September 28, 2021

Presented by Drs. Eric Tang and Sara Kennedy

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) continues to see dramatic statewide increases in cases of congenital syphilis (CS), a severe yet preventable condition when syphilis is passed from mother to fetus. This webinar, presented by the California Prevention Training Center, features Dr. Eric Tang, public health medical officer at CDPH, who will provide a clinical overview of CS prevention and discuss the new Expanded Syphilis Screening Recommendations from CDPH as it relates to family planning and primary care providers.  

After his presentation, Dr. Sara Kennedy, Chief Medical Officer of Planned Parenthood Northern California, will present her organization’s experience implementing expanded syphilis screening in their clinics to detect and treat syphilis cases to ultimately prevent CS cases in California. 

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the epidemiology and recognize the risk factors for syphilis and congenital syphilis in California
2. Screen for syphilis based on the Expanded Syphilis Screening Recommendations from the California Department of Public Health
3. Appropriately diagnose and manage syphilis cases in your practice

July 27, 2021

This webinar features Dr. Rosalyn Plotzker and Ms. Laura Kovaleski, co-authors of the CDPH Expanded Syphilis Screening Recommendations for the Prevention of Congenital Syphilis, who will provide a clinical overview of CS prevention and discuss the recommendation to screen women in correctional facilities for syphilis. Finally, Dr. Kristin Walsh, physician with Santa Clara County’s Adult Custody Health Services and HIV specialist at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center’s PACE clinic, will present the county’s experience implementing such screening practices.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe California’s CS epidemiology and incorporate data into screening
2. Discuss the importance of prenatal syphilis diagnosis, evaluation, and management
3. Explain and apply CDPH recommendation to screen women for syphilis in adult correctional facilities

May 25, 2021

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) continues to see dramatic statewide increases in cases of congenital syphilis (CS), a severe yet preventable condition when syphilis is passed from mother to fetus.

This webinar, presented by the California Prevention Training Center, features Dr. Kelly Johnson, infectious disease physician from UCSF and Dr. Nael Mhaissen, pediatric infectious diseases specialist from Valley Children’s Hospital.

They will discuss CS epidemiology, clinical presentation, and neonatal management. Finally, they will discuss ways providers can help stem the rising tide of CS.

Drs. Mhaissen and Johnson cover the following learning objectives for this webinar:

1. Describe California’s CS epidemiology
2. Recognize the clinical manifestations of CS
3. Discuss CS diagnosis, evaluation, and management
4. Report all laboratory-confirmed and clinically-suspected cases of CS to public health

Syphilis among women and congenital syphilis are on the rise in California. Congenital syphilis is preventable with prompt detection and treatment during syphilis. Dr. Eric Tang of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and California Prevention Training Center (CAPTC) discusses prenatal care provider knowledge in management of maternal and congenital syphilis for pregnant patients.

Dr. Tang covers the following learning objectives for this webinar:

1. Describe California’s CS epidemiology
2. Recognize the clinical manifestations of CS
3. Discuss CS diagnosis, evaluation, and management
4. Report all laboratory-confirmed and clinically-suspected cases of CS to public health

Oct 13, 2020

The California Prevention Training Center (CAPTC) and the STI/HIV Prevention Program at the Hawaiʻi Department of Health’s (HIDOH) Harm Reduction Services Branch present this webinar for healthcare providers and community service providers who work with communities that face cultural, economic, and language barriers to obtaining good prenatal and neonatal care.

This webinar will address the increasing rate of syphilis cases within Hawaii, with a special focus on maternal syphilis and congenital syphilis. Learners will gain an understanding of the local epidemiology of syphilis as well as the important role the Hawaii Department of Health performs in syphilis case follow-up and investigation. An overview of the pathophysiology of syphilis with its varied clinical manifestations will be discussed. Content will include the importance of staging, stage-based treatment as well as best practices for diagnosis and follow-up.