Communities of Practice
2017-2018 Executive Committee
Staff Liaison: Brian Valeria (bvaleria@myAST.org)
Chair: Shirish Huprikar (2018)
Co-Chair: Lara Danziger-Isakov (2018)
Past Chair: Camille Kotton (2018)
Board Liaison: Deepali Kumar (2018)
Ricardo M. La Hoz (2018)
Nicole Theodoropoulos (2018)
Jonathan Hand (2019)
Trainee: Judith Anesi (2018)
2017-2018 Initiatives
- Poster walks at ATC 2017 to highlight IDCOP projects and work of members and trainees
- Complete the CRE SOT project manuscripts
- Complete the MDR Pseudomonas lung transplant manuscript
- Complete site recruitment and data collection for the daptomycin non-susceptible VRE SOT project
- Initiate the MDR LVAD infection project
- Complete HIV thoracic transplant project
- Complete HIV kidney transplant project
- Submit the SOT and marijuana survey manuscript after completing revisions suggested by AST Board
- EBV Journal Club has been scheduled for May 2017
- Will recommend webinar proposal for second half of 2017
- Submit proposal to AST Board for the 4th edition of the AST ID Guidelines for publication in AJT
- Submit consensus conference proposal for a multidisciplinary SOT antimicrobial stewardship task force
- Continue to develop website resources for COP membership including article of the month and new research and educational project page
- Continue to nominate members for AST Board, ID COP EC, and other leadership positions and awards on an annual basis
- Network and collaboration will be encouraged via website and at the annual joint AST-IDSA reception at IDWeek 2017
- A structured process for submitting initiative and workgroup/committee proposals will be finalized
- Joint reception at ID Week 2017 will be a vehicle to recruit COP and AST membership
- Chair will resume quarterly updates to COP membership
- Chair will continue to provide regular updates to the Board