Making Long Term Goals: HIV, HCV and the Future

Posted by National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project on September 12, 2016

NATIONAL AIDS TREATMENT ADVOCACY PROJECT
EDUCATING COMMUNITIES ABOUT HIV AND HEPATITIS

Free Forum!
Breakfast, Lunch, & Contact Hrs. provided

Making Long Term Goals: HIV, HCV and the Future
Friday, October 7, 2016
University of Pennsylvania
Houston Hall – Hall of Flags
3417 Spruce Street (Corner of 34th & Spruce Street)

 

Stacey Trooskin, MD, PhD
Director of Viral Hepatitis Programs
Philadelphia FIGHT
•Update from the annual European Liver Conference.
• Latest HCV treatment for 2016 and beyond & HCV treatment options.
• Care, management, and side effects of HIV and HCV treatment.
• Does HIV accelerate HCV progression?
• Identifying HIV and HCV drug interactions.
• HCV and mental health issues.

Introductions by:
Pablo Tebas, MD, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania
Vincent Lo Re, MD, MSCE, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania

Todd Brown, MD, PhD
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism. Johns Hopkins University
• Update from the 2016 HIV conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)
• Understanding treatment options and guidelines
• Is HIV closer to being cured?
• Strategies to manage HIV/ AIDS and Aging
• Understanding the importance of proper diet & exercise.
• Prevention, testing, care & treatment for:
– Heart disease
– Bone loss
– Hypertension
– Low testosterone
– Brain/cognitive function
– Kidney Disease
– Diabetes
– Cancers

3.16 Nursing & 4.0 Addiction professional hours available. Certificate of attendance provided. This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the North Carolina Nurses Association an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Seating is limited!

To reserve your seat:
Call: (212)219-0106 / (888)266-2827
Fax: (212) 219 – 8473
Email: register@natap.org

Breakfast and Registration
begins at 8:30am
Lecture time: 10am-2:00pm

Co-sponsors:
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia FIGHT
Drexel University College of Medicine
COMHAR Inc.
AIDS Delaware
One Day At A Time

Support Provided by Abbvie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead, Janssen Therapeutics, Merck, Roche, & ViiV