Table 1.

Roles and recommended attendance of the specialties comprising a multidisciplinary endocarditis team.

Specialty	Role	Recommended attendance
Infectious diseases	1. Case ascertainment 2. Screen patients for substance use disorder 3. Selection of antibiotic regimen and duration 4. Coordinate outpatient follow-up	All meetings
Cardiology	1. Review echocardiographic and angiographic imaging 2. Provide recommendations for and interpretation of advanced cardiac imaging modalities (i.e., PET) 3. Recommendations regarding follow-up imaging	All meetings
Cardiac Surgery	1. Evaluate and select patients for valve surgery 2. Recommendations regarding pre-operative testing 3. Recommendations regarding follow-up	All meetings
Pharmacy	1. Recommendations about optimal dosing of antimicrobial	All meetings
Neurology	1. Recommendations about neurologic imaging 2. Recommendations about the timing of anti-coagulation in patients undergoing valve surgery	As needed – for patients with known neurologic complications of endocarditis
Neurosurgery	1. Screening and management of mycotic aneurysms	As needed – for patients with known neurologic complications of endocarditis
Addiction medicine/psychiatry	1. Initiation of medication assisted treatment for substance use disorder 2. Link patients to outpatient programs for ongoing treatment	As needed – for patients with substance use disorder complicating the diagnosis of endocarditis

PET, positron-emission tomography.