World Hepatitis Day NYC 2010

World Hepatitis Day NYC 2010

Informing the public about the risks of viral hepatitis infection and the importance of prevention, early detection and disease management is critical to the health and well being of the estimated 232,000 New York City residents living with hepatitis B or C, as well as to their families and community.

Learn more about viral hepatitis: www.cdc.gov/hepatitis.

Get tested! See below for special free testing events today and this month, or call 311 for testing and vaccination information.

World Hepatitis Day Press Conference on the Steps of City Hall

Today! May 19th 2010 from 1-2 PM

Join Linda Gibbs, the Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services, the NYC Hepatitis B Coalition, and the NYC Hepatitis C Task Force in announcing the 2010 NYC Mayoral Proclamation and NYS Gubernatorial Proclamation designating May as Viral Hepatitis Awareness Month, and May 19th as World Hepatitis Day in New York City .

Speaking at the event:

Linda Gibbs, NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services

Donald Gardenier, DNP, Clinical Program Director, Mt Sinai Primary Care Liver Clinic

Henry Pollack, MD, NYU School of Medicine, B Free CEED - Center of Excellence for the Elimination of Hepatitis B Disparities

Umut Sarpel, MD , Division of Surgical Oncology, NYU School of Medicine

Su Wang, MD, Director of Hepatitis B Services, Charles B Wang Community Health Center

Patient advocates



Community Hepatitis Awareness Month Events

Free Hepatitis B & C Screening/Testing Opportunities



* Weill Cornell & NY Harm Reduction Educators Hepatitis C Testing. May 19th - 3 Sites:

o Weill Cornell Medical College , (1PM - 7PM). 1305 York Avenue , 2nd Floor NY , NY 10021 . Contact: (646) 962-4372.
o NY Harm Reduction Educators Harlem , (10AM - 4PM). 1991 Lexington Avenue, NY 10035 (Corner of 121st Street ). Contact: (212) 828-8464.
o NY Harm Reduction Educators Bronx , (10AM - 5PM). 953 Southern Boulevard, Suite 302 , Bronx , NY 10459 . Contact: (718) 842-6050.



* Charles B Wang Community Heath Center Hepatitis B Testing. 4 dates and 2 sites:

o May 19th and 20th (10AM-3PM) Walk-ins welcome. 268 Canal Street , 2nd floor, Manhattan 10013. For more information contact: klo@cbwchc.org.
o May 18th (2-5PM) and May 21st (3-5PM). 136-26 37th Avenue , 2nd floor, Flushing . For appointment or more information contact: 718-886-1212, ext 513.



* Harlem United - FROST’D Hepatitis C Outreach & Testing & Hepatitis A & B Vaccination. May 19th (12-4PM). 2 sites:

o 290 Lenox Avenue
o Outside the state building at 125th and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard . For more info contact: eroberts@frostd.org.



* Actors’ Fund Al Hirschfeld Free Clinic Hepatitis B & C Testing for uninsured working members of the entertainment & performing arts community. Week of May 17th (9:30AM -5PM). Al Hirshfeld Free Health Clinic, 475 West 57th St. NY 10019 . Sponsered by the Al D. Rodriguez Liver Foundation. By appointment only, contact: jpearl@actorsfund.org.



* Citiwide Harm Reduction Hepatitis C Testing & Awareness Event. May 19th (12PM-3). 226 E. 144th St. Bronx , NY 10451 . Hepatitis C Screenings, Hepatitis A & B Vaccinations, HIV Testing, and escorts to medical care. Food, Snacks and music will be provided! For more info, contact: SGuillaume@citiwidehr.org.



* Mount Sinai Hepatitis C Risk Factor Screening. May 20th (10am – 3pm). 17 East 102nd Street , lobby (between Madison and 5th). Contact: Natalie.Kil@mountsinai.org.



* American Cancer Society Hepatitis B Education & Testing Events. Two dates and sites:

o May 23rd Sunday (1:30-3:30 PM). New Town Church - 85-15 Broadway, Elmhurst , NY 11373 . Speaker: Dr. Sing Chan. Pre-registration is required, contact: 718-886-8890 ext.19.
o May 27th Thursday (1-3PM). Confucius Plaza Community Room - 33 Bowery, New York , NY . Speaker: Dr. Wuhua Jing. Pre-registration is required, contact: 718-886-8890 ext.19.



* Community Health Action of Staten Island Hepatitis C Testing. May 24th (1-5PM). 380 Van Duzer Street , Staten Island , 10304. For more information contact (718) 808–1355.



Community Education



* “Adherence to HCV Treatment” Lecture with Jeffrey Weiss, PhD, MS, Mount Sinai . May 19th (12:30 PM – 1:30 PM). Weill Cornell 402 East 67 Street, NY 10065, Level C1, Conference Center A. Provided by Weill Cornell Medical College, Department of Public Health’s Division of Community & Public Health Programs: Community & Public Health Research & Clinical Rounds. A CME Activity. Target Audience: Weill-Cornell physicians, residents, researchers, students and other interested physicians and health care providers who specialize in substance abuse treatment, addiction psychiatry, general psychiatry, family medicine, community and public health.



* Mount Sinai Division of General Internal Medicine Grand Rounds: "Overcoming Barriers to HCV Treatment for Drug Users" with Alain Litwin, MD, MPH, MS, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. May 27th (8:30 – 9:30 AM). 1468 Madison Avenue , Annenberg Building , Dining Rooms A and B



* Viral Hepatitis Clinical Studies in Australia Lecture. June 10th (4 – 5PM), 125 Worth Street, 2nd floor Auditorium. Presenter: Pip Marks BSc, MPH, Clinical Trials Manager, Australia ’s National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research. Will present on Studies: ETHOS – HCV management in Opiate Substitution settings; RAMPT-C – risks and mechanisms of sexual transmission of HCV; Acute-C – natural history and treatment of AHC; InC3 – International collaboration of AHC databases; STREP – HCC epidemiology and prevention; and ACHOS – Australian HCV observational database. No registration required.