Faculty

Douglas S. Krakower, MD

COURSE DIRECTOR

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Staff Physician
Division of Infectious Diseases
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Simi Padival, MD

COURSE DIRECTOR

Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Staff Physician
Division of Infectious Diseases
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Robin Wigmore, MD

COURSE DIRECTOR

Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Staff Physician
Division of Infectious Diseases
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

GUEST FACULTY

Sean Cahill, PhD
Director of Health Policy Research
The Fenway Institute
Affiliate Associate Clinical Professor,
Visiting Scholar, Department of Health Sciences
Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University
Adjunct Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Health Law, Policy and Management
Boston University School of Public Health

Katherine Hsu, MD, MPH, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Boston University School of Medicine
Attending Physician, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Boston Medical Center
Medical Director, Division of STD Prevention and HIV/AIDS Surveillance
Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Julie Thompson, PA-C
Medical Director, Transgender Health Program
Fenway Health
Medical Director, Transgender Health
American Academy of HIV Medicine

Alexander Y. Walley, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Director, Grayken Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program
Boston Medical Center

Alysse Wurcel, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Tufts University School of Medicine

Harvard Medical School Faculty

Barbra M. Blair, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Esther E. Freeman, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology

Camilla S. Graham, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Part-time

Melanie P. Hoenig, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Arthur Y. Kim, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Howard Libman, MD
Professor of Medicine, Emeritus

Ami Multani, MD
Instructor of Medicine

Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, MBBS, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Christopher F. Rowley, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Roger L. Shapiro, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine*

Wendy Stead, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Kathryn E. Stephenson, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Virginia A. Triant, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine

David S. Yassa, MD
Instructor in Medicine

*Also Associate Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Planning Committee

Julie Schexnayder, DNP, MPH, ACNP-BC
Lead Nurse Planner
Director of Continuing Education
Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Evaluate current data and guidelines on post-exposure and pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection

2. Recognize the clinical manifestations of HIV infection and describe recent advances in HIV testing

3. Integrate into practice recent advances in HIV care including tailoring antiretroviral therapy based on genotype, comorbidities and potential drug interactions, appropriate incorporation of newer antiretroviral agents into treatment regimens, approaches to initial treatment and salvage antiretroviral therapy, management of special populations, and appropriate management of common infections – opportunistic and otherwise

4. Counsel HIV-infected patients regarding antiretroviral therapy adherence and potential, long-term complications such as the risk for development of specific malignancies, chronic liver or renal disease, and chronic metabolic issues

5. Incorporate treatment approaches to address comorbidities and infectious complications

6. Determine which HIV-infected patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are candidates for HCV treatment with directly acting antivirals, design regimens and assessments of response, and describe drug-drug interactions, especially in HIV/HCV coinfected patients on antiretroviral therapy complications

7. Integrate treatments for substance use disorders into HIV care settings

8. Incorporate treatment approaches to address comorbidities and infectious complications

Faculty

Douglas S. Krakower, MD

Simi Padival, MD

Robin Wigmore, MD

GUEST FACULTY

Harvard Medical School Faculty

Planning Committee

OBJECTIVES

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