Industry-Supported Symposium

Industry-Supported Symposium Lunch: Addressing Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections: Leveraging Interdisciplinary Team Approaches and Therapeutic Advances

Thursday, April 27, 2023

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Speaker(s)

Warren S. Joseph, DPM

Adjunct Clinical Professor
Arizona College of Podiatric Medicine, Midwestern University
Hatboro, PA
Amanda Killeen, DPM, FACPM, FASPS, CWSP

Assistant Professor
University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, TX
Tracy Zivin-Tutela, MD

Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases Specialist-Los Alamitos Medical Center/Fountain Valley Regional Hospital
Laguna Beach, CA

Disclosure(s):

Warren S. Joseph, DPM: No relevant disclosure to display

Tracy Zivin-Tutela, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Supported by an educational grant from Melinta Therapeutics.

A maximum of 1.0 additional CME/CPME/CE-credit hour is offered through this Industry Supported Symposium. This event is not part of the official SAWC meeting programming and provides separate continuing education credits.

Learning Objectives:

Correlate the increase of ABSSSI with increased morbidity, mortality, length of hospital stay, and overall costs
Explore challenges in the management of ABSSSI in patients with diabetes mellitus and other comorbidities
Examine the standard treatment landscape for ABSSI’s and potential patient specific factors that may impede compliance
Investigate the latest data on new long-acting intravenous agents
Integrate a team approach to ABSSI management leveraging the fundamental pillars including surgical drainage with debridement where necessary, broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy, and physiological supportive care