Event Schedule

All topics, times, and speakers are subject to change.


Monday, May 10, 2027

Introduction & Welcome Address 

Michael Boeckh, MD, PhD, Symposium Co-Chair | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

 

Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Monica Slavin, MD, MBBS | University of Melbourne - Australia, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Keynote Address: The Changing Profile of Modern Patients with Opportunistic Mold Infections and the Ceiling Effect of Current Antifungal Therapy - Would New Drugs, New Diagnostics Improve Outcomes?

Dimitrios Kontoyiannis, MD, ScD, PhD (Hon) | University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center

Chairs 

Monica Slavin, MD, MBBS | University of Melbourne - Australia, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

To Be Announced

 

Fungal Disease Case Presentation

To Be Announced

Round Table Discussion:

Sanjeet Singh Dadwal, MD | City of Hope

Tobias Hohl, MD, PhD | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Dimitrios Kontoyiannis, MD, ScD, PhD (Hon) | University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center

Monica Slavin, MD, MBBS | University of Melbourne - Australia, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

To Be Announced

Fungal Immunotherapy

Tobias Hohl, MD, PhD | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New Antifungal Drugs & Novel Diagnostics

Sanjeet Singh Dadwal, MD | City of Hope

Break

Chairs

Leah Yoke, MCHS, PA-C | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

To Be Announced

 

HSV

Anna Wald, MD, MPH | University of Washington, Fred Hutch

HHV-6

Eleftheria Kampouri, MD | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

Case Presentation

To Be Announced

Round Table Discussions: 

Joshua Hill, MD | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

Eleftheria Kampouri, MD | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

Anna Wald, MD, MPH | University of Washington, Fred Hutch

Leah Yoke, MCHS, PA-C | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

 

Lunch & Poster Presentations

Chairs

Erica Stohs, MD, MPH | Creighton University

Sara Dong, MD | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital

 

Infectious Diseases in the Immunocompromised Host Jeopardy

 

Break

Chairs

Catherine Liu, MD | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

Zahra Escobar, PharmD, BCIDP | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

 

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Miranda So, PharmD | University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Diagnostic Stewardship

Sarah Turbett, MD | Massachusetts General Hospital

Case Presentation

To Be Announced

Round Table Discussion:

Zahra Escobar, PharmD, BCIDP | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

Catherine Liu, MD | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

Miranda So, PharmD | University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Sarah Turbett, MD | Massachusetts General Hospital

To Be Announced

Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI), Seattle, Washington

Tuesday, May 11, 2027

Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Genofeva Papanicolaou, MD | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Keynote Address: CMV: Past and Future

Michael Boeckh, MD, PhD | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

Chairs

Genofeva Papanicolaou, MD | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Alicja Sadowska-Klasa, MD | University of Gdańsk

 

CMV - Solid Organ Transplants 

Madeleine Heldman, MD, MS | Duke University

CMV - HCT/ Cellular Therapy

Roy Chemaly, MD, MPH | University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center

Case Presentation 

To Be Announced

Round Table Discussion:

Michael Boeckh, MD, PhD | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

Roy Chemaly, MD, MPH | University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center

Madeleine Heldman, MD, MS | Duke University

Genofeva Papanicolaou, MD | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Alicja Sadowska-Klasa, MD | University of Gdańsk

Chairs

Barbara Alexander, MD | Duke University

Upton Allen, MBBS, MSc | University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto, Canada

 

 Lunch & Poster Presentations

Chairs

Angela Campbell, MD, MPH | Emory University School of Medicine (Adjunct)

Mike Ison, MD | National Institutes of Health

 

Monoclonal Antibodies

Jim Boonyaratanakornkit, MD, PhD | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

Vaccines Update

Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH | Vanderbilt University

Case Presentation

To Be Announced

Round Table Discussion:

         Jim Boonyaratanakornkit, MD, PhD | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

Angela Campbell, MD | Emory University School of Medicine (Adjunct)

Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH | Vanderbilt University                      

Mike Ison, MD | National Institutes of Health

 

Break

Chairs

Alex Greninger, MD, PhD, MS, MPhil | University of Washington

Kim Hanson, MD, MHS | University of Utah

 

Next Generation Sequencing

Robin Patel, MD | Mayo Clinic

Pathogen Load to Guide Treatment 

Joshua Schiffer, MD, MSc | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

Case Presentation 

To Be Announced

Round Table Discussion

Alex Greninger, MD, PhD, MS, MPhil | University of Washington

Kim Hanson, MD, MHS | University of Utah

Robin Patel, MD | Mayo Clinic

Joshua Schiffer, MD, MSc | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

To Be Announced

Wednesday, May 12, 2027

 

Breakout Session: Competency in ID Training

Chairs

Camille Kotton, MD | Massachusetts General Hospital

Hans Hirsch, MD | University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

 

BK Virus Clinical Trial Desgin and Novel Agents 

Hannah Imlay, MD, MS | University of Utah

New Respiratory Viral Therapuetics

Cameron Wolfe, MBBS | Duke University

Case Presentation 

To Be Announced

Round Table Discussions:

Hans Hirsch, MD | University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Hannah Imlay, MD, MS | University of Utah

Camille Kotton, MD | Massachusetts General Hospital

Cameron Wolfe, MBBS | Duke University

To Be Announced

 

Break
 

Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Catherine Liu, MD | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

Keynote Address: AI & the Future of Infection Management in the Immunocompromised Hosts

Lilian Abbo, MD | University of Miami

Chairs

David Fredricks, MD | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

To Be Announced

 

Novel Options for AMR (Phage Therapy Drugs)

Saima Aslam, MBBS | University of California San Diego

Microbiome in IC Host - An Update (Pathogenesis and Intervention)

Robert Jenq, MD | City of Hope

Case Presentation

To Be Announced

Round Table Discussion:

Saima Aslam, MBBS | University of California San Diego

David Fredricks, MD | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

Robert Jenq, MD | City of Hope

To Be Announced

Closing Remarks & Survey Administration

Catherine Liu, MD, Symposium Co-Chair | Fred Hutch, University of Washington

 

Poster Take-Down