43rd Annual CTCA Educational Conference
Moving Toward TB Elimination: Strategies to Speed the Decline
Thursday, April 30 - Friday, May 1 2009
Wednesday, April 29 CNTC Training
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Agenda
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Francis J. Curry National TB Center Training - details available on their website.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
7:30-9:00 Registration, Hosted Continental Breakfast, Poster Viewing, Vendor Exhibits
8:00-9:00 Corrections: a New Generation of Communications
9:00-9:10 Welcome and Introductions
Barbara Cole, RN, MSN, President, CTCA
Masae Kawamura, MD, MPH - TB Controller, San Francisco
Mitchell Katz, MD - Health Officer, San Francisco
9:10-9:40 Moving Toward TB Elimination: Where are we now and where do we go from here?
- John Jereb, MD (for Kenneth Castro)
9:40-10:25 Jayne Ash Keynote Address:
Tuberculosis Treatment in 2019 - Likely advances in the next 10 years
- William J. Burman, MD - Department of Medicine, Denver Health, Denver, CO (presentation not available)
10:25-10:45 Break, Vendor Exhibits, Poster Viewing
10:45-11:30 Beyond the Smear: Variability of Infectiousness
- Kevin Fennelly, MD - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Global TB Institute
11:30-12:15 Toward TB Elimination in California: Trends and
Strategies - Jennifer Flood, MD, MPH - Chief, Surveillance and
Epidemiology, CDPH, TBCB
12:30-1:30 CTCA Business Meeting, Awards Luncheon (hosted)
President's Report
NTCA Report - Carol Pozsik
Outgoing EC Members
Honorary Membership
Andy Lopez Memorial Award
Henry A. Renteln Award
Donations to Travel Grant fund
1:30-1:45 Break, Vendor Exhibits, Poster Viewing
1:45-3:15 Breakout Sessions:
A. Diagnosis and Management of HIV Related TB: A Case Based
Review - Moderator: Julie Low, MD
Faculty: William J. Burman, MD
Jacqueline Tulsky, MD
Annie LuetkeMeyer, MD
B. Best Practice in Use of IGRAs: California TB Programs and CDC Perspectives - Moderator: Allyson Tabor, BSN, PHN;
Faculty: John Jereb, MD (for Jerry Mazurek)
Ernesto Moran
Masae Kawamura, MD
Helene Calvet, MD
Michael Stacey, MD (wasn't able to present but prepared presentation beforehand)
C. Can Genotyping Help Us Prevent Transmission in Real Time?
- Moderator and Faculty: Smita Chatterjee
Faculty: Ed Desmond, Ph.D.
Martin Cilnis, MS, MPH
Jennifer Grinsdale, MPH
Genotype Cluster Surveillance Form (.doc)
D. Infection Control: Managing Miasmas
- Moderator: Charles Crane, MD
Faculty: Kevin Fennelly, MD, MPH
Gisela Schecter, MD, MPH
Stephen Born, MD, MPH
Powered-Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) User Training (.doc)
E. 2007 Technical Instructions for Immigrant Screening
- Moderator and Faculty: Drew Posey, MD, MPH
Faculty: Kathleen Moser, MD, MPH
Phil Lowenthal, MPH
Andrea Polesky, MD, PhD
Tony Paz, MD
EDN Notifications and TB Follow-up Worksheets Returned (.pdf)
3:15-3:30 Break, Vendor Exhibits, Poster Viewing
3:30-5:00 Breakout Sessions Repeat
5:00-5:15 Break, Vendor Exhibits, Poster Viewing
5:15-6:15 Case Radiograph Presentations
- Lisa Chen, MD; Christine Ho, MD;
Radiologist: Brett Elicker, MD
Friday, May 1, 2009
7:30-8:00 Registration and Hosted Continental Breakfast
8:00-12:15 Policy and Legislative Update for TB Controllers
Components of meeting available for viewing:
State Update - James Watt, MD, MPH
Curry National TB Center Update -Tom Stuebner
Infectiousness Guideline Presentation - Gisela Schecter, MD, MPH
B-Notification Guideline Presentation - Tony Paz, MD
10:15-12:05 Nurses & Allied Health Professionals Forum Meeting
12:15-12:45 Hosted Lunch
12:45-1:00 Featured Speaker: State Senator Mark Leno
1:00-1:30 Reports from TB Controller Meeting and NAHPF Meeting
1:30-1:45 Break
1:45-2:15 Large CI in a Post-Partum Ward at Kaiser
- Faculty: Masae Kawamura, MD
Tara Greenhow, MD
Deborah Gold, MD
2:15-3:00 Integration of TB/HIV Client Services at the Local Level
- Faculty: James Watt, MD, MPH
Jennifer Grinsdale, MPH
3:00 Adjourn
A note about refunds: As a policy we provide a refund to individuals if you requested it up to three business days in advance of the conference (April 24th, 2009.) For those who pay with credit card, we will refund minus the cost of transactions. After the April 24th cutoff date, if there were extenuating circumstances (illness or emergencies) we will do our best to refund the fee minus the cost of food. Individuals may have to wait up to two months for a refund.
Donations
We encourage donations to the travel grant fund. These donations are fully tax-deductible. By allowing greater participation in our educational conference, the travel grant program contributes to the development of excellence in tuberculosis prevention and treatment, a key feature of CTCA's mission. You may mail elect to include a donation with your registration or by mailing a check payable to CTCA Travel Grant Fund to 424 Pendleton Way, Oakland, CA 94621.
If you require a conference brochure and agenda to include with your request for funding from your employer, please print and use the conference brochure located here (.pdf file).
Continuing Education Units & Continuing Medical Education
The Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This conference is approved for up to 10.5* continuing medical education contact hours.
The Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center is approved as a provider of continuing education by the California State Board of Registered Nurses, Provider Number CEP 12308. This conference is approved for up to 10.0** continuing education contact hours.
Certificates will be mailed four to six weeks after the course to all participants who requested CME or nursing credits and who successfully complete the course. Successful completion includes signing in each day, attending the entire course and turning in a completed evaluation form while on site.
*The units include 6.75 units for Thursday (2.75 for the plenary, 1.5 per breakout session, and an optional 1.0 unit for the Case/Radiograph Session), and 3.75 for Friday (up to 2.5 for the Policy and Legislative Update for TB Controllers, and 1.25 for the lunchtime sessions)
** The units include 6.75 units for Thursday (2.75 for the plenary, 1.5 per breakout session, and an optional 1.0 unit for the Case/Radiograph Session), and 3.25 for Friday (up to 2.0 for the Policy and Legislative Update for TB Controllers Part 1, and 1.25 for the lunchtime sessions)
Note that to be eligible to receive CME/CEs for this conference, you must have filled out and turned in the evaluation while on site. You will only receive units for sessions you attended and evaluated. If you leave sections blank, we will assume you did not attend that session. CME/CEs will not be provided to individuals who mail their evaluation post-conference, no exceptions.