Chennai ART Symposium 2009- Revised Announcement

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Chennai ART Symposium (CART 2009)

January 9th & 10th, 2009

Venue: GRT Grand Days Convention Center, T Nagar, Chennai

Organized by YRGCARE

 

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

provides medical care for more than 11,000 persons with HIV disease. Currently

more than 6000 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, NIH and certified by NABL. 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 150 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 ARV

* When to start?

* What to start?

* When to switch?

* What to switch?

* Toxicities of antiretrovirals

* Immune Reconstitution Syndrome

* Drug Resistance

* Principles in Drug Resistance

* Genotyping

* Interpretation of result

* Management of Treatment Experienced patients

* New Drugs and Targets

* HIV &  TB

* HBV, HCV co-infection

* HIV  &  HPV

* Antiretrovirals in Prevention

* Management of Pediatric HIV infection

* HIV Medication Adherence

* Cost Effectiveness of Antiretroviral Therapy

* Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV infection

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. Wanke-Tufts University,Boston,USA

Dr. Katzenstein –Stanford University, San Francisco,USA

Dr. Deborah Greenspan- UCSF,USA

Dr. Palefsky- University of California,San Francisco,USA

Dr. Zuniga- IAPAC,USA

Dr. Greenspan- UCSF,USA

Dr. Freedberg- Harvard University,Boston,USA

Dr. Mayer – Brown University, USA

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

Dr. Margaret Bentley- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,USA

Dr. Paolo Miotti – NIH,USA

Dr. Rami Kantoor – Brown University, Providence, USA

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

Dr. Cash – Harvard University, Boston,USA

National Faculty

Dr.P.Balakrishnan, YRGCARE, VHS, Chennai

Dr.Bella Devaleenol, YRGCARE, VHS, Chennai

Dr.Kamini Walia, ICMR, New Delhi

Dr.N.Kumarasamy, YRGCARE, VHS, Chennai

Dr.Saravanan, YRGCARE, VHS, Chennai

Dr.Shoba, YRGCARE, VHS, Chennai

Dr.Srikanth Tripathy, NARI, Pune

Dr.Suniti , YRGCARE, VHS, Chennai

Dr.Sonali Kochhar, IAVI, New Delhi

Dr.Sowmya Swaminathan, TRC, Chennai

Dr.Sunil Suhas , YRGCARE, Chennai

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 09, spot registration subject to

availability

For online registration and further details click:

http://www.cartonline.yrgcare.in/cart_welcome.htm

 

Contact:

Dr. N Kumarasamy

Organizing Chair, CART 2008

kumarasamy@...

Tel: 044 22542929

Mr. KG Kosala Raman

Coordinator,

kosal@...

Tel: 044 22542929

Mob: 91 9940034333