828th Monthly Meeting – September 28, 2026
Ralph Isberg, Ph.D., Tufts University
50 Years since the Historic Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in Philadelphia
“Legionella pneumophila:  the Journey from Poor Plumbing Design to the Perfect Replication Vacuole”

55th Annual Clinical Symposium- October 8, 2026

829th Monthly Meeting – October 26, 2026

830th Monthly Meeting – November 16, 2026
Normal Willett Memorial Lecture (sponsored by the Education Committee)

Philadelphia Infection and Immunity Forum – December xx, 2026 (TBD)

831st Monthly Meeting – January 25, 2027

832nd Monthly Meeting – February 22, 2027

833rd Monthly Meeting – March 29, 2027

834th Monthly Meeting – April 19 or 26, 2027 (TBD)

835th Montly Meeting – May xx, 2027 (TBD) sponsored by the Student Chapter

ASM Microbe 2027 – June 22-25, 2027, Chicago

The Eastern Pennsylvania Branch of the American Society for Microbiology is sponsoring this Clinical Microbiology Symposium. This intermediate- to advanced-level program will provide an update on key recent advances in clinical microbiology. This symposium will focus on new technologies being used in clinical and public health laboratories The information will be presented as a combination of lectures with time for questions, a panel discussion and case presentations. There will be time for networking with colleagues and exhibits from vendors.

Featured Speakers:
Pranita Tamma, MD, MHS, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (James A Poupard Memorial Lecturer)
Blake Buchan, Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin
Kenneth Gavina, Ph,D, Indiana University
Wade Aldous, Ph,D., Pennsylvania Department of Health
Jana Broadhurst, MD, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Samantha Giffen, PhD, Emory School of Medicine
Alex Green, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Clair Zurlo, MD, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
David Peaper, MD, PhD, Yale University School of Medicine
Duane Newton, PhD, Michigan Department of Health

Link to Register: https://epaasm.org/events/55th-annual-clinical-microbiology-symposium/