American Medical Seminars Infectious Disease and Malpractice 2026

Description

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+ Target Audience: Family Physicians, Internists, Primary Care Physicians, Hospitalists, Infectious Disease Specialists, Tropical Medicine Specialists

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+ Information:

• Activity Title: Infectious Disease and Malpractice

• Sponsor / Organizer: American Medical Seminars, Inc. (AMS, Inc.)

• Dates & Schedule: Monday, July 13, 2026 – Thursday, July 16, 2026 (7:30 am – 12:50 pm)

• Location: Sonesta Resort Hilton Head Island, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA

• Presenting Faculty:

  • Stephen Gluckman, MD: Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; Medical Director, Penn Global Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

  • John Crane, MD: Professor of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo; Chief of Infectious Diseases Section and Hospital Epidemiologist, Erie County Medical Center; Co-Medical Director, Erie County TB Clinic, Buffalo, NY

  • Paul Axelsen, MD: Departments of Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Medicine, Infectious Diseases Section, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

• Description: Infectious Disease and Malpractice is a 4-day course organized by American Medical Seminars (AMS), Inc., designed to provide clinicians with practical, clinically relevant insights into infectious diseases, primary care, and medicolegal risk reduction. Sessions address adult and COVID-19 immunizations, global and travel medicine, tick-borne illnesses, tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections, skin and soft tissue infections, infectious complications of the opiate addiction epidemic, COVID-19 and Long COVID, lymphadenopathy, fever of unknown origin, gastroenteritis, sexually transmitted diseases, viral hepatitis, HIV, essential nutrients and vitamins, malpractice lawsuits, and FDA black box warnings regarding opioids, benzodiazepines, and commonly prescribed medications.

Learning Objectives

• Recommend appropriate immunizations for specific adult risk groups, including healthcare workers, students, and long-term care residents.

• Diagnose and treat various common causes of gastroenteritis as per the current ACG guidelines.

• Develop a differential diagnosis and approach to the common STD syndromes: urethritis, genital ulcers, vaginitis.

• Evaluate the trends in opioid use, overdoses and deaths in the US and assess the reasons for the opioid epidemic in our country.

• Identify policies and practices that may help reduce malpractice risk and improve patient safety.

Target Audience

Primary care practitioners in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and General Practice, as well as nurse practitioners, physician assistants, hospitalists, and other clinicians seeking practical, clinically relevant updates in electrocardiography and common cardiology topics encountered in primary care.

Best for Family Physicians, Internists, Primary Care Physicians, General Practitioners, Hospitalists, Infectious Disease Specialists, Travel and Tropical Medicine Specialists, Pulmonologists, Dermatologists, Addiction Medicine Specialists, Pain Management Specialists, Hematologists, Gastroenterologists, Hepatologists, Obstetricians and Gynecologists (OB-GYNs), Urologists, Preventive Medicine Specialists, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Urgent Care Physicians, and Medical Nutrition Specialists.

 

+ Topics:

*Note: these are continuous video recordings during the conference, they include individual lectures mentioned in the Detail section below

Date	Session	Time	Speaker	Topic
7/13/2026	1-1	7:30am-8:30am	Gluckman	Immunizations for Adults
	1-2	8:35am-9:35am	Gluckman	Global Medicine Experiences
	1-3	9:40am-10:40am	Gluckman	Common Issues Surrounding Tick-Borne Illnesses in the U.S.
	1-4	10:45am-11:45am	Crane	TB and Non-TB Mycobacterial infection Update 2025
	1-5	11:50am-12:50pm	Crane	Skin & Soft Tissue Infections
7/14/2026	2-1	7:30am-8:30am	Crane	Health Complications of Illicit Drug Use
	2-2	8:35am-9:35am	Crane	Pneumonias We Have Known
	2-3	9:40am-10:40am	Gluckman	Evaluating Lymphadenopathy
	2-4	10:45am-11:45am	Gluckman	Health Advice for International Travel
	2-5	11:50am-12:50pm	Gluckman	Fever of Unknown Origin
7/15/2026	3-1	7:30am-8:30am	Gluckman	Gastroenteritis
	3-2	8:35am-9:35am	Gluckman	Sexually Transmitted Diseases
	3-3	9:40am-10:40am	Axelsen	Good medicine, bad outcomes, and malpractice lawsuits
	3-4	10:45am-11:45am	Axelsen	When to read black box warnings, and when to heed them
	3-5	11:50am-12:50pm	Axelsen	Black box warnings about opioids and benzodiazepines
7/16/2026	4-1	7:30am-8:30am	Axelsen	Black box warnings about commonly used drugs
	4-2	8:35am-9:35am	Axelsen	Common drugs and the QT interval
	4-3	9:40am-10:40am	Axelsen	The changing risk/benefit profile of fluoroquinolone antibiotics
	4-4	10:45am-11:45am	Gluckman	The Alphabet Soup of Viral Hepatitis
	4-5	11:50am-12:50pm	Gluckman	What Every Primary Care Provider Should Know About HIV