21 - Across the Globe: Looking Beyond the Usual Foes Faced by Transplant Recipients

Monday, October 20, 2025

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM US ET

Location: B312-B313

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1 CE broker credit hours

Moderator(s)

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Olivia Kates, MD, MA

Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD, United States
Joanna Schaenman, MD, PhD, FAST (she/her/hers)

Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Faculty(s)

Andrea Cona, MD, PhD (he/him/his)

ID consultant
IRCCS ISMETT - UPMC Italy, Palermo
Dima Kabbani, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Maricar Malinis, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Medicine
Section of Infectious Diseases
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, TN, United States

Disclosure(s):

Olivia S. Kates, MD, MA: Curevo Inc.: Advisor/Consultant

Joanna M. Schaenman, MD, PhD, FAST: Merck and Company, Inc.: Grant/Research Support

Andrea Cona, MD, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Dima Kabbani, MD, MSc: AvirPharma Inc.: Grant/Research Support, Honoraria for education lectures; F2G: Grant/Research Support; Moderna: Grant/Research Support; Pulmocide Ltd.: Grant/Research Support; Takeda Canada: Consultant fee

Maricar F. Malinis, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

identify infections that vary significantly according to geographic region, climate, social and other determinant factors, in both the donor and the recipient;
describe epidemiology, clinical presentation, and management of HHV8 infection and complications, in transplant recipients;
describe the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and management of vector borne diseases in transplant recipients;
describe the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and management of Bartonellosis in transplant recipients.

Presentations:

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM US ET

HHV8, KICS in Transplant Recipients
Speaker: Andrea Cona, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – IRCCS ISMETT - UPMC Italy, Palermo
10:55 AM - 11:20 AM US ET

Mosquitoes in My Backyard: Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases
Speaker: Maricar F. Malinis, MD (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
11:20 AM - 11:45 AM US ET

Bartonellosis in Transplantation
Speaker: Dima Kabbani, MD, MSc – University of Alberta