Invited Extramural Presentations

• Vaccines for Health Care Workers, Infection Control Symposium, Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Indiana, 11/94
• Surveillance & Control of Pathogens of Epidemiologic Importance, Critical Care Infection Treatment Outcomes Project: Resistance Work Group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 12/94
• The Impact of Epidemiologic Studies on Infection Control, Exploring the Critical Issues in Infectious Diseases, Sante Fe, NM, 3/95
• Vaccines for Health Care Workers, Three Rivers Assoc. of Infection Control Professionals Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 3/95
• Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcal Infections, Department of Medicine Meeting, Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, IA, 4/95
• Surveillance & Control of Pathogens of Epidemiologic Importance, Iowa State Infection Control Meeting, Iowa City, IA, 5/95
• Vaccines for the International Traveler, Department of Medicine Meeting, Muscatine General Hospital, Muscatine, IA, 6/95
• Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcal Infections, Association of Infection Control Professionals Regional Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 10/95
• Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcal Infections, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, McKeesport Hospital, McKeesport, PA, 10/95                 
• Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcal Infections, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, 10/95
• Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci: The Beginning of the End?, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown, WV, 10/95
• Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcal Infections, Greensville Hospital, Emporia, VA, 12/95
• Impact of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci on Acute & Long-term Care Facilities, League of Intravenous Therapy Education National Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 2/96
• Session Moderator: Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Meeting, Washington, DC, 4/96
• Preparing the International Traveler, Society for General Internal Medicine Meeting, Washington, DC, 5/96
• The Moonlighting Resident: How Much is Too Much?, MCV Regional Chief Resident Training Course, Richmond, VA, 5/96
• Antimicrobial Resistance in the Critical Care Setting, Roussel New Zealand Antimicrobial Workshop, Auckland, New Zealand, 5/96
• The Use of Epidemiologic Data in Controlling ICU Nosocomial Infections, Roussel New Zealand Antimicrobial Workshop, Auckland, New Zealand, 5/96
• Sharps Injuries in Health Care Workers, Roussel New Zealand Antimicrobial Workshop, Auckland, New Zealand, 5/96
• Current Trends in Nosocomial Infections, Medical Science Lecture, Auckland General Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, 5/96
• The Epidemiology of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcal Infections, National Meeting, Society for Infection Control of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, 9/96
• National Surveillance for Nosocomial Infections, National Meeting, Society for Infection Control of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, 9/96
• Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci, Medical Staff Meeting, Lucy Corr Nursing Home, Richmond, VA, 9/96
• Update on Endocarditis, 6th Annual Infectious Disease Symposium, Taos, NM, 9/96
• Fever, 6th Annual Infectious Disease Symposium, Taos, NM, 9/96
• Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci, 6th Annual Infectious Disease Symposium, Taos, NM, 9/96
• Risk Factors for and Treatment of Infections due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, International Congress of Hospital Infections, Cali, Colombia, 11/96
• Epidemiology of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Infections, International Congress of Hospital Infections, Cali, Colombia, 11/96
• Nosocomial Fungal Infections, International Congress of Hospital Infections, Cali, Colombia, 11/96
• Controlling New Nosocomial Pathogens, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Nassau County Medical Center, Long Island, NY, 1/97
• Historical and Future Perspectives on Gram Positive Aerobic Antimicrobial Resistance, Workshop on Gram Positive Aerobic Resistance in the ICU, Society for Critical Care, San Diego, CA, 2/97
• New Developments in the Management of Sharps Injuries, Department of Surgery, Williamsburg Community Hospital, Williamsburg, VA, 2/97
• Symposium on Infection Control for Long-Term Care Facilities, Virginia Healthcare Association, Richmond, VA, 3/97
• Moving the Hospital, Moving the Bugs: Infection Control in Ambulatory Settings, Canadian Infection Control Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec, 4/97
• Session Moderator:  Antibiotic Resistance—Counterattack, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Meeting, St. Louis, MO, 4/97
• Epidemiology of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections, Plenary Session, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Meeting, St. Louis, MO, 4/97
• Workshop:  Problem Pathogens—MRSA and VRE: Practical Tips for the Healthcare Epidemiologist, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Meeting, St. Louis, MO, 4/97
• Antimicrobial Resistance: Overview and Impact, Symposium on Antimicrobial Resistance, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 5/97
• The SCOPE Project, National Meeting, Association of Professionals in Infection Control, New Orleans, LA, 5/97
• Finding a Job in Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Fellows Conference, San Francisco, CA, 9/97
• Vancomycin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Workshop on Antibiotic Surveillance Studies: Clinical Utility, San Francisco, CA, 9/97
• Antibiotic Resistance: An Overview, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, ME, 10/97
• Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens: Bugs and Thugs, Regional Conference, Association of Infection Control Professionals, Long Island, NY, 11/97
• Epidemiology of Gram Positive Bacterial Infections in Cancer Patients, Synercid Oncology Advisory Board Meeting, New York, NY, 11/97
• Epidemiology of Antibiotic-Resistant Gram-Positive Organisms, Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting, Food and Drug Administration, Gaithersburg, MD, 2/98
• Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens, League of Intravenous Therapy Education National Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 2/98
• Epidemiology of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections: Round Table Discussion, Virginia Infectious Diseases Society, Irvington, VA, 3/98
• Overview of the SCOPE Project, SCOPE Network Update Symposium, Orlando, FL, 4/98
• Bloodborne Pathogens and the Healthcare Worker, Ismaili Health Professionals’ Association Meeting, Houston, TX, 5/98
• Point-Counterpoint:  Are Isolation Precautions Necessary to Prevent the Transmission of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms? National Meeting, Association of Professionals in Infection Control, San Diego, CA, 5/98
• Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus: Control Strategies, International Congress on Infectious Diseases, Boston, MA, 5/98
• Epidemiology of Serious Gram-Positive Infections, International Congress on Infectious Diseases, Boston, MA, 5/98
• Controlling Glycopeptide-Resistant Staphylococci, Richmond Area Infection Control Professionals Meeting, Richmond, VA, 6/98
• VISA/VRSA: Those Vicious Villains, Audioconference, Texas Association for Professionals in Infection Control, 8/98
• Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MD-TV Emerging Pathogens Teleconference, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center at West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 9/98
• Antibiotic Resistance: An Overview and Update, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, McNeal Hospital, Chicago, IL, 9/98
• Gram-Positive Infections in the Cancer Patient, Infectious Diseases Fellows Course, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center/New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, 10/98
• MRSA & VRE: Problem Pathogens in Long-Term Care, Virginia Healthcare Association Conference, Richmond, VA, 10/98
• Antibiotic Resistance, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, TN, 10/98
• Epidemiology of Antibiotic-Resistant Gram-Positive Organisms, International Meeting on the Therapy of Infections, Florence, Italy, 11/98
• Controlling Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci, Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds, University of Texas, Southwestern, Dallas, TX, 3/99
• Epidemiology of Antibiotic-Resistant Gram-Positive Organisms, Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds, St. John’s Medical Center, Detroit, MI, 3/99
• An Overview of Antibiotic Resistance, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX, 3/99
• Epidemiology of Nosocomial Multidrug-Resistant gram-Positive Infections, Linezolid US Multidisciplinary Marketing Consultants Meeting, Orlando, FL, 4/99
• Antibiotic Resistance: Implications for the General Internist, National Meeting, American College of Physicians, New Orleans, LA, 4/99
• Nosocomial Infections Update, Daytona Beach Annual Infectious Disease Conference, Daytona Beach, FL, 5/99
• Medical Waste, Solid Waste Subcommittee, The Future of Virginia’s Environment, General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Richmond, VA, 8/99
• Managing VRE Infections in Your Hospital, Meet-the-Expert Symposium, Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, San Francisco, CA, 9/99
• Yes, Virginia, There is Rabies! Virginia Meeting, Association for Professionals in Infection Control, Williamsburg, VA, 10/99
• Epidemiology of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Positive Organisms, National Videoconference, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA, 10/99
• Vancomycin-Intermediate S. aureus Infections, Infectious Diseases 2000 Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 10/99
• The Dishonest Dean’s Letter, American Association of Medical Colleges Meeting, Washington, DC, 10/99
• Dual Physician Couples in the Residency Program, Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, Washington, DC, 10/99
• Infection Control Issues in Long-Term Care, University of Texas Audioconference, 1/00
• Nosocomial Bacteremias in US Hospitals: The SCOPE Project, SCOPE 2000 Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 3/00
• Controlling Staphylococcus aureus, CDC/SHEA Decennial Conference on Nosocomial Infections, Atlanta, GA, 3/00
• Antibiotic Resistance: Minicourse, National Meeting, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, 4/00
• Preventing Transmission of Resistant Agents in the Hospital, Distinguished Lecture, National Meeting, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, 4/00
• Vancomycin Tolerance and Resistance among Gram-Positive Cocci, 2nd Annual Conference on Gram-Positive Cocci Infections in Humans, Las Vegas, NV, 5/00
• Epidemiology of Resistant Gram-Positive Infections, American Society for Microbiology Satellite Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, 5/00
• Surveillance for Infections in Long-Term Care, State Meeting, Association of Professionals in Infection Control, Richmond, VA, 10/00
• Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: Epidemiology and Control, Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN, 10/00
• Macrolide-Resistant Pneumococci, Aventis Ketolide Advisory Group, Boston, MA, 3/01
• Epidemiology of Gram-Positive Infections, Fellows Teaching Conference, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 1/02
• Infectious Diseases Emergencies, John Randolph Hospital, Hopewell, VA, 1/02
• Influenza Update, Southside Regional Hospital, Petersburg, VA, 1/02
• The Impact of Confusing Skin Contamination and Device Colonization with Clinical Infection, Society of Healthcare Epidemiology Satellite Symposium, Salt Lake City, UT, 4/02
• Controlling Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens: Laissez-faire or Search and Destroy, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 4/02
• Multidrug Resistant Pathogens: Infection Control Implications, Three Rivers Association of Professionals in Infection Control, Pittsburgh, PA, 4/02
• Development of Policy on Pre-Event Smallpox Vaccination, Audioconference, National Association of Public Hospitals, 1/03
• Development of Policy on Pre-Event Smallpox Vaccination, Audioconference, Association of American Medical Colleges, 2/03
• Wound Infections and Osteomyelitis, Wound Care Conference, Richmond, VA, 3/03
• Smallpox: The Disease, the Vaccine and the Controversy, John Randolph Hospital, Hopewell, VA, 3/03
• Smallpox: The Disease, the Vaccine and the Controversy, Greensville Memorial Hospital, Emporia, VA, 4/03
• Smallpox: The Disease, the Vaccine and the Controversy, Southside Regional Hospital, Petersburg, VA, 4/03
• Smallpox: The Disease, the Vaccine and the Controversy, Medical-Surgical Nurses Conference, Richmond, VA, 4/03
• Smallpox, Virginia Chapter Meeting, American College of Physicians, Richmond, VA, 4/03
• VCU Health System Approach to Pre-Event Smallpox Vaccination, Committee on Smallpox Vaccination Program Implementation, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC, 5/03
• Community Acquired Pneumonia: Indicators for Quality Care, Virginia Health Quality Center Regional Conference, Richmond, VA, 6/03
• Influenza. Virginia Health Quality Center Regional Conference, Richmond, VA, 9/03
• Infection Control, Meet the Professor, Infectious Diseases Society of America Meeting, San Diego, CA, 10/03
• Epidemiology of Colonization and Infection with Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci, FDA Advisory Panel, Gaithersburg, MD, 10/03
• Infection Control Practices to Improve Patient Care, Hospital Corporation of America, Design Session to Prevent Hospital Acquired Infections, Nashville, TN, 10/03
• Influenza Update, Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, VA, 1/04
• Influenza Update, Henrico Doctor’s Hospital, Richmond, VA, 2/04
• Smallpox: The Disease, The Vaccine and the Controversy, Virginia Society for Radiologic Technologists Annual Seminar, Richmond, VA, 5/04
• Epidemiology and Prevention of Acinetobacter Infections in the ICU. Infections in Critical Patients Meeting, Florence, Italy, 6/04
• Hospital Epidemiology: Infections You Can Pick Up in the Hospital, VCU Mini-Med School, Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, VA, 9/04
• Mandatory Reporting and Disclosure of Nosocomial Infections: Operational and Technical Issues, Virginia Department of Health Expert Panel, 09/04
• Search and Destroy: The Dark Side, Three Rivers Association of Professionals in Infection Control, Pittsburgh, PA, 10/04
• Mandatory Reporting and Disclosure of Nosocomial Infections: Operational and Technical Issues, Richmond Association of Professionals in Infection Control, 10/04
• Search and Destroy: The Dark Side, North Carolina Infectious Diseases Society, Greensboro, NC, 11/04
• Mandatory Reporting and Disclosure of Nosocomial Infections, Maryland Infection Control Network Conference, 2/05
• Public Reporting: Provider’s Perspective, Where the Rubber Hits the Road. Opening Plenary Session, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Los Angeles, CA, 4/05
• Session moderator: Surveillance: The Day after Tomorrow, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Los Angeles, CA, 4/05
• Mandatory Reporting of Nosocomial Infections, Arizona State Association of Professional in Infection Control Meeting, 09/05
• Search and Destroy: The Dark Side, Virginia Association of Professionals in Infection Control, Richmond, VA, 10/05
• Public Reporting: How to Influence the Final Product. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Chicago, IL, 03/06
• Global Epidemiology and Surveillance. Clinical Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Course, West Virginia University, 06/06
• Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Clinical Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Course, West Virginia University, 06/06
• Community acquired MRSA infections. Infectious Diseases in Primary Care Conference, Iowa City, IA, 04/07
• Session moderator: New Insights into MRSA Screening and Reporting. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Baltimore, MD, 04/07
• Session moderator: Use of Active Surveillance Cultures. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Baltimore, MD, 04/07
• Mandatory Reporting of Healthcare Quality Data. Virginia Mandatory Reporting Conference. Charlottesville, VA, 05/07
• Mandatory Reporting of Nosocomial Infections, Plenary Session, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists National Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ, 06/07
• Global Epidemiology and Surveillance. Clinical Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Course, West Virginia University, 06/07
• Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Clinical Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Course, West Virginia University, 06/07
• Infection Control for the Surgeon. Surgery Grand Rounds, West Virginia University, 07/07
• Active Surveillance for MRSA: Implications for Safety Net Hospitals. Teleconference, National Association of Public Hospitals, 09/07
• Infection Control 2007: Shifting Paradigms. Anthony DiBartolomeo, MD Endowed Lectureship. Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, West Virginia University, 09/07
• Search and Destroy: The Dark Side. Virginia Association of Professionals in Infection Control. Newport News, VA, 10/07
• Active Surveillance for MRSA. Annual Meeting of the Medical Society of Virginia, The Homestead, VA, 10/07
• Infection Control 2007: Shifting Paradigms. Virginia Nurses Association, Richmond, VA, 10/07
• Healthcare Associated Infections: Considerations for Measuring and reporting. Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, Richmond, VA 02/08
• Nurse Sensitive Measures: Healthcare Associated Infections. Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield Quality Insights Hospital Improvement Program, Richmond, VA, 03/08
• Getting to Zero: Unintended Consequences. Opening Plenary Session of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 04/08
• Mandatory Reporting of Healthcare Associated Infections. Virginia Department of Health Epidemiologists Meeting, Richmond, VA, 04/08
• Active Surveillance for MRSA. California Infectious Diseases Society, Dana Point, CA, 05/08
• Challenges of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Public Reporting in the Healthcare Setting. Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats Conference on Healthcare Infections Associated with the Care and Treatment of Humans and Animals, Atlanta, GA, 05/08
• Public Reporting of Healthcare Associated Infections: The Virginia Experience. Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats Conference on Healthcare Infections Associated with the Care and Treatment of Humans and Animals, Atlanta, GA, 05/08
• The Role of Active Surveillance Cultures for MRSA, Texas Infectious Diseases Society, San Antonio, TX, 06/08
• MRSA Search and Destroy: The Dark Side. Grand Rounds, Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, VA, 06/08
• Pathogen-specific Surveillance in an Era of Heightened HAI Visibility: A Hospital Perspective, Multidrug Resistant Organism Surveillance Meeting, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 09/08
• Controlling MRSA without Active Surveillance. Virginia Association of Healthcare Quality Meeting, Wintergreen, VA, 10/08
• Getting to Zero: Is it Safe? Northeastern Ohio Association of Professionals in Infection Control Meeting, Akron, OH, 10/08
• Who’s Steering the Ship? External Influences on Infection Control Programs. Duke Infection Control Network Meeting, Greensboro, NC, 11/08
• Update on Hospital-acquired Infections. Aultmann Hospital Medical Staff Meeting, Canton, OH, 1/09
• Update on Hospital-acquired Infections. Aultmann Hospital Grand Rounds, Canton, OH, 1/09
• Session moderator: Bloodstream Infections. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Meeting, San Diego, CA, 03/09
• Getting to Zero: Is it Safe? North Central Chapter of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Minneapolis, MN, 04/09
• Should We Get Rid of White Coats? Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 05/09
• Evaluation and Management of Fever, University of Iowa Annual Update in Infectious Diseases, Iowa City, IA, 05/09
• Incorporating MRSA Control into Broader Infection Prevention Efforts. American Society for Microbiology Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 05/09

• Public Reporting of Healthcare-associated Infections:  Does it Make a Difference (Remedy of Ruse?), Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, San Francisco, CA, 09/09
• Getting to Zero: Is it Safe? North England Chapter of the Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Springfield, MA, 10/09
• Should We Hang Up the White Coat? Mesaro Scholar Lecture, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, 11/09
• International Controversies in Infection Control: Bare Below the Elbow & the Incremental Value of MRSA Screening, International Congress of Infectious Diseases, Miami, FL, 3/10
• Should impregnated central venous catheters be used in the critical care setting? University of Virginia Housestaff Lecture, Departments of Internal Medicine and Surgery, Charlottesville, VA, 5/10
• Update on MRSA. Grand Rounds. Sentara Potomac Hospital, Woodbridge, VA, 6/10
• Infection Control Update. Grand Rounds. Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, VA, 5/10
• Hot Topics In Infection Prevention. West Virginia State APIC Conference, Charleston, WV, 10/10
• Dilemmas in Infection Prevention. West Virginia American College of Physicians Annual Meeting, Roanoke, WV, 10/11.
• Getting to Zero Healthcare Associated Infections: Where the Rubber Meets the Road. Annual Quality Symposium, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT, 10/11.
• Challenges of Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance Definitions. Plenary session: Society for Healthcare Epidemiology Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, 04/12.
• Update on Clostridium difficile Infections. University of Iowa Annual Update in Infectious Diseases, Iowa City, IA, 04/12.
• Myths and Controversies in Infection Prevention. 49^th Holloway Infectious Diseases Symposium, Wilmington, DE, 5/12.
• Hand Hygiene Improvement: Thinking Outside the Box. ID Week, San Diego, CA, 10/12.
• Debate: Getting to Zero Healthcare Associated Infections. ID Week, San Diego, CA, 10/12.
• Session moderator: Crime and Punishment: Are Punitive Measures Effective for Infection Prevention? ID Week, San Diego, CA, 10/12.
• Session moderator: Hand Hygiene State of the Art: Surveillance and Compliance. ID Week, San Diego, CA, 10/12.
• Challenges in surveillance and public reporting of healthcare associated infections. New Jersey Infectious Diseases Society and Association of Professionals in Infection Prevention State Meeting, 11/12.
• Challenges of Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance Definitions. Plenary session: Society for Healthcare Epidemiology Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 5/13.
• Debate: Environmental cleaning is more important than hand hygiene. Plenary session: Society for Healthcare Epidemiology Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 5/13.
• Debate: Hand hygiene is the most important infection prevention activity. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 9/13.