I’m running for President of The Transplantation Society to expand global engagement, strengthen transplantation leadership worldwide, and support future leaders. Former TID leader, Executive Committee secretary/councilor, Education co-chair, and CMV/BK guideline developer.

Today is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?

#RespiratoryVirus situation update: #Influenza activity is increasing in the EU/EEA, earlier than in recent seasons, while #RSV activity remains low. #SARSCoV2 activity is stable or decreasing. Read more here: erviss.org #Flu #COVID19 #IDsky #EpiSky

There’s now an app for all things fungi 🦠🍄 Dr. Matthew Pullen, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, helped launch Dr Fungus—a free app that brings the trusted resource to your phone. Explore fungal infections, antifungal treatments, and case-based learning—all in one place.

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

Interested in a transplant recipient facing education tool about CMV? We developed this as a spinoff from the fourth international consensus CMV guidelines. Thank you to Kamada Pharmaceuticals and @lavyshai.bsky.social for support and development. cytogam.com/wp-content/u...

Honored to cochair the #CMVSymposium_2025 with @martinasester.bsky.social and Julian de la Torre Cisneros - defeating the troll of transplantation

Read this op-ed in the @bostonglobe.com by LDI Fellow @zekeemanuel.bsky.social. ⤵️

if you only share one of my posts today, let it be this one

Excited to have this recording available to all who want to listen/watch ⁦‪@BradGardiner.bsky.social‬⁩ talk about his very interesting work with CMV and lung transplant -TTS EdComm - Immune biomarkers for CMV infection @transplantation.bsky.social ⁦‪ ⁦‬⁩ tts.org/join-tts/116...

Breaking news: Susan Monarez, the newly installed director of the CDC, is being ousted weeks after she was confirmed to lead the public health agency, according to multiple administration officials.

Dr John Baddley @jobadd.bsky.social talking about cutting edge antifungals at the Transplant ID symposium in Toronto organized by the Ajmera Transplant Centre events.myconferencesuite.com/Transplant_I...

Dr. Robert (Bob) Rubin Transplant ID Award Recipient for 2025 is the amazing @kottonnelson.bsky.social !!! #TxID #MedEd @astinfo.bsky.social

Full house at the ABCs of CMV session at #WTC2025 #TxID featuring a targeted review the new #Cmv guidelines @kottonnelson.bsky.social

CDC workers were terrified as gunman shot at the agency’s headquarters yesterday. Today they are still reeling from shock, fear — and rage. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...

CDC employees told me the shooting at CDC was much worse than initial police reports suggested. More than 40 bullets hit buildings. “It’s a miracle more people weren’t hit,” said one staffer who was locked down in a building for hours last evening.

An absolutely extraordinary piece of writing about the shock and dread of living through something you would have considered unimaginable, and — somewhat — coming out the other side. (This is not a spoiler, if the author had not survived there would be no story. Stop quibbling and read it.)

Pleased to join colleagues like @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social in the @nejm.org rebutting the COVID vaccine policy of Prasad and Makary www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

ICYMI - on June 25, the CDC signed off on the ACIP recommendation that adults 50 years of age and over with risk factors for severe RSV get the RSV vaccine. Details here. This lowers the age from 60 to 50. Universal recommendation for everyone 75 and over. www.cdc.gov/acip/vaccine...

Looking forward to this webinar on July 7 – join us!

America must acknowledge how devastating this will be for now & future generations. There will be millions of shortened lives and unnecessary deaths here & abroad. We have been the leaders in science and medicine - this is truly crippling. It will affect of all of, our families, and our patients.

The deadline for this has been moved out to July 14. Send in your interesting CMV data or CMV cases!

Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.” In the US alone. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Not just shingles vaccine, but also RSV vaccine reduces the risk of dementia, which highlights the benefit of revving up the immune system in older individuals www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Interesting that the CDC is reporting higher rates of parvovirus B19 last year - anecdotally I saw more in Transplant patients. Think about this diagnosis with significant anemia in immunocompromised patients. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

Just minutes into the first meeting of scientific advisers appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., it was clear that the skeptical panelists intended to upend longstanding vaccine recommendations in the US, particularly those pertaining to children. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...

Very proud to have worked with Dr. Fiona Havers – she served our country incredibly well, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her departure from the CDC is a great loss.

Very proud of the 17 ACIP members for publishing this jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new CDC advisory committee is proof that America’s anti-vaccine era is truly beginning, @katherinejwu.com writes. https://theatln.tc/hOM6uyum

Few are telling this trainwreck's tale with as much rigor and passion as @anniewaldman.bsky.social‬ @ #ProPublica. "[Trump] ...has terminated more than 1,450 [#NIH] grants withholding more than $750 million in funds." Read the full piece zurl.co/fCpUU#ProPublica#NIH join us to fight back. #StandUpForScience

The "No Kings" organizers say that there are more than 1,800 protests planed for tomorrow.: www.nokings.org We'll have journalists at several of them, but you can tag @motherjones.com with your clips and tips.

The head of HHS said he’d preserve ACIP. Then he fired the entire committee. Now a new panel -- with mostly unclear expertise in clinical trials, vaccines, and ID -- is in place. Time for high alert for changes that could seriously affect public health. #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...

Pressure matters, advocacy matters. Don't let any one convince that it doesn't. 450 CDC employees and several key departments including HIV prevention and STI surveillance and testing departments were reinstated today. Keep speaking up! www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/...

This year at #WTC2025, explore key post-tx challenges & the latest in CMV mgmt at our Satellite Symposia. Learn more: eurofinstransplant.com/events/eurof... Join us Aug 5th, 1–2 PM at the Moscone Center, Room 307, for two expert-led presentations. @jfriedo.bsky.social @kottonnelson.bsky.social

Doxy PEP?? 😂

Submit your abstracts for the CMV symposium 2025 to be held in Sept near Frankfurt. Submission deadline is June 30. The top 3 abstracts will have travel and accommodation covered. Priority for excellent abstracts submitted by those earlier in their career. It will be a wonderful meeting! Join us!!

I’m really looking forward to this!! Such an all star ⭐️ lineup and great topics!!

#FDA has approved #Moderna's next-generation #Covid shot, with the same use restrictions it imposed on Novavax's vaccine earlier this month. www.statnews.com/2025/05/31/m...

Very helpful, thanks!

Confused about what just happened with Covid vaccine recommendations and what it all means? You might find this episode of Daily helpful www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/p...

Excited to share our updated CMVStream, discussing the updated international CMV guidelines and challenging aspects of management after organ transplant cmvstream.com @mpereiramd.bsky.social

Canada now has more measles cases than any other country in the Americas www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

Interested in learning more about resistant refractory CMV after organ transplantation? Join us this Wednesday 6 PM ET. Open for audience questions at the end! @aussiedocwolfe.bsky.social www.pathlms.com/catalyst/web...

Thanks @kottonnelson.bsky.social‬ and colleagues for the newest ‪@ttsorg.bsky.social‬ CMV guidelines transplantid.net/54GLW9W3

Leading virologists from 40 countries warn of critical gaps in pandemic preparedness and outline a plan for readying the world over the growing risk of an #H5N1 avian flu pandemic. bit.ly/44yy26w

The FDA on Friday quietly approved the Novavax Covid vaccine, but only for older adults and for others over age 12 who have at least one medical condition that puts them at high risk from Covid. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/s...

@rrolfejr.bsky.social at our interesting GTEN poster about Transplant patients and travel medicine. More information about the immunocompromised host and travel - thanks for advancing the field! #CISTM19.

I love the rose garden on the waterfront in Seattle – stunning even in May.

Happy to have been a part of this – helping better define the immunocompromised host. The DESTINIES Study: an online Delphi study to build international consensus on the medical conditions and procedures that confer immunosuppression and their COVID-19 risk profiles www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...

On May 1, lawyers and judges reaffirmed their oaths to the US & state constitutions on the Boston Common. Medical doctors, consider taking a moment to reread various versions of the Hippocratic oath (link has three). This gives me strength now - hope same for you. dal.ca.libguides.com/c.php?g=256990