This dinner symposium will be conducted to present 4 case study scenarios offering clinicians in attendance an opportunity to test their knowledge of HIV patient care with complications. This event will take place the evening before the start of the 17th Annual HIV Conference of the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center.

Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses and Nurse Practitioners and other Allied Health professionals involved in HIV patient care especially complicated patients

• Examine drug interactions between commonly prescribed HIV Anti-retrovirals and medications prescribed for co-morbid conditions which can result in inadequate therapeutic concentrations
  
• Review alternative medications that allow optimized therapeutic benefits, regardless of co-morbidities or co-infections
  
• Recognize the importance of prioritizing care for HIV patients with co-infections and/or co-morbid conditions

• Offer patients maximum therapeutic benefits by considering the factors that influence choices in first- and second-line therapy, as well as the issues that affect success and durability of therapy
  
• Achieve successful viral suppression in treatment experienced patients by considering the reasons for virologic failure when designing an optimal therapeutic strategy
  
• Interpret data on novel therapeutic options to better identify patients who will benefit from new choices in HIV management

• Identify populations at highest risk for HIV and hepatitis C infection
• Determine the main barriers to care and prevent gaps in services
• Communicate effectively with individuals in priority populations by applying an understanding of attitudes and behaviors that surround risk for contracting STDs

If you have a case study you would like presented at this conference,
please contact John Robinson (jrobinson@medxcel.org or 800-586-2023)
In your presentation, please incorporate the following:

• Patient History
  
• Lab History (CD4 & Viral Load)
• Resistance Testing (Genotype as well as Phenotype)
• Therapeutic Regimen

Physicians: The University of South Florida College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of South Florida College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

Nurses: The University of South Florida College of Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This activity is for 1.5 contact hours.

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Jeffrey Beal, MD
Clinical Director, Florida/Caribbean AETC
Associate Professor, University of South Florida
Medical Director, Ryan White Title III, at Hendry/Glades County
Health Departments

Douglas Dieterich, MD
Vice Chair and Chief Medical Offi cer, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York City
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine at New York
University School of Medicine
Attending Physician, New York University Tisch Hospital
Clinical Assistant Attending Physician, Bellevue Hospital Center
Attending Physician, Beth Israel North, New York City

There is no registration fee for this event

Rosen Centre
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Orlando, FL 32819
(800) 204-7234
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