Co-Organizers Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Infectious Diseases Society of America

"Changing paradigms in infection prevention: towards elimination of adverse events."

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Preliminary Program (pdf)

CME and CNE

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CME Designation

SHEA is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. SHEA designates this educational activity for a maximum of 25.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CNE Designation

APIC is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC). The maximum number of nursing contact hours that can be earned for this conference is 25.5. The maximum number of nursing contact hours that can be earned for workshops is 3.5.

Decennial Conference Recordings

Conference proceedings are available through Sound Images. Individuals have three options to access fully synchronized session recordings and audio:

  1. Full conference digital library (online access): $199 after the conference.
  2. A stand alone copy of the digital library delivered on portable external hard drive can be added for $75.
  3. Individual sessions with online access can be purchased for $35 after the conference.

All products feature:

  • Worldwide access.
  • Downloadable, live digitally-recorded audio content from the conference with fully synchronized speaker slides, captured at the moment of presentation to ensure accuracy.
  • 3 years’ access to account to view presentations and use the Greenroom™, a unique socialnetworking platform that connects the subscriber with others interested in the session, allowing for conversations with speakers and/or fellow colleagues.
  • The ability to save MP3 files to your computer for use with an iPod or PDA.

Decennial Award Winners

Click here to learn more about the SHEA awards. Click here to read about the Partnership in Prevention award.

SHEA Lectureship David Henderson, MD, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 
SHEA Trainee AwardMatthew Wise, PhD, MPH, CDC, Atlanta, GA
SHEA Investigator AwardEli N. Perencevich, MD, University of Iowa and the Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa City, IA
SHEA Pediatric Investigator AwardAaron M. Milstone, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
SHEA Mentor Scholar AwardTrish M. Perl, MD, MSc, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
SHEA Advanced Practice Infection Preventionist AwardKaren Hoffman, RN, MS, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
SHEA International AwardGiulia De Angelis, MD, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
SHEA Travel Awards

David Banach, MD, MPH, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Christopher J. Bettacchi, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
Abigail L. Carlson, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Marlieke de Kraker, MSc, Centre for Infectious Disease Control and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands
JaHyun Kang, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Surbhi Leekha, MBBS, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Dror Marchaim, MD, Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Becky A. Miller, MD, Duke University, Durham, NC
David S. Yassa, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brookline, MA

SHEA Barry Farr AwardKyle Popovich, MD, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
SHEA William Jarvis AwardAnucha Apisarnthanarak, MD, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratum Thani, Thailand
CDC Lifetime Achievement Awards

Laboratory Methods - Martin Favero, PhD, Advanced Sterilization Products, San Clemente, CA
Surveillance - T. Grace Emori, RN, MS, U.S. Public Health Service (retired), Jacksonville, OR
Epidemiology - William Jarvis, MD, Jason and Jarvis Associates, Hilton Head Island, SC
Infection Control and Prevention - Robert Weinstein, MD, Rush University Medical Center and the John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL
Policy Impact - Patrick J. Brennan, MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

SHEA-APIC Partnership in Prevention Award

National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia