Maryland Department of Health and Mental hygiene

Prevention and Health Promotion Administration

Center for TB Control and Prevention Annual Update

Unite to End TB by Making the Connections

March 9, 2017

Ten Oaks Ballroom, Clarksville, MD

8:00 - 8:45 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 - 8:50 a.m. Welcome

Nancy Baruch, MBA, MS, RN, Chief

Center for TB Control and Prevention

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

8:50-8:55 a.m. Opening Remarks

Donna Gugel, MHS, Director

Prevention and Health Promotion Administration

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

8:55-9:10 a.m. Maryland Epidemiology Update

Alexandra Pyan, MPH, Epidemiologist

Center for TB Control and Prevention

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

9:10-9:20 a.m. Tuberculosis Complicated by Diabetes Mellitus – Maryland, 2014-2016

Richard Brooks, MD, MPH, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer

LCDR, US Public Health Service

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

9:20-9:25 a.m. TBESC Update

Wendy Cronin, PhD, Epidemiologist

Center for TB Control and Prevention

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

9:25-10:25 a.m. Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Key Changes in the ATS/CDC/IDSA

TB Treatment Guidelines and Some Thoughts on Their Implementation

Susan Dorman, MD

Professor of Medicine and International Health

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

10:25 -10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 -11:00 a.m. DHMH TB Laboratory Updates

Richard Oatis, BA, Supervisor

Mycobacteriology Laboratory

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene


11:00-11:30 a.m. Local Health Departments & Universities: Preventing TB

Joann Boughman, PhD, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University System of

Maryland

Nancy Young, PhD, Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Maryland

Kelly Shockley, BSN, RN, Clinical Services Supervisor, Wicomico Co. Health Department

Wendy Cronin, PhD, Epidemiologist, CTBCP, Maryland DHMH

11:30-11:50 a.m. Bridging the Gap: Making the Connections When Caring for a Patient with TB

Henry Taylor, MD, MPH

Carroll County Health Department, Deputy Health Officer

Cecil County Health Department, Clinical Deputy Health Officer

11:50-12:00 p.m. Dr. David Glasser Memorial Tuberculosis Control Award

Wendy Cronin, PhD, Epidemiologist

Center for TB Control and Prevention

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

12:00- 1:10 p.m. LUNCH

1:10 – 1:30 p.m. B-waivers in Maryland: An Evaluation of Diagnostic Outcomes

Lisa Paulos, MPH, RN, Epidemiologist

Center for TB Control and Prevention

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

1:30-2:00 p.m. Video DOT Implementation in Maryland: Outcomes and Opportunities

Sebastian Seiguer, JD, MBA, CEO, emocha Mobile Health, Inc.

Katrina Rios, BA, Research Lead, emocha Mobile Health, Inc.

Kimberly Townsend, MPA, RN, Nurse Administrator, Montgomery Co. Health Department

2:00-2:20 p.m. Break

2:20 -2:50 p.m. Advanced Imaging for Tuberculosis: Insights into Disease Pathogenesis

Sanjay Jain, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and International Health

Center for Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research, Director

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, Director

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

2:50-3:15 p.m. The Integration of TB Screening and Care in Primary Health Care:

A FQHC’s Perspective

David Mbeya, BS, Program Manager

International Services

Baltimore Medical System, Inc.

3:15- 3:35 p.m. Closing Remarks and Evaluation

This course is co-sponsored with Howard Community College

In order to receive a certificate for the conference, 100% attendance is required.

This training is funded, in part, by the Maryland Tuberculosis Elimination and Laboratory Cooperative Agreement. Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.