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Hosted by ARUP Laboratories and the University of Utah Department of Pathology on the Campus of the University of Utah in Research Park

Organized by Fungal Diagnostic Laboratory Consortium (FDLC); Foundation Atlas of Clinical Fungi; Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands; ARUP Laboratories and the University of Utah Department of Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Venue location: Salt Lake City Marriott University Park, 480 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT, 84108, USA

This will be an in-person-only, six-day course that brings together a panel of internationally renowned medical mycologists, pathologists, pharmacists, and infectious disease and dermatology specialists with expertise in fungal disease diagnosis and management. The course is designed as a comprehensive interactive training workshop and provides hands on tools for laboratory identification of medically important fungi. In addition, state of the art approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of fungal diseases are discussed. The course is open to laboratory professionals, physicians, trainees, scientists, and researchers at all learning levels who are interested in the diagnosis of fungal diseases.

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Target Audience: The intended participants for this course are laboratory professionals, physicians, residents, fellows, scientists, and researchers at all learning levels who are interested in diagnosis of fungal diseases.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the most common fungal organisms that cause human diseases
• Recognize the clinical features of fungal diseases
• Assess current laboratory approaches to identify medically important fungi
• Perform traditional organism identification using colony morphology and microscopic features

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Course Directors:

Kimberly Hanson, MD	University of Utah School of Medicine, ARUP Laboratories, USA
Sean Zhang, MD, PhD	Johns Hopkins Hospital/Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA
Sybren de Hoog, PhD	Center of Expertise in Mycology of RadboudUMC, Netherlands

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Course Faculty:

Barbara Alexander, MD, MHS	Duke University Medical Center
Ben Bradley, MD, PhD	University of Utah School of Medicine, ARUP Laboratories
Avrom Caplan, MD	New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Mariana Castanheira, PhD	JMI Laboratories
Tanis Dingle, PhD	Alberta Precision Laboratories - Public Health Laboratory
Shawn Lockhart, PhD	CDC Mycotic Diseases Branch
Blaine Mathison, BS, M(ASCP)	ARUP Laboratories
Hong Nguyen, MD	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Gary Procop, MD, MS, Med	American Board of Pathology
Amir Seyedmousavi, PhD	NIH Microbiology Service
Patricia Slev, PhD	University of Utah School of Medicine, ARUP Laboratories
Dallas Smith, PharmD, MAS	CDC Mycotic Diseases Branch
George Thompson, MD	University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
Thomas Walsh, MD, PhD (Hon)	Center for Innovative Therapeutics and Diagnostics
Lars Westblade, PhD	New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine
Nathan Wiederhold, PharmD	Fungus Testing Laboratory, University of Texas San Antonio

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Technical and Administrative Assistance:

Chérie Petersen, BA	Conference Coordinator, ARUP Laboratories
Alyssa Peña, MLS(ASCP)CM	Conference Coordinator, ARUP Laboratories
Arthur Veenema, BA	Multimedia Coordinator, ARUP Laboratories
Warda Memon, BS	Teaching Assistance, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Rachel Green, BS	Teaching Assistance, Johns Hopkins Hospital
TBD	Teaching Assistance, ARUP Laboratories
TBD	Teaching Assistance, ARUP Laboratories

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Course Disclaimer:
Attendance does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught at this course.

Conference Cancellation Policy:
The University of Utah Department of Pathology and ARUP Laboratories reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event of a cancellation or postponement of this conference, registration fees will be refunded in full; however, the University of Utah Department of Pathology and/or ARUP Laboratories is not responsible for any other related costs, charges, or expenses incurred by registrants of this conference.