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Session Type: Named Lecture

20 - Edward H. Kass Lecture

Monday, October 20, 2025
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM US ET
Location: Ballroom (Hall B1)

Live Streamed On Demand
CME Credits: Maximum of .50 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of .50 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of .50 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE .50 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
Disclosure(s):
Colleen F. Kelley, MD, MPH: Gilead Sciences: Grant/Research Support; GSK/ViiV Healthcare: Grant/Research Support; Moderna, Inc.: Grant/Research Support; Novavax, Inc.: Grant/Research Support
Judith Feinberg, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Edward H. Kass, MD, was one of the founding leaders of IDSA. He served as the Society’s seventh president in 1970 and as the Society’s secretary from 1964 to 1967. He helped create not only IDSA but also the Channing Memorial Laboratory and the International Congress of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Kass was instrumental in revitalizing The Journal of Infectious Diseases and developing the concept for Reviews of Infectious Diseases — now Clinical Infectious Diseases. In his memory, IDSA maintains the annual Edward H. Kass Lectureship in the History of Medicine and the Kass Awards, which assist medical students and residents with travel expenses to IDWeek. The first Kass Lectureship was given in 1991 by Theodore E. Woodward, MD.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
  • describe the treatments available for patients with AIDS in the early years of the epidemic,
  • discuss the obstacles due to stigma that affect persons living with HIV and persons with Substance Use Disorder,
  • identify several key treatments and effective prophylaxis that emerged from early clinical research in AIDS.

Presentations:

  • 9:15 AM - 9:25 AM US ET
    Awards Presentation
  • 9:25 AM - 9:50 AM US ET
    Lessons from a Life in Epidemics

    Speaker: Judith Feinberg, MD (she/her/hers) – West Virginia University School of Medicine

  • 9:50 AM - 10:00 AM US ET
    Persistence Is Resistance: We're Not Turning Back

    Speaker: Colleen F. Kelley, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Emory University