HIV & Syndemic Infectious Diseases Mini-Residency

HIV & Syndemic Infectious Diseases Mini-Residency

December 10, 2025 to December 12, 2025
Join Us for a Game-Changing Learning Experience!

Designed for today’s busy clinicians, this high-impact program delivers cutting-edge tools, strategies, and insights to elevate patient care. Through expert-led sessions and vibrant peer discussion, you’ll gain the knowledge and confidence to tackle the toughest challenges in HIV and syndemic infectious disease management. Don’t miss this opportunity to close critical gaps, sharpen your skills, and make a real difference in the lives of patients across the Midwest and beyond.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals committed to the treatment and care of patients living with HIV and HIV-related conditions and comorbidities.

Learning Objectives

After this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Implement HIV prevention strategies using current and emerging PrEP and PEP modalities, including long-acting formulations;
  • Apply updated STI screening and management guidelines through inclusive sexual health assessments;
  • Manage antiretroviral therapy (ART) in newly diagnosed patients using current clinical guidelines, including considerations for drug resistance and interactions;
  • Treat HIV co-infections and comorbidities, including viral hepatitis and cardiovascular disease, using evidence-based approaches;
  • Apply a syndemic framework to HIV care to address co-occurring conditions and reduce disparities in health outcomes;
  • Adapt HIV care strategies for special populations, including pregnant individuals, older adults, and patients with mental health or substance use disorders.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
Practice-based Learning and Improvement
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Chena Brown
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
[email protected]
CME Coordinator Contact Phone: 
(312) 996-1373

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Summary
Available credit: 
  • 15.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 15.25 Nursing Contact Hours
  • 15.25 Participation
Event starts: 
12/10/2025 - 8:15am
Event ends: 
12/12/2025 - 1:30pm
Activity opens: 
12/01/2025
Activity expires: 
03/12/2026
Add to calendar: 
WEDNESDAY
TimeSessionsFaculty
8:15 AMIntroductionsRenslow Sherer, MD; Aniruddha Hazra, MD; En-Ling Wu, MD
8:30 AMHIV in the U.S.: Epidemiology, Priority Populations, & Ending the EpidemicJessica Ridgway, MD
9:00 AMThe Initial Encounter: Setting the Stage, Making the DiagnosisAniruddha Hazra, MD
9:30 AMThe Initial Encounter: History, Exam, Labs, What to StartJohn Flores, MD
10:15 AMBreak 
10:30 AMThe Initial Encounter: Care Navigation & Retention in Care with Patient PerspectivesEn-Ling Wu, MD
12:00 PMLunch 
1:00 PMPreventative & Primary Care in People with HIV: Vaccines, Cancer Screening, Co-MorbiditiesEn-Ling Wu, MD
1:30 PMLive Patient EncountersEn-Ling Wu, MD; Renslow Sherer, MD; Shannon Casey, MSN, FNP-BC
3:00 PMADJOURN 
THURSDAY
TimeSessionsFaculty
8:30 AMHIV Prevention 101: Pre- and Post-Exposure ProphylaxisAniruddha Hazra, MD
9:45 AMBreak 
10:00 AMIntroduction to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)Paul Djuricich, PharmD; Andrew Merker, PharmD
11:00 AMART Case DiscussionsPaul Djuricich, PharmD; Andrew Merker, PharmD
12:00 PMLunch 
1:00 PMViral HepatitisMai Pho, MD
2:00 PMSTI Guidelines and Advances in STI PreventionAniruddha Hazra, MD
3:00 PMADJOURN 
FRIDAY
TimeSessionsFaculty
8:30 AMHIV and AgingChristopher Kaperak, MD
9:00 AMMental Health and the HIV Care ContinuumSamuel Bunting, MD, MSHA
10:00 AMOpportunistic InfectionsJohn Flores, MD
11:00 AMHIV in Pregnancy and Prevention of Perinatal TransmissionAshish Premkumar, MD
12:00 PMComplex HIV Cases & ComorbiditiesRenslow Sherer, MD; Aniruddha Hazra, MD; En-Ling Wu, MD
1:00 PMCourse Evaluations 
1:30 PMADJOURN 

The agenda is subject to change.

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ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact our office at (312) 996-1413 or via email.
 
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this activity due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, the University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COURSE DIRECTORS
Renslow Sherer Jr., MD  Renslow Sherer, Jr., MD
  Professor of Medicine
 
 


 
  Aniruddha Hazra, MD
  Associate Professor of Medicine
  Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
  Medical Director, UCM Sexual Wellness Clinic
  Director, STI Services for Chicago Center of HIV Elimination

 
   En-Ling Wu, MD
   Assistant Professor of Medicine
 


 

 
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships before the start of the activity.

Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 15.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Nursing Credit
University of Chicago Medicine is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Participants who successfully complete the entire activity and complete an evaluation form will earn 15.25 contact hours.

Other Participant Credit
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
 
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