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Anaheim 2010 Current Clinical Issues in Primary Care Course Syllabus Online

Welcome to the 2010 Current Clinical Issues in Primary Care in Anaheim, California. This exciting academic primary care CME program, which represents a collaboration between Harvard Medical School and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 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 West in Anaheim, California, May 6–8, 2010 by Harvard Medical School and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

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, May 6, 2010

8:00-9:00 a.m. Welcome And Keynote Address
Sanjiv Chopra, M.D., Moderator
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Hall C, Level 1		 Leadership for the 21st Century: The Ten
Tenets of Leadership
Thursday, May 6, 2010

9:45 - 11:45 a.m. Session 1: Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome, Hypertension, and Dyslipidemia (ARS)
Hall C, Level 1
Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, Moderator  
9:45
Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome
Roy T. Young, MD
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10:25 Hypertension Update
Gerald W. Smetana, MD
11: 05 Management of Dyslipidemia
Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD

9:45–11:45 Session 2: Management of Dyslipidemia
G. Ballrm A, Lvl 3		  
Karen J. Carlson, MD, Moderator
9:45 Fracture Prevention Strategies: Current
Understanding and Therapeutic Options
John D. Goodson, MD
10:25
 UTI in the Elderly
Michelle S. Eslami, MD
11:05
 Office Orthopaedics for the Elderly Patient
Basil Clyman, MD
       
9:45–11:45 Session 3: Subspecialties and Interesting Cases in Medicine
G. Ballrm D, Lvl 3		  
Richard A. Johnson, MD, Moderator    
9:45 Common Eye Disorders Seen in Primary Care
Lynn Gordon, MD, PhD
10:25 Office Rheumatology
Peng Thim Fan, MD, FACP
11:05 The Doctor as Detective
Jonathan A. Edlow, MD, FACEP
       

1:45–5:30 p.m. Session 4: Cardiology
Hall C, Level 1
Peng Thim Fan, MD, FACP, Moderator
1:45
Acute Coronary Syndromes
Gregg Fonarow, MD, FAHA
2:30
Heart Failure
Shawn Gregory, MD
4:15
Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging
Shawn Gregory, MD
5:00
Management of Syncope
Jon Kobashigawa, MD
 
1:45–5:30 p.m Session 5: Session 5: Women’s Health
G. Ballrm D, Lvl 3		    
Martin A. Quan, MD, Moderator    
1:45 Cancer Screening in Women
Jodi Friedman, MD
2:30 Menopausal Hormone Therapy: In Whom, What
Kind, and for How Long?
Carolyn Crandall, MD
4:15 Primary Care of the Breast Cancer Survivor
Janet P. Pregler, MD
5:00 Osteoporosis: Helping Your Patients Make
Informed Treatment Decisions
Karen J. Carlson, MD

1:45–3:15 p.m. Session 6a: Lessons Learned from the Medical Literature (ARS)
G. Ballrm A, Lvl 3
John D. Goodson, MD, Moderator    
1:45 Lessons Learned from the Medical Literature
Karen J. Carlson, MD
2:30 Lessons Learned from the Medical Literature
John D. Goodson, MD

4:15–5:45 p.m. Session 6b: Neurology
G. Ballrm A, Lvl 3
John D. Goodson, MD, Moderator
4:15 TIA: Transient Trouble or Permanent Problem?
Jonathan A. Edlow, MD, FACEP
5:00 Approach to the Patient with Headache
Andrew Charles, MD

Friday, May 7, 2010    
Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, Moderator    
8:00–9:00 a.m. Keynote Address
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Medicine, Healing, and Service: How We Can
All Make a Difference in the Social Sector
B. Lachlan Forrow, MD
  
       
9:45 - 9:45 a.m. Session 7: Live, On-Stage Orthopedic Demonstration
John D. Goodson, MD and Karen J. Carlson, MD, Moderator    
9:45 TThe Back Examination
Joanne Borg-Stein, MD

10:45

 Examination Pearls for Athletes Young and Old
Bertram Zarins, MD

9:45–11:45 Session 8: Infectious Disease and Special Neurology Lecture (ARS)
G. Ballrm A, Lvl 3		  
Gerald W. Smetana, MD, Moderator    
9:45 Common Infections in Older Persons
Dean C. Norman, MD
Syllabus Not Available
10:25 Influenza Update
Mark D. Aronson, MD, MACP
11:05 How Neurologists Think: What My Errors Have Taught Me
Martin A. Samuels, MD
Syllabus Not Available
       

1:45–5:30 p.m. Session 9: Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
G. Ballrm D, Lvl 3		  
Harvey P. Katz, MD, Moderator    
9:45 Rashes Not Zits, the Adolescent Dilemma
Robert E. Morris, MD
10:25 Common Childhood Seizure Syndrome:
Recognition and Management
Raman Sankar, MD
Syllabus Not Available
11:05 Physical Medicine for Adolescents
Joanne Borg-Stein, MD

1:45–5:30 p.m. Session 10: Medicine Potpourri (ARS)
Hall C, Level 1		    
Martin A. Quan, MD, Moderator    
1:45 Soft Tissue Injuries: Contusions, Strains, and Sprains
Bertram Zarins, MD
2:30 Recognition and Management of Common
Musculoskeletal Problems
James C. Puffer, MD
4:15 Management of Obesity

Richard A. Johnson, MD

5:00 An Overview of the Diagnosis and Treatment of
Pulmonary Embolism

Mark D. Aronson, MD, MACP


1:45–3:15 p.m. Session 11: Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine Subspecialties
G. Ballrm D, Lvl 3

    
Harvey P. Katz, MD, Moderator    
1:45 Too Many Infections: Is It Immunodeficiency?
E. Richard Stiehm, MD
2:30 Autism Spectrum Disorders: Separating Myth from Fact
Leonard Rappaport, MD
4:15 Disorders of the Breast in Children and Adolescents
Harvey P. Katz, MD
5:00 Heads Up! Recognition and Management of
Pediatric Sports Concussions
Christopher C. Giza, MD
 
Session 12: Patient Concerns in Primary Care Medicine
G. Ballrm A, Lvl 3
Jane S. Sillman, MD, Moderator
1:45 Ethical Issues and Improving Care at the End of Life
Neil Wenger, MD
2:30 New Drugs for the Primary Care Provider: What
You Need to Know
Gerald W. Smetana, MD
4:15 An Approach to Thyroid Nodules
Anthony N. Hollenberg, MD
5:00 The Weekend Athlete: "Doc, When Can I Workout Again?"
John P. DiFiori, MD
 
Saturday, May 8, 2010  
8:00-9:00a.m. Keynote Address
Martin A. Quan, MD, Moderator
Hall C, Level 1

    
Developmental Origin of Adult Disease–Circle of Life
Sherin U. Devaskar, MD

9:45–11:45a.m. Session 13: Dermatology & Endocrine Subspecialties
Hall C, Level 1
James C. Puffer, MD, Moderator    
9:45
Challenging Endocrine Cases
Anthony N. Hollenberg, MD
10:25
Office Dermatology
Jennifer Haley, MD
11:05
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome–"More than Meets the Eye"
Roland Sakiyama, MD, FACP

9:45–11:45a.m. Session 14: Pediatric & Adolescent Puzzles: What’s Your Diagnosis (ARS)
G. Ballrm A, Lvl 3

  
Rick Harrison, MD, Moderator    
9:45 Diagnostic Dilemmas
Harvey P. Katz, MD
10:25 Recognizing Cancer in Children
Noah Federman, MD
11:05 ADHD – A Clinical and Research Update
Leonard Rappaport, MD

1:45–3:45 p.m. Session 15: Subspecialties in Primary Care Medicine
G. Ballrm D, Lvl 3		  
,Jane S. Sillman, MD, Moderator    
9:45
Approach to the Dizzy Patient
James J. Foody, MD, FACP
10:25
Drug Treatment of Alzheimer’s
Jane S. Sillman, MD
11:05
Depression: Meeting the Clinical Challenge
Martin A. Quan, MD

1:45–3:45 p.m. Session 16: Preventive Medicine    
Roland Sakiyama, MD, FACP, Moderator    
1:45 Managing Cardiovascular Risk in CKD
Edwin J. Jacobson, MD
Syllabus Not Available
2:25 Colorectal Cancer Screening
Marvin Derezin, MD
3:05 Update on Contraception
Jane S. Sillman, MD
       
1:45–3:45 p.m. Session 17: The Patient Comes First    
Patrick T. Dowling, MD, MPH, Moderator    
1:45 Domestic Violence: Secrets and Solutions
Jane S. Sillman, MD
2:25 Updates in Smoking Cessation Approaches for the Primary Care Provider
Michael Ong, MD
3:05 Cancer in the 21st Century: To Screen or Not
To Screen?
Patrick T. Dowling, MD, MPH