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Individualizing PrEP Choices for HIV Prevention
AMWA is partnering with Practice Point CME to present an Accredited AMA/ABS/ANCC/ACPE Live Webcast
Individualizing PrEP Choices for HIV Prevention
Tuesday 25th June at 8pm ET
with Paul Sax, MD
Activity Code: HVP03248892
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) provides safe and robust protection again HIV infection in a diversity of populations at risk. In addition, PrEP when used in combination with other approaches has led to reductions in population -level HIV incidence at regional and city levels. This activity will discuss the impact of PrEP on ending the HIV epidemic, benefits and limitations of new and future PrEP options, and strategies to improve sustainable implementation of PrEP.
About the Speaker
Dr. Paul E. Sax is Clinical Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He holds the Bruce A. Beal and Robert L. Beal Distinguished Chair in Infectious Diseases. He received his MD from Harvard Medical School, did his residency in Internal Medicine at the Brigham, then fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Sax is the Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Infectious Diseases, the flagship journal of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). In addition, he is a Section Editor of HIV/AIDS in UpToDate, and on the Editorial Board of NEJM Journal Watch, where he writes a regular column called HIV and ID Observations. An internationally recognized clinician and clinical teacher in infectious diseases and HIV, Dr. Sax also has been actively involved in research. Ongoing areas of investigation include clinical trials of antiretroviral therapies, cost-effectiveness of strategies for HIV management, and toxicity of antiretroviral therapy. He was closely involved in the clinical management and prevention of COVID-19, including frequent communications with the medical and lay public about the disease.
Upon registration, the attendees will receive the login details, and the post lecture evaluation will be emailed at the conclusion of the webcast. Attendees will receive continuing education credit upon submission of the event evaluation.
For additional information, please contact:
Regina Stacy
Phone: (813) 925-7158
[email protected]