Tamara Ooms, RN, MS, FNP has worked in sexual and reproductive health for over twenty years as a nurse practitioner, clinical consultant, and manager. Her clinical work has focused on the care of underserved people in the San Francisco Bay Area, primarily at San Francisco City Clinic where she worked as a nurse practitioner for eight years. Tamara’s previous work as a consultant for the CAPTC and CDPH included clinical consultation for the STD Warmline, provider education and training, and research and writing for STD policy and program initiatives.
As an educator, Tamara’s teaching focus is on STD diagnosis and management as well as LGBT health and she is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the UCSF Department of Family Health Care Nursing. Most recently, Tamara was the nurse manager at San Francisco City Clinic for four years where she was responsible for clinic operations, compliance, and clinical quality improvement. Tamara recently moved to Portland, OR where she will be working remotely for the CAPTC.
Ina Park, MD, MS
Principal Investigator
Dr. Ina Park, MS, is the Principal Investigator at the California Prevention Training Center. She is a Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and a Medical Consultant in the Division of STD Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr. Rosalyn Plotzker is an assistant professor in the UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and also performs high-resolution anoscopy at the UCSF Anal Neoplasia Clinic, Research, and Education (ANCRE) Center.
Rosalyn completed a fellowship in Sexually Transmitted Diseases with CAPTC and the California Department of Public Health where she also currently serves as a public health medical officer and clinical lead for congenital syphilis prevention. She also leads efforts to improve HIV prevention and STD screening with the California Office of AIDS. Finally, Rosalyn directs the Virtual Approach to Gynecology Project, a virtual reality gynecologic training module for medical trainees.
Michael Policar, MD, MPH
Senior Medical Advisor
Dr. Michael Policar is Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. From 2005 through 2014, he was Medical Director of UCSF Program Support and Evaluation for the Family PACT Program, the family planning and STI program operated by the California State Office of Family Planning.
He currently serves on expert advisory panels of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Office of Population Affairs that are engaged in developing national clinical practice guidelines for contraceptive management. Dr. Policar received his medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine and completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UCLA School of Medicine. Subsequently, he received a Master of Public Health in Health Services Management from the UCLA School of Public Health.
Eric Tang, MD, MPH
Clinical Faculty
Dr. Eric Tang is a Public Health Medical Officer for the STD Control Branch at the California Department of Public Health. He received his medical degree at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and his Master of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. He completed a combined internal medicine and preventive medicine residency program through Kaiser San Francisco and the University of California, San Francisco. He currently sees patients at the San Francisco City Clinic, a municipal STD clinic.
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Training STD Clinical Update Webinar – Maternal & Congenital Syphilis Update for CA Prenatal Care Providers
STD Clinical Update Webinar – Maternal & Congenital Syphilis Update for CA Prenatal Care Providers
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:
Describe California’s CS epidemiology
Recognize the clinical manifestations of CS
Discuss CS diagnosis, evaluation, and management
Report all laboratory-confirmed and clinically-suspected cases of CS to public health
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Training STD Expert Hour Webinar – Understanding the Concerning Rise in Maternal and Congenital Syphilis in Hawaii
STD Expert Hour Webinar – Understanding the Concerning Rise in Maternal and Congenital Syphilis in Hawaii
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.
CDC Viral Hepatitis Professional Tools
CDC Viral Hepatitis Professional Tools
Comprehensive professional tools, training, and patient resources for diagnosing and managing Hepatitis A, B, and C.
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Training STD Expert Hour Webinar – Delivering Sexual Health Services in the Time of COVID-19
STD Expert Hour Webinar – Delivering Sexual Health Services in the Time of COVID-19
August 13, 2020
The coronavirus (COVID-19) is impacting the delivery of sexual health services in California and throughout the United States. Dr. Ina Park and Dr. Rosalyn Plotzker provide an overview of recent CDC recommendations for STD diagnosis and treatment when in-person exams and visits are limited. They also discuss best practices for the use of telehealth and home-testing for STD care and PrEP management.
Drs. Park and Plotzker cover the following learning objectives for this webinar:
Share implementation strategies for self-collected testing to minimize clinician exposure to COVID-19 when seeing clients for STD-related symptoms
Identify changes to recommended syndromic treatment of urethritis, including treatment for gonorrhea and chlamydia
Describe management recommendations for patients with genital ulcer disease
Discuss HIV PrEP telehealth management approaches to ensure continuation of PrEP use for clients who are unable to get care in a clinic setting during and after the COVID-19 public health emergency
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Training STD Expert Hour Webinar – Genital Dermatology 101
STD Expert Hour Webinar – Genital Dermatology 101
June 1, 2020
Dr. Kenneth Katz covers the following learning objectives for this webinar:
Differentiate between genital skin diseases
Formulate differential diagnoses for genital skin disease
Identify genital skin diseases that warrant referral to specialty care
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