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SALZBURG CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA (CHOP) SEMINAR
“PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES”
Sunday February 26 – March 3 June 2017
Schloss Arenberg, Salzburg, Austria
Course Director:
Paul J. Planet MD PhD
Co-Course Director:
SPEAKERS AND TOPICS:
Hamid Bassiri, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of
Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseasea; The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Evaluating Children with Fever of Unknow Origin (FUO)
Overview of the immune system
Primary Immune Deficiencies
Fever and Rash Syndromes in Children
The Immunocompromised host,
Management of Fever and Neutropenia
Jeffrey M. Bergelson MD
Professor of Pediatrics; The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases; The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Antibiotics, Update and Overview
Infections of the Heart
Management of Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia
CNS Infections
Emerging Infections (Zika, Dengue, Chikungunya)
Kristen A. Feemster, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases; The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Nuts and Bolts of Infection Control
Vaccine Hesitancy
Vaccines for Immune Compromised Hosts
What’s New with Flu
Outbreak 101: From Chaos to Control
Wolfgang Graninger, MD, PhD
Professor and Director, Department of Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical
Diseases
Medical University Vienna / AKH-Wien
Vienna, Austria
 Infections Due to Unusual and Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms, incl. MRSA
Paul J. Planet MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of
Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseasea; The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 CRE to VRE, Global Spread of Antibiotic Resistance
 Cystic Fibrosis Microbiology, Treatment
 C. difficile, Fecal Transplants, and the Microbiome in Disease