INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN WOMEN FOCUS OF EMORY MEETING

September 26, 1996

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WHAT:: CURRENT TOPICS IN WOMEN'S HEALTH: Infectious Diseases.

A day-long meeting for health professionals on infectious diseases that affect women, including AIDS, urinary and genital tract infections, human papillomavirus/cervical cancer and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis and chronic hepatitis.
WHO:: Sponsored by the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine. Program director is Naomi N. Bock, M.D., assistant professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory, and on staff of the Atlanta Tuberculosis Project and TB Prevention Coalition.

James W. Curran, M.D., dean, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, and former acting director, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will discuss the Epidemiology and Prevention of HIV Infection in Women and Newborns at 8:45 a.m., Oct. 18.
WHEN:: Oct. 18, 1996 from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
WHERE:: Emory Conference Center Hotel, 1615 Clifton Rd., Atlanta
WHY:: The spectrum of infectious diseases continues to expand, due mainly to the following combination of factors: the emergence of new infectious agents, the spread of infectious agents to new populations and geographic areas, the introduction to humans of infectious agents previously confined to animals, insects or environmental sites; the increasing numbers of individuals with compromised immune function and the reemergence of old infectious agents due to antimicrobial resistance.

This conference is designed for practitioners in internal medicine, family practice, general medicine and public health with a particular emphasis on the female patient. It is sponsored in part by an unrestricted educational grant by Pfizer Inc.

PROGRAM: Friday, Oct. 18, 1996

8:30 a.m. Welcoming Remarks: David Stephens, M.D., director, Div. of Infectious Diseases, Emory
Naomi Bock, M.D., assistant professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory; on staff of the Atlanta Tuberculosis Project and TB Prevention Coalition
8:45 a.m. Epidemiology and Prevention of HIV Infection in Women and Newborns: James W. Curran, M.D., dean, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; former director of AIDS Division, CDC
9:25 a.m. Clinical Management of Early HIV Infection: Julie L. Gerberding, M.D., associate professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
10:05 a.m. Depression in HIV Disease: J. Stephen McDaniel, M.D., associate professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory
11 a.m. Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Women: Katherine Stone, M.D., chief, Epidemiology Research Section, Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV Prevention, National Center for Prevention Services, CDC
11:40 a.m. Uterogenital Tract Infections: Kimberly Workowski, M.D., assistant professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory
1 p.m. M. Tuberculosis Infection and Disease: Naomi Bock, M.D., assistant professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory
1:40 p.m. Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Carcinoma: William Reeves, M.D., chief, Viral Exanthems and Herpesvirus Branch, Division of Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC
2:20 p.m. Epidemiology and Prevention of Hepatitis B and C: Beth P. Bell, M.D., medical epidemiologist, Hepatitis Branch, Division of Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC
3 p.m. Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis: Christine Janes Bruno, M.D., assistant professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Emory

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