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WHAT’S OLD IS NEW: BEST PRACTICES FOR BETTER OUTCOMES IN ANTIMICROBIAL USE – Palawan
April 4, 2019 - April 5, 2019
Session Dates:
April 4 – 5
Session Topics
WHAT’S OLD IS NEW: BEST PRACTICES FOR BETTER OUTCOMES IN ANTIMICROBIAL USE
EDSEL SALVAÑA, MD, DTM&H, FPCP, FIDSA
THE SPEAKER
EDSEL MAURICE SALVAÑA, MD, DTM&H, FPCP, FIDSA
Edsel Maurice T. Salvana, MD, DTM&H, FPCP, FIDSA received his medical degree from the University of the Philippines College of Medicine in 2001. He trained in internal medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, and did his fellowship in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He returned in 2008 as a Balik Scientist of the Department of Science and Technology. He is the Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at the National Institutes of Health and is an associate professor of medicine at the Philippine General Hospital. He is also adjunct faculty for Global Health at the University of Pittsburgh. He has been selected as an Outstanding Young Scientist by the National Academy of Science and Technology and has been awarded “The Outstanding Young Men” (TOYM) Philippines award in for medicine and social activism in HIV. He has also been selected as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World, and a Young Physician Leader of the Interacademy Medical Panel of the World Academy of Sciences. Most recently, he was chosen as a TED Fellow for TED Global 2017 and spoke about the global implication of the emerging HIV epidemic in the Philippines in his TED Talk (www.ted.com/talks/edsel_salvana_the_dangerous_evolution_of_hiv/).
CURRENT POSITIONS
Director
National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
National Institutes of Health
University of the Philippines Manila
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Infectious Diseases Section
Department of Medicine
University of the Philippines College of Medicine
Adjunct Professor for Global Health
Division of General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Attending Physician
Medical Center Manila
Manila Doctors Hospital
Program
| 5:30 – 6:00 | Registration |
| 6:00 – 6:05 | Welcome Remarks MedConcept Company Presentation |
| 6:05 – 6:10 | Introduction of Speaker |
| 6:10 – 6:55 | Lecture Proper |
| 6:55 – 7:05 | Open Forum |
| 7:05 – 7:10 | Certificate of Appreciation to Speaker |
| 7:10 – 7:15 | Closing Remarks |
| 7:15 – 8:00 | Dinner |
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Distribution of Certificate of Participation Collection of CME Feedback Forms |
Registration
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