The Center for Rural Health at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health in partnership with the Arizona Telemedicine Program and Southwest Telehealth Resource Center, Presents the Live Webinar:
Syphilis 2019: Return of the Great Masquerader
Thursday, May 16, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
To register: http://www.telemedicine.arizona.edu
Guest Speaker: Sharon Adler, MD, MPH, is clinical faculty at the California Prevention Training Center and is also an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco in the department of Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Adler has worked in the STD field for more than 15 years including 10 years of work at the California Department of Public Health STD Control Branch. She is board certified in Preventive Medicine/Public Health and has clinical experience working in community health and public health clinics in the San Francisco bay area as well as at the San Francisco STD City Clinic. In her current position Dr. Adler develops curricula, conducts and coordinates STD trainings with a focus on special populations including, Correctional, Indian Health Service, Pacific Island and Border Health providers.
Learning objectives:
- Describe syphilis epidemiologic trends in Arizona and Nationally.
- Discuss current screening recommendations for syphilis.
- Describe best practices for clinical management of syphilis including diagnosis, staging, treatment and follow-up.
