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ChasingMicrobes is developed and maintained by division faculty member Mari Nakamura, MD, MPH, in collaboration with the BCH Library. John Misasi, MD, also played a core role in its development and creation. Please email Mari with any questions, comments, or suggestions.
• 2/26/24: The Restricted Antimicrobial Reference, located on the Home page under Frequently Used Clinical Resources, has been revised to include updated pre-approved indications for micafungin.
• 10/20/23: The new BCH RSV prevention guidance, which includes recommendations for nirsevimab and palivizumab, has been added to the Practice Guidelines page under BCH Practice Guidelines and Policies.
• 6/4/23: The Microbiology lab requisitions for OR/IR specimens for in-house and send-out testing have been added to the Clinical Resources page under Diagnostic Studies Resources.
IDEA PRESENTATIONS
Please submit your draft IDEA to your mentor by two weeks before your presentation date; copy Tanvi and Hanna.
Please submit your final IDEA to Tanvi, Hanna, and Mari by the Monday before your presentation date.
2023-2024
3/28/24 - Geoff Guenther
4/25/24 - Nick Venturelli
5/30/24 - Gio Sosa Soto
6/6/24 - Katie Carpenter
M&M PRESENTATIONS
Please see the Quality Improvement page for PowerPoint templates and guidance on presenting M&M cases.
1/19/2023 - Tim Rick
2/16/2023 3/2/2023 - Rick Tim
3/16/2023 - Jeff
4/20/2023 - Sandy Dennis Annie
5/18/2023 5/11/2023 5/4/2023 - Bob Tuhina Mike
6/15/2023 - Mike Tuhina
7/20/2023 - Tom
8/17/2023 - Annie Dennis
9/7/23 - Thea
10/26/23 - Liz (conference canceled)
11/2/23 - Tanvi
11/16/23 - Kristi
12/14/23 - Mari
1/18/24 - Catherine
2/15/24 - Ofer
3/21/24 - Tanvi Liz
4/18/24 - Hanna
5/16/24 - Seth
6/20/24 - Courtney
7/18/24 - Alicia
8/15/24 - Steven
9/5/24 - Julia
Harvard Full Text
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Single Citation Matcher
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MONDAY
8:00
Fellows' Core Educational Series (Oct-Dec)
8:30
Clinical Journal Club (Nov-May)
TUESDAY
8:00
Microbiology lectures (July-Sept)
8:00
Immunocompromised Host Conference (Sept-June)
WEDNESDAY
8:00
Harvard-wide Joint ID Conference
THURSDAY
Microbiology Plate Rounds
8:30
General ID Case Conference
4:00
Thursday Research Conference
FRIDAY
8:00
Harvard-Wide Joint HIV Core Lecture Series (July-Sept)
8:00
Fellows' Core Educational Series (July-Feb)
CONFERENCE AND LECTURE SCHEDULES
Schedules for the following will be posted when available:
• BCH Fellows' Longitudinal Curriculum Schedule 2023-2024