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Update on the Revised 2020 Gonorrhea Treatment Guidelines

Webinar
Free: pre–registration required
Date: January 28, 2021
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Pacific Time
No Continuing Education Available

Program Description

The CDC Treatment Guidelines were developed through a rigorous peer-review process to assist clinicians and healthcare providers in giving their patients the appropriate STD testing, treatment, and counseling messages. The 2020 Revised Gonorrhea Treatment Guidelines include updated testing, treatment, and diagnosis recommendations.

Please join this webinar hosted by the University of Washington STD Prevention Training Center to learn about these key changes.

Presenter:

Lindley Barbee, MD, MPH- Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Medical Director, Public Health-Seattle & King County HIV/STD Program, Sexual Health Clinic

Dr. Barbee's research centers on clinical and epidemiological aspects of the prevention and control of sexually transmitted disease, with a particular focus on gonorrhea at the pharynx and rectum. Her current research explores STD self-testing, the natural history of gonorrhea and chlamydia at the pharynx and the rectum, and new treatments for antimicrobial resistant gonorrhea. She also puts research into practice as the Medical Director at the Public Health - Seattle & King County STD Clinic.