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   INFECTIOUS DISEASE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA 

         Serving Medical Doctors And Professionals In California With An Interest In Clinical Infectious Diseases
 
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Founded in 1985, the Infectious Disease Association of California (IDAC) is a non-profit corporation providing continuous medical education to medical doctors and healthcare professionals in California with and interest in clinical infectious diseases.

IDAC is affiliated with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the HIV Medicine Association and is a recognized specialty organization by the California Medical Association

Upcoming events

    • May 02, 2025
    • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    • Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach
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    2025 IDAC Southern California Antibiotic Stewardship Conference

    Friday, May 2, 2025

    0830 – 0840 – Suman Radhakrishna, MD – IDAC President – Welcome

    0840 – 0940 - CLSI/Breakpoint Updates, James McKinnell, MD, Infectious Disease Specialist, Milefchik-Rand Medical Group, Torrance Memorial Medical Center

    0940 - 1000 - Break - Industry Exhibits

    1000 – 1100 -  Stewardship across the Care Continuum, Jeffrey Silvers, MD,  Medical Director of Pharmacy and Infection Control, Sutter Health, Northern California

    1100 – 1200 - Outpatient Stewardship, David Ha, PharmD., BCIDP, Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA

    1200 – 1315 – Lunch, Industry Exhibits

    1315 – 1415 - GNR Current Guidelines, Jim Lewis, Pharm D, FIDSA, Clinical Supervisor for Infectious Disease, Oregon Health and Science University 

    1415 – 1430 - Break - Industry Exhibits

    1430 – 1530 - State of Stewardship in California, Jane Kriengkauykiat, PharmD, DrPH; Daniel Dodson, MD. MS CDPH

    1530 – 1630 - Updates in Rapid Diagnostics and Implications for Antibiotic Stewardship, Ashlan Kunz-Coyne, PharmD., MPH, Assistant Professor,  College or Pharmacy - University of Kentucky

    1620 - Conference Ends



    • May 03, 2025
    • 7:30 AM
    • May 04, 2025
    • 1:00 PM
    • Huntington Beach Hyatt Regency
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    IDAC 39th Annual Southern California Symposium May 3rd and 4th, 2025

    Huntington Beach Hyatt Regency

    Times are subject to change - Breakfast is supplied for both days and lunch on Saturday.

    Saturday, May 3

    0730 – 0830: Check-in, Breakfast Buffett - Industry exhibit visits

    0830 - 0840: WelcomeSuman Radhakrishna, MD, President, IDAC

    0840 - 0940: C diff UpdateCarl Crawford, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

    0940 - 1000: Break, Industry Exhibit Visits

    1000 - 1100: Metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing - DX and Treatment ConsiderationsAshlan Kunz-Coyne, PharmD., MPH, Assistant Professor,  College or Pharmacy - University of Kentucky

    1100 - 1200: Journal Club: Focus on Cross-Discipline Debates; Christopher Graber, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles

    1200 - 1315: Lunch, Industry Exhibits, Members Meeting

    1315 - 1415: HIV UpdateTulika Singh, MD, MHA, AAHIVS, FACP, FIDSA, Assistant Professor, UCI 

    1415 - 1430: Break, Industry Exhibit Visits

    1430 - 1600: Fascinating Local Cases

    1600 - 1700: Pharmacy UpdatesJim Lewis, PharmD, FIDSA -Oregon Health & Science University

    1700: Saturday Sessions End


    Sunday May 4

    0730 – 0830: Check-in, Breakfast Buffett - Industry exhibit visits

    0830 - 0840: Welcome, Suman Radhakrishna, MD, President, IDAC

    0840 - 0940: Treatment and Prevention of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) Infections; David James Harris, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, DTM&H, CTropMed

    0940 - 1000: Break, Industry Exhibit Visits

    1000 - 1100: "Flu-Nami";  Pia S. Pannaraj, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Director Pediatric Immunization Advancement Laboratory, UCSD

    Jeffrey Silvers, MD, System Medical Director of Pharmacy and Infection Control, Sutter Health, Board of Directors Infectious Disease Association of California, Board of Directors California Immunization Coalition

    1100 - 1200: Recurring Myths and Common Mistakes in the Management of Aspiration PneumoniaEllie JC Goldstein MD , Clinical Professor of Medicine (Former),David Geffen School of Medicine at Los Angeles; Director, RM Alden Research Laboratory;  IDAC Founding Member

    1200: Symposium Ends

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