2027 Symposium Faculty Participants


Lilian Abbo, MD

Lilian Abbo, MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine | Chief, Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami

"AI and the Future of Infection Management in Immunocompromised Hosts”"

Michael Boeckh, MD, PhD

Michael Boeckh, MD, PhD, FIDSA

Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease and Clinical Research Divisions | Head, Infectious Disease Sciences Program | Medical Director, Infectious Disease Consult Service, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Professor, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington

"CMV: Past and Future"

Dimitrios Kontoyiannis, MD, ScD, PhD (Hon)

Dimitrios Kontoyiannis, MD, ScD, PhD (Hon)

Professor and Robert C Hickey Chair in Clinial Care, Department of Infectious Diseases and Employee Health, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

"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?"


Symposium Co-chairs

Michael Boeckh, MD, PhD

Michael Boeckh, MD, PhD, FIDSA

Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease and Clinical Research Divisions | Head, Infectious Disease Sciences Program | Medical Director, Infectious Disease Consult Service, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Professor, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington

Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH

Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH 

Craig Weaver Professor of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Catherine Liu, MD, FIDSA

Catherine Liu, MD, FIDSA

Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease and Clinical Research Divisions | Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program | Associate Director, Infection Prevention, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Professor, Division of Allergy and Infectious Disease Sciences, University of Washington 

Joshua Schiffer, MD, MSc

Joshua Schiffer, MD, MSc

Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease and Clinical Research Divisions, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | Professor, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington


Lilian Abbo, MD

Lilian Abbo, MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine
Chief, Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami
Saima Aslam, MBBS

Saima Aslam, MBBS

Professor, Medicine
Director, Solid Organ Transplant Infectious Diseases Service, UC San Diego Health
Upton D. Allen, MBBS, MSc, FAAP, FRCPC, Hon FRCP (UK),  FPIDS, FIDSA, FAST

Upton D. Allen, MBBS, MSc, FAAP, FRCPC, Hon FRCP (UK), FPIDS, FIDSA, FAST

Head, Division of Infectious Diseases
Senior Associate Scientist, Research Institute
Professor of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
Michael Boeckh, MD, PhD, FIDSA

Michael Boeckh, MD, PhD, FIDSA

Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease and Clinical Research Divisions
Head, Infectious Disease Sciences Program
Medical Director, Infectious Disease Consult Service, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Professor, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington
Jim Boonyaratanakornkit, MD, PhD

Jim Boonyaratanakornkit, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Assistant Professor, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington
Angela Campbell, MD, MPH

Angela Campbell, MD, MPH

Adjunct Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
Roy F. Chemaly, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FACP, FESCMID

Roy F. Chemaly, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FACP, FESCMID

Professor and Chair
G.P. Bodey, Sr. Distinguished Professorship in Infectious Diseases Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Guang-Shing Cheng, MD

Guang-Shing Cheng, MD

Associate Professor, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington
Sanjeet Singh Dadwal, MD

Sanjeet Singh Dadwal, MD

Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, City of Hope
Sara Dong, MD

Sara Dong, MD

Infectious Diseases Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Boston Children's Hospital
Zahra Escobar, PharmD, BCIDP

Zahra Escobar, PharmD, BCIDP

Clinical Pharmacist, Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Alex Greninger, MD, PhD, MS, MPhil

Alex Greninger, MD, PhD, MS, MPhil

Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Larry Corey Endowed Professorship in Virology
Head, Division of Infectious Disease Diagnostics, University of Washington
Cindy Fisher, MD, MPH

Cynthia Fisher, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Director, Solid Organ Transplantation Infectious Diseases Program, University of Washington
David Fredricks, MD

David Fredricks, MD

Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease and Clinical Research Divisions
Director, Microbiome Research Initiative, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Professor, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Adjunct Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Washington
Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH

Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH

Craig Weaver Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Kim Hanson, MD, MHS

Kim Hanson, MD, MHS

Professor, Infectious Diseases, University of Utah
Madeleine Heldman, MD, MS

Madeleine Heldman, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University
Joshua Hill, MD, FIDSA

Joshua Hill, MD, FIDSA

Associate Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease and Clinical Research Divisions, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington
Hans Hirsch. MD, MSc

Hans Hirsch. MD, MSc

Professor, Infectious Diseases, University of Basel, Switzerland
Tobias Hohl, MD, PhD, FIDSA, FAAAS

Tobias Hohl, MD, PhD, FIDSA, FAAAS

Professor, Department of Medicine
Chief, Infectious Diseases, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Hannah Imlay, MD, MS

Hannah Imlay, MD, MS

Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, University of Utah
Michael Ison, MD, MS, FIDSA, FAST

Michael Ison, MD, MS, FIDSA, FAST

Branch Chief, Respiratory Diseases , National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Robert Jenq, MD

Robert Jenq, MD

Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Director, Microbiome Progam, City of Hope
Erika Kampouri, MD

Erika Kampouri, MD

Infectious Diseases Physician, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
YaeJean Kim, MD

YaeJean Kim, MD

Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
Dimitrios Kontoyiannis, MD, ScD, PhD (Hon)

Dimitrios Kontoyiannis, MD, ScD, PhD (Hon)

Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases
Robert C. Hickey Endowed Chair, Clinical Care
Deputy Head of Research, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Adjunct Professor, Division of Pharmacology, University of Houston
Adjunct Professor, University of Texas School of Public Health
Camille Kotton, MD, FIDSA, FAST

Camille Kotton, MD, FIDSA, FAST

Clinical Director, Transplant and Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Division, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Abhijit Limaye, MD, FIDSA, FACP

Abhijit Limaye, MD, FIDSA, FACP

Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, Transplant & Immunocompromised Host Infectious Disease Program, University of California San Francisco
Catherine Liu, MD, FIDSA

Catherine Liu, MD, FIDSA

Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease and Clinical Research Divisions
Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Associate Director, Infection Prevention, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Professor, Division of Allergy and Infectious Disease Sciences, University of Washington
Denise McCulloch, MD, MPH

Denise McCulloch, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Assistant Director, Infection Prevention
Assistant Medical Director, Infectious Diseases Outpatient Clinic, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Assistant Professor, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington
Genovefa Papanicolaou, MD

Genovefa Papanicolaou, MD

Clinical Director, Infectious Diseases, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Steven Pergam, MD, MPH

Steven Pergam, MD, MPH

Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease and Clinical Research Divisions
Medical Director, Infection Prevention, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Professor, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington
Joshua Schiffer, MD, MSc

Joshua Schiffer, MD, MSc

Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease and Clinical Research Divisions, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Professor, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington
Monica Slavin, MBBS, FRACP

Monica Slavin, MBBS, FRACP

Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Australia
Head, Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Head, Immunocompromised Host Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
Miranda So, PharmD, MPH, BScPhm

Miranda So, PharmD, MPH, BScPhm

Manager, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Clinician-Investigator, University Health Network Institute , University Health Network
Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto
Erica Stohs,  MD, MPH

Erica Stohs, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Infectious Disease, Creighton University
Sarah Turbett, MD

Sarah Turbett, MD

Associate Professor, Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Alpana Waghmare, MD

Alpana Waghmare, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington
Assistant Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Anna Wald, MD, MPH

Anna Wald, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, & Epidemiology, University of Washington
Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Cameron Wolfe, MBBS

Cameron Wolfe, MBBS

Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine
Leah Yoke, MCHS, PA-C

Leah Yoke, MCHS, PA-C

Chief Physician Assistant
Teaching Associate, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Clinical Faculty, MEDEX PA Training Program, University of Washington
Physician Assistant, Infectious Disease Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center