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Phage Therapy in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients – State of the Evidence and Future Directions

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 - 15:00 to 16:00

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After participating in this webinar, the attendee will be able to:

  1. Describe the current experience with bacteriophage therapy (history, safety, effectiveness)
  2. Describe challenges in treating SOT recipients with phages, including persons with LVADs and CF
  3. Understand the current research and clinical trial landscape to bring phages to the mainstream

Speakers:

  • Saima Aslam, MD, MS, FAST • Professor of Medicine and Clinical Lead, Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
  • Ghady Haidar, MD • Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Moderator:

  • Raymund Razonable, MD, FAST • Professor of Medicine and Vice Chair, Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science, Rochester, MN
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The AST Education Committee would like to thank the Infectious Disease Community of Practice (IDCOP) for suggesting this topic as part of the 2023-2024 T3 webinar series. Learn more about AST's COPs at www.myast.org/cops .

Series: 
Timely Topics in Transplantation Webinar Series
Education Category: 
Infectious disease
Series category: 
T3: Timely Topics in Transplantion

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