Sunday | October 27, 2024 8:00am Via ZOOM
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Speaker: Professor Fernando Gonzalez Assistant Professor Pharmaceutical Sciences LIU
Dr. Eleana Quattrocchi RPh. Associate Clinical Professor Pharmacy Practice LIU
Topic: Empowering New York State Pharmacists to Navigate OTC birth control and
dispensing self-administered hormonal contraception (3 Contact Hours)
Learning Objectives:
• Recognize the different menstrual cycle phases and hormone functions
• Describe and differentiate the different hormonal contraceptive options
• Implement the proper use of hormonal contraceptives
• Recognize and mitigate adverse effects, precautions, and contraindications for
hormonal contraceptives
• Select and describe the suitable contraceptive options based on individual cases
• Discuss key counseling points to provide to patients taking hormonal contraceptives
• Apply state-specific requirements for prescribing and dispensing hormonal
contraceptive options
Speaker: Ghania Naeem, PharmD, BCPS
Assistant Professor - Department of Clinical & Administrative Sciences
Notre Dame of Maryland University School of Pharmacy
Topic: Risk Rewritten: Gender Takes a Backseat in the New CHA2DS2-VASc
(1 Contact Hour)
Learning Objectives:
• Discuss the background information and evidence-based recommendations for
management of atrial fibrillation according to the American College of Cardiology
(ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines.
• Discuss the CHA2DS2-VASc scoring criteria and its application in the
management of atrial fibrillation.
• Evaluate the European Society of Cardiology’s (ESC) 2024 update on a gender neutral approach in stroke risk stratification using an updated CHA2DS2-
VASc and determine if the ACC/AHA guidelines also ought to implement this
change to CHA2DS2-VASc.
• Apply evidence-based literature findings to make recommendations for patient
care
Speaker: Arzu Moosvi Pharm.D
Topic: Global Medicine Up-date Medications and Vaccine (2023-2024) (1 Contact Hour)
Learning objectives:
• Identify disease state common in low-and-middle class income countries (LMIC)
• Identify signs/symptoms and preventable measures of mpox
• Identify signs/symptoms and preventable measures of Malaria
• Evaluate antimicrobial resistance globally and recent additions to the antibiotic
market
Speaker: Mei Chang Pharm.D
Clinical Pharmacist Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Topic: Antiretrovirals update: Navigating the New Era of HIV treatment
(1 Contact Hour)
Learning Objectives:
• Determine if Antiviral regimen is complete
• Identify clinically significant drug-drug interactions between antiretrovirals and
commonly prescribed medications
• Recognize opportunities of for antiretroviral stewardship during transition of care
• List some free resources available for HIV education
Contact:
M. Asghar Chohan 917-686-0246 asghar380@yahoo.com
Shahbaz Khan 207-299-5289 bangorpharmacist@aol.com
Syed Nasimur Rahman 914-337-3780 hartleynyc@yahoo.com
Faisal Sultan 914-482-5534 fsultan07@gmail.com
Taiba Siddiqui 347-845-5094 taibaqiddiqui55@gmail.com