The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has received increasing reports of disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI), a severe complication of untreated gonorrhea. Dr. Laura Quilter and Dr. Eric Tang discuss DGI epidemiology, clinical presentation, and management, and review California’s recent DGI investigation and what clinicians can do to help.
Drs. Quilter and Tang cover the following learning objectives for this webinar:
Describe the epidemiology of uncomplicated gonorrhea and DGI
Recognize the clinical manifestations of DGI and increase clinical suspicion for DGI in patients with joint pain
Demonstrate how to diagnose, manage, and treat DGI
Report all laboratory-confirmed and clinically-suspected cases of DGI to public health
Prioritize routine screening, testing, and treatment of STDs among high-risk patients
CDCs Sexually Transmitted Infections Homepage
CDC’s comprehensive resource hub for sexually transmitted infections.
Hepatitis C Online is a free educational website from the University of Washington National Hepatitis Training Center. It addresses the diagnosis, monitoring, and management of hepatitis C virus infection. Free CME credit and CNE/CE contact hours are offered. Pharmacology CE for advanced practice nurses is also available for many activities.
The Gonorrhea STD Module is a web-based training course designed to guide in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of gonococcal infections. CNE/CME credit is available.
Dr. Sharon Adler, MPH, is clinical faculty at the California Prevention Training Center and is Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), in the department of Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Adler has worked in the STD field for 20 years including 10 years of work at the California Department of Public Health STD Control Branch. She is board-certified in Preventive Medicine/Public Health and has clinical experience working in community health and public health clinics in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as at the San Francisco STD City Clinic. In her current position, Dr. Adler develops curricula, conducts and coordinates STD trainings.
Lauren Blakley, MA, MLIS
Clinical Program Analyst
Robert Wilder Blue
Navigation Consultant
Robert Wilder Blue is a social worker and public health educator, with expertise in HIV biomedical prevention (PrEP/PEP) program creation, management, and evaluation, and PrEP navigation training and capacity building. He has worked for the San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco City Clinic, and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
His experience includes work in HIV vaccine and PrEP research, as well as many years of direct client service in sexual health and wellbeing counseling and case management, with special focus on underserved communities.
Kelly Johnson, MD, MPH
Medical Director
Dr. Kelly Johnson is the Medical Director of the California Prevention Training Center, a Public Health Medical Officer in the STD Control Branch at the California Department of Public Health, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). She is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, and works on the inpatient Infectious Diseases service at UCSF. Her research interests include the intersection between HIV and bacterial STIs as well as real-world implementation of HIV PrEP.
Elizabeth Olson, MPH
Clinical Program Manager
Elizabeth Olson plans and implements CDC-funded STI clinical updates in the five-state regional area to prevent, reduce and treat STIs throughout the United States. She has a background in research, education, prevention, and advocacy around health disparities both domestic and international. She earned an MPH from Tufts University in 2011.
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