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New York 2010 Current Clinical Issues in Primary Care Course Syllabus Online

Welcome to the 2010 Current Clinical Issues in Primary Care in New York, NY. This exciting academic primary care CME program, which represents a collaboration between Harvard Medical School and Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, features more than 50 presentations covering topics relevant to our day to day practice and which represent emerging trends that will undoubtedly impact the practice of medicine in the months to come. Our speakers are outstanding clinician scholars and speak from volumes of clinical experience. In addition, we request that our speakers offer concrete, evidence-based presentations and provide specific recommendations for generalist practitioners.

We are confident that you will gain an understanding of some of the most recent scientific advances, practical pointers for the care of your patients and can access a syllabus that you will likely refer to on many occasions in the ensuing weeks and months.

Below you will find links to the course syllabus online for the Current Clinical Issues in Primary Care program presented at Pri-Med New York, June 17–19 2010, by Harvard Medical School and Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons.

The program schedule is reproduced below. Simply click on the “Download” link to download the PDF of that talk to your computer.
Foreword This section contains the Title Page, Welcome Letter, Course Schedule,
Course Committee and Faculty contact information, and Disclosure Statement
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Thursday, June 17, 2010

8:00-9:00 a.m Welcome And Keynote Address
 

Welcome

Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP and Nicholas Fiebach, MD, FACP

  
  Keynote Address
Nicholas Fiebach, MD, FACP, Moderator
  
  Leadership for the 21st Century:
  The Ten Tenets of Leadership
Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP

9:45 - 11:45 a.m. Session 1:Ask The Expert: Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome, Hepatology, and Cardiology (ARS)
Gerald W. Smetana, MD, Moderator  
9:45
Ask the Expert Discussion
Martin Abrahamson, MD,
Sanjiv Chopra, MD, and Allan Schwartz, MD
Syllabus Not Available

9:45–11:45 Session 2: Rheumatology  
Rafael A. Lantigua, MD, Moderator
9:45 Update in Rheumatoid Arthritis 2010
Gwendolyn F. Kane-Wanger, MD
10:25
 Osteoarthritis: a Stitch in Time
Margrit Weisendanger, MD
11:05
 Gout: Diagnosis and Treatment 2010
Gwendolyn F. Kane-Wanger, MD
       
9:45–11:45 Session 3: Obesity Management  
Elaine Fleck, MD, Moderator    
9:45

Primary Care Approach to Obesity

Jane S. Sillman, MD

10:25

Evidence-Based Nutrition Counseling Strategies

Wahida  Karmally, DrPH,RD,CDE,CLS

11:05

Essentials of Bariatric Surgery for Primary Clinicians

Dorothy Ferraro, MS, ANP-CS

       

1:45–3:15 p.m. Session 4A: Diabetes
Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, Moderator
1:45

Diabetes Update: Insulin Therapies

Martin J. Abrahamson, MB, CHB

Syllabus Not Available
2:30

Diabetes Update: Recent Trials and Non-Insulin Therapies

Daniel S. Donavon, Jr, MD, MS, CDE

 
4:15–5:45 p.m. Session 4B: Hypertension
Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, Moderator
4:15

Hypertension Update

Gerald W. Smetana, MD

5:00

Practical Approaches to Home Blood Pressure
Monitoring

Gbenda Ogedegbe, MD, MPH, MS

 
1:45–5:30 p.m Session 5: Health in New York City    
Katherine Nickerson, MD, Moderator    
1:45

Pandemic H1N1 Influenza

Annie Fine, MD

2:30 The National Salt Reduction Initiative: Decreasing the Sodium Content of Packaged and Restaurant Foods
Sonia Y. Angell, MD, MPH
4:15

Health Reform in America: Options, Obstacles,
and Opportunities

Michael Sparer, PhD, JD

5:00

HIV and Tuberculosis Issues in Primary Care

Karen Brudney, MD


1:45–3:15 p.m. Session 6A: Women’s Health
Jane S. Sillman, MD, Moderator    
1:45

Cervical Cancer Screening

Carolyn Westhoff, MD, MSc

2:30

Drinking Does Damage: Alcohol Education for Women Who Drink

Lori Rosenthal, DNP, DCC, ACNP-BC, ANP-BC, CCTC

 
5:30 p.m. Session 6B: Lessons Learned from the Medical Literature (ARS)
Jane S. Sillman, MD, Moderator
1:45

Lessons Learned from the Medical Literature

Jane S. Sillman, MD

2:30

Lessons Learned from the Medical Literature

Mark D. Aronson, MD, MACP


Friday, June 18, 2010

   
 

 

 

  
8:00–9:00 a.m. Keynote Address
Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, Moderator
  
  A Conversation with Byron Pitts: Step Out on Nothing
Byron Pitts

9:45 - 9:45 a.m. Session 7: Live, On-Stage Orthopedic Demonstration
John D. Goodson, MD and Mark D. Aronson, MD, MACP, Moderators    
9:45

Demystifying Acute Knee Pain

Frank J. Domino, MD

10:45

Advanced Back Examination

Joanne Borg-Stein, MD


9:45–11:45 Session 8: Subspecialties in Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine  

Harvey P. Katz, MD, Moderator

 
   
9:45

Sinusitis in Children: Clearing up the Questions-an ENT Perspective

Dwight Jones, MD

10:25

Autism: Evaluation and Management

Jonathan Slater, MD

11:05

Child Abuse Update

Jocelyn Brown, MD, MPH

       

1:45–5:30 p.m. Session 9: Primary Care Updates (ARS)  
Alex Montero, MD, MPH, Moderator    

1:45

Physical Medicine for the Adolescent

Joanne Borg-Stein, MD

2:30

Problem Drinking

Mark D. Aronson, MD, MACP

4:15

New Drugs for the Primary Care Provider:
What You Need to Know (Didactic)

Gerald W. Smetana, MD
5:00

Cancer Screening: What’s New, What Makes Sense

John D. Goodson, MD


1:45–5:30 p.m. Session 10: The Returning Soldier    
Nicholas Fiebach, MD, FACP,  Moderator    
1:45

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Rachel Yehuda, PhD

2:30

Ambulatory Care for Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries

Arthur Cytryn, MD

4:15

Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injuries

Gregory Elder, MD

5:00

Assessment and Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Adrian Cristian, MD


1:45–3:15 p.m. Session 11A: Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine

   

Harvey P. Katz, MD, Moderator

 
   
1:45 Otitis Media: An ENT Perspective
Dwight Jones, MD
2:30 Disorders of the Breast in Children and Adolescents
Harvey P. Katz, MD

1:45–3:15 p.m. Session 11B:  Adolescent & Adult Medicine
Harvey P. Katz, MD, Moderator
1:45 Cystic Fibrosis in Young Adults
Emily DiMango, MD
2:30 HPV Vaccine – A Clinical Update
Karen Soren, MD
 
Saturday, June 19, 2010  
8:00–9:00 a.m. Keynote Address

Nicholas Fiebach, MD, FACP, Moderator
  Ed Koch on Everything

Hon. Edward I Koch, Former Mayor of the City of New York
9:45–11:45a.m. Session 12: Doctor, I Have…
Frank J. Domino, MD, Moderator    
9:45

…Trouble Swallowing

Ciaran P. Kelly, MD
10:25

…A Cough

Amy Atkeson, MD
11:05

…Diarrhea (the Runs)

Ciaran P. Kelly, MD

9:45–11:45a.m. Session 13: Pediatric & Adolescent Puzzles : What’s Your Diagnosis (ARS)

  
Elizabeth Wedemeyer, MD, Moderator    
9:45 Acne Vulgaris
Kim Morel, MD, FAAD, FAAP
10:25

Practical Genetics in a Primary Pediatric Practice

Wendy Chung, MD, PhD
11:05 What’s Your Diagnosis
Harvey P. Katz, MD

1:45–3:45 p.m. Session 14: Technology and Procedures for Primary Care    
Joseph Tenenbaum , MD, Moderator    
1:45
Accessing Medical Information on the Web: What Works, What’s Reliable
Frank J. Domino, MD
2:25

Radiology for Primary Care – Choosing Imaging Studies

Jeffrey H. Newhouse, MD, FACR
3:05
Best Evidence Procedures for Your Patients and Practice
Frank J. Domino, MD

1:45–3:45 p.m. Session 15: Dilemmas in Primary Care    
Janice Smolowitz, DNP, EdD, ANP-BC, Moderator    
1:45

Syncope and Falls in the Elderly

Mathew Maurer, MD

2:25

Frail Older Adults

Evelyn Granieri, MD, MPH, MSEd

Syllabus Not Available
3:05

Cutaneous Manifestations of Systemic Disease

Jacob Levitt, MD