Published Date: 04/06/2022
This course will ensure that clinicians will know transmission dynamics and pathogenesis of HIV during initial infection as well as the public health importance of diagnosing acute HIV infection (AHI), the signs and symptoms associated with acute HIV retroviral syndrome, and how to establish diagnostic algorithms for acute HIV retroviral syndrome.
Rona Vail, MD is an HIV specialist providing medical care to HIV-infected individuals for over 30 years. She has been at the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center for the past 20 years, where in addition to patient care, she has provided education and training on HIV to community members, students, residents and medical professionals. She also serves on the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute Medical Care Criteria Guidelines Committee, as well as the Quality of Care Committee.