauss, MD, explains why Temple hires many of its fellows into full-time positions, why it is important for young providers to seek out mentors, and some strategies in learning how to navigate careers early-on.

Study investigators found a therapy designed to treat Celiac disease supported a more rapid return to normal activities for patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).

Aaron Mishkin, MD, discusses the prolific transplantation department at Temple University and how the infectious disease team, including the fellows, supports these lifesaving procedures.

Raven Boone, DO, discusses her experience in the Temple University fellowship program and what she is exposed to in terms of cases and learning opportunities.

In the second part of her interview, Temple’s Stephanie Spivack, MD, talks about how she works with different specialties at the hospital to help this marginalized population receive the care they need.

In the second part of an interview with Andrea Prinzi, PhD, MPH, SM(ASCP), she talks about how the March of Dimes played such a significant role against the disease, how the polio oral vaccine is a singular lesson that can be applied to medical science as a whole, and the understanding of the need to adapt to changing circumstances.

Andrea Prinzi, PhD, MPH, SM(ASCP), provides insights on how polio cases rose despite sanitation and hygiene improving as well as Jonas Salk’s and Albert Sabin's approaches to their vaccines' development.

Stephanie Spivack, MD, talks about the diverse educational experiences afforded to fellows during their time at Temple University as well as the devoted clinical care that serves the local community.

César de la Fuente, PhD, provides insights on the promising work of his lab as they accelerate the speed of finding new antimicrobial molecules.

This comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) made the recommendation to remove the vaccine preservative.

In the largest world study, there was a 98% reduction in hospitalizations of babies who received the RSV vaccine compared with those who did not receive the RSV vaccine.

In the second installment of our Media Day interview, Temple University Hospital’s Rafik Samuel, MD, talks about what he has experienced as a clinician seeing patients with HIV before there were treatments available as well as his approach with fellows in teaching them about this disease.

Rafik Samuel, MD, chief of the Section of Infectious Disease at Temple University Hospital and professor of medicine at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, talks about its history and the uniqueness of its fellowship program.