National Webinar: Diagnosing TB from Pathology Tissues

Date: February 13, 2020

Time:
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Eastern
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Central
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Mountain
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Pacific

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
The webinar will include an overview of the diagnostic approach for TB, review the process of how M.tuberculosis is identified from a fixed tissue specimen, highlight CDC Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch’s service and logistical aspects through the use of case studies. The target audience for this webinar is TB program staff, including clinicians, laboratorians, public health nurses, and other public health professionals.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Review what tissue-based laboratory diagnostic support that CDC’s Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch (IDPB) can provide for possible cases of M. tuberculosis.
  • Discuss diagnostic techniques used in pathology to identify M. tuberculosis.
  • Recognize when CDC’s IDPB can be helpful in evaluating patients with possible M. tuberculosis.
  • Illustrate the importance of communication between the TB clinician and laboratory.

    • REGISTRATION INFORMATION
    There is no charge to attend this webinar but pre-registration is mandatory.

    Please click here to register.
    Applicants will receive notification of their enrollment status via email.

    There is limited space for the webinar and acceptance will be on a firstcome, first-serve basis. Participants at the same location are encouraged to view the webinar as a group. Each site must identify a contact person to register, receive webinar information, submit a sign-in sheet, and share the link to the online evaluation.

    If you register and are unable to participate, we would appreciate you informing us so that others may be accommodated.

    The deadline to register for the webinar is Monday, February 10, 2020 or until we have reached maximum capacity.

    For additional information, please contact Shwata Suresh Kumar at ss2980@njms.rutgers.edu.

    FACULTY

    Julu Bhatnagar, PhD
    Team Lead, Molecular Pathology
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch

    Alicia Chang, MD
    Medical Director, TB Control Program
    Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

    Shom Dasgupta-Tsinikas, MD, FAAP
    Physician Specialist
    Tuberculosis Control Program - Medical Consultation Unit
    Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

    Gretchen Nissen Krawczynski, MPH
    Epidemiologist
    Hennepin County Public Health

    Sarah Reagan-Steiner, MD, MPH
    Medical Officer
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch

    Lynn Sosa, MD
    Deputy State Epidemiologist
    Connecticut Department of Public Health

     

    		  

    PLANNING COMMITTEE

    Julu Bhatnagar, PhD
    Team Lead, Molecular Pathology
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch

    Anita Khilall, MPH - Activity Director
    Program Director, Education & Training
    Global Tuberculosis Institute

    Amee Patrawalla, MD, MPH 
    Medical Director 
    Global Tuberculosis Institute

    Sarah Reagan-Steiner, MD, MPH
    Medical Officer
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch

    Lynn Sosa, MD
    Deputy State Epidemiologist
    Connecticut Department of Public Health

    Shwata Suresh Kumar, MPH
    Health Educator II
    Global Tuberculosis Institute