AIDS-defining CMV Retinitis & Colitis
Christopher T. Coad, MD, FACS
Surgical Director of Eye Care
Chelsea Eye & Cosmetic Surgery Associates, New York, NY
-and-
Donald P. Kotler, MD
Professor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital, NYC
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Chris Coad of Chelsea Eye & Cosmetic Surgery Associates is Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (F.A.C.S.). He is an attending physician at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and part of Continuum Health Partners. He continues to travel the world exchanging ophthalmic skills as a member of the ORBIS team and lectures on his areas of expertise including all laser iLASIK and advanced cataract surgery.
Don Kotler is a gastroenterologist, an expert on GI manifestations of HIV disease, and a pioneer in the study of the AIDS wasting syndrome. Dr. Kotler has concentrated on the study of body composition in order to define the characteristics of malnutrition in HIV infection and other diseases, as well as strategies to reverse the wasting process. He has been the Principal investigator on single-site and multi-center studies of nutritional therapies for HIV-associated malnutrition. In addition, Dr. Kotler has studied the opportunistic enteric complications of AIDS as well as the role of HIV as an enteric pathogen. More recently, he has studied the body composition and metabolic abnormalities associated with lipodystrophy, and is applying his knowledge and laboratory techniques to the study of chronic liver disease.
At the completion of this educational session, learners will:
- Recognize signs and symptoms of CMV retinitis.
- Appreciate the treatments for CMV retinitis.
- Be aware of the pathologic and physiologic changes in the gastrointestinal tract that resulted from cytomegalovirus infection in immune deficient people in the pre-HAART era.
- Understand changes that occurred as a result of antiviral treatment of CMV colitis.
This PRN CME activity is funded in part by unrestricted educational grants from:
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Merck & Co, and ViiV Healthcare.
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