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In addition to the summaries, visitors to the healthcg web site will soon be able to access two 1997 ICAAC satellite symposia:
* "Guidelines in Action: Applying the HHS Guidelines": This symposium will be available at www.healthcg.com as a "Netshow" presentation, meaning that participants will not only be able to read presenters' slides, but also listen to the presentation at their convenience. The symposium will focus on clinical integration of the new HIV/AIDS treatment guidelines recently released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"Guidelines in Action", moderated by Charles Carpenter, M.D., will include presentations by leading HIV physicians: John G. Bartlett; Joe Eron; Richard D'Aquila; Calvin Cohen; and Martin Markowitz. This symposium is made possible thanks to an unrestricted educational grant provided by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
* "Evolving HIV Treatments: Advances and the Challenge of Adherence": Moderated by Richard Chaisson, M.D., this symposium will focus on issues related to treating HIV/AIDS patients in the "protease inhibitor" age and ensuring patient adherence with complicated dosing regimens. Program participants will be able to view slides presented by leading HIV/AIDS physicians John G. Bartlett, John W. Mellors, Charles Flexner, Margaret Chesney and Glenn Treisman. This program is made possible thanks to an unrestricted educational grant provided by Agouron Pharmaceuticals.
The state-of-the-art 1997 ICAAC summaries and satellite symposia are part of Clinical Care Options for HIV, an ongoing medical education program available at www.healthcg.com. Thanks to unrestricted educational grants provided by Agouron, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chiron, Pfizer and Roche Laboratories, the daily summaries, satellite symposia and CME credits (for medical professionals) are available free to any interested parties.
"The 'Clinical Care Options for HIV' next-day summaries and symposia are ideal for the thousands of HIV/AIDS treaters and caretakers who don't have the opportunity to attend key meetings such as ICAAC, but want to stay up-to-date on the latest developments in the field," said Bruce Polsky, M.D., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. "Similar summaries from previous HIV meetings, including the XI International Conference on AIDS and the 4th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, have been extremely well-received."
How the Summaries are Developed and Accessed
Next-morning summaries and symposia from the 1997 ICAAC conference are developed directly from symposia, presentations of slides, and posters. All of the summaries include valuable professional interpretations, providing a unique context for understanding of state-of-the-art treatment.
Primary topics of the "Clinical Care Options for HIV" 1997 ICAAC summaries include:
* Antiretrovirals
* Viral markers and assays
* Immune system reconstitution
* Opportunistic infections and HAART
* Cytokines
All "Clinical Care Options for HIV" programs, including the 1997 ICAAC summaries and symposia, are accessed through the Internet by going directly to www.healthcg.com. To obtain CME or CE credits, physicians and pharmacists simply register for the sessions, read the materials, and then take and file a post-test on-line. Test results with correct answers are returned on-line immediately, and CME certificates are delivered by mail within four weeks. All "Clinical Care Options for HIV" programs remain on-line for a minimum of six months to ensure access to interested parties.
1997 ICAAC Summaries -- Program Authors
Joseph Eron Jr., M.D., Asst. Prof. of Medicine; Co-Principal Investigator AIDS Clinical Trial Unit, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Joel Gallant, M.D., Assoc. Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director of the Moore HIV Clinic
W. David Hardy, M.D., Clinical Prof. of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine; Scientific Director Research/Development, Pacific Oaks Medical Group
William O'Brien, M.D., Assoc. Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston; Chief of AIDS Pathogenesis Research Program
Bruce Polsky, M.D., Assoc. Attending Physician; Director, Retrovirology Laboratory, Infectious Disease Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Assoc. Prof. of Medicine, Cornell University Med. Col.
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