Connecticut Infectious Disease Society (CIDS)
Our Mission
The Connecticut Infectious Disease Society (CIDS) is a local state organization that represents physicians, scientists, and other health care professionals in the discipline of infectious disease. The CIDS mission is to enhance the care of the CT community, promote knowledge and clinical expertise, advocate for scientific sound human public policy, and advance collaboration with other services and professional colleagues.
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CIDS Events:
38th Annual Conference
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2021 Annual Conference
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Courtyard Marriott Hotel, 63 Grand Street, Waterbury
Board of Directors:
President: Jack Ross, MD
Chief, Infectious Disease/Allergy, Hartford Hospital
Vice President: David Banach, MD
Infectious Diseases, University of Connecticut Health
Secretary/Newsletter Editor: Margaret Fikrig, MD
Infectious Disease, Yale University School of Medicine
Treasurer: Michael Simms, MD
Chief, Section of Infectious Disease, Waterbury Hospital
Immediate Past President: Lydia Aoun Barakat, MD
Infectious Disease, Yale University School of Medicine
Directors:
Steve Aronin, MD
Senior Director, Clinical Development, Iterum Therapeutics
Matthew Cartter, MD, MPH
State Epidemiologist, Connecticut DPH
Kevin Dieckhaus, MD
Infectious Diseases, University of Connecticut Health
Marjorie Golden, MD
Infectious Diseases, Yale New Haven Hospital
CIDS Administrator: Denise Tyrrell
