Speaker

Donald J. Alcendor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research Division
of Microbiology and Immunology
& Obstetrics and Gynecology
Meharry Medical College

At the conclusion of this grand round the attendees will be able to:

Discuss the current state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic among women in the US.

Identify the general risk factors for HIV acquisition in women.

Describe and be familiar with diagnosis and clinical presentations of HIV infected women.

Describe and be familiar with treatment strategies for HIV infected women who undiagnosed and become pregnant.

Discuss treatment challenges in women infected with HIV on ARVs

Describe and be familiar with risk and treatment challenges of older women with HIV/AIDS.

Describe and become familiar with the medical interventions of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and post exposure prophylaxis (PeP).

ACCREDITATION: Meharry Medical College is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.

CREDIT DESIGNATION: Meharry Medical College designates this live activity for a maximum 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.