CME Sessions |
Session
I
Saturday - August 30, 2008
12:30 PM- 5:30 PM |
Session
II
Sunday - August 31, 2008
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
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Sudha Rao, MD
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Session
I: Saturday 08/30/08 12:30 PM TO 5:30 PM - Moderator: Sarode
Pundaleeka, MD |
Time |
Speaker & Topic |
12:30 PM -12:35 PM
12: 35 PM - 2:00 PM
12:35 PM - 1:20 PM
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
3 :45 PM - 4:15 PM
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
4 :45 PM – 5:15 PM
5 :15 PM – 5:30 PM
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OPENING REMARKS, INTRODUCTIONS OF ALL SPEAKERS
WHAT IS NEW IN DIABETES THERAPY?
INCRETINS: THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: ROLE IN THE TREATMENT
OF TYPE 2 DIABETES
Arcot Dwarakanathan MD, FACE.
Medical Director, Diabetes Center, St.James Hospital and Health
Center
Associate Professor of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center
Associate Professor, Midwestern University
OPTIMIZING INSULIN THERAPY: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
Evelyn Lacuesta, MD, FACE
Associate Program Director, Endocrine Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center
Senior Attending Physician, Stroger Hospital of Cook County
PHYSICIAN WELLNESS
Martin Doot, MD
Medical Director, Advocate Addiction Treatment Program
Vice President, Medical Services, Lutheran General Health System,
Park Ridge, IL
Treasurer, Illinois Society of Addiction Medicine
Coffee Break
ALLOGENEIC BONE MARROW AND STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION:
AN OVERVIEW OF ITS ROLE IN HEMATOPOIETIC MALIGNANCIES AND IN
HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES
Koen Van Besien, MD
Director, Stem Cell Transplant, University of Chicago
Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School
of Medicine
HEALTHCARE WITHOUT BORDERS? THE CONCEPT OF MEDICAL TOURISM:
THE SPECIFIC CASE OF ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION”
THE RISE OF MEDICAL TOURISM IN INDIA
S. Sundar MD, DNB
Director and Chief Nephrologist, Karnataka Nephrology and Transplant
Institute
Chief Nephrologist, Columbia Asia Hospitals, Koshys Hospital
&
Bangalore Baptist Hospital, Bangalore, India
BENEFITS OF OFF-SHORE HEALTHCARE
Sally Satel, MD
Lecturer, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Staff Psychiatrist, Oasis Clinic, Washington, DC
Resident Scholar, W.H. Brady Program in Culture and Freedom
The American Enterprise Institute
CHALLENGES & CONTROVERSIES IN HEALTHCARE GLOBALIZATION
Robert Harland, MD
Director, Renal and Pancreatic Transplant Program
Associate Professor of Surgery and Medicine
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
CLOSING REMARKS |
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Session
II : Sunday 08/31/08 8:00 PM TO 1:00 PM - Moderator: Dharmapuri
Vidyasagar, MD |
Time |
Speaker & Topic |
7:30 AM
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM
8:05 AM - 8:45 AM
8:45 AM - 9:20 AM
9:20 AM - 9:55 AM
9:55 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 12:45PM
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 NOON - 12:45 PM
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
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Breakfast
OPENING REMARKS, INTRODUCTIONS OF ALL SPEAKERS
THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN INDIA: OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDO-AMERICAN COLLABORATION
IN ADVANCING GLOBAL HEALTH
Vijay Yeldandi, MD, FACP, FCCP
Program Director, Resurrection-Westlake Internal Medicine Residency program
Clinical Associate Professor, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
UPDATE ON DEPRESSION
Angelos Halaris, MD, PhD, APA, ACNP, CINP
Professor and Department Chairman, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: WHAT IS NEW?
Murali Rao, MD DFAPA, FAPM
Medical Director, Advocate Addiction Treatment Program
Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Director, Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry
Director, Geriatric Psychiatry, Loyola University Medical Center
PANEL DISCUSSION ON DEPRESSION & ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE with
Drs. Angelos Halaris & Murali Rao
Coffee Break
CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN HEALTH
CLIMATE CHANGE: HEALTH IMPACTS ON ADULTS AND CHILDREN
Howard Hu, MD, MPH, ScD.
Chair, Environmental Health Sciences
Professor of Environmental Health, Epidemiology & Medicine
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Adjunct Professor, Harvard School of Public Health
TAKING ACTION TO PROTECT HEALTH IN A CHANGING CLIMATE
Katherine Shea, MD, MPH.
Adjunct Professor, Maternal and Child Health
University of North Carolina, School of Public Health
Director, Community Responding to Community Health
PANEL DISCUSSION ON CLIMATE CHANGE with
Drs. Howard Hu and Katherine Shea
CONFERENCE WRAP-UP
EVALUATIONS AND CLOSING REMARKS
PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE TURNED IN YOUR
CME EVALUATION FORMS TO DR. INDU VENCE.
THESE ARE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO RECEIVE YOUR CME CREDIT HOURS
THROUGH CHICAGO MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Thank You!
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