Title: Case Conference: I want to hold your HAND! Teasing apart static from dynamic encephalopathy in people living with HIV
Time/Date: 12:30 - 1:00 PM EST, Wednesday, February 8th
Platform: Zoom
Trainee presenter: Dr. Reid Black, PGY-2 psychiatry resident at The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Discussant: Dr. Paulo Sales, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Co-chair of the ACLP HIV/AIDS Special Interest Group
Moderator: David Fipps, DO, Senior Associate Consultant in CL, Transplant, and Bariatric Surgery Psychiatry at Mayo Clinic; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Description: Dr. Black will present a clinical case that exemplifies the complexities of differentiating psychotic symptoms in patients a history of HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND). Dr. Sales will serve as the expert discussant and provide a high yield discussion on how to differentiate delirium in the setting of HAND from symptoms of psychosis that may suggest an underlying psychotic disorder. The case presentation and facilitated discussion will be followed by a live audience question and answer session moderated by Dr. Fipps. The case conference will provide trainees an opportunity to learn about C-L psychiatry and augment C-L education at their institutions. Attendees will learn how to succinctly present a case, observe C-L psychiatrists work through diagnostic challenges, and appreciate management dilemmas that arise in C-L psychiatry.
