2027 Symposium Faculty Participants

Michael Boeckh, MD, PhD

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"

Michael Boeckh, MD, PhD

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

Joshua Schiffer, MD, MSc

Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH 

Craig Weaver Professor of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Catherine Liu, MD

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

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

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

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

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
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

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

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

Craig Weaver Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Madeleine Heldman, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University

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

Tobias Hohl, MD, PhD, FIDSA, FAAAS

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

Michael Ison, MD, MS, FIDSA, FAST

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

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)

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

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

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

Clinical Director, Infectious Diseases, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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

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

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

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