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Tackling Emerging Threats of Hepatitis C and Congenital Syphilis in Arizona
At the conclusion of this activity, learners will be able to:
1. Apply the practice of the epidemiologic patterns of syphilis in Arizona to recognize syphilis screening opportunities in their clinical practice.
2. Discuss the rates of vertical HCV transmission and management strategies.
3. Describe the demographics and clinical characteristics of pregnant women and infants who are exposed to HCV in Arizona.
4. Compare the new testing strategies for perinatal hepatitis C and congenital syphilis.
5. Identify important clinical features and treatment strategies for active perinatally-acquired hepatitis C and congenitally-acquired syphilis in the first year of life.
6. Discuss important infection prevention strategies and screening techniques to prevent congenitally-acquired syphilis and hepatitis C.
Naim Alkhouri, MD, FAASLD, Chief Medical Officer, Director, Fatty Liver Program, and Chief of Transplant Hepatology
Naim Alkhouri, M.D., is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Chief of Transplant Hepatology, and Director of the Steatotic Liver Program at Arizona Liver Health (ALH) in Phoenix, AZ.
Dr. Alkhouri is a key opinion leader in the field of liver disease therapeutics and an advisor/ consultant to many pharmaceutical and biomarker development companies. He is Principal Investigator on several multicenter global MASH trials and a member of the AASLD MASLD Special Interest Group (MASLD SIG).
Dr. Alkhouri has been published in over 250 publications to include publications in the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, JAMA, and Nature Medicine.
Melanie Taylor, MD , MPH, CAPT, USPHS, Medical Epidemiologist, Division of HIV Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Melanie Taylor MD, MPH is an infectious disease/internal medicine physician, a Captain in the US Public Health Service and a Medical Epidemiologist for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Division of HIV Prevention. Dr. Taylor is a practicing physician at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center and is a clinical associate professor with the University of Arizona College of Medicine Department of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine. During 2016-2020, she was assigned to the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva Switzerland to lead global efforts to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of syphilis and HIV. She now serves as a member of the WHO Global Validation Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Hepatitis B, and Syphilis (EMTCT). She is currently assigned by CDC to the Arizona Department of Health Services and the Maricopa County Health Department where she assists with STD, HIV and congenital syphilis prevention and treatment at the public STD clinic.
Sean Elliott, MD, FAAP, FPIDS, Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Assistant Vice President of Curriculum – Global MD Program, University of Arizona Health Sciences, Pediatric Infectious Diseases – TMC One
Dr. Elliott earned his MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1993, followed by a Pediatric Residency at Children’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University School of Medicine, and a fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine. He was recruited to the University of Arizona College of Medicine in 1999 and served in multiple roles there: Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Chair for the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics Residency Program Director, Director of Infection Prevention for Banner University Medicine – Tucson, and interim Associate Dean of Curricular Affairs for the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Sean retired from the University of Arizona after a 20+ year career and now is overjoyed to return to his first passions: providing pediatric subspecialty clinical care and teaching at the bedside. 60% of his time will be spent in clinical work and the other 40% will be devoted to research, Quality Improvement and scholarship with THMEP. Outside of work, he loves music, carpentry, anything outdoors, and his family, and commonly is seen with a guitar in hand making noise that he considers to be music.
