3rd Annual
Advanced Management Issues in HIV Medicine
May 13-14, 2010
Renaissance Cleveland Hotel
Downtown Cleveland, Ohio
Description
The course will focus on management of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It is designed to heighten awareness of all health care professionals treating patients with HIV through a state-of-the-art review of current research results and new insights on HIV care.
| Night Before - Special Evening Event Dinner
Renaissance Cleveland Hotel - Downtown Cleveland, Ohio |
Target Audience
This is directed to infectious disease and internal medicine physicians and other health care professionals who have an interest in HIV infection.
Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant will be able to do the following:
- Describe the areas of concern and controversy in the field of HIV;
- Discuss issues concerning reproductive health and perinatal transmission of HIV in female patients;
- Compare and contrast the efficacy, safety, and resistance potential of antiretroviral therapeutics;
- Define the complex issues in antiretroviral therapy, comorbidities (including metabolic bone disease), and infectious complications, especially hepatitis;
- Describe new classes of antiviral agents, resistance patterns, and sequencing strategies;
Summarize initial data publications from large, ongoing clinical trials in patients with HIV.
Co-Directors
Leonard H. Calabrese, DO |
Alan Taege, MD |
Faculty
Roberto B. Corales, DO Kristin Englund, MD Sharon Hillier, PhD Brandon F. Keele, PhD Michael M. Lederman MD Frank Palella, MD |
Lisa Potts, PharmD Kathleen E. Squires, MD Mark S. Sulkowski, MD Marisa Tungsiripat, MD Adele Webb, PhD, RN
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Agenda
Location
May 13, 2010 - Renaissance Cleveland Hotel
24 Public Square
Cleveland, OH 44113
Phone: 216.696.5600
May 14, 2010 - InterContinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center
9801 Carnegie Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone: 216.707.4100 or 877.707.8999
Fax: 216.707.4101
Transportation to the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel for the Thursday, May 13 keynote presentation and special event dinner will be provided from the InterContinental Hotel.
Hotel Accommodations
A block of rooms has been reserved at the InterContinental Hotel until April 13, 2010. To make your reservations, please contact the Hotel Reservations Department at 216.707.4000 or 877.707.8999. Please identify yourself as being with the Advanced Management Issues in HIV Medicine (Online code IV4) for a special rate of $189 single/double (plus tax). The hotel and conference center is located on the campus of Cleveland Clinic.
Parking
Parking at the Renaissance Hotel is available in the Renaissance Parking Garage.
Parking at the InterContinental is available in the 100th Street Visitor’s Parking Garage. Valet parking is available at the hotel for an additional charge.
Ground Transportation
Taxi service is available from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport to the InterContinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center. As an alternative, take the rapid transit train from the airport to the Terminal Tower in downtown Cleveland and from there take a taxi to the InterContinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center.
Additional Information
For further information about the course, contact Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education at:
Local: 216-448-0770
Toll Free: 800-238-6750
For questions about registering online, call 216-448-0777 or email CMEregistration@ccf.org.
For emergency phone calls during the course, please call 216.707.4100 and ask for the Cleveland Clinic Registration Desk.
Faculty Disclosure
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education has implemented a policy to comply with the current Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Commercial Support requiring resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest. Faculty declaring a relevant commercial interest will be identified in the activity syllabus.
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education fully intends to comply with the legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you need assistance, please notify Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education at 216.448.0770 at least two weeks prior to the activity.
Accreditation
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.
The Ohio Board of Nursing will accept at face value the number of contact hours awarded for an educational activity that has been approved for CE by a nationally accredited system of CE approval. Therefore, the 8.25 physician AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ will be accepted for nursing credits. Nurses from other states should contact their State Board of Nursing.
Registration & Cancellation
Pre-registrations are accepted by fax or online until 4:00 pm ET, May 12, 2010. To register after this date, you must do so on-site.
In case of cancellation, a full refund will be made if cancelled by May 3, 2010. After May 3, 2010, a $25 cancellation fee will be deducted from your refund. Written notification of your cancellation is required to process your refund.
NO REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED AFTER JUNE 15, 2010.
Online Registration/Fees
To register for this course please call 216-448-0777 during business hours
| Category | Full Course (before April 16) |
Full Course (after April 16) |
Onsite Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician | $75.00 | $100.00 | $125.00 |
| Cleveland Clinic Alumni | $75.00 | $100.00 | $125.00 |
| Resident / Fellow / Non-Physician | $50.00 | $75.00 | $100.00 |
| CCHS Physician | $75.00 | $100.00 | $125.00 |
| CCHS Resident / Fellow | complimentary | complimentary | complimentary |
| CCHS Nurse / Non-Physician | $50.00 | $75.00 | $100.00 |
| CCF Staff | complimentary | complimentary | complimentary |
| CCF Resident / Fellow / Nurse / Non-Physician | complimentary | complimentary | complimentary |
