On Point - Point of Care Podcast

Dr. Bradley A. Connor is a world-renowned expert in chronic gastrointestinal disorders in returned travelers, gastrointestinal infectious diseases including parasitic disease, as well as emerging infectious diseases. Dr. Connor is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College and Attending Physician at the New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus. He is the founder and Medical Director of the New York Center for Travel and Tropical Medicine, a facility devoted to patient care, teaching, and research in travel and tropical medicine. He has extensive experience in clinical research, having been involved in clinical trials in Kathmandu, Nepal, and Hanoi, Vietnam and is widely published in the fields of gastroenterology and travel and tropical medicine and is the author of over 200 publications. He is the editor of the standard textbook in its field, Travel Medicine, now in its fourth edition.

Dr. Connor is a paid consultant for bioMérieux.

Tune in as Dr. Brad Connor describes how the BIOFIRE^® FILMARRAY^® Gastrointestinal Panel helped facilitate appropriate treatment for a pediatric patient, as well as the benefit of having testing available directly on-site* and how the test may improve patient satisfaction.

*The BIOFIRE GI Panel is intended to be run on the BIOFIRE^® FILMARRAY^® TORCH and the BIOFIRE^® FILMARRAY^® 2.0 in CLIA-moderate settings.

In this episode, Dr. Brad Connor uses a case study from a returning traveler to illustrate how the BIOFIRE^® FILMARRAY^® Gastrointestinal Panel helps provide diagnostic certainty by identifying a broad grouping bacteria, viruses, and parasites.

Join Dr. Brad Connor, a gastroenterologist with a specialty in travel tropical medicine and infectious diseases, as he talks with Connie Zellner, medical education liaison with bioMérieux, about his decision to adopt the BIOFIRE^® FILMARRAY^® Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel and how it has helped him in his gastroenterology clinic.

 

Dr. Smith is a board-certified pediatrician with special advanced training in allergy and immunology. He completed his pediatric residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and was elected as Chief Resident in his third year. Following his residency, he completed another 3-year fellowship in allergy/immunology medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Smith is nationally recognized as both an author and researcher, with unique experience treating patients with rare and complicated immune deficiencies, as well as more common ailments such as nasal allergies, COVID-19, lung congestion, sinusitis, asthma, and other allergic conditions. He established Smith Allergy & Asthma Specialists of Central New York where he currently oversees a thriving clinical and research practice.

Dr. Smith is a paid consultant for bioMérieux.

Dr. Smith explores a case study where he utilized the BIOFIRE^® Respiratory Panel to help identify whether a pediatric patient had an exacerbation of allergic rhinitis or a respiratory infection. He wraps up by showing how BIOFIRE respiratory solutions have helped improve patient satisfaction.

In this episode, Dr. Smith delves into two case studies, including one patient with cold urticaria and one with a history of asthma, and describes how the comprehensive BIOFIRE respiratory solutions gave him the diagnostic certainty to provide the correct treatment to his patients.

Join Dr. Christopher Smith as he talks with Connie Zellner, medical education liaison with bioMérieux, about his decision to adopt the BIOFIRE multiplex respiratory panel and how it has helped him in his asthma and allergy clinic.