Christian John Lillis

1 month ago | contagionlive.com | John Parkinson |Christian John Lillis

The Peggy Lillis Foundation is hosting its annual National C diff Summit, which is going to be held on Monday, March 31, at the Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University in Washington DC. The annual event brings together clinicians, industry, C diff patients, caregivers and other stakeholders. This year’s Summit will feature scientific updates in the morning, networking for all attendees over lunch, and hands-on training for volunteers in the afternoon.

Nov 13, 2024 | contagionlive.com | John Parkinson |Christian John Lillis

This fall, there has been some legal limbo going on at the FDA as it pertains to deciding if the federal agency should restrict the nonprofit company, OpenBiome, from continuing to distribute its fecal products for use in fecal microbiota transplants (FMT). This procedure has been a life-saving treatment for both adult and pediatric patients suffering from fulminant C difficile for several years.

Oct 18, 2024 | contagionlive.com | John Parkinson |Christian John Lillis

The Clostridioides difficile (C diff) organization, The Peggy Lillis Foundation (PLF) has had a big year. The patient advocacy group helped in getting a bill into Congress. Their work in advocacy and having conversations with Congresswoman Yvette Clark (D-NY) and her staff, led to Clark introducing the legislation, the Peggy Lillis Clostridioides difficile Inclusion Act, into the House of Representatives this past summer.

Aug 13, 2024 | contagionlive.com | John Parkinson |Christian John Lillis

When Christian Lillis’ mother passed away suddenly at the age of 56 in 2010 from Clostridioides difficile (C diff), he had to go through the process of getting her affairs in order. She did not have a will, and Christian had to go through the courts to become the executor of her will. During the process he had spoken to someone within the pathologist’s department, and Christian naturally inquired about if his mother’s infection was reported to the state or federal agency.

Nov 20, 2023 | buffalonews.com | Christian John Lillis

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save A pressing public health crisis known as antimicrobial resistance – or AMR – is killing well over a million people every year, including 35,000 in the United States alone. If policymakers don’t act quickly, the annual AMR death toll could grow to 10 million by 2050. AMR occurs when disease-causing pathogens evolve to resist our current arsenal of antimicrobial treatments.