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ForwardInfectious Diseases Practice Updates 2027
This course offers Live (in-person) and Livestream (virtual) attendance options
Course Directors: Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Raymund R. Razonable, M.D., Maryam Mahmood, M.B.,Ch.B., and Abinash Virk, M.D.
February 8 - 12, 2027 - Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa - Lahaina, Hawaii
This interactive infectious disease CME course provides practical clinical updates on common challenges and emerging developments in the field. Expert faculty deliver case-based presentations with in-depth discussion and Q&A to improve knowledge, performance, and patient outcomes. Participants gain current, actionable insights for immediate clinical application.
Course Highlights:
- Explore the latest evidence and guideline updates across key infectious diseases topics, including endocarditis, antimicrobial resistance, and emerging therapies.
- Strengthen clinical decision-making with practical updates in travel medicine, infections in pregnancy, immunocompromised hosts, and bone and joint infections.
- Enhance diagnostic and stewardship strategies through advances in multiplex PCR, novel diagnostics, AI, OPAT, and value-based care.
- Review the year's most impactful practice-changing research in infectious diseases, HIV, transplant ID, clinical microbiology, and antimicrobial stewardship.
- Apply new knowledge through interactive case discussions, expert panels, and Q&A focused on real-world clinical practice.
- Network with leading faculty and peers during Meet-the-Professor breakfasts and the "Larvae and Lava Flow" tropical medicine event.
| Registration Fee(s) | |
|---|---|
| M.D., D.O., Ph.D. | $1275 |
| Allied Health, NP, PA, Retirees | $1125 |
Target Audience
This course is relevant for infectious diseases specialists, infectious diseases trainees, internists, pharmacists, hospitalists, and clinical infectious diseases researchers. The content also benefits physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, family physicians and clinical microbiologists with interest in managing patients with infections.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Differentiate the appropriate use of multiplex PCR panels for diagnosis of infections.
- Identify updated imaging and treatment modalities for infective endocarditis.
- Define the approach to management of prosthetic joint infections.
- Describe new antifungals for management of resistant and difficult to treat fungal infections.
- Discuss diagnosis and management of Chagas disease and leprosy.
Course summary
- 23.50 AAPA Category 1
- 23.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 23.50 ANCC
- 23.50 Attendance
Monday, February 8, 2027 | |
6:15 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
7:00 a.m. | Welcome Announcements |
Endocarditis | |
7:10 a.m. | 2026 Endocarditis Guidelines Update |
7:35 a.m. | Emerging Cardiac Surgical Interventions for Endocarditis |
8:00 a.m. | Imaging Modalities for Endocarditis; When to Use What and Why? |
8:25 a.m. | Cases with Panel Discussion |
8:55 a.m. | Panel Q & A |
9:25 a.m. | Break |
Travel and Trop Session | |
9:45 a.m. | Chagas Diagnostics |
10:05 a.m. | Chagas Management |
10:35 a.m. | Leprosy Diagnostics and Management Update |
11:05 a.m. | What’s New in Malaria: Diagnostics and Treatment |
11:35 a.m. | Panel Q & A |
12:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
Reception: Halona Kai Lawn | |
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Larvae and Lava Flow - Sunset Social Hour with Rapid Fire Tropical Cases |
Tuesday, February 9, 2027 | |
6:30 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
6:30 a.m. | Breakfast Roundtable Discussions – Meet the Professor: Sunset Terrace |
7:00 a.m. | Travel to General Session |
7:05 a.m. | Course Announcements |
Incubating Problems | |
7:10 a.m. | CMV in Pregnancy |
7:30 a.m. | TB in Pregnancy |
7:50 a.m. | Syphilis in Pregnancy |
8:10 a.m. | HIV in Pregnancy |
8:30 a.m. | Cases with Panel Discussion |
9:00 a.m. | Panel Q & A |
9:25 a.m. | Break |
Let's Not Penalize the Panels!! | |
9:45 a.m. | Triva |
9:50 a.m. | Unlocking the Value of CNS PCR Panels in Today’s Diagnostic Landscape |
10:10 a.m. | Respiratory PCR Panels |
10:30 a.m. | GI Pathogen Panel |
10:50 a.m. | Blood Culture PCR Panels |
11:10 a.m. | Cases with Panel Discussion |
11:40 a.m. | Panel Q & A |
12:05 p.m. | Adjourn |
Wednesday, February 10, 2027 | |
6:30 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
6:30 a.m. | Breakfast Roundtable Discussions – Meet the Professor: Sunset Terrace |
7:00 a.m. | Travel to General Session |
7:05 a.m. | Course Announcements |
Bone and Joint Infections Update | |
7:10 a.m. | Prosthetic Joint Infection – Diagnosis Robin Patel, M.D. |
7:30 a.m. | PJI – Debridement, Antibiotics and Implant Retention (DAIR) Management |
7:50 a.m. | Prosthetic Joint Infection – 1 or 2 Stage Management Update |
8:10 a.m. | Mycobacterial Orthopedic Infections |
8:30 a.m. | Vertebral Osteomyelitis |
8:50 a.m. | Cases with Panel Discussion |
9:25 a.m. | Break |
Money, money, money, must be funny….!! | |
9:45 a.m. | Trivia |
9:50 a.m. | Value Based Purchasing |
10:10 a.m. | Diagnostic Stewardship Opportunities |
10:30 a.m. | Value of OPAT to Patients, ID and Institutions! |
10:50 a.m. | Metrics to Demonstrate ID Value |
11:10 a.m. | Panel Q & A |
11:40 a.m. | Adjourn |
Thursday, February 11, 2027 | |
6:30 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
6:30 a.m. | Breakfast Roundtable Discussions – Meet the Professor: Sunset Terrace |
7:00 a.m. | Travel to General Session |
7:05 a.m. | Course Announcements |
What’s Hot, What’s New, What’s Coming? | |
Emerging Pathogens | |
7:10 a.m. | Ebola and Other Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses |
7:30 a.m. | Andes, Sin Nombre, and Hantaviruses |
Emerging Technologies and Therapies | |
7:50 a.m. | From Innovation to Impact: Novel Assays Transforming Clinical Microbiology |
8:15 a.m. | Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Infectious Diseases |
8:40 a.m. | Microbiome – Do We Care? |
9:05 a.m. | Panel Q & A |
9:25 a.m. | Break |
What’s Hot, What’s New, What’s Coming? | |
9:45 a.m. | General Infectious Diseases |
10:05 a.m. | Transplant Infectious Diseases |
10:25 a.m. | HIV |
10:45 a.m. | Clinical Microbiology |
11:15 a.m. | Antimicrobial Stewardship |
11:35 a.m. | Panel Q & A |
12:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
Friday, February 12, 2027 | |
6:30 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
6:30 a.m. | Breakfast Roundtable Discussions – Meet the Professor: Sunset Terrace |
7:00 a.m. | Travel to General Session |
7:05 a.m. | Course Announcements |
New Drugs! | |
7:10 a.m. | Case Based Discussion: Antifungal Resistance and New Antifungals |
7:40 a.m. | New Antibacterials for UTIs |
8:10 a.m. | Case Based Discussion: Antibacterial Resistance and New Antibacterials |
8:30 a.m. | Antiviral Resistance and New Antivirals |
9:00 a.m. | Panel Q & A |
9:30 a.m. | Break |
Low Counts, High Stakes: Updates in Heme-Onc ID | |
9:45 a.m. | Trivia |
9:50 a.m. | CAR-T Infections |
10:10 a.m. | Herpes Viruses |
10:30 a.m. | Mucorales Infections |
10:50 a.m. | Cases with Panel Discussion |
11:20 a.m. | Panel Q & A |
11:40 a.m. | Adjourn |
Travel
Guest rooms have been reserved for attendees and their guests with special course rates at the Hyatt Regency Maui.
In order to receive the special rates of $395-$549 per night plus applicable fees and taxes, reservations must be made by January 11, 2027 or before the room block is filled, whichever comes first. There is limited guest room availability at the special rates; early reservations are based on availability. The quoted rates are for double occupancy. Third and fourth guests, ages 18 and above, are $80/night. Self-parking is $20/day,
In order to receive the special rate, please use this link: Online Reservations . The standard hotel reservations cancellation policy will apply to all reservations.
Resort fee of $25/day includes (subject to change):
•Two in-room prefilled reusable water bottles
• Purified water and ice machines throughout resort
• 24-hour access to oceanfront Moana Athletic Gym
• Cultural programs including lei making, hula lessons, mermaid story time, wildlife tours, and koi feedings
• Local, 1-800/1-888 phone calls
• In-room Keurig coffee and tea
• In-room safe
• Concierge services
• Daily yoga/fitness classes
• Resort shuttle service in Ka’anapali
• Unlimited pickle ball or basketball court time; equipment included
• Welcome Lei upon arrival
• On site Beach portrait session and 5X7 print from Grins2Go
• Personalized guest request texting service: TEXT 808 219 0608 for 24-hour assistance
• 15% off non-discounted green fees at Ka’anapali Golf Courses
• 10% discount on all non-sale apparel items at the Ka’anapali Golf Courses Pro Shop
• 24-hour access to automatic pool towel stations throughout resort
• Backpack beach chair usage for all guestroom occupants
All travel and lodging expenses are the sole responsibility of the individual registrant. Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development is not responsible for expenses incurred by an individual who is not confirmed and for whom space is not available at the meeting. Costs incurred by the registration such as airline or hotel fees are the responsibility of the registrant.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Statements:
AMA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 23.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AAPA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 23.50 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
ANCC
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this enduring material for a maximum of 23.50 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
| Daily Breakdown for days of General Session | |
|---|---|
| Monday | 4.50 |
| Tuesday | 5.00 |
| Wednesday | 4.50 |
| Thursday | 5.00 |
| Friday | 4.50 |
| Total | 23.50 |
For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s) and staff, please go here to review disclosures.
Available Credit
- 23.50 AAPA Category 1
- 23.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 23.50 ANCC
- 23.50 Attendance
Exhibit and Sponsorship Opportunities Available!
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- Review the Sponsorship Prospectus
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- Complete the Letter of Agreement Form
Please contact Lee.Julia@mayo.edu if you have any questions.
| Registration Fee(s) | |
|---|---|
| M.D., D.O., Ph.D. | $1275 |
| Allied Health, NP, PA, Retirees | $1125 |
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