HealthyLungs and the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing are jointly sponsoring
the 2016 Tuberculosis Education Conference.

April 29, 2016
The University Club
123 University Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
8 a.m. -12:30 p.m.

Conference Objectives

• Site current standard treatment regimens for active tuberculosis disease
• Identify common complications which may occur with tuberculosis therapy
• Describe three lessons learned from the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa which can be related to local TB
  elimination activities
• Articulate the process for enrolling a mobile TB patient in the Migrant Clinicians Network Health Network
  Program

AGENDA

MODERATOR: Bruce A. Bush, MD

8:00 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast

8:30 a.m.
Welcome
John P. Rupp, MBA
Executive Director, HealthyLungs

8:45 a.m.
Treatment of Active Tuberculosis Disease
Eric Bihler, DO
Medical Doctor, Tuberculosis Clinic
Allegheny County Health Department

9:45 a.m.
Q & A

10:00 a.m.
Break

10:30 a.m.
Tuberculosis: Think Globally and Act Locally
Edward L. Zuroweste, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Chief Medical Officer, Migrant Clinicians Network

11:45 a.m.
Q & A

12:15 p.m.
Closing Remarks

****Nurses attending the entire conference and completing the evaluation tool will be awarded 3.41 continuing nursing education contact hours. The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

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