Medicine Grand Rounds: ‘Confronting Multidrug Resistant Bacterial Infections’ with Dr. Chip Schooley

The Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson presents:

“Bacteriophages as Therapeutic Agents to Confront the Global Threat of Multidrug Resistant Bacterial Infections”
Robert T. “Chip” Schooley, MD

Noon-1 p.m., Lecture Hall, Room 5403
College of Medicine – Tucson
(See flyer below for virtual viewing links.)

— A light lunch will be provided. —

Presenter: Dr. Chip Schooley is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health at the University of California, San Diego. He completed medical school and an internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins University and infectious disease fellowships at the National Institutes of Health and Massachusetts General Hospital. He joined the faculty of Harvard Medical School in 1981. His research efforts are directed at the pathogenesis and therapy of RNA virus infections. He has been heavily involved in the development of antiviral chemotherapy directed at HIV, HCV and the herpes group viruses as well as in research, teaching and infrastructure building efforts in sub-Saharan Africa.

He became chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Colorado in 1990. He led the NIH’s AIDS Clinical Trials Group from 1995 until 2002, during which time the ACTG performed many of the seminal studies that defined modern antiretroviral chemotherapy. He then led the ACTG in its expansion from a domestic U.S. research operation into one with a global reach. He was recruited to the University of California, San Diego, in 2005 and served as chief of UCSD’s Infectious Diseases Division until 2017. His laboratory is engaged in the discovery of orally bioavailable anti-coronavirus compounds. He was deeply engaged in the University of California’s response to the SARS CoV-2 outbreak. In addition to his interests in viral pathogenesis and therapy, he has become a leader in the renaissance of interest in the use of bacteriophages to treat multidrug resistant bacterial infections.

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■ Flyer for this event:  dom_grand_rounds_flyer_2023-10-18.pdf
■ Health Sciences Connect Calendar listing

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

Medicine Grand Rounds are held in Room 5403, on the fifth floor of the College of Medicine – Tucson. To view Medicine Grand Rounds remotely, see this live weblink: https://streaming.biocom.arizona.edu/streaming/. To view it after the fact, click on "Archive" at the top of this same link's webpage and, from the dropdown menu under "Category," select "Department of Medicine" and click "Search" to find the event you're seeking.

Accreditation Statement: The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement: All Faculty, CME Planning Committee Members, and the CME Office Reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with ineligible companies that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.

Learning Objectives:

• Diagnose a variety of internal medicine illnesses
• Understand more clearly advances in therapy
• Become truly professional physicians

For questions or accommodations that may be necessary, please contact the Office of the Chair, 520-626-6349 at least three days in advance of event.