Course Description
As part of CDC’s Fungal Disease Awareness Week 2026, ASM will host a webinar exploring emerging advances in fungal diagnostics and antifungal susceptibility testing, highlighting how innovative technologies are improving fungal identification and clinical decision-making. Experts will discuss new approaches to interpreting susceptibility results and leveraging diagnostic tools to support effective antifungal stewardship.Date and Time
Sept. 18, 20262 p.m. ET
Learning Objectives
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Explain current approaches to interpreting antifungal susceptibility results and their relevance to patient care.
- Compare emerging diagnostic technologies for fungal identification and recognize their potential clinical applications.
- Apply insights from novel diagnostic methods to support antifungal stewardship and treatment decision-making.
Credit Hour(s)
1 Hour
Level of Instruction
Intermediate.
Audience
Clinical and public health microbiologists, clinical laboratory professionals, infectious disease specialists, pharmacists as well as others involved in the diagnosis, treatment and stewardship of fungal infections.Additional Information
- This webinar is free to ASM members and non-members.
- The recording will become available within one week following the live webinar.
- Zoom closed captioning is provided. Please email ASM if other accommodations are needed.
- Questions? Contact Nicole Jackson, [email protected].
Continuing Education (CE) Credit
This presentation is approved for 1.0 P.A.C.E. ®, California or Florida credit.
The American Society for Microbiology is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program. Professional Acknowledgment for Continuing Education (P.A.C.E. ®) is an administrative system established to stimulate and serve as the quality assurance mechanism for continuing education programs offered to clinical laboratory professionals by ASCLS constituent societies, laboratory industry, government agencies, hospitals and educational organizations.
The American Society for Microbiology is accredited by the California Department of Health to offer continuing education for California Clinical Laboratory Personnel.
The American Society for Microbiology is accredited by the Florida Department of Health to offer continuing education for Florida Clinical Laboratory Personnel.
Presenters
Sean Zhang
M.D., Ph.D., D(ABMM)
Associate Professor of Pathology
Department of Pathology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director, Medical Mycology Laboratory
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Amir Seyedmousavi
VMD, Ph.D., D(ABMM), F(ECMM)
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory DirectorMedical Director of Mycology and Parasitology Diagnostics
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Nathan P. Wiederhold
Pharm.D., FCCP, FIDSA, F(ECMM)
Frank M. Townsend Professor of Pathology
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Director, Fungus Testing Laboratory
UT Health San Antonio