For Medical Professionals
Training and Continuing Education
Tuberculosis/Respiratory Disease Institute
The American Lung Association of North Carolina works in partnership each year to offer the Annual TB/RD institute for medical professionals who regularly come into contact with TB patients. Other topics include the prevention and treatment of degenerative lung diseases.
Contact us for more information on the
TB/RD Institute.
57th Annual TB/RD Institute
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July 20-22, 2007 YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly Black Mountain, North Carolina |
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Download Presentations from the 2007 TBRD Institute
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Department of Corrections and Your TB Patient
(PDF)
This session will cover the general role of the public health nurse and
issues regarding tuberculosis patients who are incarcerated.
Speaker: Ellen Murray, RN, BSN
Training Specialist
Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center
Gainesville, Florida
Recent Tuberculosis Trends and the Urgent Threat of Extensively Drug-Resistant
TB (PDF)
(The Herman F. Easom Distinguished Lecture:)
This session is an overview of Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB)
and the potential impact XDR-TB could have on the treatment of TB in the United
States, plus a review of the most recent trends of TB in the United States.
Speaker: Kenneth G. Castro, MD
Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS
Director, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
National Tuberculosis Elimination (PDF)
This session will address the role of the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
and the status of TB globally, nationally and locally and how that can affect
funding.
Speaker: Phillip Talboy
Deputy Director, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
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Speaker: Ellen Murray, RN, BSN |
Local History of Tuberculosis in NC (PDF)
This session will discuss the history of tuberculosis in North Carolina.
Speaker: Jim Donohue, MD
Chief Director of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Local History of Tuberculosis in SC (PDF)
This session will discuss the history of tuberculosis in South Carolina.
Speaker: Shea S. Rabley, MN, RN
Division Director & Nurse Consultant
SCDHEC, TB Control
Columbia, South Carolina
Laboratory Update (PDF)
This session will review useful TB lab updates including, but not limited to,
QuantiferonŽ Gold, Gen Probe, and other types of probes utilized in the lab.
There will be a presentation by both North and South Carolina labs.
| Speaker: Shadia Barghothi, BA Mycobacteriology Lab Supervisor N.C. State Laboratory of Public Health Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Speaker: Danette Poole, MLT (ASCP) Interim Supervisor Mycobacteriology Lab SCDHEC, Bureau of Laboratories Columbia, South Carolina |
Transborder Migration: Care of the Mobile TB Patient Across County, State and
National Borders (PDF)
This session will provide insight into the dynamics of migration and the
differences in the health care systems to aid health care providers in ensuring
completion of treatment.
Speaker: Deliana Garcia, MA
Migrant Clinician Network
Director, International Research and Development
TB Photo Voice Project in South Carolina (PDF)
This session will give an update on the current TB Photo Voice Project which is
on-going in South Carolina.
Speaker: Joe Kinney, MSW, LSW
Project Facilitator
