Contagion Live selected Temple University Hospital as the initial site for its new series “Media Day,” which spotlights individual institutions and infectious disease programs. The series features nine episodes and interviews with seven individuals. Several of the episodes were also featured in Contagion Live’s weekly newsletter here and here.
• Episode 1: Rafik Samuel, MD, Chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases at TUH, with an overview of TUH and the ID program
• Episode 2: Samuel, on the evolution of clinical care for patients with HIV and training for fellows
• Episode 3: Stephanie Spivack, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, on the Center for Health Justice and Bioethics at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, advocacy opportunities, and travel medicine training
• Episode 4: Spivack, on emerging research on infections in people with substance use disorder and the opportunity for interdepartmental collaboration
• Episode 5: Raven Boone, DO, First-Year Fellow, on advice for those considering the ID field, particularly Temple’s ID fellowship
• Episode 6: Aaron D. Mishkin, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, on the role of infectious disease in organ transplantation
• Episode 7: Heather Clauss, MD, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs for the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, on the transition from training to fellowship to faculty, and the crucial elements of culture, community and mentorship
• Episode 8: Jesse Veisblatt, MD, First-Year Fellow, on his introduction to the field of infectious diseases and unique cases at Temple
• Episode 9: Sara Keely Schultz, MD, FACP, Director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program at TUH, with insight on the Temple ID fellowship, as a former Temple fellow and current leader of the program