Matthew Falagas MD, MSc, DSc

LECTURES

(selection from invited lectures)

08/2014                       Current treatment of healthcare associated pneumonia (HAP) - ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP).  8^th Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine Summit Forum, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China

09/2013                       Theatment of carbapenem resistant infections. Statins for sepsis? 53^th Intercience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotehrapy (ICAAC), Denver, Colorado

07/2013                       Fosfomycin: an update. Infectious Diseases Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 

07/2013                       MDR/XDR Enterobacteriaceae infections. Global epidemiology and treatmet options. Infectious Diseases Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 

05/2013                       Internet resourses in infectious diseases. 21^th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Berlin, Germany

05/2012                       Dieases that masquerade infectious cellulitis. 21^th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Milan, Italy

04/2011                       XDR Acinetobacter pneumonia. International Seminar on Antimicrobial Agents & Resistance (ISAAR), Seoul, Korea

11/2010                       Cost effectiveness issues in antibicrobial agents. 3^rd symposium on Antibiotics, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal

10/2010                       Challenges in treatment of MDR Gram-negative infections? 48^th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Vancouver, Canada

09/2010                       Statins for sepsis? 50^th Intercience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotehrapy (ICAAC), Boston, Massachusetts

08/2010                       Antibiotic strategies to fight current resistant patterns? Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, India

06/2010                       Treatment of MDR/PDR Acinetobacter infections. 6^th Asia-Pacific Infectious Diseases Speakers Forum. Tagaytay, Phillipines

05/2010                       Treatment of ESBL infections. 7^th Forum on Infectious Diseases. Shenzhen, China

04/2010                       Management options for Acinetobacter infections. 20^th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Vienna, Austria

10/2009                       Early diagnosis of fungal infections. 22nd Annual Congress, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), Vienna, Austria

10/2009                       IDSA guidelines on invasive Candida infections. 22nd Annual Congress, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), Vienna, Austria

09/2009                       MDR Gram-negative non-fermentative bacteria. 49^th Intercience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotehrapy (ICAAC), San Francisco, California

09/2009                       Fosfomycin. 49^th Intercience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotehrapy (ICAAC), San Francisco, California

09/2009                       MDR, XRD, and PDR Gram-negative bacterial infections. 26^th Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (SSAC), Tromso, Norway

05/2009                       Antibiotics use in the elderly patient in the ICU. 19^th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Helsinki, Finland

04/2009                       Gram-negative endocarditis. 10^th International Symposium on Modern Concepts in Endocarditis and Cardiovascular Infections, Naples, Italy

04/2009                       New antibiotics: optimal use in current clinical practice. 3^rd European Conference on Bloodstream Infections, International Society of Chemotherpy, Sorrento, Italy

03/2009                       The revival of polymyxins. 29^th International Seminar on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM), Brussels, Belgium

03/2009                       MDR Gram-negative infections. 29^th International Seminar on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM), Brussels, Belgium

12/2008                       ESBL-producing organisms. The Lancet Conference on managing healthcare-associated infections, London, UK

11/2008                       MDR, XRD, and PDR Gram-negative bacterial infections: a global threat. 11^th Western Pacific Congress on Chemotherapy and Infectious Diseases (WPCCID), Taipei, Taiwan

11/2008                       Therapeutic options for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections. 11^th Western Pacific Congress on Chemotherapy and Infectious Diseases (WPCCID), Taipei, Taiwan

10/2008                       Fungal infections: consensus and controversies. Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

09/2008                       Preventive therapy of fungal infections in ICU patients. 21^sth Annual Congress, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), Lisbon, Portugal

09/2008                       Infection/colonization in ICU patients: When to treat? 21^st Annual Congress, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), Lisbon, Portugal

09/2008                       New routes of delivery of antimicrobial agents. 21^st Annual Congress, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), Lisbon, Portugal

09/2008                       Animals and human health. International Health and Tropical Medicine 2008. Annual Meeting of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Brighton, UK

09/2008                       Comparison of scientific productivity of the major world areas in various scientific fields. Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

07/2008                       Risk factors and management of hernia mesh related infections. 5^th International Suvretta Meeting, St. Moritz, Switzerland

05/2008                       Combination of antibiotics for the treatment of multidrug-resistant Gram-positive infections. ESCMID conference on fighting infections due to MDR Gram positives. Venice, Italy

04/2008                       Clinical impact of Acinetobacter baumannii infections. 18^th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Barcelona, Spain

04/2008                       Antibiotics administered via the respiratory tract in critically ill patients. Meet-the-Expert session, 18^th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Barcelona, Spain

04/2008                       New antibiotics for blood stream infections. 2^nd European Conference on Bloodstream Infections, International Society of Chemotherpy, Sitges, Spain

03/2008                       Current treatment of Acinetobacter infections. 162^nd meeting of the Society for General Microbiology (SGM-UK), Edinburgh, Scotland

03/2008                       The revival of polymyxins. Gordon Research Conference on “New Antibacterial Discovery and Development”, Lucca, Barga, Italy

11/2007                       Treatment of multidrug-resistant and pandrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. 2^nd  European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Conference on Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Barcelona, Spain

11/2007                       Multidrug resistant P. aeruginosa infections: what is the best way to act? 5^th International Meeting on Antimicrobial Chemotherapy in Clinical Practice (ACCP), S. Margherita, Genoa, Italy

10/2007                       Inhaled/intratracheal antibiotics. 20^th Annual Congress, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), Berlin, Germany

07/2007                       Treatment of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii infections. Clinical Microbiology Forum. National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

07/2007                       The role of carbapenems in the empirical treatment of patients with nosocomial pneumonia. 15^th Taiwan Infectious Diseases Forum, Kenting, Taiwan.

05/2007                       Modern treatment of human brucellosis. 33^rd Panhellenic Medical Conference, Athens, Greece

04/2007                       Acinetobacter infections: current therapeutic strategies. 17^th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)/25^th International Congress of Chemotherapy (ICC), Munich, Germany

02/2007                       Evidence based medicine or personal experience? The role of meta-analyses in modern infectious disease management. 10^th Seminar on Pediatric Infections, Thessaloniki, Greece

12/2006                       Monotherapy or combinations of antibiotics? 4^th  Pan-Cyprian conference of Chemotherapy and Infectious Diseases, Nicosia, Cyprus

11/2006                       Quinolones for the treatment of brucellosis. 1^st International meeting on the treatment of human brucellosis, International Society of Chemotherapy, Ioannina, Greece

02/2006                       Effectiveness and safety of polymyxins. 2^nd Top Ten on Infections. Inter-disciplinary seminar on infections, Athens, Greece

10/2005                       Therapeutic strategies for Acinetobacter infections. Acinetobacter: an emerging crisis. National Symposium, Oxford, UK

04/2005                       Old antibiotics are back. Meet-the-Expert session. 15^th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Copenhagen, Denmark

02/2005                       Clinical research on nosocomial infections. 1^st Top Ten on Infections. Inter-disciplinary seminar on infections, Athens, Greece

09/2004                       Effectiveness and safety of colistin for the treatment of multi-drug resistant Gram negative bacterial infections: the renaissance of an old antibiotic. Infectious Diseases division research conference. Tufts - New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

06/2004                       Management of multidrug resistant bacterial infections. 3^rd European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) School, Athens, Greece

11/2003                       Tuberculous peritonitis. Clinicopathologic Conference, “Laiko” Hospital, Department of Medicine, Athens University School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

11/2002                       Developments in the management of community acquired infections. Medical Association of Karditsa, Karditsa, Greece

07/2002                       Management of infectious diseases. 1^st European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) School, Lausanne, Switzerland

10/2001                       Protective measures against bioterrorism. Seminar. “Hygeia” Hospital, Athens, Greece

06/2001                       Differential diagnosis of pulmonary infiltrates. 17^th annual pulmonary diseases seminar of the Hellenic Pulmonary Society, Athens, Greece