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Echo Symposium in San Francisco
Putting Interferon Gamma Release Assays into Practice
Preliminary Agenda
10:10-10:50am: David Lewinsohn MD PhD
Oregon Health and Science University
"Natural History of TB"
10:50- 11:30: Charles Daley MD
National Jewish Hospital
"Comparison of IGRAs in Healthcare Worker Screening"
11:30-12:20: Deborah Lewinsohn MB
Oregon Health and Science University
"Embracing IGRAs in Children"
12:20 - 1:20 Lunch
1:20-2:00: Kevin Winthrop MD MPH
Oregon Health and Science University
"The use of IGRAs in Screening the Immuno-compromised"
2:00-2:40: Masae Kawamura MD
San Francisco Department of Public Health
"Overcoming obstacles to successful applications of IGRAs"
2:40 - 3:20 pm: Tiffany Harris PhD
NYC DOHMH Bureau to TB Control
"The New York Experience with IGRAs"
3:20 - 3:45 pm: Coffee and Desert
3:45 - 4:30 pm: Pradnya Tambe MD, Benjamin Yarn and Juanita Martin
Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness
"An Outbreak Investigation in Fulton College"
4:20- 5:00 pm: Antonino Catanzaro MD
University of Calfornia San Diego
"IGRAs and Longitudinal Studies"
5:00 pm: Lee Reichman MD MPH
Closing Remarks
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