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A State-of-the-Science Conference for Frontline Health Professionals, Sponsored by Collaborating Federal Health Agencies

Session 3 Concurrent Sessions

Session 3:  Concurrent Sessions

Saturday, May 16, 2009 – 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

 

Session Co-Chairs: Ronald Valdiserri, MD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Futterman, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine



Session Objective(s):

Integrate mental and sexual health and substance use assessment into clinical work with HIV+ patients.

 

Session Outline:

 

Sub-Session: Sexual and Reproductive Health
   

1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Reproductive and Sexual Health Needs of Women Living with HIV
· HPV, cervical neoplasia, gynecologic infections, contraceptive issues
Speaker: Jean Anderson, MD, Johns Hopkins University
   
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Gay Male Sexuality and HIV/AIDS
· Predictors of unsafe sex, prevention for HIV(+) MSM, new prevention modalities, including the Internet
Speaker: B.R. Rosser, MD, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
   
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
The Culture Context of Sexual Health for African American Women: What it Means for Women Living with HIV
· Sexuality and HIV among African American women, issues relevant to other women
Speaker: Laura N. Armas-Kolostroubis, MD, Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center
   
Sub-Session: Substance Abuse and Mental Health
   
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Reducing Alcohol and other Drug Use and Improving Adherence use among Men and Women Living with HIV/AIDS
· Alcohol and drug use and risk taking, sexual risk reduction among persons with HIV/AIDS
Speaker: Jeffrey Parsons, MD, Hunter College at CUNY
   
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Treating Depressive Disorders and related Problems in People Living with HIV/AIDS”
· Other psychiatric issues, coping with HIV disease progression, etc.
Speaker: Stephen Ferrando, MD, Cornell University
   
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Addressing Substance Abuse and Mental Health Needs of Patients Living with HIV Disease
· Routine screening for drug use, depression, alcohol use, and treatment adherence problems among HIV+ patients
· Using data to treat the “whole” patient, instead of one illness at a time.
Speaker: Francine Cournos, MD, Columbia University
   
Sub-Session: Adolescent and Pediatric HIV
   
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Scope of Research in the ATN or STD’s in Adolescents
Speaker: Ligia Peralta, MD, University of Maryland
   
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Improving the Diagnosis and Enhancing the Treatment of HIV infected Gay and Lesbian Youth
· Special needs of sexual minority youth, youth-relevant messages for early diagnosis of HIV, special needs of racial/ethnic minority youth
Speaker: Donna Futterman, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
   
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Clinical Care of HIV Disease in Childhood and Adolescence"
· Special needs of HIV infected youth and adolescents, immunologic issues related to treatment, including immune reconstitution
Speaker: Bret J. Rudy, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
   
Sub-Session: Viral Coinfections
   
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Hepatitis B Infection and HIV
Speaker: Joseph Lim, MD, Yale University School of Medicine
   
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
HIV and Anal HPV Infection
Speaker: J. Michael Berry, MD, University of California San Francisco