166 - Pathogen Genomics: Emerging Clinical Applications

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM US ET

Location: B206

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)

NP

Nongnooch Poowanawittayakom, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
Washington University
st.louis, MO, United States
Thomas File, Jr., MD, MSc, MACP, FIDSA, FCCP

Distinguished Physician, Infectious Disease Division
Summa Health, Akron, Ohio Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine; Master Teacher; Infectious Disease Section Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) Rootstown, Ohio
Akron, OH, United States

Faculty(s)

Daniela de Lima Corvino, MD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Vestavia, AL, United States
Rebekah Dumm, PhD D(ABMM) (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
Washington University School of Medicine
Shangxin Yang, PhD, D(ABMM) (he/him/his)

Associate Clinical Professor, Laboratory Director
UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Univeristy of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Disclosure(s):

Nongnooch Poowanawittayakom, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose.

Thomas M. File, MD, MSc, MACP, FIDSA, FCCP, Jr.: Eagle Pharmaceuticals: Member DSMB; Merck and Company, Inc.: Advisor/Consultant; MicroGenDx: Advisor/Consultant; Paratek Pharmaceuticals: Advisor/Consultant, Honoraria; Shionogi: Advisor/Consultant, Honoraria; ThermoFisher Scientific: Advisor/Consultant, Honoraria

Daniela F. de Lima Corvino, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Rebekah Dumm, PhD D(ABMM): Becton Dickinson, Inc: Advisor/Consultant, Grant/Research Support; bioMerieux Inc.: Advisor/Consultant, Grant/Research Support; DiaSorin: Grant/Research Support, Speaker honorarium; Pattern Bioscience: Grant/Research Support; Qiagen Inc.,: Grant/Research Support; Roche Diagnostics: Advisor/Consultant

Shangxin Yang, PhD, D(ABMM): Eurofins | Viracor Clinical Diagnostics: Advisor/Consultant

Learning Objectives:

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

discuss emerging clinical applications of genomic technologies, including rapid pathogen identification, antibiotic resistance profiling, and personalized treatment strategies;
explain best practices for integrating genomic data into routine clinical workflows;
describe the role of genomics in diagnosing and treating infectious diseases.

Presentations:

1:45 PM - 2:10 PM US ET

Metagenomic Sequencing to Diagnose Infectious Diseases
Speaker: Shangxin Yang, PhD, D(ABMM) (he/him/his) – Univeristy of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
2:10 PM - 2:35 PM US ET

Exploring the Role of NGS in Culture-Negative Prosthetic Joint Infections
Speaker: Daniela F. de Lima Corvino, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Alabama at Birmingham
2:35 PM - 3:00 PM US ET

Promise and Pitfalls of Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Diagnostics for CNS Infections
Speaker: Rebekah Dumm, PhD D(ABMM) (she/her/hers) – Washington University School of Medicine