Advances in the Management of Child and Adolescent HIV

Presenter: Rosemary Olivero, MD, FAAP, FPIDS

Session: Advances in the Management of Child and Adolescent HIV

Description: 

This session will provide a timely update on global, national, and state epidemiology of HIV, an overview of HIV pathophysiology and treatment modalities, an update on preventative strategies, and the most cutting-edge advances in chronic HIV management. 

Learning Objectives
1.    Understand the basics of the HIV virus and how it replicates.
2.    Identify how HIV is transmitted, and the risk factors for HIV transmission.
3.    Gain understanding of the various treatments for chronic HIV infection as well as HIV prevention.
4.    Identify the advances in HIV prevention and treatment.

Bio: 

Dr. Olivero is a board-certified General Pediatrician and Pediatric Infectious Diseases physician. A native of New York, she completed her undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University, her medical degree at Northwestern University, her Pediatrics residency at Children’s Memorial Hospital of Northwestern (now Lurie Children’s Hospital), and then her Pediatric Infectious Diseases fellowship at Boston Medical Center. She then came to Grand Rapids in 2012 to direct the growing HIV program. Since that time, Dr. Olivero has been promoted to Section Chief, Medical Director and Associate Professor at her academic affiliate, Michigan State College of Human Medicine. Dr. Olivero has served on several local, national, and international committees, including the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Pediatric and Adolescent HIV. Dr. Olivero has published and presented widely and consistently in the field of infectious diseases and pediatric HIV.