94 - Women in ID: Celebrating What Brings Us Back to Joy

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM US ET

Location: B401-B402

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.5 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.5 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.5 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.5 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1.5 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1.5 CE broker credit hours

Interactive Moderator(s)

Laila Woc-Colburn, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor, Division of Infectious Disease
Emory University School of Medicine
Decatur, GA, United States
Kristina Bryant, MD, FPIDS

Professor of Pediatrics
University of Louisville and Norton Children's
Louisville, KY, United States

Moderator(s)

Wendy Armstrong, MD (she/her/hers)

University of Colorado School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Belinda Ostrowsky, MD, MPH

Field Medical Officer
NYSDOH
NY, NY, United States

Slides

Panelist(s)

Payal Patel, MD, MPH, FIDSA (she/her/hers)

System Wide Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship
Intermountain Healthcare
Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Angie Myers, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Chief Wellbeing Officer, Professor of Pediatrics
Children's Mercy Kansas City
Olathe, KS, United States
Heather Yun, MD

Chief of Staff
South Texas Veterans Healthcare System
San Antonio, TX, United States
Zanthia Wiley, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, United States

Disclosure(s):

Laila Woc-Colburn, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Kristina Bryant, MD, FPIDS: Enanta Pharmaceuticals: Investigator on multicenter clinical trials; Gilead Biosciences: Investigator on multicenter clinical trials; Oxford Univerity Press: Royalties; Sanofi Pasteur LLC: Investigator on multicenter clinical trials

Belinda Ostrowsky, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose.

Payal K. Patel, MD, MPH, FIDSA: Cormedix: Advisor/Consultant

Angie Myers, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose.

Heather Yun, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Zanthia Wiley, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Learning Objectives:

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

identify personal and professional factors that contribute to long-term satisfaction and joy in a career in Infectious Diseases, particularly for women;
examine strategies for cultivating resilience, coping strategies, positivity, and humor in the face of challenges common to the field;
review individual experiences and shared stories to reconnect with purpose, passion, and community within the Infectious Diseases profession.