Medical Grand Rounds

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the Department of Medicine.

Speaker: Anusha Parisapogu, MD, Internal Medicine Resident, PGY-3, Department of Medicine, UConn Health
Title: A Diagnostic odyssey- Progressive Papular Rash in Immunocompromised Host
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026
Time: 8:00-9:00 am
Location: LOW learning center

Session Attendance Code: FAZLAZ

Learning Objectives:  Participants will (be able to):
1.  Construct a differential diagnosis for a papular eruption in the immunosuppressed host across infectious, inflammatory/drug-related, and neoplastic categories.
2.  Apply a differential-to-workup algorithm that splits skin biopsy specimens between histopathology and fresh tissue culture, and recognize the umbilicated papule as a red flag for disseminated deep fungal infection or nocardiosis.
3.  Describe the microbiology, epidemiology, species complexes, and five clinical syndromes of Nocardia.
4.  Outline the diagnosis, dissemination workup, and treatment of nocardiosis, including species-directed therapy, duration, and drug interactions in chronic kidney disease.
Speaker Disclosure Statement: Anusha Parisapogu, MD in their role as speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated. 
 
Speaker Off-label Statement: Anusha Parisapogu, MD will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device. 
 
Speaker AI Statement: Anusha Parisapogu, MD has disclosed that AI tools were used in the preparation of this session, and all content has been reviewed for accuracy and compliance by the activity director.
 

Target Audience:  Practicing physicians, medical residents and fellows, medical students, and other healthcare professionals such as nurses, physician assistants (PAs), and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs).

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of _ 1 _ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Activity Director & Planning Committee Disclosure Statement: Neither the activity director, the activity administrator, nor the planning committee members in their role as planning committee members for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.

Commercial Support Statement: This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

Session date: 
09/17/2026 - 8:00am to 9:00am EDT
Location: 
UConn Health
263 Farmington Ave
LOW Learning Center
Farmington, CT 06030
United States
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  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
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Anusha Parisapogu, MBBS

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.