Update on Mpox and Preventing Future Outbreaks
Preeti Pathela, DrPH, MPH
Executive Director, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Program
Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and STI
New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY
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Preeti Pathela is the Executive Director of the STI Program in the Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and STI at the NYC DOHMH, with overall responsibility for directing, evaluating, and coordinating STI program implementation, surveillance and field operations, and epidemiology, research, and evaluation. She has 18 years of experience in STI/HIV prevention and control, serving previously as Director of STI Research and Evaluation at the NYC Health Department, where she oversaw a unit comprising analysts who examined data on STI/HIV patterns among the program’s sexual health clinic population, as well as at the citywide level, to generate and answer research questions around STD/HIV risk, prevention, and service delivery. She serves on the American STD Association’s Board of Directors and as an Associate Editor of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Preeti received a DrPH degree in Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and her MPH from Emory University.
At the completion of this educational activity, learners will:
1. Be aware of activities undertaken by the NYC Health Department, during the 2022 mpox outbreak and currently.
2. Understand ongoing community transmission and optimal methods for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
3. Know how to access available provider resources.
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) has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
- Dr. Brianna Norton (Moderator) has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
- Dr. Preeti Pathela (Presenter) has no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Dr. Pathela 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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