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A Fine Balance Infection Control in Infants

Posted on November 24, 2017 by Jamie Irvine


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Speakers:
Dana Devine, PhD  
Chief Medical & Scientific Officer
Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, ON
Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Dana Devine is currently the chief medical & scientific officer at Canadian Blood Services. She is also professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of British Columbia, and a founding member of the university’s Centre for Blood Research. She is the editor‐in‐chief of the blood transfusion journal Vox Sanguinis. In service to the transfusion community, Dr. Devine is a member of numerous advisory committees and boards for such organizations as American Red Cross, Blood Systems Research Institute, Bloodworks Northwest, the New York Blood Center and the Australian Red Cross Blood Service. Dr. Devine completed her research training at Duke University in North Carolina where she obtained her PhD degree. She has a longstanding research career in blood products, transfusion medicine, platelet biology, complement biochemistry, and coagulation. Her current research is funded by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Canadian Blood Services, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). She is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

Michelle Science, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Infectious Disease Physician
Medical Advisor, Infection Prevention and Control  
Medical Co‐Lead, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program  
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON

Michelle Science is an academic clinician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at SickKids Hospital and an assistant professor at the University of Toronto. Since 2012, she has been the medical advisor for Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) and the co‐lead of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) at SickKids. More recently, she joined Public Health Ontario as a consulting IPAC physician.

Posted in 2017 Symposium | Tagged 2017 Symposium, infection

Bacterial Infections in Children with Cancer: Risk Factors, Empiric Therapy and a Possible Role for Prophylaxis

Posted on February 7, 2013 by admin

Presentation Description: Bacterial infections in children being treated for cancer continue to be a significant contributor to treatment related morbidity and mortality. This presentation provided an overview of risk stratification for children with fever and neutropenia and discussed strategies for decision making about empiric antibacterial management. In addition, the data regarding the role of antibacterial prophylaxis in the patients at highest risk for serious bacterial infection were reviewed.

Speaker:

Sarah Alexander, MD
Pediatric Oncologist, SickKids, Toronto, ON
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Posted in 2012 Satellite Education Day, Education for Health Professionals | Tagged 2012 Satellite Education Day, antibacterial prophylaxis, bacterial infections, F&N, fever and neutropenia, infection

Infections in Pediatric AML: What Have We Learned

Posted on February 5, 2013 by admin

Presentation Description: The intensity of therapy in AML results in a high incidence of infection. Using data acquired from COG and BFM, this presentation identified the characteristics of this high mortality complication and the resulting implications for therapy.

Speaker:

Lillian Sung, MD, PhD
Chair of Cancer Control
Children’s Oncology Group, Monrovia, CA

Posted in 2008 Symposium - New Frontiers: Building on 25 Years of Progress, Education for Health Professionals | Tagged 2008 Symposium - New Frontiers: Building on 25 Years of Progress, 25th anniversary, acute myeloid leukemia, AML, infection

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