Chennai ART Symposium (CART 2008)

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Chennai ART Symposium (CART 2008)

January 11th & 12th, 2008, Venue: GRT Grand Days, T Nagar, Chennai

Organized by YRGCARE

YRGCARE is a non-profit medical and research institution in Chennai which

provides medical care for more than 10,000 persons with HIV disease. Currently

more than 5000 persons are receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy at

YRGCARE.

YRGCARE conducts several clinical, epidemiological, psychosocial and biomedical

research studies in collaboration with National Institutes of Health-US; Brown

University, RI; University of California-San Diego, CA; Tufts University, MA;

s Hopkins University, MD; Stanford University, CA; University of

California-San Francisco, CA; Emory University, GA; Rush University, IL;

McFarlane Institute, Melbourne; Tuberculosis Research Centre/ICMR; National AIDS

Research Institute/ICMR; Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai; Ragas Dental College,

Chennai and University of Madras. YRGCARE is one of the clinical research site

for Therapeutics Clinical Trials of ACTG/NIH.

YRGCARE's Infectious Diseases laboratory is quality assured by CAP, UKNEQAS,

NRL, VQA, WHO and NIH. The laboratory has facilities to do HIV diagnosis, CD4

cell count, HIV RNA quantitation, HIV genotyping, assays for opportunistic

infection diagnosis and a Mycobacterial laboratory with BACTEC facilities.

YRGCARE laboratory also carries out basic science research and is the regional

HIV genotyping laboratory for National Institutes of Health, USA

YRGCARE has contributed more than 100 original scientific manuscripts to HIV

Medicine literature and to develop Treatment Guidelines for resource limited

settings.

Objectives of the Symposium:

To provide the latest clinical update on the management of HIV disease.

To update the practicing clinicians on the current concept of antiretroviral

therapeutics, newer drugs, resistance and toxicities.

Highlights:

This symposium is focused to deliver current updates on

Pathogenesis of HIV disease

Principles of Antiretroviral therapy

Updates on

When to start?

What to start?

When to switch?

What to switch?

Toxicities of antiretrovirals

Drug – Drug interaction

Immune Reconstitution Syndrome

Drug Resistance

Principles in Drug Resistance

Genotyping

Interpretation of results

Management of Treatment Experienced patients

New Drugs and Targets

HIV & TB

HBV, HCV co-infection

Antiretrovirals in Prevention

Management of Pediatric HIV infection

Laboratory Markers for monitoring HIV disease

Interactive case studies

Who should attend?

Clinicians involved or interested in HIV care, medical residents and students.

International Faculty

Dr. Constance A Benson – University of California, San Diego, USA

Dr. Ekstrand – University of California, San Francisco, USA

Dr. Flanigan – Brown University, Providence, USA

Dr. Martyn French – Royal Perth Hospital, Australia

Dr. Rami Kantoor – Brown University, Providence, USA

Dr. Katzenstein – Stanford University, San Francisco, USA

Dr. Mayer – Brown University, USA

Dr. Paolo Miotti – NIH, USA

Dr. T Schooley – University of California, San Diego, USA

Dr. Wanke – Tufts University, Boston, USA

National Faculty

Dr. P Balakrishnan, YRGCARE, VHS, Chennai

Dr. Jaideep Gogtay, CIPLA, Mumbai

Dr. Sonali Kochhar, IAVI, New Delhi

Dr. N Kumarasamy, YRGCARE, VHS, Chennai

Dr. Atul K Patel, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Ahmedabad

Dr. Sanjay Pujari, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Pune

Dr. S Rajasekharan, TB Sanatorium, Chennai

Dr. BB Rewari, NACO, New Delhi

Dr. S Saravanan, YRGCARE, VHS, Chennai

Dr. KS Satish, Wockard Hospitals, Bangalore

Dr. R Shoba, YRGCARE, VHS Chennai

Dr. Suniti , YRGCARE, VHS, Chennai

Dr. Sowmya Swaminathan, TRC, Chennai

Dr. Srikanth Tripathy, NARI, Pune

Dr. Kamini Walia, ICMR, New Delhi

Registration

Rs. 1000 for regular delegates; Rs. 500 for Students (with identity cards)

The registration fee includes lunch. The symposium is non-residential

Early registration closes on 02nd Jan 08, spot registration subject to

availability

Contact:

Dr. N Kumarasamy

Organizing Chair, CART 2008

kumarasamy@...

Tel: 044 22542929

Mr. KG Kosala Raman

Coordinator,

kosal@...

Tel: 044 22542929

Mobile: 9940034333

Registration Form

1. Name:

2. Qualification(s):

3. Designation:

4. Affiliation:

5. Contact Details:

A. Address:

B. Mobile:

C. Email:

I am enclosing D.D. / Cheque No. ____________ for ___________ Dated: ___/ ___/

___/ drawn on ___________________________________________________________

payable at Chennai, India.

Please send payment in favour of “YRGCARE†by Cheque (Chennai only) or

Demand drafts (other) to the following address:

KG Kosala Raman

Y R Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education

Unit of Y R Gaitonde Medical, Educational and Research Foundation

Voluntary Health Services, Taramani, Chennai 600113 India

Tel: 22542929 Fax: 22542939

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