Program Agenda and Objectives

70th Annual Tuberculosis/Respiratory Disease Institute
Program Agenda and Objectives

Conference Objectives

At the conclusion of this conference, participants will be able to:
• Interpret and apply tuberculosis research published during the past year
• Examine and discuss a new short-course treatment for tuberculosis in children
• Discover and evaluate best practices and limitations surrounding tuberculosis diagnostic testing.
• Discuss an outbreak of tuberculosis associated with contaminated bone grafts
• Explain healthcare challenges and cultural differences associated with refugees

Agenda

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

8:00 a.m.Registration

9:00Announcements and Welcome: Evelyn M Foust, MPH and Zack Moore, MD, MPH

9:30State of Tuberculosis in the State Address, Jason Stout, MD, MHS

10:15Break

10:30Complicated Case Cumberland Co: Heather Salisbury, RN

11:00TB Screening and Refuge Health: A Focus on Afghanistan and Ukraine

Ahmad Mourad, MD

12:15Lunch

1:30Congenital TB: Nick Turner, MD

2:30The Connie Nance Memorial Lecture: Pediatric Case Presentation and Presentation of 4-month TB Treatment for Children

Amina Ahmed, MD

3:30Break

3:45Lab Presentation: Melissa Miller, PhD, D(ABM), F(AAM) and Leticia Barton, MPH

5:00: pmAttestation and Adjourn

Wednesday October 12, 2022

8:00 a.m.Registration

9:00Physician Presentation of Complicated Case Wake County: Nick Turner, MD

10:00Complicated Case Mecklenburg County: Doris Ross, RN

10:30Break

10:45Herman F. Easom Distinguished Lecture - CDC Report Bone Graft TB

Noah Schwartz

11:45Lunch and Special 70th Anniversary Celebration

1:00Ask the Expert: Jason Stout, MD, MHS

1:45Closing Remarks: Daniela Ingram, MSN, RN

2:00Attestation and Adjourn