174 - Clinical Controversies

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM US ET

Location: Ballroom (Hall B1)

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

Debate Style Moderator(s)

Susan Casey, MD (she/her/hers)

CQO
N/A
Chicago, IL, United States

Slides
Leah Yoke, PA-C, MCHS

Physician Assistant
University of Washington; Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA, United States

Faculty(s)

Mark Hutchinson, MD (he/him/his)

Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
Elmhurst, IL, United States
Christopher Palestro, MD

Chief Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging
Northwell Health
Spring Valley, NY, United States
Surbhi Leekha, MBBS, MPH (she/her/hers)

Professor
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, United States
Tara Vijayan, MD, M.P.H. (she/her/hers)

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

Disclosure(s):

Susan Bleasdale Casey, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Leah H. Yoke, PA-C, MCHS: No financial relationships to disclose.

Mark R. Hutchinson, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Christopher J. Palestro, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Surbhi Leekha, MBBS, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose.

Tara Vijayan, MD, M.P.H.: No financial relationships to disclose.

Learning Objectives:

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

describe the impact of public reporting on health outcomes;
explain the value and limitations of nuclear scans for ID diagnostics;
discuss advanced diagnostics in infectious disease.

Presentations:

3:15 PM - 3:33 PM US ET

Nuclear Medicine Scans Should Be Used in Infectious Disease Diagnostics - Pro
Debate Style Speaker: Christopher J. Palestro, MD – Northwell Health
3:33 PM - 3:51 PM US ET

Nuclear Medicine Scans Should Be Used in Infectious Disease Diagnostics - Con
Debate Style Speaker: Tara Vijayan, MD, M.P.H. (she/her/hers) – University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
3:51 PM - 4:09 PM US ET

Tattle Tales are good: Public Reporting of Infections Is Improving Care - Pro
Debate Style Speaker: Surbhi Leekha, MBBS, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland School of Medicine
4:09 PM - 4:30 PM US ET

Tattle Tales are good: Public Reporting of Infections Is Improving Care - Con
Debate Style Speaker: Mark R. Hutchinson, MD (he/him/his) – University of Illinois at Chicago