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What is SIDP?

The Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) is a dynamic association of health professionals dedicated to promoting the appropriate use of antimicrobials. SIDP provides education, advocacy, and leadership in all aspects of the treatment of infectious diseases. SIDP is comprised of pharmacists and other health care professionals involved in patient care, research, teaching, drug development, and governmental regulation that are concerned with all facets of antimicrobial use, and committed to excellence in infectious diseases pharmacotherapy. (more...)

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ID News 
2010.01.26

Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Residency­

The Board of Directors of the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) is please­d to announce the availabil­ity of funding by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals to support an Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Residency for the period of July 2010 throu­gh June 2011.

Proposals must be submitted online no later than 5 PM E.S.T. on February 26, 2010. Applications not submitted through the SIDP website portal, or submitted after the application deadline, will not be considered.
The Board of Directors will make decisions on the applications no later than March 26, 2010.

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IN MEMORIAM

SIDP is saddened to announce the unexpected passing of Thomas Chin, BSc., Pharm.D on Wednesday, November 4, 2009. Thomas was a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist -Team Leader in Antimicrobials and Infectious Diseases at St. Michael’s Hospital, and an Assistant Professor in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto. His service to students, patients at St. Michael’s Hospital, and our society will be greatly missed. Information concerning remembrances can be found here.

SIDP 2009 AWARD WINNERS

Young Investigator Award:
Nathan Wiederhold, Pharm.D.

Outstanding Clinical Practice in Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy:
Sharon M. Erdman, Pharm.D.

Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Paper Award
:
Chris A. Gentry, Pharm.D.
 Critical Care Medicine 2009;37:19–25.
SIDP Distinguished Service Award:
Melinda Neuhauser, Pharm.D., MPH

IDSA/SIDP/ASHP CONSENSUS STATEMENT ON VANCOMYCIN DOSING

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INTEGRATING PHARMACISTS IN MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH INFLUENZA

The Pharmacist's Role in Managing Patients with Influenza
VIRTUAL CASE

For more information on H1N1 Influenza [CLICK HERE]

ID RESIDENCY/FELLOWSHIP LISTINGS
SIDP maintains a listing of residency and fellowship training in infectious diseases.  To access the listings: CLICK HERE

ID JOB LISTINGS
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What is SIDP? 
2010.01.14

SIDP CO-SPONSORED EDUCATIONAL EVENTS

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March 18-22, 2010

Hyatt Regency Atlanta
 Atlanta, GA 

SIDP will be co-sponsoring two sessions at the upcoming Fifth Decennial Meeting:  

Friday, March 20
Measuring Antimicrobial Use

Using Economic Principles to Guide Appropriate Use of Antimicrobials, Ramanan Laxminarayan, PhD, MPH

Using Point Prevalence Surveys to Measure Antimicrobial Use: The EU Mode, Herman Goossens, MD, PhD

Can Benchmarking Be Used to Improve Antimicrobial Drug Use?, Ronald Polk, PharmD

Sunday, March 21
Antimicrobial Stewardship: Moving Beyond the Guideline

Antimicrobial Stewardship Regulations in the EU, Dominique Monnet, PharmD, PhD

Challenges of Proving the Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship, Ebbing Lautenbach, MD, MPH

 Moving the Science of Antimicrobial Stewardship Forward in the Next Decade, Sara Cosgrove, MD

http://www.decennial2010.com/index.php

 

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May 6-10, 2010


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PLENARY SESSION #4: Antimicrobial Dosing in Special Populations-Part 1. 
Joe Paladino, Pharm. D, Moderator. Univ. of Buffalo
• Patients on Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies. Bruce Mueller, Pharm.D. Univ. of Michigan
• Critically-ill Patients. Douglas Fish, Pharm.D. Univ. of Colorado
PLENARY SESSION #6: MRSA Infections. 
John Bosso, Pharm.D. Medical Uni. South Carolina
• An Aerial View of the New MRSA Guidelines. Catherine Liu, M.D. UCSF/San  Francisco Gen. Hospital
• Therapeutic Implications. Michael Rybak, Pharm.D. Wayne State University
PLENARY SESSION #8: Antimicrobial Dosing in Special Populations-Part 2. 
Joe Paladino, Pharm. D, Moderator. Univ. of Buffalo
• The Geriatric Patient. John Bosso, Pharm.D. Medical Univ. of South Carolina
• The Obese Patient. Bruce Mueller, Pharm.D. Univ. of Michigan
 



 

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