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Session Type: Debate-Style Session

177 - Friendly Debates in HIV & ID

Tuesday, October 21, 2025
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM US ET
Location: Thomas B. Murphy Ballroom 2-3

Live Streamed On Demand
CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1 CE broker credit hours

    Moderator(s)

  • Vivek Jain, MD, MAS (he/him/his)

    Professor of Medicine
    Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases & Global Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco
    San Francisco, CA, United States

    • Debate Style Moderator(s)

  • Jessica Yager, MD MPH (she/her/hers)

    Clinical Associate Professor
    Medicine
    SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
    Brooklyn, NY, United States

    • Faculty(s)

  • Amit Achhra, MD MPH PHD

    Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases
    Yale school of Medicine
    New Haven, CT, United States

  • Rami Kantor, MD

    Professor of Medicine
    Medicine/Infectious Diseases
    Alpert Medical School of Brown University
    Providence, RI, United States

  • Roger Paredes, MD, PhD (he/him/his)

    Head, Department of Infectious Diseases
    Institut de Recerca de la SIDA – IrsiCaixa
    Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
    Badalona, Catalonia, Spain

  • Samuel Opara, MBBS, MPH (he/him/his)

    Assistant Professor
    Infectious Diseases Division
    Emory University
    Atlanta, GA, United States

Disclosure(s):
Vivek Jain, MD, MAS: No financial relationships to disclose.
Jessica E. Yager, MD MPH: Gilead Biosciences: Grant/Research Support
Amit Achhra, MD MPH PHD: No financial relationships to disclose.
Rami Kantor, MD: Merck and Company, Inc.: Honoraria; ThermoFisher Scientific: Honoraria
Roger Paredes, MD, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose.
Samuel Opara, MBBS, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
  • identify pros and cons of using doxycycline for STI prevention in specific populations;
  • identify pros and cons of broad vs targeted anal cancer screening strategies.

Presentations:

  • 3:15 PM - 3:33 PM US ET
    Is HIV Archive Testing Useful in Modern Clinical Practice? - Pro

    Debate Style Speaker: Roger Paredes, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain

  • 3:33 PM - 3:51 PM US ET
    Is HIV Archive Testing Useful in Modern Clinical Practice? - Con

    Debate Style Speaker: Rami Kantor, MD – Alpert Medical School of Brown University

  • 3:51 PM - 4:09 PM US ET
    Who Needs an Anal Cancer Screening in the HIV Clinic: Everyone or Selected Patients? - Pro

    Debate Style Speaker: Samuel Opara, MBBS, MPH (he/him/his) – Emory University

  • 4:09 PM - 4:30 PM US ET
    Who Really Needs an Anal Cancer Screen in the HIV Clinic? - Con

    Debate Style Speaker: Amit Achhra, MD MPH PHD – Yale school of Medicine