Pets, People and Pathogens:

Emerging Diseases

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The Westin Hotel • Narragansett Ballroom • Providence, Rhode Island

 

Schedule | Program/Accreditation | Speakers

 

Schedule — 12:30 - 4:30 pm

 

Registration begins at 12:15 pm

 

Topics to be Covered

• Bacterial Resistance

• Parasites, You Get What You Eat and Drink

• Emerging Diseases

• Infectious Diseases

The afternoon includes a Healthy Break and concludes at 4:30 with a Cocktail Hour and Appetizers

 

Program and schedule subject to change. Check this site for updates.

 

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About the Program/Accreditation

 

Who Should Attend the Program?

We have designed this collaborative seminar to provide a timely educational experience for veterinarians, infectious disease specialists, primary care physicians, family physicians, emergency room physicians, pediatricians, ophthalmologists, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners and veterinary technicians.

 

Needs Assessment

The program was developed in response to the enormous need in the medical and veterinary health care communities for effective collaboration to identify and prevent common diseases shared by humans and animals. This conference marks the continuation of a vibrant new dialogue between the two related disciplines and is a benchmark for the One Health mandate from the American Medical Association and the American Veterinary Medical Association which encourages closer ties between the medical and veterinary professions.

 

Overall Goal

Increase awareness of zoonotic diseases in the medical and veterinary communities, which will improve the health of pets and people.

 

Educational Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity participants should be able to:

Identify pet owners in the patient base through the patient history questionnaire;
Educate at-risk population groups;
Identify mutually-beneficial collaborative efforts between physicians and veterinarians;
Recognize emerging diseases (such as Avian flu, Swine flu, Lyme Disease, etc.);
Determine how to prevent zoonotic diseases.

 

Physician Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Rhode Island Medical Society through the joint sponsorship of Coastal Care Medical Management and the Companion Animal Parasite Council. Coastal Care Medical Management is accredited by the RIMS to sponsor intrastate continuing medical education for physicians.

 

Physician Designation Statement

Coastal Care Medical Management designates this educational activity for a total of 3.5 AMA PRA credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Nursing Accreditation

Contact hours for this continuing nursing education activity are pending approval from the Rhode Island State Nurse’s Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Veterinary Accreditation

This course has been submitted (but not yet approved) for 3.5 hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE approval; however participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education. Call Miriam Giles at 401-421-4000 x270 for further information.

 

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Speakers

 

 

Dwight Bowman, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and has been associated with the department since 1987 (previously an assistant professor,1987-1993). He received the MS degree in Parasitology from Tulane University in 1976. He then received his PhD from Tulane University in 1983 studying Parasitology. He has held successive positions at Cornell University since 1987. He has obtained continuous funding (corporate and federal) throughout his career to study animal parasitology.

 

His research interests include soil transmitted parasites, parasites of wildlife, visceral larva migrans, host response to soil transmitted pathogens, detection of soil transmitted parasites.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Edward B. Breitschwerdt is a professor of medicine and infectious diseases at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine.  He is also an adjunct professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center, and a Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM).  Dr. Breitschwerdt directs the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory in the Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research at North Carolina State University.  He also co-directs the Vector Borne Diseases Diagnostic Laboratory and is the director of the NCSU-CVM Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory. 

 

A graduate of the University of Georgia, Breitschwerdt completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Missouri between 1974 and 1977.  He has served as president of the Specialty of Internal Medicine and as chairman of the ACVIM Board of Regents.  He is a former associate editor for the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine and was a founding member of the ACVIM Foundation.

 

Breitschwerdt’s clinical interests include infectious diseases, immunology, and nephrology.  For over 20 years, his research has emphasized vector-transmitted, intracellular pathogens.  Most recently, he has contributed to cutting-edge research in the areas of animal and human bartonellosis.  In addition to authoring numerous book chapters and proceedings, Dr. Breitschwerdt’s research group has published more that 200 manuscripts in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

 

 

Richard Glew, MD, received his A.B. from Harvard College in 1965 and his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1969. He was an intern and resident at The Osler Medical Service, Johns Hopkins Hospital and then spent two years in the Public Health Service. He trained in Infectious Diseases at the Massachusetts General Hospital and joined the faculty at Washington University School of Medicine in 1975. Dr. Glew moved to the University of Massachusetts in 1978 and is presently Professor of Medicine at that institution. Dr. Glew is an outstanding clinician teacher and has received many teaching awards.

 

 

Steven M. Opal, MD, has served as chief of the infectious disease division at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island Since 2001. A professor of medicine at Brown Medical School, Opal received the school’s prestigious Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2002. He has served as the principal investigator for numerous worldwide, multi-center trials of adjuvant agents for severe sepsis, and has served on numerous data safety monitoring boards.

 

Opal is a member of several professional societies including the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the International Cytokine Society, the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society. He is on the steering committee of the International Sepsis Forum. Opal has published more than 150 peer-reviewed research articles and has edited several academic research journals as well as three textbooks on infectious diseases, endotoxin-mediated diseases and septic shock.

 

Opal’s undergraduate degree was awarded from Cornell University; Albany Medical School conferred his medical degree. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, and was a fellow in infectious diseases at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

 

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