Conference Description

November 5, 2005
Westin Peachtree Hotel
210 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Phone (404) 659-1400

Tell a friend about this conference
Download the brochure for this conference
See how attendees evaluated this conference

CME Credits 7.25*

Nonrefundable registration fee: $0.

Target Audience: Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants.

Program Summary:
This program will provide Primary Care Physicians the opportunity to learn first hand from national thought leaders in their field. The goal is to provide a clearer understanding of several of the most common disease processes, in light of rapid scientific advances. By doing so, attendees will walk away with new insights and learn useful strategies to manage the challenges faced on a daily basis.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this CME activity, the participant will be able to:

1. stratify patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome by risk and have a clearer understanding of conservative versus invasive treatment strategy with pharmacotherapy and catheter based protocols
2. more effectively manage heart failure and understand indications and implications of biventricular devices and cardiac defibrillators
3. recognize, diagnose and treat Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
4. understand the importance of pulmonary function testing (spirometry) and utilize the results in the diagnosis and treatment of COPD
5. review national guidelines for the diagnosis, admission and treatment of patients with Community Acquired Pneumonia
6. evaluate, stage and manage patients with chronic kidney disease
7. more effectively evaluate and treat overactive and other voiding disorders with a clearer understanding of the therapeutic options available today including pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic options
8. more readily recognize indications for insulin therapy and use effective treatment strategies for more difficult patients with Diabetes
9. evaluate diagnose and treat patients with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Agenda:

7:30-8:00		Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:00-8:10		Welcome Remarks Gregg Sherman, MD
8:10-9:00		Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome Alexandre Ferreira, MD
9:00-9:50		Integrating Advanced Heart Failure Management with the Use of Cardiac Devices: Role of the Primary Physician Juan Aranda, MD
9:50-10:10		Break/Vendor Area
10:10-11:00		NASH : A Weighty Problem of Great Significance Norman Gitlin, MD
11:00-11:50		Spirometry and the Diagnosis of COPD Tom Ferro, MD
11:50-12:30		Community Acquired Pneumonia Tom Ferro, MD
12:30-1:20		Lunch
1:20-2:10		Chronic Renal Disease Biff Palmer, MD
2:10-3:00		Overactive Bladder: From Diagnosis to Treatment Ross A. Rames, MD
3:00-3:20		Break/Vendor Area
3:20-4:10		Pharmacologic Management of Type 2 Diabetes: 2005 and Beyond Robert Tannenberg, MD
4:10–5:00		Advances in the Understanding and Management of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Robert Tannenberg, MD
5:00		Conference Wrap Up Gregg Sherman, MD

Faculty:
Juan Aranda, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, Florida

Alexandre Ferreira , MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
at the University of Miami
Medical Director of Coronary Care Unit
at Jackson Memorial Hospital
Co-director of the Interventional Cardiology Training Program

Thomas Ferro, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine and Physiology
in the Pulmonary & Critical Care Division of the Medical College
of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University
Medical Director of Pulmonary & Critical Care Research
McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia

Norman Gitlin, MD
Professor of Medicine,
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

Biff Palmer, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Nephrology Fellowship Program Director
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Ross A. Rames, MD
Associate Professor of Urology
Division of Urodynamics and Continence
Medical University of South Carolina

Robert Tannenberg, MD
Director, Diabetes and Obesity Center
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
Brody School of Medicine
East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

Program Chair: Gregg Sherman, MD

Activity Director: Alan Goodstat, LCSW

*Continuing Education Information
This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 7.25 Prescribed credit hours by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

This program was supported through educational grants from the following companies: Amylin, Axcan Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, Pfizer, sanofi-aventis, Takeda.