All times are in Eastern Standard Time
| Thursday, April 30, 2026 | ||
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7:15 AM – 8:15 AM |
Sponsored Breakfast Symposium “This event is not part of the official ACTHIV® conference, as planned by ACTHIV® Program Committee.” |
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| HIV: THE BASICS |
Session Co-chairs: | William R. Short, MD, MPH Sarah Smith, MHS, PA-C, AAHIVS |
| 8:30 AM – 8:35 AM | Welcome from the Cochairs Rupa Patel, MD, PhD, MPH Asa Radix, MD, PhD, MPH Tomasz Jodlowski, PharmD, BCIDP, BCPS, AAHIVP |
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| 8:35 AM – 9:00 AM | Unraveling an Epidemic: The Historical Roots of HIV Epidemiology Kevin Carmichael, MD |
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| 9:00 AM – 9:25 AM | Practical Approaches to Outpatient Management of Common Opportunistic Infections |
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| 9:25 AM – 9:50 AM | Rashes, Reality, and HIV: Practical Outpatient Dermatology |
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| 9:50 AM – 10:00 AM | Q&A | |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM |
Break |
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| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | ART Demystified: Core Principles of Antiretroviral Pharmacology | |
| 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Interprofessional Panel Discussion | |
| 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM | Q&A |
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| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM |
New Providers Track |
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| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM |
Lunch/Exhibits Open |
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| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch Symposium Sponsored by Gilead “This event is not part of the official ACTHIV® conference, as planned by ACTHIV® Program Committee.” |
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| SHARON LEE, MD OPENING PLENARY |
Session Co-chairs: | Rupa Patel, MD, MPH, FIDSA Asa Radix, MD, PhD, MPH Tomasz Jodlowski, PharmD, BCIDP, BCPS, AAHIVP |
| 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM | Public Health: Moving Beyond Shock and Awe Demetre C Daskalakis, MD, MPH |
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| 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM | Q&A |
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| Session 1 – ART |
Session Co-chairs: | Jonathan Colasanti, MD, MSPH Eric Farmer, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP |
| 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Drug-Drug Interaction Considerations for Modern Antiretroviral Therapy Neha Pandit, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVPs University of Maryland Medical System |
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| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | ART use in Specialty Population Bruce Aldred, MD Grady Health |
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| 3:00 PM – 3:30 AM |
Break/Exhibits Open |
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| 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Multidisciplinary Panel with Case Discussion Moderator: Michelle Cespedes, MD, MS Associate Professor of Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Neha Pandit, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP Bruce Alred, MD Melanie Thompson, MD Jonathan Colasanti, MD, MSPH Eric Farmer, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP |
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| 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM | ART in the Pipeline Melanie Thompson, MD Thacker & Thompson, MD |
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| 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM |
Welcome Reception/Exhibits Open |
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| 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM |
New Providers Track |
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| Friday, May 1, 2026 | ||
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7:45 AM – 8:45 AM |
Breakfast Symposium Sponsored by EMD Serono “This event is not part of the official ACTHIV® conference, as planned by ACTHIV® Program Committee.” |
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| Session 2 – HIV-Related Liver Diseases |
Session Co-chairs: | Seun Falade-Nwulia, MBBS, MPH Nina Kim, MD, MSc |
| 9:00 AM – 9:35 AM | Real-World Approaches to HIV/HCV Co-infection in the Clinic Matty Zimmerman, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP Penn Presbyterian Medical Center |
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| 9:00 AM – 9:35 AM | Hepatitis B in HIV Care: Clinical Pearls for Everyday Practice Tatyana Kushner MD, MSCE Associate Professor of Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine |
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| 9:35 AM – 10:00 AM | Case based discussion HCV/HBV |
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| 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Q&A |
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| 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM |
Break/Exhibits Open |
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| 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM | Fat, Fibrosis, and HIV: Pearls on MASLD Management |
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| 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM | Case based Panel discussion |
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| 11:45 AM – 12:00 AM | Q&A |
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| 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM |
Lunch/Exhibits Open |
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| 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM |
New Providers Track |
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| 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM | Lunch Symposium Sponsored by ViiV Healthcare “This event is not part of the official ACTHIV® conference, as planned by ACTHIV® Program Committee.” |
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| Session 3 – Complications and Comorbidities | Session Co-chairs: | Roger Bedimo, MD, MS Tonia Poteat, PhD, MPH, PA-C Melanie Thompson, MD |
| 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM | Hypertension and Kidney Disease in People with HIV Christina Wyatt, MD Duke Department of Medicine |
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| 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM | Cardiometabolic Complications in People with HIV – Screening, Prevention and Management Jason Baker, MD Hennepin Healthcare |
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| 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM | Q&A |
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| 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM | Panel Discussion: Comorbidities, Weight and Nutrition, and Polypharmacy Bradley Smith, PharmD Teresa Theophano, LSW Lara Valerio, MS, RD. LDN Kara McGee, PA |
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| 3:15PM – 3:45 PM |
Break/Exhibits Open |
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| 3:45 PM – 4:15 PM | Non-AIDS Malignancies in People with HIV – Screening and Prevention Tim Wilkin, MD MPH, UCSD |
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| 4:15 PM – 4:45 PM | Vaccine-Preventable Comorbidities: Current Vaccination Strategies in a Chaotic Stephen Johnson, MD University of Colorado |
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| 4:45 PM – 5:15 PM | HIV-Related Lung Diseases Kristina Crothers, MD University of Washington |
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| 5:15 PM – 5:30 PM | Q&A |
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| 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM |
New Providers Track |
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| Saturday, May 2, 2026 | ||
| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Breakfast Symposium Sponsored by Merck “This event is not part of the official ACTHIV® conference, as planned by ACTHIV® Program Committee.” |
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| Session 4 – HIV Prevention and STIs |
Session Co-chairs: |
Melissa Badowski, PharmD, MPH Christopher Evans, MD, MPH |
| 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM | What’s New in STIs: 2025 Update | |
| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Mini Case Complications of STIs |
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| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Difficult Conversations: Taking a Sexual History | |
| 8:45 AM – 9:45 AM | From Exposure to Protection: nPEP Basics & Transitioning to PrEP |
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| 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM | PrEP in the Real World: Applying Across Populations |
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| 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM |
Break |
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| 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | Long-Acting Injectables: FAQs, Myths, and Realities |
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| 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | Case Scenarios on Injectable Use | |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Interactive Case Discussion: Prevention Dilemmas in Practice |
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| CLOSING PLENARY |
Session Co-chairs: | Rupa Patel, MD, MPH, FIDSA Asa Radix, MD, PhD, MPH Tomasz Jodlowski, PharmD, BCIDP, BCPS, AAHIVP |
| 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM | Gazing Into the Crystal Ball: What Is the Future of STI Prevention? Ina Park, MD UCSF |
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| 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM | Q&A | |
| 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM | ACTHIV® Rapid Fire Roundup (Interactive Game) |
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