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MUSC AIDS Symposium 2009 Program

November 18-20, 2009 - Basic Science Auditorium

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

5:00 - 6:00 PM  AOA Opening Lecture:  "HIV and AIDS:  A model for Translational Research." Michael S. Saag, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Thursday, November 19, 2009

8:00 - 9:00 AM  Opening Remarks

8:05 - 9:30 AM  "HIV Infection:  The Patient's Perspective."  Panel Discussion; Moderator Virginia King, Director of Prevention Services, Lowcountry AIDS Services

9:30 - 10:00 AM  Coffee Break

10:00 - 11:00 AM  "Acute HIV Infection:  Translating Pathogenesis into Opportunity." Eric Rosenberg, MD, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

11:00 - 12:00 PM  "Rational Treatment Strategies for HIV Infection:  Putting Science into Practice." J. Michael Kilby, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

12:00 - 1:00 PM  Lunch

1:00 - 2:15 PM  "Oral Manifestations of HIV/AIDS."  David Reznik, DDS, Director, Oral Health Center Infectious Disease Program, Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA

2:15 - 2:45 PM  Coffee Break

2:45 - 4:00 PM  "Clinico-Pathological Aspects of AIDS (Panel Discussion; Moderator Preston Church, MD, Associate Professor, Chief of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC)

Friday, November 20, 2009

8:00 - 9:00 AM  "HIV/AIDS:  Challenges in Preventive Strategies."  Lauren Wood, MD, Senior Clinical Investigator, Center for Cancer Research, Vaccine Branch, NIH NCI, Bethesda, MD.

9:00 - 10:00 AM "AIDS in South Carolina" (Panel Discussion; Moderator Robert Ball, MD, MPH, Infectious Disease consultant and epidemiologist, SC DHEC)

10:00 - 10:30 AM  Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:00 PM  "Assessment and Modification of Risk Behaviors Associated with HIV/AIDS."  Training session directed by James L. Sacco, MSW, LCSW

12:00 PM  Closing Remarks

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