115 - Narratives and Infectious Diseases, Stories to Enhance Recruitment Into ID and Care for the Patients We Serve

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM US ET

Location: Thomas B. Murphy Ballroom 1

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)

Seth Cohen, MD (he/him/his)

Clinical Associate Professor
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, United States
Todd McCarty, MD

Associate Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL, United States
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Wendy Stead, MD (she/her/hers)

Program Director
Infectious Diseases
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA, United States

Faculty(s)

Ellen Eaton, MD, MPH

Professor
Medicine
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Birmingham, AL, United States
Kimberly Manning, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, United States
Sara Bares, MD

Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE, United States

Disclosure(s):

Seth Cohen, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Todd P. McCarty, MD: Astellas Pharma Inc.: Grant/Research Support; Basilea Pharmaceutica: Grant/Research Support; CDC: Grant/Research Support; Cidara Therapeutics Inc.: Grant/Research Support; F2G: Grant/Research Support; Glaxo Smith Kline: Speaker; Mayne Pharma: Grant/Research Support; Mundi Pharma: Grant/Research Support; Pfizer, Inc.: Advisor/Consultant; Scynexis Inc.: Grant/Research Support; T2Biosystems: Grant/Research Support

Wendy Stead, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Ellen Eaton, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose.

Kimberly D. Manning, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Sara H. Bares, MD: Gilead Sciences: Expert Testimony

Learning Objectives:

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

apply principles of narrative medicine to recruit and inspire the next generation of infectious disease specialists;
use storytelling to highlight the impact and rewards of our field;
evaluate the role of storytelling in caring for patients with substance use disorders;
create compelling narratives that authentically represent the communities served by infectious disease specialists.

Presentations:

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM US ET

Voices in Infectious Diseases
Speaker: Sara H. Bares, MD – University of Nebraska Medical Center
10:55 AM - 11:20 AM US ET

Narratives and Caring for Patients With Substance Use Disorder
Speaker: Ellen Eaton, MD, MPH – University of Alabama, Birmingham
11:20 AM - 11:45 AM US ET

Writing About Communities That We Serve
Speaker: Kimberly D. Manning, MD (she/her/hers) – Emory University School of Medicine