Past Conferences Archive: 2008 Education Conference
Tuberculosis - A Disease Without Borders: The California Experience
CEU and CME certificates will be mailed approximately 6 weeks following the conference to those who indicated that they would like to receive CEU/CME units, signed in, and completed an evaluation.
For those who registered and payed by credit card, please note that your billing statement will read either "ALA Data Center" or "American Lung Association." If you have any issues, please contact CTCA staff.
CTCA held its conference in conjunction with the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - North American Region. Click here to go to their website and view speaker presentations.
Wednesday, February 27
Plenary Session
Jennifer Flood, MD, MPH: New Findings and New Paths: TB Control in California
Kathleen Moser, MD, MPH: TB and US-Mexico Partnerships
Philip LoBue, MD: Human TB Caused by Mycobacterium bovis: Forgotten But Not Gone
Breakout Sessions
Breakout A - Pediatric tuberculosis - All You Ever Wanted To Know
Ann Loeffler, MD
Breakout B - Airline Travel and TB
John Jereb, MD
Kimberly Crocker
Jennifer Flood, MD, MPH
Jeanne Soukup, PHN
Documents from Breakout B (.pdfs) :
Interim Guidance for No Board List
Template letter requesting to remove a patient from No Board list
Template letter requesting to place a patient on No Board list
Breakout C - The Role of Epidemiology in Outbreak Control
Martin Cilnis, MS, MPH
Karen Pfister, MS
Breakout D 1- School Entry TB Screening Requirements - Cost Effectiveness and Policy Issues
James Watt, MD, MPH
Valerie Flaherman, MD, MPH
Steven Hwang, MD
Barbara Cole, RN, PHN, MSN
Breakout D 2 - Advocacy Skill Building
Randall Reves, MD, MSc - Senate HELP Committee Written Testimony (.pdf)
Ken Patterson
Case / Radiograph Session
Antonino Catanzaro, MD
John Renner, MD
Posters
Thursday, February 28
Francis J. Curry National TB Center training: Challenges in TB Control and Innovations for a Healthier World
Nursing and Allied Health Professionals Forum (NAHPF) Business Meeting
Joint Nursing Meeting: TB Nursing and Allied Health Collaboration Across Borders
Policy and Legislative Update for TB Controllers
More to come soon!
This page was last updated 3/20/08.