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Presenter: George K. Siberry, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Office of HIV/AIDS (OHA), United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Overview:
HIV infection in children: Extraordinary Progress and Future Directions

Objectives:
To increase awareness and education for pediatric providers

Dr. George Siberry is a pediatric infec􀆟ous disease physician and chief medical officer for the Office of HIV/AIDS (OHA) at USAID, suppor􀆟ng the USAID President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program. He serves as a USAID PEPFAR Deputy Principal for Angola, Cameroon, Hai􀆟, and Kenya and a senior technical advisor for adult and pediatric HIV treatment. He has played a major technical role in USAID’s global COVID-19 response, including as the Senior Clinical Advisor for the COVID-19 Response Team. Before joining USAID in 2018, Dr. Siberry was the technical lead for pediatrics and head of the PEPFAR Program Quality technical unit on HIV and TB treatment and care for the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (now, the Bureau for Global Health Security & Diplomacy) in the U.S. Department of State. Prior to this appointment, he was a faculty member (2003 – 2008) in the Department of Pediatrics and Director of the Harriet Lane Clinic at Johns Hopkins University and then Medical Officer at the Maternal Pediatric Infec􀆟ous Disease Branch of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Na􀆟onal Ins􀆟tute of Child Health and Human Development at the U.S. Na􀆟onal Ins􀆟tutes of Health (2008 – 2015). Dr. Siberry serves on the U.S. Pediatric ARV Guidelines and U.S. Perinatal HIV Guidelines Panels, the American Academy of Pediatrics Commitee on Pediatric and Adolescent HIV (COPAH), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administra􀆟on’s An􀆟microbial Drug Advisory Commitee. Dr. Siberry is the Associate Chief Editor for the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal for which he oversees the HIV Reports sec􀆟on. Dr. Siberry provided care to children and youth with HIV infec􀆟on at the Johns Hopkins Hospital for over 20 years (un􀆟l 2018) and then became an adjunct Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Yale University (2019 – 2022) and Columbia University (2023 – present) Schools of Medicine. He earned his Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health at Johns Hopkins where he also completed his pediatric residency, chief residency, and pediatric infecous disease fellowship training.

Financial Disclosures: George K. Siberry, MD, MPH has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Steven Seidner, MD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

Credits:
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hour)
Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hour)

Target Audience:
Pediatric Doctors and Providers
Faculty, residents, health care providers; medical students and trainees.

Accreditation:
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.