Special BC-CfE/Antiretroviral Update | 30th Anniversary Edition

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We are pleased to invite you, as a BC health care provider interested in HIV and related issues, to attend the Special 30th Anniversary Edition of the BC-CfE/Antiretroviral Update. Unless the Public Health guidance changes, this is planned to be primarily an in-person event. As it has been the case at past updates, to promote wider knowledge dissemination, we will be webcasting the proceedings, as well. Please note that in-person attendance is limited, and therefore, we urge you to pre-register. This is an open educational event sponsored by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

The event will take place:

Friday, June 9, 2023

11:00 am to 11:50 am Check-in & lunch
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm Program
Reception to follow

Grand Ballroom – North Tower *
Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel
(across from St. Paul’s Hospital)
1088 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC

* in-person attendance is limited

Public health guidelines with regards to COVID-19 will be followed and it is a possibility that this event will be postponed or cancelled should the situation change.



Program

Program Committee: Julio Montaner, MD (Chair), Val Montessori, MD (Co-Chair), Marianne Harris, MD (Co-Chair)
11:00 AM- 12:00 PM CHECK-IN AND LUNCH
MODERATOR – MARIANNE HARRIS
12:05-12:15 LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ELDER ARTHUR STOGAN & FELICIA STOGAN
12:15-12:20 WELCOME REMARKS
12:20-13:10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS NORA VOLKOW
13:10-13:40 BC-CfE HOPE TO HEALTH OVERVIEW ROLANDO BARRIOS
13:40-14:10 RESEARCH & INNOVATION AT H2H POUYA AZAR
14:10-14:40 CASE PRESENTATION & PANEL DISCUSSION
14:40-15:00 BREAK
MODERATOR – SILVIA GUILLEMI
15:00-15:30 THE LATEST ON COVID-19 PETER PHILLIPS
15:30-16:00 CLIMATE CHANGE & INFECTIOUS DISEASES VAL MONTESSORI
16:00-16:30 HIV CURE RESEARCH: AN UPDATE ZABRINA BRUMME
16:30-17:00 TASP® UPDATE JULIO MONTANER
17:00-17:05 CLOSING REMARKS
17:30 BC-CfE 30TH ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION
FOUNTAIN SQUARE COURTYARD

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During the Canada Post strike announced September 25, 2025, the following measures will be undertaken to minimize service disruption to BC-CfE clients and providers.

  • The BC-CfE Laboratory has transitioned to private courier for delivery of outgoing reports and documents. Results required urgently can be faxed upon request. (Lab Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8775; FAX 604-806-9463)
  • The BC-CfE Drug Treatment Program (DTP) will fax outgoing forms and documents to the provider’s office. (DTP Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8515; FAX 604-806-9044)
  • St. Paul’s Hospital Ambulatory Pharmacy has transitioned to private courier for delivery of medications. We recommend requesting medication at least 2 weeks in advance in case of delivery delays, particularly to rural/remote parts of BC. (Contact Information: Phone 1-800-547-3622; FAX 604-806-8675)

During the Canada Post strike, we recommend that documents be faxed or couriered to our sites, versus utilization of regular mail service

The BC-CfE Laboratory is streamlining reporting processes for certain tests in order to simplify distribution and record-keeping, and to ensure completeness of results. Beginning September 2, 2025, results for the ‘Resistance Analysis of HIV-1 Protease and Reverse Transcriptase’ (Protease-RT) and ‘HIV-1 Integrase Resistance Genotype’ tests will be combined into a single ‘HIV-1 Resistance Genotype Report’.
For more details and example reports, please click on the button below