Christopher Cirino – PREParing Your Practice for PrEP

Course Description

Archive : Christopher Cirino – PREParing Your Practice for PrEP Digital Download
Salepage : Christopher Cirino – PREParing Your Practice for PrEP
Delivery : Online With Any Device

There are new medications available for PREP and primary care clinicians need to be able to prescribe this for patients if they are unable/unwilling to see a specialist.

Learning Objectives:

• Review the Epidemiology of HIV and Risk Groups
• What is Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP)?
• What are the Approved Regimens, Side Effects, and Rationale for Use
• Discuss the Importance of a Sexual History
• PrEP: Pre-testing, initiating, and monitoring

Dr. Christopher Cirino completed his residency at George Washington University after graduating from Ohio University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, Ohio. Dr. Cirino is board certified in Infectious Disease and Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.   He appreciates the chance to help patients overcome infections while identifying risk factors that impact their wellness.

In 2019, he developed a website, Your Health Forum, now featuring more than 100 health articles for patients and the general population. He has published five health-related children’s books and is preparing to publish two adult health books in the next few months. Dr. Cirino is striving to develop a health model that factors in behavior and maladaptive cycles as the impetus to disease and as a means toward patient empowerment in its prevention and treatment.

-I enjoy being a patient advocate and participating in the care of patients across multiple disciplines and working with other physician groups to assist in patient care, Dr. Cirino explains. Married with three children, Dr. Cirino enjoys art, playing the guitar, writing, hiking, and traveling.

Dr. Cirino discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.