Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome Message

    • Welcome from Dr. Alexander Shikhman, Founder IAREF
  • 2

    Introduce Yourself

    • Introduce Yourself
  • 3

    Chronic Infections and Autoimmune Diseases

    • Learning Objectives

    • Presentation: Chronic Infections and Autoimmune Diseases
  • 4

    The Diversity of Bartonellosis Manifestations and Challenges to Treatment

    • Learning Objectives

    • Presentation: Diversity of Bartonellosis Manifestations and Challenges to Treatment
  • 5

    Comparative Medical Observations Relative to Bartonellosis in Dogs and Humans

    • Learning Objectives

    • Presentation: Comparative Medical Observations Relative to Bartonellosis in Dogs and Humans
  • 6

    Clinical Manifestations of Bartonellosis

    • Learning Objectives

    • Presentation: Human Bartonellosis-Clinical Aspects
  • 7

    Bartonella and Pediatrics

    • Learning Objectives

    • Presentation: Bartonella and Pediatrics
  • 8

    Bartonellosis and Rheumatic Diseases

    • Learning Objectives

    • Presentation: Bartonellosis in the Rheumatology Clinic
  • 9

    Laboratory Diagnosis of Bartonellosis: Current Practices, Challenges, and Recent Developments

    • Learning Objectives

    • Presentation: Laboratory Diagnosis of Bartonellosis
  • 10

    Therapy of Bartonellosis

    • Learning Objectives

    • Presentation: Principles of Therapy
  • 11

    Course Evaluation

    • Course Evaluation Survey
  • 12

    CME Certificate

    • CME Certificate

Instructors

IAREF President, Dr. Alexander Shikhman, is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology with a PhD in immunology. He is also CEO and owner of Institute for Specialized Medicine, a private rheumatology practice in San Diego, CA. He is a highly sought after physician for diagnosing and treating the connection between autoimmune disease and chronic infections.
Dr. Edward B. Breitschwerdt is a professor of medicine and infectious diseases at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine.  He is also an adjunct professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center, and a Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM).  Dr. Breitschwerdt directs the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory in the Comparative Medicine Institute at North Carolina State University.  He also co-directs the Vector Borne Diseases Diagnostic Laboratory.
Director of Research and Development and Assistant Laboratory Director at Galaxy Labs, Dr. Miller holds a doctorate in microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics. With over 20 years of experience with vector-borne and zoonotic pathogens, including Borrelia burgdorferi and Leptospira interrogans, the causative agent of Leptospirosis, Dr. Miller leads clinical assay development and the diagnostic test portfolio at Galaxy. Her experience as a professor of microbiology at North Carolina State University, where she developed her own research program and laboratory focused on in vitro and murine studies of vector-borne diseases.
Monica E. Embers obtained her Ph.D. in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in Hershey, P.A., where she studied immune responses to Papillomaviruses.  She made the transition to the study of bacterial pathogenesis when performing her postdoctoral research on the Lyme disease spirochete at the Tulane National Primate Research Center (TNPRC).  She subsequently joined the faculty at the TNPRC.  Dr. Embers is an Associate Professor in the Division of Immunology and the Director of Vector borne Disease Research at the TNPRC.

Neenah Grade is a board certified Physician Assistant with a background in primary care and integrative pain medicine. She received a Bachelor’s degree in genetics, cell and molecular biology from Arizona State University before completing her Masters in Science at Arcadia University in Philadelphia.


She and Dr. Shikhman have developed protocols specific to pediatric infectious and autoimmune conditions.