News & Special Events

• December 13, 2011 : Now Available Online: Dr David McCollum provides a review of the exciting advances in HIV and HCV treatment presented at the 2011 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Annual Meeting. Topics discussed include oral preexposure prophylaxis, the newly approved drug rilpivirine, and the timing of initiating antiretroviral therapy in regards to tuberculosis treatment.

• December 1, 2011 : The November 2011 issue of Topics in Antiviral Medicine, including the new HIV drug resistance mutations figures, is now available online.

• November 28, 2011: Please join the IAS–USA in its effort to provide important education and information for health care workers who provide medical care for people with HIV and AIDS. Your tax-deductable donation will be used to distribute information, including the IAS–USA publication Topics in Antiviral Medicine, which is sent to clinicians in developing-world settings hit hardest by the HIV and AIDS pandemic. Click here for more details.

• November 16: Now Available Online: Webcasts and Podcasts of the New York, NY (October 14, 2011), Web-based CME Meeting. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

• November 1, 2011: Registration for Spring 2012 is now open. For general meeting information, click here. Register online with secure credit card payment.

• October 11, 2011: Our latest Cases on the Web activity, HIV and Pain, is now available. Pain is a common complaint in patients with HIV infection and often has multiple dimensions. It may be a part of an overall complicated total symptom profile. HIV and Pain, by Jessica Merlin, MD, MBA, and Rodney Tucker, MD, MMM, addresses the unique challenges that management of a patient’s pain can present to the HIV practitioner. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

• September 20, 2011: The August/September issue of Topics in Antiviral Medicine is now available online.

• September 13, 2011: The Seattle and Cleveland half-day intensive viral hepatitis workshops are now open. For workshop information and details click here. Register online with secure credit card payment.

• September 9, 2011:The Seattle half-day intensive viral hepatitis workshop is now open. Registration for the Cleveland half-day intensive viral hepatitis workshop will be opening soon. For workshop information and details, click here. Register online with secure-credit card payment.

• July 28, 2011: Now Available Online: Webcasts and Podcasts of the 14th Annual Clinical Conference for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Clinical Program (June 27-29) Web-based CME Meeting. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

• July 21, 2011: Five new Cases on the Web activities are now available, including:

  • New Treatments for Hepatitis C Virus Infection, by Melissa K. Osborn, MD
  • Quality Measures in HIV Care, by Kathleen Clanon, MD and Steven Bromer, MD
  • Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in Treatment-Naive HIV-Infected Patients, by Greer A. Burkholder, MD
  • Smoking Cessation, by Steven A. Schroeder, MD and Margaret Meriwether, PhD
  • Approaching the HIV-Infected Patient With Addiction, by R. Douglas Bruce, MD, MA, MSc.

  These activities have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

• July 21, 2011: Now Available Online: Webcasts and Podcasts of the Chicago, IL (June 13, 2011), Web-based CME Meeting. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

• July 8, 2011: Now Available Online: Webcasts and Podcasts of the San Francisco, CA (May 16, 2011), Web-based CME Meeting. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

• June 2, 2011: Now Available Online: Webcasts and Podcasts of the Washington, DC (May 5, 2011), Web-based CME Meeting. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

• May 25, 2011: Now Available Online: Webcasts and Podcasts of the New York, NY (April 5, 2011) Web-based CME Meeting. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

• May 19, 2011: Now Available Online: Highlights of the 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). As they are completed, articles summarizing CROI 2011 will be available here in PDF format before publication in the next issue of Topics in Antiviral Medicine.

• May 10, 2011: Now Available Online: Webcasts and Podcasts of the Los Angeles, CA (March 28, 2011), Web-based CME Meeting. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

• May 5, 2011: Now Available Online: Webcasts and Podcasts of the New York Hepatitis (April 15, 2011), Web-based CME Meeting. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

• April 26, 2011: Now Available Online: Webcasts and Podcasts of the Atlanta, GA (March 14, 2011), Web-based CME Meeting. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

• March 28, 2011: The February/March 2011 issue of Topics in Antiviral Medicine is now available online.

• January 18, 2011: The most recent issue of Topics in HIV Medicine, including an update of the IAS–USA list of drug-resistance mutations in HIV, is now available online.

• December 20, 2010: Our latest Cases on the Web activity, HIV and Hepatitis B Virus Coinfection, by Elizabeth Reddy, MD, and Susanna Naggie, MD, is now available. This presentation discusses the increased risks for HIV-infected persons of acquiring HBV, the means of prevention, chronic HBV infection, treatment options for HIV/HBV coinfected patients, and the emergence of drug resistance or intolerance to standard medications in coinfected patients.

• November 24, 2010: The October/November 2010 issue of Topics in HIV Medicine, is now available online.

• November 22, 2010: Online registration for the Spring 2012 Improving the Management of HIV Disease: An Advanced Course in HIV Pathogenesis, Antiretrovirals, and Other Selected Issues in HIV Disease Management is now open. Click here for more details.

 

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