March 7, 2025
Welcome and Announcements
Wiliam J. Steinbach, MD
Pediatrician in Chief
Arkansas Children's
President, Pediatric Infectious Diseaes Society
Octavio Ramilo, MD
Chair, Department of Infectious Diseases
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Frontiers in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Bacteriophages: A New Era for Antibacterial Therapy with Ancient Predators
John Bradley, MD
Director, Infectious Diseases
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
Moderator: Octavio Ramilo, MD
Oral Abstracts Session 3
Abstract Presentation 6: Global Health
Parental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Pediatric Vaccination in Honduras: Insights and Challenges for Improving Immunization Coverage
Maria Jose Reyes Caceres, MD
UNITEC
Moderator: Hamid Bassiri, MD PhD
Oral Abstracts Session 3
Abstract Presentation 7: Conference Top Abstract
Short Course Compared to Standard Antibiotic Courses for Treatment of Uncomplicated Gram-negative Bacteremia in Pediatric HCT Recipients
Hayley Scheerer, MD
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Challenging Cases in Immunocompromised Hosts
Case 1: Finding Nemo
Adam Lee, MD
Fellow, University of California, Irvine
Moderator: Monica I. Ardura, DO, MSCS
Challenging Cases in Immunocompromised Hosts
Case 2: Fantastic Yeasts and Where to Find Them
Randal De Souza, MD
Fellow, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Moderator: Monica I. Ardura, DO, MSCS
Challenging Cases in Immunocompromised Hosts
Case 3: Pancytopenia Pandemonium
Daniel Whitehurst, MD
Clinical Fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Moderator: Monica I. Ardura, DO, MSCS
State of the Art - Pneumonia
F. Heath Damron, PhD
Director, Vaccine Development Center
West Virginia University Health Sciences
Moderator: Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH
Respiratory Viruses in Oncology and HCT - Beyond the Sniffles
Alpana Waghmare, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital
Moderator: Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH
Pneumonia - The Global View
Gail Rodgers, MD
Deputy Director, Pneumonia
Gates Foundation
Moderator: Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH
2025 John H. Erskine Lecture in Infectious Diseases
RSV Vaccine Development: A New Era of Biologics
Barney Graham, MD, PhD
Director, David Satcher Global Health Equity Institute
Morehouse School of Medicine
Moderator: Octavio Ramilo, MD