Optimizing Care For Minority Women With HIV/AIDS

GOAL

INTENDED AUDIENCE

Infectious disease and HIV/AIDS physicians, internal medicine practitioners, nurses, and other providers of care for minority women with HIV/AIDS.

AGENDA

Please view individual meeting details for a precise agenda schedule.

CHAIRS

Bisola Ojikutu, MD, MPH (Co-chairperson)
Infectious Disease Physician
Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Office of International Programs Division of AIDS
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Mary Catherine Beach, MD, MPH (Co-chairperson)
Associate Professor of Medicine and Health, Behavior, and Society
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH (Co-chairperson)
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Policy and
Management
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Division of General Internal Medicine
Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Baltimore, Maryland

Jean R. Anderson, MD, FACOG
Professor, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Director, The Johns Hopkins HIV Women's Health Program
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institututions
Baltimore, Maryland

Geetanjali Chander, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Ruth Greenblatt, MD
Founder, Women's HIV Program
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Medicine, and Epidemiology
University of California, San Francisco
Principal Investigator
The Connie Wofsy Study Consortium of Northern California
San Francisco, California

Richard Moore, MD, MHS
Professor of Medicine
Director, The Moore Clinic for HIV Care
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, Maryland

Dawn K. Smith, MD, MPH, MS
Associate Chief for Science, Epidemiology Branch
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

• Discuss potential barriers to the care of women with HIV and methods to prevent or limit these obstacles to
  successful treatment.
• List effective HIV prevention strategies targeting minority women.
• Identify optimal regimens for both initial and subsequent HIV therapy, while recognizing gender-specific issues
  related to choice of drug and drug-specific side effects.
• Outline appropriate treatment methods for women with HIV/AIDS and other medical comorbidities (eg,
  cardiovascular, obstetrical/gynecologic, substance abuse, and psychiatric disorders).

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Credit Designation Statement — The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This 6.1 contact hour educational activity is provided by The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing. Claim only those contact hours actually spent in the activity.

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Supported by educational grants from
Bristol-Myers Squibb and GlaxoSmithKline.