Kaposi Sarcoma and KSHV Transmission in MSM and Other High Risk Groups
Sheena M. Knights, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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Sheena M. Knights, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center and a member of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine. She is the Associate Program Director of the HIV Fellowship program.
Dr. Knights holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Princeton University. She earned her medical degree and completed internal medicine residency training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She then completed an infectious diseases fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center prior to joining UTSW as faculty in 2019. Dr. Knights’s clinical interest includes a focus on HIV care. Her research interests include HIV-associated Kaposi’s sarcoma, epidemiology of KSHV, and healthcare disparities.
At the completion of this educational activity learners will:
1. Know the 3 most common conditions caused by KSHV in patients with HIV.
2. Understand which patients are at highest risk for KSHV-related disease by reviewing KSHV epidemiology and transmission mechanisms.
3. Recognize risk factors for mortality in HIV-associated Kaposi's sarcoma.
Policies and standards of the Medical Society of the State of New York and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education require that speakers and planners for continuing medical education activities disclose any relevant financial relationships they may have with commercial interests whose products, devices, or services may be discussed in the content of a CME activity.
- Dr. James F. Braun (Course Director/Planner) had no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
- Dr. Ofole Mgbako (Moderator) had no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
- Dr. Sheena M. Knights (Presenter) had no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Dr. Knights submitted her slides in advance for adequate peer review and supported her presentation and clinical recommendations with the best available evidence from the medical literature.
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