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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

CME Session Contact
Sudha Rao, MD

sudharao1@comcast.net

630 782-2161

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AKKA WKC 2008 - Continuing Medical Education (CME) Session

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

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

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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