Update in Internal Medicine

Thursday – Saturday, April 11 – 13, 2013

Course Logistics

General Information Instructional Team
Registration Agenda

Symposium Agenda

Thursday, April 11, 2013

7:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
- Jonathan C. Weissler, M.D.
Oncology/Hematology
Moderator: Thomas Froehlich, M.D.
8:30 a.m. New Approaches to Renal Cell Carcinoma
- James Brugarolas,M.D., Ph.D.
9:10 a.m. Diagnostic Imaging for Breast Cancer: Beyond the Controversy
- Ann R. Mootz, M.D.
9:50 a.m. Treatment Decisions for Breast Cancer in the Era of Genomic Medicine
- Barbara Haley,M.D.
10:30 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m.
Advances in Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Robert Collins, M.D.
11:25 a.m.
Recent Advances in Lung Cancer: Targeting Radiation and Medical Therapies
- David Gerber, M.D.
12:05 p.m.
Lunch
Pulmonary Disease
Moderator: Lance S. Terada, M.D.
1 p.m. Update on Screening for Bronchogenic Carcinoma
- Muhanned Abu-Hijleh, M.D.
1:40 p.m. The 5 Things Every Physician Should Know About Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Sonja Bartolome, M.D.
2:30 p.m. New Therapies for Cystic Fibrosis
- Raksha Jain, M.D.
3:10 p.m. Break
Digestive Diseases
Moderator: Jay Horton, M.D.
3:25 p.m. Update in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Prabhakar Swaroop, M.D.
4:05 p.m. Hepatitis C: New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Options
- Dwain Thiele, M.D.
4:45 p.m. Evaluation of Liver Masses
- Jorge Marrero, M.D.

5:25 p.m.

Adjourn

Friday, April 12, 2013

7:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
Cardiology
Moderator: Joseph Hill, M.D.. Ph.D.
8 a.m.
Lipid Management- Changing Concepts, New Opportunities
- Amit Khera, M.D.
8:40 a.m. New Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Options for Patients with Cardiac Disease
- James de Lemos, M.D.
9:20 a.m. Updates in Valvular Heart Disease: A Brave New World
- Sarah Gualano, M.D.
10 a.m.
Break
10:20 a.m. Advanced Heart Failure: What are the Options?
- Mark Drazner, M.D.
11 a.m. Update on Management of Atrial Fibrillation
- Richard Wu, M.D.
11:45 a.m. Lunch
General Internal Medicine
Moderator: Ethan Halm, M.D.
12:45 p.m. New Drugs in Primary Care
- David Balis, M.D.
1:25 p.m. Vaccination in Adults: New Vaccines and Policy Recommendations
- Eric Mortensen, M.D., MS
Allergy and Immunology
Moderator: Rebecca Gruchalla, M.D., Ph.D.
2:05 p.m. Asthma and Anaphylaxis
- Rebecca Gruchalla, M.D.
2:45 p.m. Drug Allergy, Food Allergy, and Desensitization
- Dave Khan, M.D.
3:25 p.m. Break
Endocrinology
Moderator: Perry Bickel, M.D.
3:40 p.m. Subclinical Hypothyroidism: Do We Treat and Why?
- Alex Tessnow, M.D.
4:20 p.m. Thyroid Nodule Management
- Jeffrey Zigman, M.D., Ph.D.
5 p.m. Pituitary and Adrenal Incidentalomas
- Elizabeth King, M.D.
5:40 p.m. Adjourn

Saturday, April 13, 2013

7:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
Nephrology
Moderator: Peter Igarashi, M.D.
8 a.m.
Contrast-Induced Nephropathy
- Susan Hedayati, M.D., MHSc
8:40 a.m. Glomerulonephritis
- Kamalanathan Sambandam, M.D.
9:20 a.m. Diabetic Nephropathy
- Robert Toto, M.D.
10 a.m. Break
Infectious Disease
Moderator: Mark Swancutt, M.D., Ph.D.
10:15 a.m. West Nile Virus: Tales From the Epicenter
- Binh-Minh (Jade) Le, M.D.
10:55 a.m. Travel Medicine
- Mark Swancutt, M.D., Ph.D.
11:35 a.m. Infections in Chronic Care
- Pranavi Sreeramoju, M.D.
12:15 p.m. Adjourn