In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Introduce new and interesting issues related to the diagnosis, assessment and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
-    Examine contemporary strategies to assess, manage, and reduce the burden of chronic obstructive lung disease.
-    Review treatment strategies for AECOPD.

Timothy J. Barreiro, DO, MPH, FCCP, MACOI, FACP, Section Chair Pulmonary, Critical care and Sleep Medicine

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    To introduce two broadly accepted ethical goals when allocating scarce medical resources during a public health emergency (and the tension between them).
-    To highlight three real-world cases of inequity in how scarce health resources are being allocated in the U.S.
     --Scarce ICU beds/ventilators
     --Access to hospital care
     --Access to scarce COVID therapeutics
-    To propose strategies to promote equity in each of the three allocation challenges.

Douglas White, MD,

In this session, you’ll:
-    Appreciate the cellular processes affected by targeted temperature management in traumatic brain injury.
-    Appreciate the attempted translation from successful animal models of traumatic brain injury into human models of traumatic brain injury with targeted temperature management.
-    Interpret clinical evidence to determine whether resource investment in targeted temperature management among traumatic brain injury patients is worth the clinical outcomes in that patient population. 

John Dahdah, DO, Staff Physician

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-   Understand appropriate diagnosis and management of patients with atrial fibrillation.
-   Discuss various anticoagulant treatment options and new therapies on the horizon.
-   Discuss surgical options that are currently available to reduce thromboembolic events and maintenance of sinus rhythm.

Dr. Link has the following disclosures:
Bristol Myers Squibb - Honoraria - speaking
AstraZeneca - Honoraria - speaking
Boehringer Ingelheim - Honoraria - speaking
Pfizer - Honoraria - speaking

Chad A. Link, DO, FACC, FACOI, Cardiologist

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Identify what is new in the treatment of Health Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.
-    Identify what is new in the treatment of Health Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction.
-    Understand strategies that can be implemented during hospitalization to prevent subsequent re-hospitalizations. 

Dr. Janmohamed has the following disclosures:
Abbott - Honoraria - speaking
Actelion - Honoraria - speaking
AstraZeneca - Honoraria - speaking
Novartis - Honoraria - speaking

Munir Janmohamed, MD,

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Define cardiorenal syndrome.
-    Discuss the pathophysiology of cardiorenal syndrome.
-    Explore the treatment options for cardiorenal syndrome.

Jack Waterman, DO, FACOI, Board-Certified Nephrologist

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Discuss the importance of discharging the patient on the medications that have been effective as an outpatient.
-    Discuss the importance of discharging the patient on medications on their formulary. 
-    Discuss medication that should be held in the hospital., and whether they should be resumed at home. 

Dr. Snitzer has the following disclosures:
Abbott - Honoraria - speaking
Dexacom - Honoraria - speaking

Jack Snitzer, DO, MHA, FACOI, FACE (he/him/his), Endocrinologist, Internal Medicine PD

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Review examples of how institutional expertise related to transgender surgery and care can translate to improved care for non-transgender patients.
-    Describe common pre and post-operative challenges that institutions face providing genital gender affirming surgery, and how to meet these challenges. 
-    Describe how transgender healthcare quality is a safety issue for both patients and institutions. 

Maurice M. Garcia, MD, MAS,

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