ACTHIV® 2024 Conference Program

 

All times are in Eastern Standard Time

Thursday, May 2, 2024

7:15 AM – 8:15 AM

Breakfast Symposium Sponsored by Gilead Sciences
Identifying People Who May Benefit From PrEP Medication

Tavell L. Kindall, PhD, DNP
Director HIV Prevention and Treatment, St. Thomas Community Health Center
“This event is not part of the official ACTHIV® conference, as planned by ACTHIV® Program Committee.”
HIV: THE BASICS
 Session Co-chairs:   Sarah Smith, MHS, PA-C, AAHIVS
Eric Daar, MD

8:30 AM – 8:35 AM Welcome from the Cochairs
Wiliam Short, MD. MPH
Susan Weiss, FNP-BC, MSN, AAHIVS
H. Nina Kim, MD, MSc
8:35 AM – 9:05 AM Pathogenesis 
Peter Hunt, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Experimental Medicine
University of California San Francisco
9:05 AM – 9:45 AM HIV Primary Care
Angela Kapalko, PA-C, AAHIVS
Staff Clinician
AIDS Care Group
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Q&A
Peter Hunt, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Experimental Medicine
University of California San Francisco
Angela Kapalko, PA-C, AAHIVS
Staff Clinician
AIDS Care Group
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM – 11:05 AM Antiretroviral Therapy
Melissa Badowski, PharmD, MPH, FCCP, FIDSA, BCIDP, BCPS, AAHIVP
Clinical Professor, Section of Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy
Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago
11:05 AM – 11:45 AM Opportunistic Infections
Anandi Sheth, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine
Emory School of Medicine
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM Q&A
Melissa Badowski, PharmD, MPH, FCCP, FIDSA, BCIDP, BCPS, AAHIVP
Clinical Professor, Section of Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy
Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago
Anandi Sheth, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine
Emory School of Medicine
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

New Providers Track

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Lunch/Exhibits Open

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch Symposium sponsored by Gilead Sciences
Clinical Data for Virologically Suppressed People With HIV Switching Treatment

Charlotte-Paige M. Rolle, MD
Director of Research Operations, Orlando Immunology Center

“This event is not part of the official ACTHIV® conference, as planned by ACTHIV® Program Committee.”
OPENING PLENARY
 Session Co-chairs:   William Short, M.D., MPH
Susan Weiss, FNP-BC, MSN, AAHIVS
H. Nina Kim, MD, MSc
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Aging with HIV and the Challenge of Multimorbidity
Eugenia Siegler, MD
Medical Director of Geriatric Inpatient Services
Weill Cornell
Session 1 – ART
 Session Co-chairs: Renslow Sherer, MD
Babafemi Taiwo, MBBS
Melanie Thompson, MD
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Long Acting ART: Outcomes, Implementation, and Use in Persons with Viremia
Jonathan Colasanti, MD, MSPH
Medical Director
Emory University / Grady Health System
Mark Holtan, PharmD, AAHIVP, BCACP
Ambulatory Care and Specialty Pharmacy Manager
Hannepin County Medical Center
Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Associate Division Chief
University of California, San Francisco
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Interprofessional Panel Discussion
Jonathan Colasanti, MD, MSPH

Medical Director
Emory University / Grady Health System
Mark Holtan, PharmD, AAHIVP, BCACP
Specialty Pharmacy Manager
Hannepin County Medical Center
Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Associate Division Chief
University of California, San Francisco
3:30 PM – 4:00 AM

Break/Exhibits Open

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM ART in Pregnancy
Rebecca Zash, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Complex ART Cases
Eric S. Daar, MD

Chief, Division of HIV Medicine
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Sara Hurtado Bares, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Nebraska
Blake Max, PharmD
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Illinois Chicago
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Interprofessional Panel Discussion / Q&A
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Welcome Reception/Exhibits Open

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

New Providers Track

Friday, May 3, 2024
BREAKFAST WITH THE EXPERTS
 Session Co-chairs:   Asa Radix, MD, PhD, MPH
Tonia Poteat, PhD, MPH, PA-C
Christopher Evans, MD, MPH
7:45 AM – 8:45 AM HIV Dermatology
Toby A. Maurer, MD
Professor of Clinical Dermatology
Indiana University Health
7:45 AM – 8:45 AM Beyond Viral Suppression: How Addressing Mental Health Directly Reduces Morbidity and Mortality in People with HIV
Francine Cournos, MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (in Epidemiology)
Columbia University
7:45 AM – 8:45 AM Transitions from Carceral Setting
Ank Nijhawan, MD, MPH, MSCS

Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Session 2 – HIV-Related Liver Diseases
 Session Co-chairs:   Meena Bansal, MD, FAASLD
Oluwaseun Falade-Nwulia, MBBS, MPH
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Hepatitis C Care in People with HIV: Case-based Discussion
Tracy Agee, CRNP
Senior Nurse Practitioner
Program Director
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
9:30 AM –  10:00 AM Diagnosis and Management of MASLD/MASH (NAFLD/NASH) in PWH: What you need to know
Meena B. Bansal, MD
Chief, Division of Liver Diseases
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Chronic Hepatitis B and HIV-Challenges in Coinfection
Jessie Torgersen, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Panel Discussion / Q&A

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Break/Exhibits Open

Session 3 – Complications and Comorbidities  Session Co-chairs:   Roger Bedimo, MD
Dianne Rausch, PhD
Jieri Sumitani, MMSc, PA-C
11:30 AM –  12:00 PM Hypertension and Renal Disease in People with HIV
Derek Fine, MD
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins University
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM

Lunch/Exhibits Open

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

New Providers Track

12:15 PM – 1:15 PM

Lunch Symposium sponsored by  EMD Serono
HIV-associated Wasting (HIVAW) in the Era of Modern Antiretroviral Therapy
Douglas L. Cunningham, DO, AAHIVS
Medical Director, Pueblo Family Physicians, LTD.
“This event is not part of the official ACTHIV® conference, as planned by ACTHIV® Program Committee.”

1:15 PM – 2:00 PM

REPRIEVE: Implications on Managing Cardiometabolic Risk in People with HIV
Virginia Triant, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM

Weight Change in People with HIV: Risk, Associations and Management
Kristine Erlandson, MD

Associate Professor
Colorado School of Public Health

2:45 PM – 3:15 PM

Break/Exhibits Open

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome in PWH
Sudipa Sarkar, MD, MSCI

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Inpatient Diabetes Management Service
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM Balancing Management of Multimorbidity and Polypharmacy in Aging PWH
Mehul N. Tejani, MD

Assistant Professor
Emory Univesity
Bradley Smith, PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Grady Health System
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM  Q&A
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

New Providers Track

Saturday, May 4, 2024
BREAKFAST WITH THE EXPERTS
 Session Co-chairs:   Tonia Poteat, PhD, MPH, PA-C
Asa Radix, MD, PhD, MPH
Christopher Evans, MD, MPH
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Anal Health Assessment
Jeff Huyett, MS, APRN, BC
Nurse Practitioner
Director of Health Services
Landmark College Health Services
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Transitions of Care – Pediatrics
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAAN
Professor and Executive Director
Duke University School of Nursing
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Facilitating Patient Engagement and Improving Care Transitions for Patients with Substance Use Disorders
Bradley M. Buchheit, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Family Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
Session 4 – HIV Prevention and STIs

 Session Co-chairs:  

Ronald Wilcox, MD
Lorenzo McFarland, DHA, MPH, MSW
Jillian Baron, MD, MPH
8:45 AM – 9:15 AM STI Epidemiology / Missed Opportunities
Sancta St. Cyr, MD, MPH

Medical Officer
CDC – Division of STD Prevention
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM DoxyPEP
Colleen Kelley, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine
Emory University
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM Q&A Session
10:15 AM –  10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Data Driven Models of Assessing PrEP and Obtaining Sexual Health History
Lorenzo McFarland, DHA, MPH, MSW
Deputy Director HIV, Hepatitis and Related Conditions Programs
Department of Veterans Affairs
Karen Slazinski, PharmD, AAHIVP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Disease
Department of Veterans Affairs
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PrEP: Case-based review
Cedric Bien-Gund, MD

Instructor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Panel on PrEP Challenges
Lorenzo McFarland, DHA, MPH, MSW
Deputy Director HIV, Hepatitis and Related Conditions Programs
Department of Veterans Affairs
Karen Slazinski, PharmD, AAHIVP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Disease
Department of Veterans Affairs
Puja Van Epps, MD
Medical Director, VHA
Case Western Reserve University
CLOSING PLENARY
 Session Co-chairs:   Wiliam Short, MD. MPH
Susan Weiss, FNP-BC, MSN, AAHIVS
H. Nina Kim, MD, MSc
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM The Future of HIV Care/Prevention
Melanie Thompson, MD
Physician
Thacker & Thompson, MD