Gonzalo Bearman United States

Dr. Bearman’s primary clinical focus includes General Infectious Diseases and HIV care. Beginning in 2005, Dr. Bearman has led the VCU Global Health Program through the Honduras Medical Relief Brigade, a medical relief effort bringing medical and public health assistance to rural Honduran communities. His areas of administration and research focus on the epidemiology of hospital-acquired infections. Dr. Bearman has various industry grants and has published over 200 peer-reviewed publications, multiple editorships of books, and is the primary editor of 3 medical textbooks. In 2013, Dr Bearman founded and is the Editor in Chief of the Medical Literary Messenger, a literary magazine with a focus on medicine and humanism. Dr. Bearman previously served as the chair of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Guidelines Committee and was a member of the SHEA Board of Trustees. In 2023, Dr. Bearman received the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Career Mentorship Award, presented at ID Week 2023, Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. In 2019 Dr. Bearman received Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Barry Farr Award for the most influential publication in infection prevention and hospital epidemiology- Presented at ID Week 2019 Annual Meeting, Washington DC, October 4, 2019. Other honors include the VCU School of Medicine Educational Innovation Award (2014), VCU Medical Center Shining Knight Honor (2016), Virginia Living Magazine Top Doctors- Infectious Diseases (2018), Richmond Magazine Best Doctors in Richmond- Infectious Diseases (2011-2020). In 2020 Dr. Bearman received the VCU Department of Medicine Excellence in Scholarship Award. In 2023, Dr. Bearman received the SHEA Career Mentorship national award. Most recently, Dr. Bearman has led critical efforts to address the COVID-19 Pandemic on research, clinical, and operational fronts. He has assumed various roles for VCU Health including VCU Medical Center Incident Command Center Infectious Diseases/ Hospital Infection Prevention Program COVID 19 Director, co-Investigator in Remdesevir and Sarilumab Clinical Trials, Primary investigator VCU-VDH COVID 19 Seroprevalence Study ($100,000 grant), Co/Senior-Investigator VCU COVID 19 Healthcare Worker Seroprevalence Study (VCU SOM/VCU Health Funded), Primary media respondent for VCU Health on COVID 19 internal and external media requests, member of the Virginia Disaster Management Advisory Committee to Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Services, Infectious Diseases Consultant and Member VCU Public Health Response Committee for University Reopen, Infectious Diseases Medical Advisor to VCU Athletics COVID 19 and Infectious Diseases Medical Advisor to the Atlantic 10 Advisory Committee for NCAA1 Athletics. Since 2021, Dr. Bearman is Editor in Chief of Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, published by Cambridge University press.

Main Congress - Day 2

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11:25am 11:55am	Plenary Lecture 3 Reinnovating IPC for the future : Using AI in infection Prevention : Opportunities and Dangers Assoc. Prof.Andrew Stewardson Chairperson Monash UniversityAustralia Prof.Nurul Azmawati Mohamed@Abd Aziz Chairperson Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)Malaysia Prof.Gonzalo Bearman Speaker Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineUnited States Conference Hall 1,2,3
2:50pm 4:00pm	Symposium 3A Outbreak Management Implementing Change in Infection Prevention and Outbreaks : The Worst That Can Happen is you Fail Prof.Gonzalo Bearman Speaker Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineUnited States Playing the detective : Joy of Working as an IPC professional Assoc. Prof.Moi Lin Ling Speaker Singapore Health Services Pte LtdSingapore Mobilising Outbreak Management Team - All Hands on Deck Dr.Anilawati Binti Mat Jelani Speaker Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab IIMalaysia Q&A Conference Hall 1

Main Congress - Day 3

Time	Session

7:30am 8:15am	Meet The Expert 3 How to Publish your Work Prof.Anucha Apisarnthanarak Moderator Thammasat University HospitalThailand Prof.David Weber Speaker UNC HospitalsUnited States Prof.Gonzalo Bearman Speaker Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineUnited States Conference Hall 3

Main Congress - Day 4

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7:45am 8:30am	Meet the Expert 6 Panelist Discussion Regarding Disinfection and Sterilisation (Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America - SHEA) Prof.Gonzalo Bearman Moderator Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineUnited States Prof.David Weber Speaker UNC HospitalsUnited States Dr.Emily Sickbert-Bennett Speaker University of North Carolina HospitalsUnited States Dr.Erica Shenoy Speaker SHEA, Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States Conference Hall 3
3:50pm 5:00pm	Symposium 10A Cutting Edge Topics in IPC Dr.Ermira Tartari Bonnici Chairperson Mater Dei HospitalMalta Dr.Pamela Lee Yew Fong Chairperson Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur, IHH Malaysia Malaysia Reimagining Dental infection prevention in a Post Pandemic World Ms.Lily Lee Lang Ren Speaker National Healthcare Group PolyclinicsSingapore Next-Generation Infection Surveillance: AI, Big Data, and Beyond Prof.Doo Ryeon Chung Speaker Samsung Medical CenterSouth Korea Leveraging Technology and Leadership to Advance Patient Safety and Engage Infection Prevention Workforce Prof.Gonzalo Bearman Speaker Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineUnited States Q&A Conference Hall 1