The Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians cordially invites you to attend a CME presentation titled, “Hepatitis B in the US: Disease Burden, Prevention, and the Goal of Elimination.” 

Learning Objectives:

1. Physicians are trusted providers within their community and will be able to provide disease and immunization awareness to their community members and patients.
2. Physicians will be able to leverage the updated ACIP recommendations to ensure eligible patients are getting vaccinated against Hepatitis B, leading to higher vaccination rates.
3. Physicians will be able to integrate the immunization, screening, and testing recommendations for hepatitis B and use them to better serve their patients.

Registration:

Attendance is free, but registration is required. 

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Program Faculty

Charles Gomes, PhD Senior Medical Science Liaison, Medical Affairs, Dynavax

About the Speaker:

Dr. Gomes joined the Dynavax Medical Affairs team in 2022 and currently serves as Senior Medical Science Liaison for the South region. Dr. Gomes joined Dynavax from Oxford Immunotec, where he was a Medical Science Liaison responsible for the expansion of their COVID-19, TB, and CMV pipelines in the Americas. Previously, Dr. Gomes has served in multiple R&D roles, such as a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Microbiology and Drug Delivery at the University of Texas at Austin and Senior Scientist roles at Thermo Fisher Scientific and Le Bonheur Children’s Foundation Research Institute. Dr. Gomes earned a BS and MSc. in Biotechnology from the Federal University of Pelotas in Brazil; he started his PhD in Infectious Disease & Immunology at the same institution and came to the US to finish his training at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

CME Accreditation

The AAFP has reviewed 2025 Monthly Webinar/Grand Rounds Series and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Terms of approval is from 1/20/2025 to 12/23/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Credit approval is for 1.00 In-Person, Live (could include online) AAFP Prescribed Credit(s) and includes the following session(s): -“Hepatitis B in the US: Disease Burden, Prevention, and the Goal of Elimination.”

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