Moving Toward TB Elimination: Strategies to Speed the Decline
43rd Educational Conference April 30 – May 1, 2009, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Thursday, April 30
7:30 – 9:00 am Registration, Hosted Continental Breakfast, Poster Viewing, Vendor Exhibits
8:00 - 9:00 am Corrections: a New Generation of Communications (open to all)
Golden Gate Room Meeting for all persons working in or with corrections
9:00 - 9:10 am Welcome and Introductions
Plenary Sessions Barbara Cole, RN, MSN, - President, CTCA
International Room Masae Kawamura, MD, MPH - TB Controller, San Francisco
Mitchell Katz, MD - Health Officer, San Francisco
9:10 - 9:40 am Moving Toward TB Elimination: Where Are We Now and Where Do We Go From Here? John Jereb, MD
9:40 - 10:25 am Jayne Ash Memorial Keynote Address: Tuberculosis Treatment in 2019 - Likely Advances in the Next 10 Years - William J. Burman, MD
10:25 - 10:45 am Break, Vendor Exhibits, Poster Viewing
10:45 - 11:30 am Beyond the Smear: Variability of Infectiousness – Kevin Fennelly, MD, MPH
11:30 - 12:15 pm Toward TB Elimination in CA: Trends and Strategies – Jennifer Flood, MD, MPH
12:30 - 1:30 pm CTCA Business Meeting, Awards Luncheon (hosted)
El Dorado Room President’s Report Honorary Membership
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NTCA Report – Carol Pozsik
Outgoing Executive Committee
Donations to Travel Grant Fund
Andy Lopez Memorial Award
Henry A. Renteln Award
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1:45 - 3:15 pm Breakout Sessions:
International Room A. Diagnosis and Management of HIV Related TB: A Case Based Review
- Moderator: Julie Low, MD;
Faculty: William J. Burman, MD; Jacqueline Tulsky, MD; Annie Luetkemeyer, MD
Telegraph A & B B. Best Practice in the Use of IGRAs: California TB Programs and CDC Perspectives
- Moderator: Allyson Tabor, BSN, PHN; Faculty: John Jereb, MD; Michael Stacey, MD; Ernesto Moran, MS; Masae Kawamura, MD; Helene Calvet, MD
Cathedral B Room C. Can Genotyping Help Us Prevent Transmission in Real Time?
- Moderator and Faculty: Smita Chatterjee, MS; Faculty: Ed Desmond, PhD; Martin Cilnis, MS, MPH; Jennifer Grinsdale, MPH
Cathedral A Room D. TB Infection Control: Managing Miasmas – Moderator: Charles Crane, MD, MPH; Faculty: Kevin Fennelly, MD, MPH; Gisela Schecter, MD, MPH; Stephen Born, MD, MPH
El Dorado Room E. 2007 Technical Instructions for Immigrant Screening – Moderator and Faculty: Drew Posey, MD, MPH; Faculty: Kathleen Moser, MD, MPH; Phil Lowenthal, MPH; Andrea Polesky, MD, PhD; Tony Paz, MD
3:15 - 3:30 pm Break, Vendor Exhibits, Poster Viewing
3:30 - 5:00 pm Breakout Sessions Repeat
5:00 - 5:15 pm Break, Vendor Exhibits, Poster Viewing
5:15 - 6:15 pm Case Radiograph Session
International Room Lisa Chen, MD; Christine Ho, MD; Brett Elicker, MD
Friday, May 1
7:30 – 8:00 am Registration
8:00 – 10:00 am Policy and Legislative Update for TB Controllers Part 1 (open to all)
Golden Gate & California
10:00 – 10:15 am Break, Vendor Exhibits
8:00 – 10:00 am Policy and Legislative Update for TB Controllers Part 2 (open to all)
Golden Gate & California
10:15 – 12:15 pm Nurses and Allied Health Professionals Forum Meeting
Cathedral A
12:15 – 1:45 pm Hosted Luncheon
El Dorado Room
12:45 – 1:00 pm Featured Speaker: State Senator Mark Leno
1:00 – 1:30 pm Reports from TB Controllers and NAHPF Meetings
1:30 – 1:45 pm Break, Vendor Exhibits
1:45 – 2:15 pm Large CI in a Post-partum Ward at Kaiser: Lessons Learned
El Dorado Room – Faculty: Masae Kawamura, MD; Deborah Gold, MD; Tara Greenhow, MD
2:15– 2:55 pm Integration of TB and HIV Client Services at the Local Level
El Dorado Room – Faculty: James Watt, MD, MPH; Jennifer Grinsdale, MPH
2:55 – 3:00 pm Wrap-Up and Evaluation
3:00 pm Adjourn
NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FORUM (NAHPF) MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Chair: Pam Costamagna, PHN
Co-Chair: Karen Redwine, RN, PHN
Allied Health Professional at Large: Marti McQueen-Brentnall, MPH
Nurse at Large: Janie Soito, RN
Friday, May 1, 2009 Cathedral A
10:15 – 10:20 am Welcome and Introduction of Steering Committee Members
10:20 – 10:35 am State Report – Jan Young, RN, MSN
TB Staffing Standards Status report – Jan Young and Karen Redwine, RN, PHN
10:35 - 10:55 am TIP Update – Anne Cass, MPH, TIP Program Manager, State TB Control Branch; Louise McNitt, MD, MPH, TB Controller, San Bernardino County
10:55 – 11:55 am Program Efficiency Discussion Panel:
What are the LHJs Doing in these Economic Times?
Moderator: Marti McQueen Brentnall, MPH, CDPH, TBCB
Panelists: Kathleen Moser, MD, MPH, TB Controller, San Diego;
Mike Carson, MS, TB Program Manager, Orange County
Cynthia Haines, PHN, MA, TB Program Manager, Santa Clara County
Carol Barney, PHN, MPH, Public Health Director, Madera County
11:55 – 12:15 NAHPF Business Meeting
Selection of 2009-2010 Steering Committee Members
POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FOR TB CONTROLLERS
Friday, May 1, 2009 Golden Gate & California
7:00 – 8:00 Registration
8:00 – 8:10 I. Housekeeping, Review of Agenda, and Introductions – Richard Tezak, MD
8:10 – 8:55 II. TBCB: Information and tools for TB Control in California – James Watt, MD, MPH
A. Impact of State budget on TB Control in CA
B. Availability of rapid testing for drug resistance
C. RVCT update
D. WebCMR update
E. Local assistance funding
8:55 – 9:25 III. CDC Report: TB at the National Level – Kenneth Castro, MD
9:25 - 10:00 IV. Voting Items (Part 1)
A. Infectiousness Guidelines vote – Charles Crane (15 minutes)
B. Contact Investigation – Susan Sawley (15 Minutes)
C. B Notification – Tony Paz (10 minutes)
10:00 - 10:15 Break, Vendors Exhibits
10:15-10:30 V. Francis J. Curry National TB Center – Tom Stuebner
10:30-11:00 VI. Voting Items (Part 2)
D. Detention Guidelines – Barbara Cole- example of modest revisions, current review date
E. Formula Funding
F. October TB Controller Minutes - Richard Tezak (Advance materials - Quick vote)
G. New slate of officers – Francie Wise
H. Proposed changes in By-laws – Lisa Gooze (Advance materials - Quick vote)
1. Limitation of attendance by general public at CTCA executive sessions
2. Other changes
11:00 - 11:15 VII. Correctional Health Parole Notification - Janet Mohle-Boetani, MD, MPH
11:15 – 11:30 VIII. Advocacy - Robert Benjamin, MD, MPH
A. World TB Day/ California TB Week 2009 Report
B. Federal, State and Local Legislative Update: TB in IZ registries, TST by UAP, MediCal TB, NACCHO input to Obama Administration
11:30 – 12:00 IX. New business
A. Survey of Local Public Health Laboratory Capacities
B. Fit Testing
C. TB/Hepatitis Strategic Planning
D. Dues from TB Controllers as a source of CTCA funding
12:00 - 12:10 X. Items from the Floor/Announcements
12:10 – 12:15 XI. Wrap-Up: Evaluation; Summarize Next Steps; ADJOURN -Richard Tezak
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