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Riders on the Storm
10728.1 - Riders on the Storm
Presenter: Andrea Cona, Rosy Priya Kodiyanplakkal, Mario Luppi, Maddalena Giannella, Maricar Malinis, , ,
Authors: Andrea Cona, Rosy Priya Kodiyanplakkal, Mario Luppi, Maddalena Giannella, Maricar Malinis
Learning Objective
Overview
- Discuss differential diagnosis of fever and pancytopenia in Solid Organ Transplant (SOT) recipients
- Discuss diagnostic approach to fever and pancytopenia in SOT recipients
- Discuss novel therapeutic approaches in the management of the diagnosed disease which will be revealed during the presentation
Participents
Maricar Malinis, USA
Moderator
Bio
Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery (Transplant)
Medical Director of Transplant and Oncology Infectious Diseases
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
Maricar Malinis, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery (Transplant) and the Medical Director of Transplant and Oncology ID at Yale School of Medicine. She completed training in Infectious Diseases, Geriatric Medicine and Transplant Infectious Diseases. She has been active in several national and international societies and had leadership positions in transplant societies. She is currently a councilor of the TID-TTS. She is focused on education and clinical research. The latter is focused on clinical outcomes of infections in aging SOT.
Andrea Cona, Italy
Case Presenter
Bio
Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IRCCS - ISMETT)
Palermo, Italy
Andrea Cona, MD, PhD, is a Medical Doctor of Department of Infectious Diseases, directed by Alessandra Mularoni, of ISMETT, a Solid Organ Transplant center, partner of the University of Pittsburgh, located in Palermo, Italy.
Dr. Cona is an active member of European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), The transplantation Society (TTS) and Transplant Infectious Diseases (TIP). He is a member of two ESCMID study groups: ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Compromised Hosts (ESGICH) and ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial Stewardship (ESGAP).
He graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Palermo with a score of 110/110 cum-laude. He attended the Postgraduate School of Infectious Disease at the University of MIlan where he specialized with Prof. Antonella d’Arminio Monforte. During his university studies, he work as Research Assistant under the supervision of Prof. Evelina Tacconelli in Tubingen, Germany.
He completed a PhD course focused on Clinical Research at the University of Milan.
At ISMETT, he works as ID consultant for liver, kidney, pancreas, heart, and lung transplant programs for children and adults. Over the last years, Dr. Cona research activity has been focused on prevention and management of infections in solid-organ transplant recipients, especially post-transplant viral and multi-drug-resistant bacterial infections.
Rosy Priya Kodiyanplakkal, USA
Panelist
Bio
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, USA
Priya Kodiyanplakkal, MD is originally from Guam and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City where she is the Associate Program director of their Infectious Disease Fellowship Training Program. Dr. Kodiyanplakkal is also the Co-Chair of the Northeast Transplant ID Society. Dr. Kodiyanplakkal teaching and clinical responsibilities focus on immunocompromised hosts, and she also conducts clinical research focused on viral and fungal infections in transplant recipients.
Mario Luppi, Italy
Panelist
Bio
Professor of Hematology
Director, Hematology Division; Chair
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences
University of Modena
Reggio Emilia, UNIMORE
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Modena, Italy
MD and PhD. Full Professor and Chief of Hematology Chair and Division of Hematology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena Italy, since 2010. Member of Strategic-Technical Committee for development of National Guidelines on behalf of Italian Society of Hematology-SIE- since 2019 and Member of the Board of Directors of SIE since 2022. Fellow at the Department of Immunology, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA, USA in 1990 and at Unit of Differentiation and Molecular Biology, Lab. of Immunology at the Mario Negri Institute Milan, Italy in 1993. Internationally recognized expert of viral related hematologic diseases and fungal infections, pathogenesis and therapy of acute leukemias, and early palliative/simultaneous care models in solid and hematologic malignancies.
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