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Conference Program

Conference Program

The 2010 American Conference for the Treatment of HIV offers 4 full days of extensive and exciting sessions, workshops, and panels, as well as an exhibition with over 20 industry exhibitors. Below is the current schedule of events or you may also click here for a printable Schedule at a Glance.

Please note to register, you must first review the CME/CEU information and session agenda.

2010 Schedule of Events

Thursday, May 20
11:00am - 6:00pm Exhibitor Move-In
11:00am - 6:00pm Registration Open
1:00pm - 4:30pm HIV: The Basics
Co-Chairs: Brian Feit, MPA, Department of Health and Human Services, and Paul Volberding, MD, San Francisco VA Medical Center
4:00pm - 6:00pm Poster Setup

Friday, May 21
7:00am - 7:00pm Registration Open
7:00am - 8:30am Breakfast
8:30am - 10:00am Opening Plenary Session: HIV in the U.S. and Beyond: Where We’re Going
10:00am - 7:00pm Exhibit Hall Open
10:00am - 10:30am Morning Refreshment Break
10:30am - 12:30pm Session 1: HIV Treatment
Co-Chairs: William Short, MD, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, and Harry Lampiris, MD, San Francisco VA Medical Center/UCSF
12:30pm - 2:00pm Luncheon
12:30pm - 2:00pm Poster Sessions 1 & 2
Poster presenters from the following topics will be available for questions:

Poster Session 1: The Treatment Experienced and Treatment Naive Patient
Poster Session 2: Co-Morbidities
2:00pm - 5:00pm Session 2: Co-Morbidities
Co-Chairs: Sharon Lee, MD, Family Health Care Services of Greater Kansas City, and Laura Armas-Kolostroubis, MD, Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Welcome Reception

Saturday, May 22
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Open
7:00am - 8:30am Breakfast
8:30am - 10:00am Session 3: Special Challenges General Session
Co-Chairs: Erika Aaron, CRNP, MSN, Drexel University College of Medicine, Melanie Thompson, MD, AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta, and Lisa Fitzpatrick, MD, MPH, Howard University
10:00am - 3:00pm Exhibit Hall Open
10:00am - 10:30am Morning Refreshment Break
10:30am - 11:30am Special Challenges Breakout Sessions:
  • Breakout 1: Reproductive Health
  • Breakout 2: Aging
  • Breakout 3: Smoking Cessation
  • Breakout 4: Adherence/Linkage to Care
  • Breakout 5: STD in the HIV-Infected Population
  • Breakout 6: HIV and Testing
11:30am - 1:00pm Luncheon
11:30am - 1:00pm Poster Sessions 3 & 4
Poster presenters from the following topics will be available for questions:
Poster Session 3 - Special Challenges
Poster Session 4 - Special Populations
1:00pm - 1:30pm Session 4: Special Populations General Session
Co-Chairs: Tonia Poteat, MMSc, MPH, PA-C, Chase Brexton Health Services, Donna Futterman, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Christopher Gordon, PhD, National Institutes of Health, and Anita Radix, MD, MPH, Callen Lorde Community Health Center
1:30pm - 1:45pm PM Break
1:45pm - 3:45pm Special Populations Breakout Sessions:
  • Breakout 1: Homeless/Incarcerated/Immigrant
  • Breakout 2: MSM/Transgender/Adolescent
3:45pm - 5:00pm Closing Plenary Session: Aging Patients
3:00pm - 6:00pm Exhibitor Move-Out

Sunday, May 23
7:00am - 9:00am Registration Open
7:30am - 9:00am Breakfast
8:00am - 9:30am Breakfast with the Experts (non-CME)
  • How to start an HIV Practice
  • Drug-Drug Interactions
  • Interpreting AntiRetroviral Drug Resistance Results
  • HIV In The VHA: Working Together to Improve Testing, Care and Prevention