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HIV Testing Toolkit Now Available
 The New York State Department of Health is pleased to make available resources to support integration of HIV testing into routine medical care in hospitals and primary care settings.

NYSDOH Letter on Forthcoming CDC HIV Testing Algorithm
The NYSDOH is issuing the attached letter to provide important information about a new HIV testing algorithm that will impact the diagnosis and reporting of HIV infection. Questions may be submitted to NYSDOH at hivtesting@health.state.ny.us.

Hepatitis C Treatment Update
This is a self-study booklet which offers education credit until June 30, 2012. Copyright is waived.

Transitional Care for HIV and AIDS: From Adolescence to Adulthood

AIDS Institute's (AI) Voluntary HIV Provider Directory
This directory provides HIV infected patients with valuable contact information for experienced providers throughout New York State.

The directory will be updated annually, and we ask that you keep your contact information current. To update your listing or request removal from the directory, please email us.

If you have not yet submitted your information, we encourage you to do so. Your feedback and suggestions are greatly appreciated. If you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact Maeve O'Neill.

Statewide Medicaid Managed Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS: New Developments Outside of New York City.

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention
Information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on PrEP.

NYSDOH Memo
CDC PrEP Fact Sheet

Upcoming Events

Other Training Opportunities

HIV Mini-Residency Program for Physicians, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses
AIDS Center at Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester, NY

Learning Material

Most Recent CME Courses

Smoking Cessation in the HIV Patient
Jameela Yusuff, MD
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
HIV/AIDS Confidentiality Law Overview
Sally Friedman, Esq.
Legal Action Center
Street Drugs & HIV
Sharon Stancliff, MD
Medical Director
Harm Reduction Coalition
HIV Viral Load: New Opportunities & Advances in Technology
William Valenti, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
AIDS Care
Unraveling the Genetic Basis of HIV Control
Bruce Walker, MD
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Toward a Cure for HIV: Are We There Yet?
Tae-Wook Chun, PhD
Associate Scientist
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
HIV-AIDS Confidentiality Law Overview
This on-line training provides information about New York State's HIV Confidentiality Law (Public Health Law - Article 27-F) and is designed to meet provider requirements for initial training on confidentiality. This is not a CME course.
Sally Friedman, Esq.
Legal Action Center

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Most Recent Modules

Post CROI 2012 Update
Amneris Luque, MD
Associate Professor, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Director AIDS Center
University of Rochester Medical Center
HIV Testing in Dental Clinics
Karl Hoffmann, DDS
Director of Dentistry
Center for Comprehensive Care at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital
Adherence and the HIV Patient
Minda Dwyer, ANP-c, AAHIVS
What’s New in HIV Drug Resistance
Daniel Kuritzkes, MD
HIV Diagnostics: New Technologies and Strategies
Monica Parker, PhD
Director Bloodborne Virus Laboratory
Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH
The Changing Spectrum of HIV-Associated Malignancies
Alvaro Carrascal, MD, MPH
AMC Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

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Recent Guidelines

Recent Guidelines

Recent Articles

HIV Patient Care Coordination, (4/04/12)
David Odegaard, MPH (SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY)

Mental Health Screeners for HIV Patients in Primary Care, (3/12/12)
Francine Cournos, MD, Karen McKinnon, MA, Columbia University Mental Health Center

New Hepatitis C Medications in the use of HIV-Infected Patients, (2/16/12)
Joshua Sawyer, PharmD