Anal Cancer Prevention

Stephen E. Goldstone, MD, FACS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

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About the Presenter:Top of page

Stephen Goldstone is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and has a surgical practice in New York City. He has developed surgical techniques to treat anal HPV dysplasia and is currently involved in testing both prevention and treatment procedures for HPV. He is a member of the AIDS Malignancy Consortium, and past president of the International Anal Neoplasia Society (IANS). Dr. Goldstone is an expert on gay men’s health and anorectal disorders. He has done extensive research - and also spoken worldwide - on human papillomavirus (HPV), including prevention, screening and treatment for HPV. He is the author of the best-selling book "The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex: A Medical Handbook for Men.

Learning Objectives: Top of page

At the completion of this educational session, participants will:
1. Be aware of the long-term safety and effectiveness of HPV vaccination.
2. Understand the efficacy of wide field ablation of anal high-grade dysplasia
3. Know whether screening and treating HSIL is reducing anal cancer and who is most at risk based on the most recent data.

CME Information:Top of page


This CME activity has approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for September 22, 2021 as a live activity.  This activity will also be available as an enduring activity from September 23, 2021, through September 21, 2024.

The target audience is all physicians, NPs and PAs involved or interested in HIV education.

This online video and post-activity evaluation are one hour in length.

Accreditation Statement:Top of page


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 Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) and the Physicians’ Research Network (PRN). MSSNY is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Medical Society of the State of New York designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Recognition Statement: Top of page

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 2 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Disclosure Statement:Top of page

Policies and standards of the Medical Society of the State of New York and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education require that speakers and planners for continuing medical education activities disclose any relevant financial relationships they may have with commercial interests whose products, devices, or services may be discussed in the content of a CME activity.

- Dr. James F. Braun, DO (Course Director) has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

- Dr. William M. Valenti (Moderator) has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

- Dr. Stephen E. Goldstone (Presenter) has had the following personal financial relationships in the past 12 months with manufacturers of the products or services that may be presented in this CME activity: Investigator for: Merck, Medtronic, and Inovio; Consultant to: Inovio, and THD America; Speaker at: Merck. Dr. Goldstone will support his presentation and clinical recommendations with the best available evidence from the medical literature, and will submit his slides in advance for adequate peer review.

Financial Support:Top of page

This PRN CME activity is funded in part by unrestricted educational grants from:
Gilead Sciences; Janssen Therapeutics, a division of Janssen Products, LP; Merck & Co.; and ViiV Healthcare

How to Obtain CME Credit:Top of page

Click here to take the CME Evaluation and Post-Meeting Evaluation

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