Updates in Nephrology
for the Primary Care Provider
5.75 credits
Date
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Time
7:30 am - 3:10 pm
Location
The Inn at St. John’s
44045 Five Mile Rd.
Plymouth, MI 48170
P: 734.414.0600
Registration Fees
General Rate |
U-M Faculty & Staff |
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Course |
$95 |
$45 |
Registration fee includes breakfast service, coffee breaks, lunch and educational materials. 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 by Friday, April 5, 2013. On-site registration will also be available.
Registration Options
| Online | register here |
| brochure U-M Department of Internal Medicine Continuing Medical Education 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr., Lobby J, Suite 1200 Ann Arbor, MI 48106-5750 |
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| Phone | (734) 232-3469 |
| Fax | (734) 998-0085 |
Cancellation Policy
An administrative fee of $50 will be deducted from your registration payment. Refund requests must be received in writing, no later than April 5, 2013. No refunds will be made thereafter.
Course Objectives
At the conclusion of this seminar, participants will be able to implement:
- better diagnosis and treatment of basic disorders of sodium and potassium.
- evaluation of a patient presenting with new onset nephrolithiasis, and initiate preventative therapy.
- better understanding of the physiology and clinical care of a patient with cardiorenal syndrome.
- appropriate diagnostic tests and therapeutic choices for patients with difficult to control hypertension.
- better approaches to guide patients in understanding what lifestyle and medical interventions put their kidneys at risk for injury.
- the latest developments in evaluating, stabilizing and treating patients presenting with acute kidney injuries.
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 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians
should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity. Applications have been submitted to
the American Osteopathic Association and the American Academy
of Family Physicians for credits. Determination of credit is pending.
Other credits by specialty may apply.
Program
| 7:30 am |
Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:00 | Welcome and Introduction Patrick Gipson, MD |
| 8:05 | Keynote Speaker Sodium Regulation and Disorders Stuart Linas, MD |
| 9:10 | Nephrology in the Geriatric Population Jocelyn Wiggins, BM, BCh |
| 9:50 | Kidney Stones – Evaluation and Treatment Sanjeev Patel, MD |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 10:55 | Hyper- and Hypokalemia Julie Wright, MD, MPH |
| 11:35 | What’s Bad for the Kidneys – Herbs, Contrast, OTCs, Diet Pop? Jonathon Segal, MD |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch |
| 1:05 | Difficult to Treat Hypertension Frank C. Brosius III, MD |
| 1:45 | Cardiorenal Syndrome Richard Swartz, MD |
| 2:25 | Acute Kidney Injury Patrick Gipson, MD |
| 3:10 | Course Adjourns |
