
Agenda/View Sessions - May 12, 2023
Cardiology
7:00 am EDT
Acute Coronary Syndromes (2023)
Overview
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
- Understand the initial assessment of the patient who presents with symptoms suggestive of ACS.
- Understand the initial treatment differences in STEMI vs Non-STEMI.
- Learn the potential causes of hemodynamic instability in the patient with ACS.
Speaker(s)
Robert M. Bender, DO, FACOI, Attending Cardiologist and Director Echo Lab, Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute
7:40 am EDT
Valvular and Congenital Heart Disease (2023)
Overview
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
- Understand the clinical findings in patients with valve disease.
- Know the indicators for considering valve intervention in patients with significant valve disease.
- Understand the pathophysiologic features of common congenital cardiac lesions.
Speaker(s)
Robert M. Bender, DO, FACOI, Attending Cardiologist and Director Echo Lab, Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute
8:45 am EDT
Diagnosis of Peripheral Arterial Diseases (2023)
Overview
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
- Understand the importance of the clinical exam in the diagnosis of PAD.
- Know the risk factors for PAD.
- Know when to refer patients with PAD for advanced/non-medical intervention.
Speaker(s)
Robert M. Bender, DO, FACOI, Attending Cardiologist and Director Echo Lab, Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute
9:20 am EDT
Arrhythmias and Conduction Disorders (2023)
Overview
In this session, you’ll learn:
- Basic mechanisms.
- Case questions
- Guidelines and clinical correlations.
Speaker(s)
Robert J. Chilton, DO, MACOI, Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center
9:50 am EDT
Management of Chronic Coronary Syndromes (2023)
Overview
In this session, you’ll learn:
- Basic physiology.
- Clinical case.
- Guidelines and discussion.
Speaker(s)
Robert J. Chilton, DO, MACOI, Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center
10:15 am EDT
Congestive Heart Failure (2023)
Overview
In this session, you'll learn how to:
- Define, classify and stage heart failure
- Discuss guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)
- Discuss treatment for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
- Management of hospitalized patients and recognizing Stage D (advanced) heart failure
Speaker(s)
Christopher J. Sciamanna, DO, FACOI, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
10:50 am EDT
Cardiac Risk Factors and Noninvasive Cardiac Diagnosis-ECG, Echo, et al (2023)
Overview
In this session, you'll learn how to:
- Review risk factors for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD)
- Assess ASCVD risk and when to initiate statin therapy
- Review when to get and which stress test to use
- ECG must-knows
- Echo must-knows
Speaker(s)
Christopher J. Sciamanna, DO, FACOI, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
11:25 am EDT
Cardiomyopathies (2023)
Overview
In this session, you'll learn how to:
- Define and review classification of cardiomyopathy
- Discuss pathophysiology and clinical features of specific etiologies causing cardiomyopathy (focus on HCM, cardiac amyloid, myocarditis, stress CMP)
- Discuss treatment of specific cardiomyopathies
Speaker(s)
Christopher J. Sciamanna, DO, FACOI, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
12:05 pm EDT
Lunch Break
(55 mins)
Nephrology
1:00 pm EDT
Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease (2023)
Overview
In this session, you'll learn how to:
- Be able to differentiate the categories and subcategories of AKI
- Be able to differentiate the features acute vs chronic kidney disease
- Discuss treatments for AKI including fluid management and indications for dialysis
Speaker(s)
Mark D. Baldwin, DO, FACOI, FASN (he/him/his), Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
1:35 pm EDT
Tubulointerstitial Disease (2023)
Overview
In this session, you'll:
- Compare and contrast the key clinical and diagnostic features of glomerular vs tubulointerstitial diseases
- Describe the renal manifestations of multiple myeloma
- Discuss the pathophysiology and treatment of hypercalcemia of malignancy
Speaker(s)
Mark D. Baldwin, DO, FACOI, FASN (he/him/his), Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
2:05 pm EDT
Glomerulonephritis-Diagnosis and Management (2023)
Overview
In this session, you'll learn how to:
- Understand the clinical approach to proliferative glomerulonephritis
- Understand the value of renal biopsy
- Understand the workup for hematuria
Speaker(s)
John E. Prior, DO, FACOI, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, The Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
2:50 pm EDT
Case Studies of Electrolyte Disorders (2023)
Overview
In this session, you'll learn how to:
- Discuss the key diagnostic features of Syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion and appropriate treatments
- Explain the the key diagnostic features of central and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus and appropriate treatments
- Identify the key diagnostic features of Gitelman's and Bartter's syndromes
Speaker(s)
Mark D. Baldwin, DO, FACOI, FASN (he/him/his), Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
3:45 pm EDT
Case Studies of Acid/Base Disorders (2023)
Overview
In session, you'll learn how to:
- Understand the approach to gapped metabolic acidosis
- Understand the use of the urine anion gap
- Understand the diagnosis and treatment approach to metabolic alkalosis
Speaker(s)
John E. Prior, DO, FACOI, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, The Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
4:20 pm EDT
Hypertension (2023)
Overview
In this session, you'll learn how to:
- Understand of guideline based treatment for hypertension
- Understand the place of the SPRINT Trial in relation to hypertension treatment goals
- Understand the workup for hypertension
Speaker(s)
John E. Prior, DO, FACOI, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, The Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
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