Please join us for Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, September 12, 2014 for the presentation titled:

“Essentials of Transplant Infectious Disease: A Practical Approach”

By

Jay Fishman, MD

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Massachusetts General Hospital

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Auditorium E, Rubin Building, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Co-sponsored by Section of Infectious Disease and the Department of Medicine

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Objectives – Participants will be able to:

1. Describe the factors contributing to infectious risk in transplant recipients
2. Identify the effects of the most common immunosuppressive agents used in transplantation
3. Develop a timeline for common infections after transplantation

Jay Fishman, MD

Dr. Fishman, M.D. is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Transplant Infectious Diseases and Compromised Host Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and Associate Director of the MGH Transplant Center.  Dr. Fishman is an internationally recognized expert in infectious diseases in individuals with abnormal immune systems including organ transplant recipients and has trained many of the leaders in this field.  At the Massachusetts General Hospital he directs a leading training program in Infectious Disease of organ and stem cell transplant recipients.  His research laboratory is investigating infections related to the development of swine as organ donors for humans (xenotransplantation) and the molecular biology of viruses in transplantation.  He has a special interest in molecular diagnostics and biotechnology, transplant virology, information systems, and in medical education.  Has held leadership roles in multiple not-for-profit organizations including service as President of the American Society of Transplantation and at the international Transplantation Society (Transplant Infectious Disease and International Xenotransplanation Sections), and the Board of Directors of the International Immunocompromised Host Society.  He is a frequent contributor at national and international symposia.  He has received career achievement awards from both the American Society of Transplantation and the Transplantation Society.  

If you are unable to attend and would like to either view Grand Rounds live on your computer or if you would like to view it another time, please use this link.

http://med.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/education/dept_medicine_grand_rounds_live.html