2025 CTCA Conference, Sept 8, 9, Oct 28, and Nov 12

General Information and CME/CEU Fee

The 2025 CTCA Conference will be held on Zoom. This virtual conference will have three (3) CE-accredited sessions – the plenaries, the clinical session, and the programmatic session (see agendas below). Participants will receive a separate certificate for each CE-accredited session they attend and evaluate.

The virtual conference is free; however, if you wish to receive CME/CEUs, a one-time $50 registration fee is required ($50 covers all sessions, whether you attend one or all three).

Please note: The 9/9, 10-2PT, TB Controllers Meeting is not accredited for CME/CEU credit.


2025 CTCA Conference Sessions

9/8, 10-2 PT, 2025 Fall TB Controllers Meeting, Draft Agenda below 

9/9, 10-Noon PT-  2025 CTCA Conference – Plenary Sessions

  • 10-11:00  I. CA TB Data Update, Pennan Barry, MD, MPH, Chief, Surveillance and Epidemiology Section (SES), Tuberculosis Control Branch (TBCB), California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
  • 11-12:00 II.  CalCONNECT, PILOTS  AND MORE, Chris Keh, MD, Chief Program Development and Support Sections, CDPH, TBCB and Rebecca Wang, BA

10/28, 9-11 PT- CTCA Conference – Clinical Session
Use of Bedaquiline and Emerging BDQ Resistance in California
Shereen Katrak, MD, MPH, Director, TB Free California, CDPH TBCB and Kristen Wendorf, MD, Public Health Medical Officer, CDPH TBCB

11/12, 10-Noon PT- CTCA Conference – Programmatic Session
Optimizing Workflows: Building a Foundation for Tracking and Using TB Nurse Acuity Metrics
Jenny Hernandez, MSN, PHN, Supervising Public Health Nurse, County of San Bernandino Public Health, Communicable Diseases
Rocio Agraz-Lara, MSN, RN, PHN, San Francisco Department of Public Health, Population Health Division, Disease Prevention and Control, Tuberculosis Control

 

CME/CEU Requirements

The credit statement below applies to each of the three CE-accredited sessions in the 2025 CTCA Virtual Conference.

  1. Register in advance
    2. Attend the full session (your name must appear on the Zoom Participant report). If your name may not appear, type your full name into the chat at the start and again at the end of each CE-accredited session.
    3. Complete evaluations for each session for which you are seeking credit, within two weeks. Evaluation links will be emailed to registered participants at the end of each CE-accredited session.

CME/CEU Credits

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Curry International Tuberculosis Center and the California TB Controllers Association.

The Curry International Tuberculosis Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This training is approved for up to 2.0 continuing education hours.

The Curry International Tuberculosis Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Curry International Tuberculosis Center is approved as a provider of continuing education by the California State Board of Registered Nurses, Provider Number CEP 12308. This training is approved for up to 2.0 continuing education hours. Board requirements prevent us from offering CE credit to people who arrive more than 15 minutes after the start of the training or leave the training early. Therefore, partial credit will not be awarded.

9/8, 10-12 PT, Fall TB Controllers Meeting

 Agenda – 9/8/25 Draft

10:00     I.  Welcome, Review of Agenda, Cameron Kaiser, MD, CTCA President

10:05    II. CDPH TBCB Items 

  1. Fiscal update – Juanita Velasquez  ( 15 min )      
  2. California and CDC TB Funding formulas- what  case report elements most impact funds received  ( 15 min)  
  1. Drug Supply Update- Scott Nabity ( 15 min) 
  2. Drug resistance testing update ( wgs and PZA)  ( 20 min) TBA 
  3. TB reporting and sensitive information – (30 min)  PBarry / TBA 

11:45-12:15 Lunch Break

12:15   III. CTCA – Priorities

  1. Impacts on programs of financial uncertainty
    LHJ Interjurisdictional Transfers and Discharges from Hospital – Expectations, Principles, e.g., Best Practices Document, do we need a workgroup?
  2. Class B new arrivers and status adjusters guidance revision is going strong!
    What are the current LHJ practices, especially re: B2s
  3. CDPH/CTCA Responsibilities of a Local Public Health Department to control TB, revision. Review this draft and bring comments/questions
  4. Data Sharing Discussion, CCLHO coordination, Drs Luu and Davis on the Board, our contacts, disease agnostic
  5. NTCA Collaboration in Palm Springs June 2026

     Business items:

    Draft Spring TB Controllers Meeting Minutes, Vote

    Recruit President-Elect, Review of CTCA leadership

    1:30      IV. Items from the Floor

    1:45      V. Partner Announcements

    2:00 Adjourn

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