When:
Thursday, April 9, 2015
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Baldwin Auditorium, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Jean Voss
(312) 503-2902
Group: Feinberg School of Medicine Events
Category: Lectures & Meetings
Title: “Atherosclerosis, Inflammation and Metabolic Dysfunction in HIV Disease”.
Presenter: Janet Lo, MD, MMSc
Assistant Professor In Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Faculty member Neuroendocrine Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Clinician at Neuroendocrine Clinical Center with a focus on pituitary disease as well as endocrine and metabolic disorders in HIV-infected patients.
Clinical Investigator in the MGH Program in Nutritional Metabolism.
Teaching Objectives:
1. Discuss metabolic abnormalities that can commonly occur in HIV-infected patients.
2. Present data on the heightened risk of coronary artery disease in patients with HIV infection and some of the potential mechanisms underlying the increased cardiovascular risk in this patient population.
3. Discuss data on treatment strategies to reduce atherosclerosis in HIV-infected patients.