The Sarah Cole Hirsh Institute hosts a few conferences and workshops annually in Northeast Ohio, including the Advanced Management Issues in HIV Care Conference.
2024 Advanced Management Issues in HIV Care Conference
- September 26-27, 2024, Corporate College East, Warrensville Hts, Ohio
- Theme: A focus on medical care for people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
- Attendee profile: Infectious disease and internal medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, nurses, social workers, and other health care professionals who manage the care of people living with HIV.
- Keynote address: H. Clifford Lane, MD, clinical director and deputy director for clinical research and special projects for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the U.S. National Institutes of Health
- Presented by: The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and Cleveland Clinic
- In Collaboration With: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, the Centers, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, the MetroHealth System, the Midwest AIDS Training + Education Center, and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
- Overview: Although there are many national meetings on HIV infection, most cater primarily to HIV researchers. Moreover, there is a lack of educational programs on clinical HIV management, especially in the greater Northeast region of Ohio. Northeast Ohio includes Cleveland, a metropolitan area experiencing one of the highest HIV rates in the state. The region is widely affected by the opioid epidemic and has sociodemographic characteristics that create barriers to HIV prevention, early identification, and HIV treatment and care. This conference will bring together local providers who are experienced in treating people living with HIV and nationally recognized experts to address current issues in HIV treatment and prevention. The 2024 conference will include an evening keynote presentation with dinner and a full day in person educational conference. To reflect the reality of clinical HIV management today, the conference will be inter-professional in nature; physicians, physician assistants, nurses and nurse practitioners, pharmacists, social workers, psychologists, and other healthcare workers are invited to attend.