Sujit Suchindran

Opinion | I'm an Infectious Diseases Doctor. Our Pipeline of Experts Is in Distress. Sidelining our field will inevitably leave us all unprepared for the next threat

I'm an Infectious Diseases Doctor. Our Pipeline of Experts Is in Distress.
Had the opportunity to share my reflections on the challenges the ID specialty is facing on.
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Welcome to Atlanta #IDWeek2025! Check out this great guide to our city from the #EmoryID fellows! The Eastside Beltline is my fave

#IDWeek2025 kicks off today, & @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social is well represented with a total of 96 Emory-affiliated presentation. Don't miss talks by @colleenkelly.bsky.social & @gradydoctor.bsky.social Full list of Emory sessions: bit.ly/EmoryIDWeek2025

As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people.

Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi

🚨BREAKING: IDSA, along with AAP, APHA, ACP and others, has filed a lawsuit against HHS/Secretary Kennedy to stop unlawful changes to vaccine policy and defend public health.

We refuse to stand by while America’s public health safeguards are torn apart. bit.ly/4lm7UkW

Secretary Kennedy’s allegations about the integrity of CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices are completely unfounded and will have a significant negative impact on Americans of all ages.

Our statement: bit.ly/3SGaDcb

Seen many ID docs become Chief Quality or Chief Medical Officers and lead huge teams after serving in many of these (including telehealth) positions. Great series of posts Paul

Great series for #IDSky

I’d add for AS and IC, you can seek agreements outside your institution. Many rural hospitals and nursing homes without ID physicians are willing to pay for these services.

A great way to combine #4 and #5 into tele-stewardship!

Ethical Management of Challenging Behaviors in Hospitalized People Who Use Drugs Challenging behaviors in inpatients with infectious complications of substance use disorder can bring core ethical values into tension, ranging from respec

Ethical management of challenging behaviors in hospitalized people who use drugs

New collab on a super common clinical challenge with fantastic colleagues @kinnathakarar.bsky.social and @cfyen-md.bsky.social

#bioethics #medsky #idsky

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After you get stewie data, how do you communicate it back? @suchindran.bsky.social and I discuss this today at #SHEAspring2025

The #EmoryID crew representing at #SHEASpring2025!

📅 Mark your calendars! Dr. Colleen Kelley (HIVMA Chair + Emory Infectious Diseases specialist) will testify before Congress on Wednesday, April 9 to advocate for continued funding in HIV care, prevention, and research.
Watch live: bit.ly/4ldwVim
#SaveHIVFudning #EndHIVEpidemic #TheFightForOurLives

We cannot do the complex and serious work of protecting Americans from infectious diseases amid this chaos and confusion.

Our statement on April 1 HHS Job Cuts: www.idsociety.org/news--public...

The #FutureofID is here!

Thanks @idsainfo.bsky.social for the leadership development opportunity!

Tragic Childhood Death from Measles Reminds Us That Some Don't Understand Either the Medical Significance or the Human Heart My ID colleague Dr. Adam Ratner, Chief of Pediatric ID at NYU Medical Center, just published an insightful and remarkably timely book called Booster Shots:  The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncer...

If someone thinks the measles outbreak and childhood death in Texas are "not unusual" or "happens all the time", they are deeply misinformed. h/t @adamratnermd.bsky.social for the inspiration.

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Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) Overview | Immunize.org| Immunize.org Find materials on legal requirements to give VISs to patients before vaccinating.

Vaccines and immunization fact sheets you can't find on CDC website anymore are archived at the link below. May be helpful to bookmark this for future reference.
www.immunize.org/vaccines/vis...

Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article) PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.

"Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing H.I.V. medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics"
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...

It’s never been more important for #IDSky #AMSSky to be health policy advocates.

I’m proud to be a SHEA Advocate to support medical research, public health, combating AMR, and preventing HAIs. Please consider joining @sheaepi.bsky.social

Global collaboration saves lives. SHEA highlights the importance of U.S. partnerships with WHO for better surveillance, faster detection, and stronger infectious disease responses.

Ending these partnerships weakens public health globally.

Read our full statement: shea-online.org/global-publi...

AHRQ script for talking to nursing home residents and their families about UTIs.

Today I fielded a call from a colleague about “recurrent UTI” in a nursing home resident. It turned into a great diagnostic stewardship opportunity where I shared this great resource from AHRQ on talking to residentes and families about UTI/ASB.

www.ahrq.gov/sites/defaul...

#IDSky #MedSky #UTISky

Interesting, we’ve been working through manual testing algorithms but perhaps the threat of sending to reference labs would be a useful intervention!

Hello #IDSky #Microsky #AMSSky!

Has your micro lab recently updated VITEK Gram negative cards? Have you been dealing with new limitations related to Enterobacter and Morganella reporting (among others)?

We’d love to hear how you’re working through it and share ideas! Please reach out!

Report: Flu vaccine over 50% effective against severe illness among US children from 2015 to 2020

Influenza vaccines for this year are about 50% effective against all severity of influenza in adults and slightly more effective in young children, about 62% against severe infections. This is a good level of protection and it matters. Get a flu shot🧪
www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...

🚨 ID PharmDs looking to join the BILH family, we've got 2 Stewie positions available at some of our community hospitals: 🚨

Needham
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MAH
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We're hiring!

Open search for Associate Director of Infection Prevention at UW Medical Center

Work in amazing academic environment with a phenomenal team.

Fantastic quality of life.

Did I mention protected time for scholarly activities?

DM w q's

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#IDsky

Does your microbiology lab routinely perform susceptibility testing for Cutibacterium acnes?

If so, is it only for joint fluid/orthopedic surgical cultures?

#IDSky #AMSsky #microsky @docwoc71.bsky.social

So many Emory IM residents choose ID because of our stellar training opportunities and phenomenal faculty!

#IDSky @wsarmst.bsky.social @docdelrio.bsky.social @reenahem.bsky.social

Looking forward to this important @sheaepi.bsky.social Converse and Convene networking event tomorrow to discuss the post-election landscape and implications for healthcare epi, IP, and stewardship.

Please join us! #IDsky #AMSsky

CIDRAP 2024 “Serving Up Superbugs” report grades US fast food chains on efforts to rid clinically important antibiotics from supply chain

Kudos to Chipotle and KFC

Neglectfulness by Arby’s, Sonic, Dairy Queen, Olive Garden, Little Caesar’s and Panda Express

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Going full Prince Ƭ̵̬̊ for USAAW at Emory University Hospital!

We have a fantastic team of stewies at EUH and across Emory Healthcare improving patient care every day

#IDSky #PurpleRain