Leaders and clinicians from Infectious Disease Connect (ID Connect) will present three research abstracts and take part in sessions and programs at IDWeek 2026™ to be held Oct. 21-24 in Washington, D.C.
ID Connect at IDWeek 2026TM
Accepted Abstracts
James Harrigan, M.D., PharmD
ID Physician, Infectious Disease Connect
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, UPMC
Oral Abstracts, Presenting Author
- Evaluating a Fully Remote Comprehensive Tele-Infectious Disease and Tele-OPAT Model for Managing Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Compared to In-person ID
- Tele–Infectious Diseases Consultation for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: A Comparative Effectiveness Analysis
Sui Kwong Li, M.D.
ID Physician, Infectious Disease Connect
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, UPMC
Poster, Presenting Author
- Comparable Patient Outcomes Following E-consults vs In-person ID Consults at a Tertiary Care Hospital
Sessions and Programs
Rima Abdel Massih, M.D.
President, CEO & Co-Founder, Infectious Disease Connect
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Associate Chief, Telemedicine & Education, Division of Infectious Diseases, UPMC and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
ID Telehealth Mentor
- IDBugCrawl: 31 Flavors of ID
- Rima Abdel Massih, M.D., will mentor trainees at “IDBugCrawl: 31 Flavors of ID,” introducing them to careers in tele-ID.
Matt Davis, PharmD
Director of ID Pharmacy and Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infectious Disease Connect
Speaker
- Meet-The-Professor Speaker
- Matt Davis, PharmD, joins a panel debating the pros and cons of curbside ID consults and how caps on consult volume can both strengthen and limit ID fellowship training.
Diana Zhong, M.D., MHS
ID Physician, Infectious Disease Connect
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, UPMC
Co-Creator and Organizer
- Out-BREAK! Escape Room
- Diana Zhong, M.D., MHS, helps create Out-BREAK!: An Infectious Escape Room, one of IDWeek’s most popular events, where small teams of attendees race the clock to solve infectious diseases puzzles.
About IDWeek
IDWeek 2026™ is an annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS). IDWeek features the latest science and bench-to-bedside approaches in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and epidemiology of infectious diseases, including HIV, across the lifespan. IDWeek 2026™ takes place Oct. 21-24 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW) in Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.idweek.org.
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