Thank you for attending!
2023 Annual
New York State Hepatitis C & Drug User Health Conference
virtual program • SEptember 20, 2023 • 8:30am - 4:00pm est
About
The Clinical Education Initiative (CEI)'s Hepatitis C and Drug User Health Center of Excellence is a a New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute program that offers free continuing medical education to enhance the capacity of New York State's diverse healthcare workforce to deliver high-quality clinical services and improve patient outcomes. We offer online live and on-demand trainings, intensive preceptorship programs, targeted technical assistance, free clinical tools and more.
The 2023 annual New York State Hepatitis C and Drug User Health conference is a free, full-day, virtual program intended for clinical prescribers throughout the state.
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Program Agenda
September 20, 2023 • 8:30am - 4:00pm EST
Recordings will be available on CEI’s website soon,
click on Session Titles to access slide decks and resources!
Session Type | Session Title | Speaker(s) | |
8:30-8:45 | Introduction | Linda Wang, MD • Lauren Walker, MPH | |
8:45-9:30 | Plenary | Jonathan Giftos, MD | |
9:30-9:45 | Break | ||
9:45-11:00 | Panel Discussion | Daniel Raymond • Jennifer Rochussen Havens, PhD, MPH • Benjamin Eckhardt, MD • Colleen Flanigan, RN, MS | |
11:00-11:15 | Break | ||
11:15-12:30 | Concurrent Didactic Breakouts (Select One) | Timothy Wiegand, MD, FACMT, FAACT, DFASAM | |
Colleen Flanigan, RN, MS • Aarathi Nagaraja, MD • Chibuzo Enemchukwu, MD, MS • Dawn Harbatkin, MD | |||
12:30-1:30 | Lunch Break | ||
12:45-1:15 | Lunchtime Training | Carli Salvati, LMSW | |
1:30-2:45 | Panel Discussion | Tiffany Lu, MD, MS • Jess Tilley • Samara Touchton, FNP-C, CARN-AP • Sara Lorenz Taki, MD • Melissa Weimer, DO, MCR, DFASAM | |
2:45-3:00 | Break | ||
3:00-4:00 | Concurrent Didactic Breakouts (Select One) | Tatyana Kushner, MD, MSCE • Oluwaseun Falade-Nwulia, MBBS, MPH | |
Jennifer Love, MD, MSCR |
Live Graphic Recording
A live artist from The Sketch Effect joined our progoram to listen and brought what was shared to life with a graphic recorings!
- Harm Reduction Is Healthcare
- Ambulatory Management of Alcohol Withdrawal
- Case-based Discussion on the Treatment of Complex Hepatits C in the Real World: Substance Use, Cirrhosis, Pregnancy and More
Continuing Education
Free credit made available by the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute:
- 6.0 CME
- 6.0(3.0Rx) CNE
- 6.0 CPE
Attendees have received an email with a link to complete evaluation and claim CE credit through the myCEI platform
Please complete the evaluation and claim your credits by October 4th
Accreditation Statements
CME Statement
Accreditation:
The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Certification:
The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1
Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CNE Statement:
The University of Rochester Center for Nursing Professional Development is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing
continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 6.0 (3.0Rx) Nursing Contact Hours will be provided.
CPE Statement Live:
Continuing Education Information
The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy
Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The "2023 Annual New York State Hepatitis C and Drug User Health Conference", a knowledge-based activity, has been assigned ACPE #0044-9999-23-037-L01-P, and will award 6 contact hours (0.6 ceus) of home study continuing pharmacy education credit. No partial credit will be awarded.
Financial Relationships of Planners
The following presenters and others have either indicated financial relationships with ineligible companies or that no financial relationships exist. An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.
The following planner(s) do not have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies:
Charlotte Miller, MPH; Lauren Walker, MPH; Jeffrey Weiss, PhD; Linda Wang, MD;
Oksana Babiy, BS; Monica Barbosu, MD, PhD; Tamara Eis, MD, RN-BC
The following planner(s) have disclosed financial relationships:
NONE.
No commercial funding was received to support this activity.
Financial Relationships of Presenters/Speakers
The following presenters and others have either indicated financial relationships with ineligible companies or that no financial relationships exist. An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.
The following presenter(s) do not have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies:
Jonathan Giftos, MD; Jennifer Havens, PhD, MPH;
Colleen Flanigan, RN, MS; Dawn Harbatkin, MD; Chibuzo Enemchukwu, MD, MS;
Aarathi Nagaraja, MD, CPH; Timothy Wiegand, MD, FACMT, FAACT, DFASAM; Carli Salvati, LMSW;
Tiffany Lu, MD, MS; Melissa Weimer, DO, MCR, FASAM; Sara Lorenz Taki, MD;
Samara Touchton FNP-C, CARN-AP; Jess Tilley; Jennifer Love, MD
The following presenter(s) have disclosed financial relationships:
Tatyana Kushner, MD, MSCE: Gilead(advisor, research support); AbbVie (consultant);
Eiger (advisor); Bausch (advisor)
Benjamin Eckhardt, MD: Gilead (research grant paid to institution)
Oluwaseun Falade-Nwulia, MBBS, MPH: AbbVie (research grants paid to institution);
Gilead (medical advisory)
Daniel Raymond: Gilead (unrestricted funding paid to employer); AbbVie (unrestricted
funding paid to employer); Dynavax (unrestricted funding paid to employer)
All of the relevant financial relationship(s) listed above have been mitigated.
No commercial funding was received to support this activity.
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