Reminder for those at the Fred Hutch Symposium! Join us for lunch on Tues 5/13 at noon in the Portland room for a live #TxIDChat. This session is geared for trainees/early career but all are welcome. Q&A will follow at the end as well! #IDSky

Interested in #TID research but don’t know where to start? @txidfellows.bsky.social put together a nifty guide to get started: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @courtharrismd.bsky.social @chelseagorsline.bsky.social

Attending the Fred Hutch Infectious Diseases in the Immunocompromised Host Symposium? Join us over lunch on Tues May 13th for a LIVE #TxIDChat with fantastic panelists on how to get the most out of attending an ID conference! @rebeccakumar.bsky.social @chelseagorsline.bsky.social #IDSky #TxID

How do infections of LVADs differ from those of CIEDs? @s-chesdachai.bsky.social, Larry Baddour, & Daniel DeSimone in @cidjournal.bsky.social Also, risk of CIED infection in 1st 6 months post implantation, whereas risk of LVAD infection doesn't wane with time academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

Thanks to all for joining us for our first #TxIDChat on Bluesky. Let us know if you have ideas or comments for future #TxIDChats!

Q6. Other: As we enter a new era of #IDSky on Bluesky, what else can @TxID-Fellows offer the #TxID community? For instance, a #TxID specific Journal Club hosted on Bluesky, or other collaborations? #TxIDChat @michaelisonmd.bsky.social @germhuntermd.bsky.social @docwoc71.bsky.social

I truly enjoy this paper illustrating the potential for personalized antimicrobial decision making in #Transplant patients. Any tool to help reduce the guesswork in #antimicrobial prescribing is appreciated. #TxIDChat onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Q5. Advanced Diagnostics: How are you using advanced diagnostics in your #TxID practice? How do we balance these tests with diagnostic stewardship? #TxIDChat @germhuntermd.bsky.social @maricarmalinis.bsky.social @arunasubramanian.bsky.social @fungaldoc.bsky.social @joshhillmd.bsky.social

Q4. Personalized Medicine: What opportunities exist for the use of personalized medicine in #TxID? For instance, individualized approaches to prophylaxis and management of infections, etc? #TxIDChat @kottonnelson.bsky.social @maricarmalinis.bsky.social @davidvanduin.bsky.social @akaraba.bsky.social

Q3. Xenotransplantation: Is your institution exploring xenotransplantation as a viable alternative to human organ donation? What do you view as the major infectious barriers and/or risks surrounding xenotransplantation? #TxIDChat @kottonnelson.bsky.social @jobadd.bsky.social

Q2. Virtual Education: If at an academic center, does your program utilize novel educational modalities (i.e. podcasts; gamification)? If so, what infrastructure and/or funding is in place to support this type of curriculum development? #TxIDChat @tmccarty2010.bsky.social @ricardolahozmd.bsky.social

Q1. Artificial Intelligence (AI): How is AI integrated into your healthcare system, if at all? If so, what is the source of funding for utilization of this tool? How are you integrating AI into your #TxID practice? #TxIDChat. @germhuntermd.bsky.social

Welcome to our first #TxIDChat on Bluesky! Please take a moment to introduce yourself. You can follow along using our profile, searching for #TxIDChat, or TxID Feed created by @germhuntermd.bsky.social (Profile -> Feeds tab -> TxID -> top right select Pin to add to your home screen!)

Tonight!! Join us for #TxIDChat as we talk about the future of TxID!

Tomorrow night! Join us for our first #TxIDChat on Bluesky at 7:30pm EST/6:30pm CST.

⬇️⬇️ join us on Thursday for our first #TxIDChat on Bluesky!

⬇️⬇️ join us on Thursday for our first #TxIDChat on Bluesky!

🔥Join us for our first #TxIDChat on Bluesky coming Thursday Dec 19th at 7:30pm EST/6:30pm CST. You can follow along on our profile, searching #TxIDChat, or using TxID Feed created by @germhuntermd.bsky.social (Profile -> Feeds -> TxID -> top right select Pin to add to your home screen)! #IDSky

Report from the OPTN ad hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee - Coccidiomycosis from Organ transplant Donors? "All 7 deceased donors had prior infection or exposure...8/20 recipients developed Cocci, resulting in a 40% transmission rate." #IDsky #TxID onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Interested in learning more about the editorial and review process for manuscript submissions? The #AmericanJournalofTransplantation is accepting fellow applications now- see link 👇 www.amjtransplant.com/fellowship [amjtransplant.com] Accepting applications December 1 - January 15, 2025.

Good opportunity #TxID

Transplant at Tulane is growing! We’re also starting a thoracic transplant program. Looking for an experienced transplant ID physician to join me and our team at @TulaneMedicine . DM for questions apply.interfolio.com/157421 #TxID #IDSky @txidfellows.bsky.social

Our new @txidfellows.bsky.social paper is out! This one on ASP in #TxID. Practical tips for beginners and early career faculty. @courtharrismd.bsky.social @rebeccakumar.bsky.social @divsharma.bsky.social @mirandapharmdmph.bsky.social @hannah-imlay.bsky.social

#IDSky Coming in hot day 1: I’ve got a JOB OPENING for TxID at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo. Academic, $225-330k, primarily clinical but I’m open to meet your interests, Infection Control is desirable, ties with UB, cool young Chief 😉

and here's a feed you can pin which will aggregate any skeet with TxID in it bsky.app/profile/did:...

Great meeting and travel stipend available #txid #idsky

for our new #IDsky #Medsky friends, @sidpharm.bsky.social creates an ID & stewardship podcast called Breakpoints. here’s one of my favorite episodes featuring the amazingly smart and kind Robert Bonomo and Ryan Shields teaching us all things enzymatic resistance podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

We’ve made the move to 🦋. Will be brainstorming ways to transition our activities and engagement over here. Hopeful we can have a #TxIDChat next month as we’d previously planned… stay tuned for details.