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3nd Annual Maine HIV Conference

Advancing Maine's HIV Prevention and Care
Moving Maine Forward

October 15, 2007

Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, ME

Sunday, October 14, 2007
Pre-Conference Summit for people living with HIV


integrate
build community
educate
collaborate
advocate



Pre-Conference Agenda
Sunday October 14, 2007

Sunday events are reserved only for people living with HIV.
Please use the Printable Complementary Registration Form or the OnLine Version to register for the Sunday session.

1:00 pm Registration  
1:30 pm Advocacy and Netwoking for People in Maine Living with HIV
5:00 pm Dinner Panel - Ask the Doctor


Conference Agenda
Monday October 15, 2007

8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast  
8:30 am Welcome
8:45 am Keynote Address: Quality HIV Care in an Era of Limited Resources Jonathan S. Appelbaum, MA
9:45 am Break  
10:00 am Session 1 Workshops  
  1A Eat It UP! How to Eat Well with a Tight Budget Charles Smigelski, Jr., RD
  1B Reaching Rural Communities Tom Collins
  1C New Treatments for HIV: Is this a New Paradigm? Jonathan S. Appelbaum, MA
11:00 am Break  
11:15 am Session 2 Workshops
  2A Caring for Your Mouth - Dental Screening and Care David Drohan, DDS
  2B Strategies for Increased Treatment Adherence Ann Marie Lemire, MD
  2C Clinical Trends in HIV Prevention and Care - Case Discussions Robert Smith, MD,
Sandy Putnam, RN, MSN, FNP, PSYCH/MHNP
12:15 pm Lunch and HIV Program Presentation  
1:45 pm Break  
2:00 pm Session 3 Workshops
  3A Returning to the Workforce Jennifer N. Kimble, MS, CRC; Libby Stone-Sterling, MA
  3B Prevention Among Positives Brianne Fitzgerald, RN, MPH

  3C Non-Occupational Post Exposure Prophylaxis - What is it? Mark Rolfe, MD
3:00 pm Break
 
3:15 pm Session 4 Workshops  
  4A Positive Living - Love, Living, and Protecting Others Nathan Longtin
  4B Treatment Adherence and Resistance- Keeping Clients Safe Karina Danvers, MA
  4C Changing Behaviors - Maximizing Prevention and Care with Therapeutic Relationships Janis Bacon Petzel, MD
4:15 pm Adjourn  

Faculty:

Jonathan S. Appelbaum, MA

Tom Collins
Department of Public Health, Frankfort, KY

Karina Danvers, MA
Director, CT AIDS Education and Training Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT

David F. Drohan, DDS
Primary Patient Dental Care, Penobscot Community Health Center, Bangor, ME

Brianne R. Fitzgerald, RN, MPH
Clinical Specialist, NEAETC, Boston, MA

Jennifer N. Kimble, MS, CRC
Operations Manager, Maine Medical Center, Dept. of Vocational Services, Portland, ME

Ann Marie Lemire, MD
Public Health Nursing Division, City of Portland, Portland, ME

Nathan Longtin
Project Manager, JRI Health, Boston, MA

Janis Bacon Petzel, MD
Private Practice, VA Togus and MaineGeneral Medical Center, Hallowell, ME

Mark Rolfe, MD
Medical Director, Primary Care, MaineGeneral Health Associates, Gardiner, ME

Sandy Putnam, RN, MSN, FNP, PSYCH/MHNP

Charles Smigelski, Jr., RD
Dietitian, Fenway Community Health Center, Arlington, MA

Robert Smith, MD,

Libby Stone-Sterling, MA
Lead Disability Program Navigator, Maine Dept. of Labor, Augusta, ME



Conference Partners and Sponsors:


Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV/STD and Hepatitis Program

and the following:

Bristol Myers-Squibb

GlaxoSmithKline

Gilead Sciences

Maine Department of Corrections

New England AIDS Education and Training Center

Tibotec Therapeutics

Supported By:
AdCare Educational Institute of Maine, Inc.

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