Friday, August 3rd

7:15 – 8:15 Registration & Breakfast

8:15-8:30 Dr. Peter McKellar, Welcome & Introductions

8:30-9:00 Dr. Neil Barg – Yakima Valley Mem. Hosp. “What you don’t know will hurt you”

9:00-9:30 Dr. Dennis Stevens, Boise VA Hospital | “Necrotizing Skin & Soft Tissue Infections – Part Deux”

9:30-10:30 Dr. Ron Quenzer, Guest Speaker, Fort Collins CO | “ID as a Subspecialty – The State of the Art”

10:30-10:45 Intermezzo

10:45-11:15 Dr. Ed Septimus, Harvard HCI, Houston TX | “The Synergy Between Diagnostic & Antimicrobial Stewardship”

11:15-11:45 Amy Bryant, PhD, Boise VA Hospital | “NSAIDs in Infectious Diseases – An Update”

11:45-12:15 Dr. Mark Oliver, St. Marks Hospital, SLC “Propionibacterium Acnes & Degenerative Disc Disease. Chicken or the Egg?

12:15-12:45 Dr. Joel Trachtenberg, St. Marks Hospital, SLC Clinical Vignette

12:45 Lunch | Free Time

Friday Evening, 6:30 PM – Cocktails & Dinner | Natural History Museum of UT – Hotel Shuttle Provided

Saturday, August 4th

7:15-8 Hosted Breakfast

8-8:30 Colleen Terriff, PharmD, MPH, MultiCare, Spokane WA “Creep” (a case called)

8:30-9:15 Dr. Todd Vento, Intermountain Healthcare, Murray UT | “ID Telehealth: Overview & IHC’s Experience”

9:15-10 Dr. Adam Spivak, U of UT Dept of Medicine (HIV) “Fever, Ascites, & Rouleaux – Free Clinic Discussion

10-10:15 Intermezzo

10:15-10:45 Dr. Fawad Tanvir, Salt Lake ID, SLC UT “Pneumonia Will Yellow Sputum”

10:45-11:15 Dr. Sankar Swaminathan, Chief of ID, U of UT | “A Man with a Secret”

11:15-11:45 Dr. Ron Quenzer, Guest Speaker, Fort Collins CO Clinical Vignettes

11:45-12:15 Dr. Camilla Reese, St. Vincent Hospital, Billings MT Clinical Vignette

12:15 RMPC Business Meeting