Primary Care Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants
HIV Prevention, preexposure prophylaxis, PrEP
Isolde Butler, MD (Co-Chair)
Physician
CrescentCare
New Orleans, Louisiana
Dr. Isolde Butler attended Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where she earned her undergraduate degree in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology in 2001, before earning her Master of Public Health in Tropical Medicine at the Tulane School of Public Health in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2005. She received her medical degree in the same year from the Tulane School of Medicine and completed her residency at the Tulane University Internal Medicine Residency Program. She is board certified in internal medicine and infectious disease.
Jason Halperin, MD, MPH (Co-Chair/Presenter)
HIV/ID Innovation Medical Leader
CrescentCare
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tulane University
School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
Dr. Jason Halperin received his Master of Public Health from Columbia University in New York, New York in 2006 and went on to earn his medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington, Vermont in 2010. He is the HIV/ID Innovation Medical Leader at CrescentCare, which is the largest provider of HIV services in New Orleans. He oversees the programming for HIV and hepatitis C virus treatment and prevention. Dr. Halperin spearheaded the citywide Rapid Start program and chairs the New Orleans Fast-Track Cities linkage to care committee. He is also an assistant professor of medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Neil Skolnik, MD (Moderator)
Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Thomas Jefferson University
Associate Director
Family Medicine Residency Program
Abington Jefferson Health
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1. | Demonstrate understanding of the epidemiology, burden, and stigma surrounding HIV risk and transmission | 2. | Initiate a patient-clinician dialogue to discuss and assess sexual health and behaviors and determine HIV risk |
3. | Utilize US Public Health Service (USPHS)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Clinical Practice Guidelines: PrEP for the Prevention of HIV in the United States to appropriately screen and determine eligibility for PrEP | 4. | Initiate and provide ongoing monitoring for patients on PrEP for HIV prevention |
1. | Demonstrate understanding of the epidemiology, burden, and stigma surrounding HIV risk and transmission |
2. | Initiate a patient-clinician dialogue to discuss and assess sexual health and behaviors and determine HIV risk |
3. | Utilize US Public Health Service (USPHS)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Clinical Practice Guidelines: PrEP for the Prevention of HIV in the United States to appropriately screen and determine eligibility for PrEP |
4. | Initiate and provide ongoing monitoring for patients on PrEP for HIV prevention |
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