The Wayne State University School of Medicine will present the third annual Update in Infectious Diseases Conference on Sept. 26 at the Greektown Hotel and Casino in Detroit.

Sponsored by the WSU Department of Internal Medicine, the conference runs from 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

The conference schedule includes:

7:45 to 8:15 a.m.: Registration and continental breakfast.

8:15 to 8:30 a.m.: Opening remarks by Pranatharthi Chandrasekar, M.D., WSU professor of Internal Medicine and chair of the Division of Infectious Diseases, and director of the conference.

8:30 to 9 a.m.: "Epidemiology and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infection," presented by Marcus Zervos, M.D., WSU professor of Internal Medicine and division head of Infectious Diseases for the Henry Ford Health System.

9 to 9:30 a.m.: "HIV Infection for Non-HIV Doctors," presented by Jennifer Veltman, M.D., WSU assistant professor of Internal Medicine and of the Division of Infectious Diseases.

9:30 to 10 a.m.: "Hepatitis C: Interferon-free Treatment at Last," presented by Lawrence Crane, M.D., WSU professor of Internal Medicine and of the Division of Infectious Diseases.

10 to 10:30 a.m.: Panel question-and-answer session.

10:30 to 10:45 a.m.: Break.

10:45 to 11:15 a.m.: "Antimicrobial Stewardship," presented by Sorabh Dhar, M.D., WSU assistant professor of the Division of Infectious Diseases.

11:15 to 11:45 a.m.: "Clostridium Difficile Infection and Fecal Transplantation," presented by Teena Chopra, M.D., M.P.H., WSU assistant professor of Internal Medicine and of the Division of Infectious Diseases; associate corporate director of Infection Prevention, Epidemiology and Antibiotic Stewardship for the Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University; and director of Infection Prevention, Epidemiology and Antibiotic Stewardship for Kindred Hospital.

11:45 a.m. to 12:05 p.m.: Panel question-and-answer session.

12:05 to 1 p.m.: Lunch.

1 to 1:30 p.m.: "Community Acquired Pneumonia," presented by Patricia Brown, M.D., WSU professor of Internal Medicine and of the Division of Infectious Diseases; and WSU school associate chief of staff for Medicine for the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center.

1:30 to 2 p.m.: "Emerging and Re-emerging Viral Pathogens - Influenza, Ebola and More," presented by Keith Kaye, M.D., M.P.H., WSU professor of Internal Medicine and of the Division of Infectious Diseases; corporate vice president of Quality and Patient Safety, and corporate medical director of Infection Prevention, Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Stewardship for the Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University.

2 to 2:30 p.m.: "Sexually Transmitted Diseases," presented by Jonathan Cohn, M.D., WSU professor of Internal Medicine and of the Division of Infectious Diseases; and director of the Adult HIV Program and Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center MATEC-Michigan.

2:30 to 3 p.m.: Panel question-and-answer session.

3 to 3:15 p.m.: Evaluation and closing.

Cost for the conference is $75 for practicing physicians and $60 for medical residents and other health care professionals. Students may attend at no charge.

Visit http://cme.med.wayne.edu/ to register. For more information, contact Tina Poole at 313-577-1180 or tmpoole@med.wayne.edu.