TB for Pulmonologists
Phoenix, AZ
May 13, 2015
Being held at
Arizona State Laboratory
Igloo Room
250 North 17th Avenue
Sponsored by
Heartland National TB Center
&
Maricopa County Public Health
with the support of
Arizona Department of Health
FACULTY
Lisa Y. Armitige, MD, PhD
Heartland National TB Center
Marcos Burgos, MD
New Mexico Department of Health
Mary J. Connell, MD
District Medical Group
David Griffith, MD
Heartland National TB Center
Renuka Khurana, MD, MPH
Maricopa County Health Department
Gholamabbas Amin Ostovar, MD, FAAP
District Medical Group
Stacy White, PhD
Arizona Health Department
OUR VISION
The vision of Heartland National TB Center is to provide excellence, expertise, and innovation in training, medical consultation, and product development to reduce the impact of tuberculosis in our region.
OUR MISSION
The mission of the Heartland National TB Center is to build capacity with our partners. We will share expertise in the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis by: developing and implementing cuttngedge trainings, delivering expert medical consultation, providing technical assistance, and designing innovative educational and consultative products.
DISCLOSURE
NO commercial support was given to Heartland National TB Center or UT Health Northeast for this educational program.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education(ACCME®) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
For more information, please contact:
LEAD EDUCATOR
Josie Gonzalez
Josefa.Gonzalez@uthct.edu
210-531-4545
AGENDA
Tuesday, May 13, 2015
8:008:15 AM Registration
8:158:30 AM Welcome
8:309:00 AM Interferon Gamma Release Assays (IGRA)
9:009:45 AM Laboratory for TB
9:4510:30 AM Radiology for TB
10:3010:45 AM Break
10:4512:00 PM Guidelines for Treatment of Tuberculosis
12:001:00 PM Lunch
1:001:30 PM Frequently Asked Questions in TB Management
1:302:45 PM TB in the Pediatric Patient
2:453:00 PM Break
3:304:30 PM TB CoMorbidities
3:003:30 PM Nontuberculosis Mycobacterial (NTM) LungDisease
4:305:00pm TB Case Presentations
5:00pm Adjourn
Target Audience
This conference is designed for the community providers who may encounter a patient with TB infection or disease.
Conference Goal
The goal of this training is to build capacity with pulmonologist who may encounter and treat a patient with TB infection or diagnose a patient with TB disease.
Conference Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to describe the Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) Testing, describe laboratory testing methods associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex (MTBC), describe the diagnosis of TB using radiology as a tool, list the current recommendations for treatment of tuberculosis disease, identify drugresistant TB, identify common questions and answers arising in treatment of a TB patient, discuss the diagnosis and treatment recommendations for children with TB, discuss the spectrum of NTM respiratory pathogens and the clinical presentations of NTM lung disease, differentiate NTM infection from M. tuberculosis infection, review the current treatment recommendations for NTM lung disease pathogens, describe the identification and diagnosis of TB and HIV coinfection, describe the identification and diagnosis of TB and diabetes, Utilize case studies, identify potential presentations of TB and appropriate diagnostic approaches.
Format
The format for this course will be lecturestyle presentations, with case studies. There will be ample time for questions and answers.
preregistration is mandatory.
Deadline to register is:
May 4, 2015
www.heartlandntbc.org/training.asp
Applicants will receive notification of their enrollment
status via e-mail (unless otherwise requested).
