HIV AIDS and SH Program

Sexual Health Symposium: Current Clinical Conundrums in STI Testing, Management and Prevention

Tracks

Thursday, November 9, 2017

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Royal Theatre

Details

This session will explore current topical and controversial issues in Clinical Sexual Health Medicine. The learning objectives of the sesion are to explore: 1. How should we be treating NGU and MG infections based on current evidence 2. Be aware of potential treatment combinations to treat gonorrhoea when ceftriaxone cannot be used & develop an understanding of the limited drug pipeline for future gonorrhoea treatment 3. Know who to test for LGV based on current research and knowledge 4. Gain a greater understanding of older populations who may benefit from HPV vaccination

Speaker

Dr Tim Read

Sexual Health Physician

Melbourne Sexual Health Centre

Mycoplasma Genitalium: Should we Look and How Can we Treat it?

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Biography

Tim Read is a sexual health physician at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and an NHMRC research fellow at Monash University. His research includes HIV prevention and the management of Mycoplasma genitalium infections.

Associate Professor David Templeton

Clincal Services Manager And Senior Staff Specialist

RPA Sexual Health & Kirby Institue

Lymphogranuloma Venereum in the Era of PreP: Are we Heading for Another Epidemic?

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Abstract

Speaker Presentation

Biography

Associate Professor Dave Templeton is Senior Staff Specialist and Clinical Services Manager at RPA Sexual Health. He has been working in the field of Sexual Health Medicine for almost 20 years and completed his PhD on STI & HIV epidemiology 10 years ago.

Prof David Lewis

Director

Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre

Treating Gonorrhoea in the Absence of Cephalosporins: Practical Considerations and Future Options

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Speaker Presentation

Biography

David is Director of Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre and Professor at the University of Sydney. David’s research interests focus on gonorrhoea and STI care in resource-poor settings. He is Immediate President of the International Union against STIs. He frequently assists the WHO with several international initiatives including STI guideline development.

Dr Mary Poynten

Senior Lecturer

The Kirby Institute

HPV Vaccination of Older Individuals: Should we or Shouldn't we?

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Speaker Presentation

Biography

Mary is a clinical epidemiologist and has worked at the Kirby Institute for 15 years. She is the Clinical Project Leader of the Study of the Prevention of Anal Cancer.

Panel

Discussion

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM