PRN Meeting: September 17, 2024 Jointly provided by the Medical Society of the State of New York, at a Zoom webinar, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m (EST).

Target Audience:

Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants caring for people at risk for, or infected with HIV and/or viral hepatitis.

Course Director: James F. Braun, DO, President & Program Planner, Physicians' Research Network

Moderator: Ofole Mgbako, MD, Asst. Professor of Medicine & Population Health; Section Chief of Infectious Diseases, NYC H+H/Bellevue Hospital

Guest Speakers and Presentations:

Insights from 56 Dean Street: Europe’s Busiest STI Clinic

Gary Whitlock, MD, PhD

Consultant Physician
HIV and Sexual Health Service Director, 56 Dean Street
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
London, UK

Dr. Gary Whitlock is a consultant physician in HIV and sexual health and Service Director at 56 Dean Street, part of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Dr. Whitlock has a PhD in physiology from the University of Cambridge and qualified from Nottingham University in medicine. He runs the high-resolution anoscopy service at 56 Dean Street. His research interests include gay men’s sexual health, HIV prevention and service evaluation.

At the completion of this educational activity learners will:
1. Understand the history of 56 Dean Street and how it became Europe’s busiest STI clinic after 10 years after opening.
2. Understand the ‘Dean Street model’ of HIV combination prevention.
3. Appreciate the impact of in-house rapid diagnostics for bacterial STIs (chlamydia and gonorrhoea) on asymptomatic STI screening

From Hepatitis A to Zoster: 2024 Update on Immunization Recommendations for People With and At-risk for HIV

Dorothy A. Knutsen, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York, NY

Dorothy Knutsen completed her fellowship in Infectious Diseases in June 2022 at NYU Langone and began working as faculty in July 2022 as a clinical assistant professor of Medicine, with her primary focus on providing care to people living with HIV and sexual/gender minorities.  She has worked in the Bellevue Virology clinic as a physician for the past 4 years, as a fellow and now as an attending physician.  She currently splits her clinical time in the outpatient NYU Langone Faculty Group Practice and the Bellevue Virology clinic and inpatient consults at Bellevue Hospital.  Her patient population deals with significant barriers to healthcare, from language, economic, social, educational, addiction, and housing factors.  During the mpox outbreak in 2022, she was the Mpox Medical Coordinator at Bellevue and NYU Langone. She was recently added as the PI for the Part C Ryan White Care Act grant at the NYC H+H Virology clinics.

At the completion of this educational activity learners will:
1. Review the current immunization guidelines in people living with HIV.
2. Appreciate the differences in vaccine recommendations based on CD4 counts, particularly with live-virus vaccines.
3. Be familiar with mpox vaccine practices in at-risk populations.

Accreditation Statement:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) and the Physicians’ Research Network (PRN). MSSNY is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing Medical Education for physicians.

The Medical Society of the State of New York designates this live activity for a maximum 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Recognition Statement:

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 2 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Disclosure Statements:

Policies and standards of the Medical Society of the State of New York and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education require that speakers and planners for continuing medical education activities disclose any relevant financial relationships they may have with commercial interests whose products, devices, or services may be discussed in the content of a CME activity.
- Dr. James F. Braun (Course Director/Program Planner) has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
- Dr. Ofole Mgbako (Moderator) TBA
- Dr. Gary Whitlock, MD, PhD (Presenter) has had the following personal financial relationships in the past 24 months with manufacturers of the products or services that may be presented in this CME activity: Advisor to Gilead, GSK, and ViiV. Dr. Whitlock will submit his slides in advance for adequate peer review and will support his presentation and clinical recommendations with the best available evidence from the medical literature. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
- Dr. Dorothy A. Knutsen, MD (Presenter) TBA

Financial Support:

This PRN CME activity is funded in part by unrestricted educational grants from Gilead Sciences and ViiV Healthcare and by a generous charitable contribution from Northwell Health Center for AIDS Research & Treatment.