Theme B Session 4: Changing Face of STIs
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| Tuesday, September 25, 2018 |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Grand Lodge (Level 1) |
Details
Learning Objectives: Participants will leave with a better understanding of STI epidemiology and management in Australia, with particular focus on recent changes.
Speaker
Dr Tim Read
sexual health physician
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Dr Phill Read
Director, Sexual Health and Blood Borne Viruses - SESLHD/ Director, Kirketon Road Centre
South Eastern Sydney LHD
Sexually transmissible infections in the era of PrEP
11:20 AM - 11:40 AMBiography
Dr Phillip Read is a sexual health physician and the director of the Kirketon Road Centre in Kings Cross, Sydney. Kirketon Road is a primary health care facility involved in the prevention, treatment and care of HIV, STIs and viral hepatitis among ‘at-risk” young people, sex workers and people who inject drugs.
Dr Nathan Ryder
Sexual health physician
HNE Sexual Health
Recent trends in Syphilis in Regional and Remote Australia.
11:40 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
Dr Nathan Ryder is a Sexual Health Physician and Clinical Director of Sexual Health for Hunter New England Local Health District. Nathan is a Conjoint Senior Lecturer with both the Kirby institute and University of Newcastle.
Mr Simon Doyle-Adams
QPrEPd Operational Leader
Cairns Sexual Health Service
Is It Different “Out-Back?” – The Queensland Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Demonstration (QPrEPd) Project and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
12:00 PM - 12:15 PMBiography
Simon is a Clinical Nurse Consultant and currently the clinical lead on the QPrEPd operational team. He has extensive experience in the field of sexually transmitted infections and specialises in HIV treatment and management.
Q&A
Q&A
12:15 PM - 12:30 PMBiography
Chair
Penny Kenchington
Nurse Practitioner
Queensland Health; Director, ASHM Board
Mish Pony
Chief Executive Officer
Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association
