23 - Innovative Responses to Surges in Syphilis

Thursday, October 12, 2023

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM US ET

Location: 107 ABC

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Emily Erbelding, MD

Director, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Disease NIAID
National Institutes of Health
Rockville, MD, United States
Katherine Hsu, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Medical Director / Professor
MDPH / BUMC
Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Faculty(s)

Susan Tuddenham, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Medicine
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD, United States

Slides
Kevin Ard, MD (he/him/his)

Director, Sexual Health Clinic
Division of Infectious Diseases
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA, United States

Slides
Lindley Barbee, MD, MPH

Lead, Clinical Team
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, DSTDP
Decatur, GA, United States

Slides

Disclosure(s):

Emily Erbelding, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Katherine Hsu, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Susan Tuddenham, MD, MPH: Hologic Inc: Participant in research supported by donation of test kits to institution (Ongoing); UpToDate Wolters Kluwer Health: Royalties (Ongoing)

Kevin L. Ard, MD: Binx Health: In-kind research support (Ongoing); McGraw-Hill: Royalties (Ongoing); UpToDate Wolters Kluwer Health: Royalties (Ongoing)

Lindley Barbee, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

describe current gaps in syphilis diagnostics;
describe recent data on biomedical interventions to prevent syphilis and other STIs;
describe public health strategies to prevent congenital syphilis

Presentations:

10:30 AM – 10:55 AM US ET

The Need for Novel Syphilis Diagnostics and Approaches
Speaker: Susan Tuddenham, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins
10:55 AM – 11:20 AM US ET

Doxy as PEP
Speaker: Kevin L. Ard, MD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital
11:20 AM – 11:45 AM US ET

How Can We Reach Pregnant Persons at Risk for Congenital Syphilis?
Speaker: Lindley Barbee, MD, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, DSTDP