Recognizing Syphilis and Responding to Outbreaks | February 17, 2022
Date of Presentation: February 17, 2022
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical
Program: Infectious Disease ECHO Program
Keywords: #cdc #covid #covid-19 #id #infectious disease #outbreak #std presentation #syphilis
In this series of presentations, Dr. Jonathan Iralu, Chief Clinical Consultant for Infectious Diseases at IHS, provides a clinical update on emerging COVID-19 topics. Then, Dr. Melanie Taylor, Medical Epidemiologist for the CDC and Captain with the United States Public Health Service, reviews syphilis in detail and discusses ways to respond to outbreaks.
Recording:
Presented by:
Dr. Melanie Taylor, MD, MPH | Dr. Jonathan Iralu, MD
Dr. Melanie Taylor is a Medical Epidemiologist for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of HIV Prevention. Dr. Taylor also holds the rank of Captain with the United States Public Health Service.
Dr. Jonathan Iralu, MD, FACP, FISDA, is the Indian Health Service Chief Clinical Consultant for Infectious Diseases. He has a special interest in HIV, tuberculosis, and sexually transmitted disease care in rural communities. His research has focused on undifferentiated febrile illness in the American Southwest and on rural HIV care delivery. He has worked at Gallup Indian Medical Center since 1994 and is an instructor at Harvard Medical School and Senior Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of Global Health Equity in Boston, Massachusetts.
Resources Provided:
- Recognizing and Responding to Syphilis (Presentation Slides)
- COVID-19 Update (Presentation Slides)
- Case Presentation
Date added: February 15, 2022