International AIDS Society-USA Announces Office Move to San Francisco Presidio

For the past six years, the IAS-USA has been offering CME education in the US to
physicians who are active in providing medical care for people with HIV/AIDS. One
program focuses on new data on treatment and HIV pathogenesis; a new case-based
series includes issues relevant to day to day management of the disease. These symposia
offer comprehensive, clinically relevant, and timely information on the ever evolving
challenges of HIV disease management. In November 1996, the IAS-USA was
approved by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to
be a accredited provider of CME programs for physicians.
In addition to CME, the IAS-USA has played an integral role in development of clinical
guidelines in HIV care. In response to new data on the applications of antiretroviral
therapies, updated guidelines were published in the June 25, 1997 issue of the Journal of
the American Medical Association. The recommendations followed the initial treatment
guidelines from the same panel that were announced at the XI Conference on AIDS in
Vancouver, BC in July 1996.
In 1998, the IAS-USA will continue to convene expert panels to issue recommendations
in areas where there is controversy or confusion and sponsor CME symposia. The
organization will launch an HIV/AIDS physician registry, and a web site. A 1998
update on the antiretroviral treatment guidelines is scheduled to be presented at the XII
Conference on AIDS in Geneva, Switzerland next summer.
NEW AS-USA CONTACT INFORMATION - The International AIDS SocietyUSA, Presidio of San Francisco, 1001B O'Reilly Avenue, Box 29916, San Francisco,
CA 94129-0916. Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone],
E-mail: [email protected] (general organizational information), [email protected]
(continual medical education symposium information), [email protected] (executive
director), [email protected] (conference coordinator).