Transplant ID Cast

Tune in to this episode of the Transplant ID podcast for a case based learning module on the topic of invasive candidiasis and its therapy.

Today I am joined by Dr. Julie Steinbrink, assistant professor of medicine at the Division of Infectious Disease at Duke University School of Medicine. In this episode, we are discussing fungal diagnostics, transcriptional signatures, and also HCV in transplant. 

Drs. Joseph Sassine and Shmuel Shoham discuss clinical trials for respiratory viral infections in immunocompromised patients, CMV prevention options, and medical education in different places around the world.

In this episode, I interview Dr. Jessica Little from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana Farber. We talk about CAR-T cells and infections and also about the logistics of using bacteriophages for tough to treat infections.

In this episode, I am joined by Nina Martinez and Ken Teasley. They are sharing their experiences as a kidney donor and a kidney recipient. We are also discussing patient advocacy and HIV. 

Today I am interviewing Michael P Angarone. We are discussing the topic of diarrheal illness in transplant patients.

In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Laila Woc-Coburn. We are discussing Chagas screening, diagnosis, and treatment in transplant patients.

In this episode, I Interview George Thompson from UC Davis. Join us as we talk all about Coccidioidomycosis and more.

In this episode of the Transplant ID cast, I am interviewing Professor Sankar Swaminathan from University of Utah. We are covering various aspects of EBV and the future of ID.

Join me in a discussion on GATA2 deficiency and interview with Dr. Jennifer Cuellar-Rodriguez, Director, Transplant Infectious Diseases Consult Service at NIH. 

In this episode I am joined by Ricardo La Hoz, Director of the Transplant ID Program at UT Southwestern. We are discussing his journey to his current position and his experience and work with donor derived infections.

Today I am joined by Andrew Karaba, MD., Ph.D. for a discussion about herpesviruses, immune responsive to viruses, and approach to a case of an immunocompromised woman with acute meningitis.

In this episode I am joined by Dr. Alaa Atmna, senior lecturer at Tel Aviv University and consultant for transplant infectious diseases at Beilinson Hospital in Israel. We are discussing UTI's, C Difficile in transplant, and more.

Today I am joined by Dr. Morales, Medical Director of Transplant ID at Virginia Commonwealth University. We are discussing her path to Transplant ID, how her grandfather played an interesting role in history, and two emerging infection cases.

Today I am joined by Dr. Nematollahi from the University of Arizona. We are covering medical education, coccidioidomycosis and cryptic species of Aspergillus.

Janet Handal, founder of Transplant Recipients and Immunocompromised Patient Advocacy Group (TRAIPAG) is joining us today to talk about how the group got started, her experience with COVID and getting treatment, and more.

Camille Kotton, Clinical Director of Transplant and Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital is joining us today. We are discussing her background and experience, how she would treat several sample cases, and travel after transplantation.

Today I am joined by Nicolas Barros, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Medical Director of Transplant Infectious Disease at Indiana University. We are discussing his background, Chagas, Strongyloides, and Peruvian soccer.

In this episode, I am talking with Ghady Haidar, Director of Research for the Bone Marrow Transplant and Hematological Malignancy Infectious Disease program and Program Director for the Transplant ID Fellowship Program at the University of Pittsburgh, about Transplant ID research, Gram Negative Infections, and much more.

In this episode, I am joined by Peter Chin-Hong, Professor of Medicine at UCSF and leader of the Immunocompromised Host SEction for Infectious Disease. We are covering how he got started in infectious disease, insight into his publications, treatment options for Covid, and a look at HPV.

In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Saima Aslam, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Disease and director of the Transplant Infectious Disease Program at UC San Diego. She is sharing her journey to becoming a physician in San Diego, her many contributions to the field, and information about Phage and her work in this area.

Today I am talking with Dr. William Muller. Dr. Muller is a pediatric infectious disease physician that focuses on highly immunocompromised kids. He is sharing his background and journey to pediatric ID, a look inside pediatric infectious disease and Norovirus, and his work with Covid.

In this episode, I am joined by two Associate Professors of Medicine and Albert Einstein College of Medicine who are sharing their experiences, knowledge, and contributions to the field. We are covering what TransplantID.net is, their role in the first ever HIV positive to HIV positive heart transplant, the use of Gallium scans, and their study on Methenamine use. Twitter: @TransplantIDNet TransplantID.net

Willa Cochran, Nurse Practitioner with the Transplant Infectious Disease team and Johns Hopkins, is joining us today to share about her experiences. We are discussing her journey to becoming a nurse practitioner, her experiences as a nurse practitioner at Johns Hopkins, transplant ID care for patients with HIV, and treatment options for a fictitious case of a 54 year old woman who underwent a kidney transplant and now has Covid-19.

Today, we are joined by Mike Ison, Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University and Editor-in-Chief of the Transplant Infectious Disease journal. We are discussing approaches to non-Covid respiratory viral infections and looking at treatment options for a fictitious case of a 34 year old female with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia for which she received a non Myeloablative Haploidentical stem cell transplant.

In this episode, I am joined by Dan Brennan, Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Director of the Comprehensive Transplant Center at Johns Hopkins. He shares his experiences and the contributions he has made in his career. We are looking at a case and treatment options of a 52 year old man with a history of diabetes, hypertension, end stage kidney disease and kidney transplant roughly a month ago. He has CMV donor positive, recipient negative status.

In this episode, we are looking at a case of a 62 year old many with a history of AML, who underwent a bone marrow transplant, and what his risks are for CMV Viremia and CMV complications. I am joined by Bill Werbel, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Disease working on the Transplant and Oncology Infectious Disease team, to talk about his journey to working in infectious disease and his experiences.

In this episode, we are looking at current Covid-19 treatment options for a 47 year old female with diabetes, hypertension, end stage renal disease who had a kidney transplant 2 years ago. My colleague, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Olivia Kates, is joining me to talk about her experience with conducting a Covid-19 study at the beginning of the pandemic and her first years as a physician.

Interview with Cameron Wolfe providing update on COVID-19 in Transplant

Background on novel coronavirus and review of guidance from professional societies and health authorities on this infection in transplant patients

First (hopefully of many) Transplant ID podcast. Patient case, listener questions and a bit of music.