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2019 CRE Conference

Inn at St. Johns, Plymouth, MI
June 11, 2019

Welcome and Updates
Brenda Brennan, MSPH - Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing, MI

Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae(CRE) and Novel Resistance in Michigan
Sara McNamara, MPH, MT(ASCP) - Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing, MI

New Laboratory Diagnostic Methods and Interpretation

What You Should Be Doing and What's to Come
Lars Westblade, Ph. D. - Weill Cornell medicine, New York, NY

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Issues
Sara Blosser, Ph.D.(ABMM) - Indiana State Deprtment of Health, Indianapolis, IN

Current Technologies at MDHHS Bureau of Laboratories
Marty Soehnlen, Ph.D., MPH, HCLD(ABB) - Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing, MI

Acute Care Facility Detection, Containment and Response Protocols
Priscila Bercea, MPH - Beaumont Health, Dearborn, MI
 
National and International Epidemiology, Containment and Response to Carbapenemase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CP-CRE) and Candida auris
Snigdha Vallabhaneni, MD, MPH - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Environment of Care
Philip Carling, MD - Boston University School of Medicine, Dorchester, MA

 
Beta-Lactamase Inhibitors-the Next Generation...and Beyond? What is New and Why They Work!
Robert Bonomo, MD - Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Ceftazidime-Avibactam Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase (KPC)
Ryan Shields, Pharm.D., MS - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Complicated Cases of CRE Panel Discussion

Clinical Management
Robert Bonomo, MD - Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

Keith Kaye, MD, MPH - Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI

Treatment Used and New Agents
Ryan Shields, Pharm.D., MS - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Jason Pogue, Pharm.D., BCPS-AQ ID – Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit, MI

Sara McNamara, MPH, MT(ASCP) - Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing, MI