USF Health’s IDPodcasts

Dr. Shylah Moore-Pardo, associate program director of the ID fellowship program at the Morsani College of Medicine, conducts this interactive board review suitable for Medical Students, Residents, and Fellows. Five different categories of questions are covered.

Dr. Olga Klinkova, Infectious Diseases clinician at Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, conducts a board review session on Candida Infections targeted towards the medical resident or Infectious Diseases Fellow. Topics discussed include a comparison and contrast of the different Candida species, information on Candida auris, Candidemia, and disseminated (hepatosplenic) candidiasis. Also d...

Dr. Yanina Pasikhova, Infectious Diseases Pharmacist at Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, presents a talk on three lesser well known adverse drug effects involving antimicrobials. Dr. Pasikhova discusses the link between voriconazole and bone pain, the association between posaconazole and refractory hypertension and hypokalemia, and the neurological effects of of metronidazole therapy....

Dr. Medaris, Chief of Infectious Diseases at Bay Pines Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, conducts a review of Rickettsial Infections. After starting with an overview of the genus Rickettsia, Dr. Medaris moves on to discuss Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, R. Parkeri, Mediterranean Spotted Fever, and Rickettsial Pox. African Tick Bite Fever is next discussed, followed by Sylvatic and Murine T...

Dr. Drew Wilson, ID Pharmacy Resident, discusses the new options for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV infection. Options discussed include oral PrEP (Truvada, Descovy), cabotegravir, and a newer option, lenacapravir. A prescribing algorithm is also presented, and the topic of developing resistance is also covered. Lastly, Dr. Wilson touches upon other novel agents for PrEP, as well a...

Parker Kaleo, PharmD, Pgy2 ID Pharmacy Resident, presents a review of several recent controversies in infectious diseases. He addresses the optimal therapy for refractory MSSA bacteremia, the use of “cidal” versus “bacteriostatic” antimicrobials for severe infections, oral cephalosporins as step down therapy for severe infections, the penetration of cefazolin for CNS infect...

Dr. Richard L. Oehler, MD, Professor of Medicine at the USF Morsani College of Medicine, presents this update on Diabetic Foot Infections (DFIs) in 2026. Focusing on recent guidelines and scientific literature, Dr. Oeher discusses DFI epidemiology, pathophysiology, and Diabetic foot exam basics. He then goes on to review diabetic vascular disease and its role in the progression of diabetic foot co...

Dr. Cordero-Baez, MD, Infectious Diseases Fellow at the Morsani USF College of Medicine, presents a lighthearted (and Bad Bunny-inspired) look at travel medicine recommendations for Puerto Rico, a popular travel destination (and his home country) in the Caribbean. Dr. Cordero starts by taking a close look at Dengue, for which cases experienced a surge on the island as recently as in 2024. He then...

Dr. Mel O’Neal, Infectious Diseases pharmacist at Tampa General Hospital, presents part 2 of her series on Gram Negative Resistance, focusing on therapeutics for treatment of these resistant pathogens. Dr. O’Neal begins by identifying the main resistance mechanisms, including membrane porins, efflux pumps, drug binding site mutations, and degrading enzymes (e.g., beta-lactamases.) She...

Dr. Richard Oehler, Professor of Medicine at the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine at USF, presents this updated overview of Nocardia and Actinomyces, two closely-related gram positive filamentous rods which have distinct differences. In his presentation, Dr. Oehler initially covers Nocardiosis, followed by Actinomycosis, and compares and contr...

Dr. Vivian Vega, Infectious Diseases clinician with the USF Morsani College of Medicine, presents a focused look at how to interpret HIV resistance patterns in clinical practice. Among the topics discussed include what constitutes a drug mutation, the specifics of having a high resistance barrier, when to obtain a genotype, and when to add an integrate inhibitor genotype. Lastly, specific classic...

Dr. Lauren Rybolt, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the USF Morsani College of Medicine, presents a talk on how to to tailor strategies for Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or “PREP,” to the individual patient. Dr. Rybolt begins by discussing USPSTF recommendations. She then moves on to compare and contrast the currently available options for PREP therapy, including TDF/FTC versus TAF/FTC,...

Dr. Marilia Bernardes, Infectious Diseases Faculty at the Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa, FL, presents an overview of the immune system. Dr. Bernardes skillfully breaks down the immune system into 4 distinct pillars and then its individual biological components. She presents the “who,” “what” and “why” for neutrophils, B-cells, and T cells and covers cellu...

Dr. Melissa O’Neal, ID Clinical Pharmacist at Tampa General Hospital, provides an overview of gram negative resistance in this fast-paced presentation. Dr. O’Neal begins by describing the general mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance, including cell-wall dependent mechanisms and chromosomal mechanisms. She covers the alteration of membrane porins, over expression of efflux pumps, muta...

Dr. Olga Klinkova, Infectious Diseases Clinician at the Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, presents a talk on Candida Infections. Dr. Klinkova begins by discussing the epidemiology of Candida. She then touches upon the importance of biofilms on the pathogenicity of Candida strains. Next, she breaks down the individual Candida species and highlights unique characteristics of each one. Fo...

Dr. Ambuj Kumar, Professor of Medicine with the USF Morsani College of Medicine, shares his perspectives on how to create and conduct a clinical research study. Among the topics discussed includes study design, the distinctions between randomized controlled trials, case-control studies, and retrospective cohort trials, and how to frame the proper clinical question for study development. The import...

Dr. Patrick Danaher, Infectious Diseases Clinician at the USF Morsani College of Medicine, discusses the various dermatologic manifestations of HIV in this recorded session. Among the topics discussed includes genital herpes disease, Zoster, Mpox infections, MRSA skin lesions, and Kaposi sarcoma. The lecture is presented in a case-based interactive format and is updated for 2025

Dr. Jose Montero, Professor of Medicine at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, presents an overview of the management of Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) for an Infectious Diseases specialist. The lecture opens with a discussion of the history of SSI management, reviewing milestones in the prevention of these infections and their discoverers, from Semmelweis, to Lister, to...

Dr. Kami Kim, Chief of Infectious Diseases at the Division of Infectious Diseases, USF Morsani College of Medicine, reviews one of the few truly emergent infectious diseases, Malaria. Dr. Kim begins by discussing the differential of fever in the returning traveller. Next focusing on Plasmodium, she discusses diagnostic techniques, including thick and thin smears and Malaria rapid diagnostic tests....

Dr. Jackie Sherbuk, Assistant Professor of Medicine with the USF Morsani College of Medicine, presents an interactive session regarding infections of the skin and soft tissues. Topics discussed include impetigo, folliculitis, furunculosis, cellulitis, necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections, aquatic cellulitis, animal bite infections, cutaneous anthrax, sporotrichosis, and staphylococcal scald...

Dr. Vivian Vega, Assistant Professor at the USF Morsani College of Medicine, presents a discussion about infections of the central nervous system. Dr. Vega begins by discussing encephalitis. Pathogens discussed include Herpes Simplex virus, West Nile virus, Enterovirus, Varicella Zoster, Arboviruses and Rabies. Next, bacterial meningitis is addressed. Lastly, causes of chronic meningitis are eluci...

Dr. Ambika Eranki, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the USF Morsani College of Medicine, presents a review session on infections spread by Ticks. Dr. Eranki addresses specific tick-borne syndromes and arthropod vectors. The speaker also explains how climate change is affecting the distribution of arthropods critical to the spread of these diseases. Syndromes further discussed include Lyme diseas...

Dr. John Greene, Professor of Medicine and Chief of Infectious Diseases at Moffitt Cancer and Research Institute, conducts this photo review of various human endemic fungal infections. Covered topics include mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis, phaeohyphomycosis, Sporotrichosis, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, and paracoccidioidomycosis. The presentation is suitable fo...

Dr. Ambika Eranki, Assistant Professor at the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, presents this review of infections associated with native and prosthetic joints, in addition to infectious of the spine and vertebrae. Dr. Eranki begins by presenting some case based examples of bone and joint infections. She then discusses the definitions and workup of infectious arthritis, s...

Dr. Sally Alrabaa, Co-Director of Transplant Infectious Diseases at the Morsani College of Medicine, presents an overview of infection issues surrounding the solid organ transplant patient. Dr. Alrabaa differentiates specific infections based upon the early, medium, and late transplant periods. She then covers infections associated with certain specific immunosuppressive regimens. Next, the speake...