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Internal Medicine Spring Review
14.25 credits

Course Brochure

Date
Friday - Saturday, May 10-11, 2013

Time
Friday - 7:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Saturday - 7:30 a.m. - 4:25 p.m.

Location
University of Michigan
North Campus Research Complex
2800 Plymouth Road, Building 18
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2800

Target Audience
Primary care health providers interested in the diagnosis and management of clinical problems encountered in primary care. This would include family physicians, general practitioners, internists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other health care professionals involved in primary care.

Lodging Information
The hotels designated for this conference are the Holiday Inn Ann Arbor and Campus Inn. After the reservation deadlines listed below, the excess rooms will be released and reservations will be accepted on a space-available basis.

Holiday Inn Ann Arbor
3600 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
$99.00 + tax/per night
Group ID #M19
(734) 769-9800
www.hiannarbor.calls.net
Reservation Deadline - April 17, 2013
*transportation to/from hotel to course venue will be provided

Campus Inn
615 E Huron St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
$217 + tax/per night for
single occupancy
$240 + tax/per night for
double occupancy
Group ID #9048
(800) 666-8693 or (734) 769-2200
www.campusinn.com
Reservation Deadline - April 9, 2013
*no transportation to/from course
venue will be provided



Registration Fees

Physician
Physician-in-Training, Retired Physician, RN & Allied Health
U-M Faculty & Staff
Full Course
$450
$350
$150
One-Day Course Friday only
$275
$225
$95
One-Day Course Saturday only
$275
$225
$95

You are encouraged to register as soon as you are certain of attending, as we cannot guarantee educational materials for applicants who are not preregistered and prepaid by May 3, 2013. Payment must be received at time of registration.

Registration Options

Online register here
Mail brochure
U-M Department of Internal Medicine
Continuing Medical Education
24 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr., Lobby J, Suite 1200
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-5750
Phone (734) 232-3469
Fax (734) 998-0085

Cancellation Policy
An administrative fee of $50 will be deducted from the registration payment. Refund requests must be received in writing one week prior to the course, no later than May 3, 2013. No refunds will be made thereafter.

Course Objectives
This course is sponsored by the U-M Department of Internal Medicine. The objective of this course is to provide updates on care for medical conditions commonly seen by internists and other primary care physicians. Topics are clinically relevant and educationally valuable, drawing heavily from recommendations of attendees at previous CME courses . The program provides a combination of comprehensive and brief reviews of topics across all of the specialties within Internal Medicine and Primary Care - new knowledge that can easily be implemented into your daily practice. Our faculty this year are drawn from many divisions within the U-M Department of Internal Medicine. We hope you find the course rewarding and educational. We look forward to seeing you in Ann Arbor.

Accreditation & Credit Designation
The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Michigan Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. In addition this live activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 14.25 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians and for 14.25 Category 2A Credits from the American Osteopathic Association. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Other credits by specialty may apply.

Program

FRIDAY, MAY 10
7:30 am   Registration/Breakfast
8:00   Welcome/Announcements
John Carethers, MD
GENERAL MEDICINE
8:15   Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management
Paul Grant, MD
8:45   Update in Management of UTI
Steven Gradwohl, MD
9:15   Secondary Stroke Prevention
Deborah Levine, MD, MPH
9:45   Questions and Answers
10:00   Break
ENDOCRINOLOGY
10:15   Obesity: Tools for Tackling an Epidemic
Andrew Kraftson, MD
10:45   Common Thyroid Disorders
Megan Haymart, MD
11:15   Diabetes Mellitus: From Clinical Trials to Clinical Practice
Meng Tan, MD
11:45   Questions and Answers
12:00 pm   *Lunch & Reception
GASTROENTEROLOGY
1:00   The Essentials of Managing Irritable Bowel Syndrome
William Chey, MD, AGAF, FACP, FACG
1:30   HCV Diagnosis and Treatment
Robert Fontana, MD
2:00   Burning Question: When PPIs Don’t Do the Trick, What Next?
Joel Rubenstein, MD, MSc
2:30   Questions and Answers
PULMONARY & CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
2:45   COPD Clinical Guidelines Update
MeiLan Han, MD
3:15   Break
3:30   Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Fernando Martinez, MD, MS
4:00   Update on the Management of Sepsis
Colin Cooke, MD, MSc, MS
4:30   Questions and Answers
4:45   Session Adjourns
*The lunch will include a reception with conference speakers and the members of the
U-M 2012 Clinical Excellence Society.
 
SATURDAY, MAY 11
7:30 am   Registration/Breakfast
7:55   Welcome/Announcements
Michael Shea, MD
HEMATOLOGY / ONCOLOGY
8:00   Complete Blood Count
Scott Gitlin, MD
8:30   Kidney Cancer: The New Target
Bruce Redman, DO
9:00   Recent Updates in the Management of Breast Cancer
Norah Henry, MD, PhD
9:30   Questions and Answers
RHEUMATOLOGY
9:45   Update on Rheumatoid Arthritis: Diagnosis and Treatment
Seetha Monrad, MD
10:15   Break
10:30   Scleroderma: An Update for Internists
Dinesh Khanna, MD, MSc
11:00   Questions and Answers
NEPHROLOGY
11:15   Anemia and Chronic Kidney Disease
Rachel Perlman, MD
11:45   Questions and Answers
GENETICS
11:50   Medical Genetics
Ralph Stern, MD, PhD
12:20 pm   Questions and Answers
12:25   Lunch
CARDIOLOGY
1:25   Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
Stanley Chetcuti, MD
1:55   Update in Hyperlipidemia: 2013
Robert Brook, MD
2:25   Antiplatelet Therapy for Secondary Prevention
Eric Bates, MD
2:55   Questions and Answers
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
3:10   Update in Adult Vaccination
Daniel Kaul, MD
3:40   C. Diff Infection: Update on Diagnosis and Treatment
Kevin Gregg, MD
4:10   Questions and Answers
4:25   Course Adjourns