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December 17, 2019  
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NEWS
Our own Marguerite A. Urban, MD, received the 2019 Dr. Linda Laubenstein Clinical Excellence Award.

We invite you to learn more about Dr. Urban's prestigious career by clicking here.
 
DID YOU KNOW?
  1. Commissioner Howard A. Zucker has announced an Outbreak of Hepatitis A Virus in NYS. 
    To learn more, read the attached letter for information and recommendations click here.
     
  2. New York State health insurance plans to begin covering PrEP without cost sharing no later than January 1, 2020. To learn more click here.
     
  3. NYSDOH AIDS Institute letter regarding Truvada 

    To learn more check the link below: https://health.ny.gov/diseases/aids/general/prep/docs/truvada_fact_letter_2019.pdf.
     
  4. HIV guidelines released a few updates:
  • Treatment of Chronic HCV with DAAs: The duration of treatment with glecaprevir/pibrentasvir has been updated from 12 weeks (old) to 8 weeks (new) with compensated cirrhosis.
           To learn more click here: 
           https://www.hivguidelines.org/hepatitis-care/treatment-with-daa/#tab_1
  • Virologic and Immunologic Monitoring: The interval for CD4 cell count monitoring has been updated.
           To learn more click here:
           https://www.hivguidelines.org/antiretroviral-therapy/cd4-and-viral-load-
           monitoring/#tab_1
  • New in the Drug-Drug Interactions
           https://www.hivguidelines.org/antiretroviral-therapy/ddis/#tab_3
NEW COURSES
CEI announces the availability of new CE accredited courses
Visit ceitraining.org today to sign-up for other training opportunities: live and online trainings, webinars, preceptorships, HIV and STD ECHO sessions.
CEI ECHO 
CEI Sexual Health Center of Excellence ECHO: More Trainings Coming Soon! Stay Tuned!

Wednesday, January 8th, 2020
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST

Speaker: TBA

More Details: click here!

Questions? Contact Jahron Marriott at jahron_marriott@urmc.rochester.edu.
CEI HIV ECHO: Bone Health in the Aging HIV Population

Wednesday, February 5th, 2020
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST

Speaker: Jeffrey Kwong, DNP, MPH, FAANP, AAHIVS
Professor of Nursing, Rutgers University Nursing Champion, NYSDOH AI Clinical Education Initiative

Register today: https://rebrand.ly/ECHOFeb2020

Questions? Contact Tara Melfi at 212-731-3792 or tara.melfi@mountsinai.org.
WEBINARS
Today! Hepatitis C Prior Authorization: Tricks of the Trade
December "HepCure and CEI Co-sponsored" series

Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST

Speaker: Susan Lee, PharmD, BCPS, CDE
Special Pharmacist, Northwell Health

Guest Speaker: Ciarra Leocadio
Patient Navigator, REACH Program at Mount Sinai Hospital

Free CME, CNE and CPE!

Register today: https://rebrand.ly/HepCureDec2019
 
Questions? Contact Emily Scognamiglio at 212-731-3790 or emily.scognamiglio@mountsinai.org.
HIV Medication Errors
December "This Month in HIV" series

Wednesday, December 18th, 2019 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST

Speaker: Alexandra Danforth, PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP
Clinical Pharmacy Manager, Trillium Health, Rochester, NY

Free CME, CNE and CPE!

Register today: https://rebrand.ly/TMIHDEC19
(Registration closes TODAY, December 17th at noon! - Please register before noon)
 
Questions? Contact Tara Melfi at 212-731-3792 or tara.melfi@mountsinai.org.
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