Infectious Disease Community of Practice (IDCOP)
2019-2020 Executive Committee
Chair: Lara Danziger-Isakov (2020)
Co-Chair: Nicole Theodoropoulos (2020)
Past Chair: Shirish Huprikar (2020)
Board Liaison: Marian Michaels (2020)
Lilian Abbo (2020)
Fernanda Silveira (2020)
Jennifer Chow (2021)
Early Career Member-at-Large: Ghady Haidar (2020)
AST Staff Liaison: Amber Nolan (anolan@myAST.org)
2019-2020 Initiatives
- Poster walks at ATC2019 to highlight ID COP projects and work of members, trainees
- Complete & submit the CRE SOT project manuscripts
- Complete the MDR Pseudomonas lung transplant manuscript
- Complete manuscript for the daptomycin non-susceptible VRE SOT project
- Complete the MRSA LVAD infection data collection and initiate manuscript preparation
- Initiate MDRGNB LVAD site recruitment and data collection
- Publish HIV thoracic transplant project
- ASP Working group – complete white paper, organize Delphi Group
- Quality Improvement working group – first report back on LEAN immunization project survey
- Pediatric Working group – initiation of CMV Serostatus in Infant project, Completion of Case-based Education Modules, Complete and publish Toxo/PJP manuscript
- ID Library Workgroup – monitor use & update content
- Will recommend webinar proposal for 2019-20 cycle
- Submit suggestions for Journal Club
- Complete 4th edition of the AST ID Guidelines for publication in AJT and Clinical Transplantation
- Continue development of multidisciplinary SOT antimicrobial stewardship task force and Delphi consensus
- Continue development of QI opportunities
- Provide responses for AST regarding UNOS Public Comment documents and other requests (ACBTSA)
- Work with Education Committee to supply suggestions for Journal clubs, Webinars and Transplant in 10 videos
- Work with Education Committee on updating Comprehensive Trainee Education
- EC will continue to develop website resources for COP membership including article of the month and updating research and educational project page
- EC will 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/Hub and at the annual joint AST-IDSA reception at IDWeek 2019
- Transplant ID Trainees survey of training opportunities and needs/gap survey reviewed and evaluated for potential impact
- A structured process for submitting initiative and workgroup/committee proposals has been finalized. First transition of leadership will occur at 2019 ATC in Boston
- Open call for new initiatives at ATC 2019 in Boston and in Summer 2019 Newsletter
- Joint reception at ID Week 2019 will be a vehicle to recruit COP and AST membership, followed by active recruiting of participants following the meeting by members of the ID COP EC
- Welcome emails to all new ID COP members to continue
- Chair will continue updates to COP membership via newsletter 3 times per year with intermittent announcements via HUB
- Chair will continue to provide regular updates to the Board
FELLOWSHIP TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The AST IDCOP has compiled a list of ID-related Fellowship Training Opportunities, updated yearly, for the benefit of its members. If you would like to browse the available opportunities, or post a clinical or research position for physicians-in-training, please visit the "Fellowship Training Opportunities In Transplant Infectious Diseases" page on the AST website for more information.