HIV Advanced Training Forum 2025 Sinaia, Romania, 10-11 June 2025

Organized by:
Society of Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS, Romania

In partnership with:
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Prof. Dr. Matei Bals”, Romania
European HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases Academy
ESCMID Study Group for Viral hepatitis (ESGVH)

Objectives

  • To educate early-career healthcare practitioners on people‐centered HIV care to ensure long term treatment success, with a focus on integrating theoretical knowledge into current clinical practice
  • To explore the patient’s journey for lifelong good health from diagnosis, linkage to care, treatment, retention in care and health-related quality of life
  • To review novel developments and recent updates in HIV management
  • To provide up-to-date information on vaccination as a vital component of comprehensive care

Participant profile

National participation, for physicians working in the field of HIV, meeting the following criteria:
• Early-career MD with experience in treating HIV infection of approx. 3-5 years
• Currently working in the field of HIV
• With a strong interest in improving HIV care.

CME accreditation:
The Society for HIV/AIDS and Infectious diseases will apply for EACCME European accreditation.

Course faculty:

  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Juan Ambrosioni, HIV Unit and Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Casper Rokx, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Dr. Marta Vasylyev, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands and Astar Medical Center, Lviv, Ukraine
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Agata Skrzat-Klapaczynska, Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
  • Dr. Jose Bernardino, JB HIV Unit, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
  • Dr. Tristan Barber, Ian Charleson Day Centre, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
  • Prof. Dr. Oana Săndulescu, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, and National Institute for Infectious Diseases „Prof.Dr. Matei Bals”, Romania
  • Prof. Dr. Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, and National Institute for Infectious Diseases „Prof.Dr. Matei Bals”, Romania
  • Prof. Dr. Anca Streinu-Cercel, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, and National Institute for Infectious Diseases „Prof.Dr. Matei Bals”, Romania
  • Prof. Dr. Adriana Hristea, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, and National Institute for Infectious Diseases „Prof.Dr. Matei Bals”, Romania
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cristiana Oprea, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, and Clinical Hospital „Dr. Victor Babes”, Romania
  • Assist. Lect. Cristian Niculae, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, and National Institute for Infectious Diseases „Prof.Dr. Matei Bals”, Romania
  • Dr. Dan Oțelea, National Institute for Infectious Diseases „Prof.Dr. Matei Bals”, Romania

Day 1 – 10 June 2025

Time Session title and chairs
11.30-12.00 Arrival, registration and welcome coffee
12.00-12.30 Oana Săndulescu (Romania): Welcome lecture – Integrated approach to HIV infection – what has changed in 2025?
12.30-13.15 Translating science into care: understanding HIV resistance
Chairs: Oana Săndulescu, Anca Streinu-Cercel

  1. Cristian Niculae (Romania): Back in the days when there was no forgiveness (case presentations – ART multiresistance)
  2. Dan Oțelea (Romania): Molecular epidemiology of HIV infection in Romania and Europe – which resistance mutations remain relevant for the current ART standard of care?
13.15-14.15 Lunch break
14.15-16.00 Understanding your community’s HIV epidemic
Chairs: Adriana Hristea, Anca Streinu-Cercel
A slide template will be provided to participants ahead of the meeting. Templates will include country-specific information on:

  • Number of patients living with HIV
  • Key populations
  • General population
  • Information on each of the 4 95s: met needs. vs unmet needs
16.00-16.15 Coffee break
16.15-17.15 Integrated management of coinfections in patients living with HIV – session in collaboration with ESCMID Study Group for Viral Hepatitis (ESGVH)
Chairs: Dan Oțelea, Cristiana Oprea

  1. Adrian Streinu-Cercel (Romania) – Managing hepatitis B and C virus coinfections in patients living with HIV
  2. Anca Streinu-Cercel (Romania) – Management of hepatitis delta in patients living with HIV
  3. Panel discussion
17.15-18.15 Bridging the gap in integrated HIV care to ensure long-term treatment success
Chairs: Adriana Hristea, Adrian Streinu-Cercel

  1. Cristian Niculae (Romania): Interdisciplinary management of clinical and subclinical comorbidities: cardio-metabolic, weight dynamics, renal and bone considerations
  2. Oana Săndulescu (Romania): Healthcare-related quality of life (HRQoL) and its impact on HIV treatment success: measuring and improving HRQoL in clinical settings
  3. Panel discussion

Day 2 – 11 June 2025

Time Session title and chairs
09.00-10.30 Comprehensive strategies for HIV prevention and timely diagnosis
Chairs: Marta Vasylyev, Anca Streinu-Cercel

  1. Jose Bernardino (Spain): Getting to zero: coordinated approach to HIV prevention
  2. Casper Rokx (Netherlands): Putting an end to undiagnosed HIV in European hospitals – lessons learned from aware.HIV
  3. Panel discussion
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.30 Translating science into care: workshop on HIV treatment optimization
Chairs: Marta Vasylyev, Casper Rokx, Jose Bernardino, Agata Skrzat-Klapaczynska

  1. Juan Ambrosioni (Spain): Treatment optimization: part 1 – managing virological failure; part 2 – simplification in the setting of virological suppression
  2. Panel discussion
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.45 Provision of patient-centered care
Chairs: Juan Ambrosioni, Anca Streinu-Cercel

  1. Oana Săndulescu (Romania): Vaccination for people living with HIV – a vital component of comprehensive care
  2. Marta Vasylyev (Netherlands, Ukraine): Comprehensive care for women living with HIV: Best Practices through every life stage
  3. Agata Skrzat-Klapaczynska (Poland): Targeted interventions for treatment success in people who inject drugs
  4. Panel discussion
14.45-15.00 Coffee break
15.00-16.15 Why early detection matters: lessons learned from late HIV diagnosis
Chairs: Oana Săndulescu, Anca Streinu-Cercel

  1. Adriana Hristea (Romania): HIV and TB: an ongoing health challenge
  2. Cristiana Oprea (Romania): Recognizing and managing opportunistic infections in 2026
  3. Panel discussion
16.15-17.00 All faculty – Wrap-up, closing remarks and future directions

 

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