Congratulations to Suresh Joshi, MD, PhD, MS, DNHE, FIDSA, FSIS, who earned his FSIS credential in 2025. Learn more about the Fellows of the Surgical Infection Society 👉

Surgical caregivers play a key role in pre-operative showering, but a recent survey highlights their challenges: suboptimal guideline knowledge, unclear task delineation, and discomfort with skin cleanliness assessment, especially for sensitive areas.

Congratulations to Charles E Edmiston, Jr., MS, PhD, CIC, FIDSA, FAPIC, FSIS, who earned his FSIS credential in 2025. Learn more about the Fellows of the Surgical Infection Society 👉

Congratulations to Alfred Ayala, PhD, MS, MA, FSIS, who earned his FSIS credential in 2025. Learn more about the Fellows of the Surgical Infection Society 👉

🚨 New episode alert! 🚨 Listen here 🎧 Join us for Part 2 of our exclusive look at the SIS 2025 Annual Meeting! Dr. Mayur Narayan introduces Project ACCESS, an ambitious AI initiative aimed at revolutionizing SSI prediction and prevention.

Congratulations to James Sanders, PhD, PharmD, FSIS, who earned his FSIS credential in 2025. Dr. Sanders’ research collaborations resulted in several presentations at the SIS annual meeting and subsequent publications. Learn more about the FSIS 👉

Congratulations to Arda Isik, MD, FSIS, who earned his FSIS credential in 2025. Dr. Isik is a distinguished Professor of General Surgery at Istanbul Medeniyet University’s School of Medicine. Learn more about the FSIS designation 👉

We are thrilled to announce Dr. Marc Jeschke has been appointed President of the Surgical Infection Society. With an outstanding career in burn and infectious disease management and surgical care, Dr. Jeschke brings both expertise and passion to this critical leadership role.

Welcome to the @AHRQNews Toolkit for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI. This toolkit is designed to provide the resources and tools to help you tackle the complex problems of MRSA and SSI prevention for surgical services. Learn more 👉

Do empiric anti-fungals improve outcomes for non-colonic GI perforations? Our new SIS multi-center study provides compelling evidence: no benefit in reducing organ-space SSIs. What are your current practices? Dive into the data 👉

Congratulations to @Isik_Arda, MD, FSIS, FACS, who passed the European Board of Endocrine Surgery Examination held in ESES Izmir and became FEBS double board certified. #MemberGoodNews #FeatureFriday

🚨 New episode alert! 🚨 Listen here 🎧 In this special episode of Source Control, recorded live from the SIS 2025 Philadelphia conference, co-hosts April Mendoza and Dante Ye bring you exclusive interviews.

We recently welcomed our newest members who attended the 44th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. See the photos and meet our newest members 👉

Welcome to the 2025 Fellows of the Surgical Infection Society (FSIS)!

A retrospective study on liver transplant patients with pulmonary CRKP found that combination therapy with colistin sulfate aerosol inhalation and ceftazidime-avibactam effectively lowered inflammatory markers and sped up fever resolution. Read more 👉

Join us in celebrating Dr. Gelilla Daniel, winner of the Susman Award! She presented her abstract, "The Effect of Ketone Bodies and Lipid Nanoparticles on Lethal Infection," at the 44th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on May 14th. 🌟🎉 Congratulations, Dr. Daniel!

How are we measuring success in IAI trials? A new look at the STOP-IT RCT challenges the validity of current endpoints, suggesting they may not reflect actual patient outcomes. What are your thoughts on designing better studies?. Read more 👉

👏 Congratulations to Dr. Rebecca Meltzer, University of Chicago, winner of the Sawyer Award. She presented her abstract, "Impact of Donor Microbiota on the Efficacy of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in a Mouse Model of Lethal Bacterial Infection" at the 44th Annual Meeting. 🎉

Huge congratulations to Dr. Zachary Grady, Resident, Emory, for winning the Second-Best Resident Mini-Oral Award at the 44th Annual Meeting! 👏 🎉

Congratulations @TerraMHill!.