December 4-10, 2022

Internists, family medicine physicians, medical specialists, PAs, and NPs from around the world attend this intensive course for updates, advances and best practices to optimize screening, diagnosis and management of patient care in all areas of medicine, including:

• Artificial intelligence
• Cardiology
• Common orthopedic conditions
• Complementary and integrative medicine
• COVID-19
• Endocrinology
• ENT and ophthalmology
• Gastroenterology
• Hematology
• Hepatology
• Infectious diseases
• Leadership
• Medical and surgical management of obesity
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Oncology
• Opiates for chronic pain
• Psychiatry
• Pulmonary diseases
• Racial inequalities in medicine
• Rheumatology
• Sleep deprivation

Syllabus

Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022
7:45am – 7:55am Introduction and Welcome

Oncology
7:55am – 8:42am Assessment and Management of Breast Nadine M. Tung, MD
and Ovarian Cancer Risk: An Update*
8:42am – 9:22am Prostate Cancer: An Update Marc B. Garnick, MD
9:22am – 9:30am BREAK
9:30am – 10:19am Keynote Lecture: Artificial Intelligence: Yousif A-Rahim, MD, PhD
A New Frontier in Medicine
10:19am – 10:52am How We Think About and Manage Steven E. Come, MD
Breast Cancer in 2022*
10:52am – 11:41am Advances in Lung Cancer: A Paradigm for Deepa Rangachari, MD
Personalized Care
11:41am – 12:00pm BREAK AND GUIDED MEDITATIONS 
12:00pm – 12:45pm What’s Ahead When Cancer Is in the Lowell E. Schnipper, MD
Rear-View Mirror?* Hester Hill-Schnipper, LICSW, OSW-C
12:45pm – 1:35pm Lunch Break
1:35pm – 2:15pm Oncology: Challenging Cases with Lowell E. Schnipper, MD
Your Participation
2:15pm – 2:30pm Oncology Q&A Lowell E. Schnipper, MD
2:30pm – 2:45pm BREAK AND REJUVENATION EXERCISES 
2:45pm – 3:35pm Keynote Lecture: Patients as Teachers: Martin J. Abrahamson, MD, FACP
Lessons Learned
Rheumatology
3:35pm – 4:14pm Rheumatoid Arthritis: What the PCP Lisa M. Fitzgerald, MD
Needs to Know
4:14pm – 4:25pm BREAK
4:25pm – 5:00pm Gout: The King of Diseases Fadi Badlissi, MD, MSc, MBA, RhMSUS
5:00pm – 5:05pm BREAK
5:05pm – 5:45pm Rheumatology: Challenging Cases with Fadi Badlissi, MD, MSc, MBA, RhMSUS
Your Participation
5:45pm – 6:00pm Rheumatology Q&A Session

Monday, Dec. 5, 2022
Endocrinology
7:30am – 8:02am Osteoporosis Management in the Era of Harold N. Rosen, MD
Limited Resources
8:02am – 8:47am Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes 2022: Martin J. Abrahamson, MD, FACP
Getting to Goal Safely and Reducing
Cardiovascular Risk*
8:47am – 9:00am BREAK
9:00am – 9:45am Advancing to Insulin Replacement Richard S. Beaser, MD
Therapy: When, Why and How
9:45am – 10:35am Keynote Lecture: Microbiome Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, FRCP
(The Second Human Genome): What (London)
Shapes It and How It Shapes Us

10:35am – 10:50am BREAK AND GUIDED MEDITATIONS 
10:50am – 11:42am Problems in Thyroid Disease James V. Hennessey, MD
11:42am – 12:22pm Endocrinology: Challenging Cases Martin J. Abrahamson, MD, FACP
with Your Participation
12:22pm – 12:37pm Endocrinology Q&A Martin J. Abrahamson, MD, FACP
12:37pm – 1:20pm Lunch Break
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
1:20pm – 2:15pm Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, FRCP
Procedures in Liver Disease: (London)
Adventures in Liverland
2:15pm – 2:53pm GI Bleeding Simon C. Robson, MD, PhD, FRCP
2:53pm – 3:10pm BREAK AND REJUVENATION EXERCISES 
3:10pm – 3:45pm A Pragmatic Approach to Chronic Diarrhea Laurie B. Grossberg, MD
3:45pm – 4:33pm Celiac Sprue: Protean Manifestations Ciarán P. Kelly, MD
4:33pm – 4:45pm BREAK
4:45pm – 5:25pm Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, FRCP
Challenging Cases with Your Participation (London)
5:25pm – 5:40pm Gastroenterology and Hepatology Q&A Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, FRCP
(London)
Ciarán P. Kelly, MD
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022
Special Symposium: Medical and Surgical Management of Obesity – What the PCP Needs to Know
7:00am – 7:38am Exercise Prescription: Promoting Physical Edward M. Phillips, MD
Activity in You and Your Patients*
7:38am – 8:08am Motivational Interviewing: A Proven Frank J. Domino, MD
Approach for Weight Loss
8:08am – 8:39am Medical Management of Obesity: Jody Dushay, MD, MMSc
What the PCP Needs to Know*
8:39am – 8:50am BREAK

8:50am – 9:12am Surgical Treatment of Obesity: Procedures Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS
Outcomes and a Patient’s Perspective Maria Semnack, RN, BSN
9:12am – 9:40am BREAK AND GUIDED MEDITATIONS 
CME CREDIT IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS SESSION
9:40am – 9:55am Endoscopic Management of Obesity: Douglas Pleskow MD, AGAF, FASGE
Ready for Primetime
Ask the Experts: Neurology
9:55am – 10:55am Ask the Experts: Neurology Patricia E. Greenstein, MD
Daniel Press, MD, MMSc
Louis R. Caplan, MD
10:55am – 11:10am BREAK

Special Symposium: Hepatology
11:10am – 11:43am Complications of Cirrhosis* Alan Bonder, MD
11:43am – 12:30pm Lunch Break
12:30pm – 1:11pm Global Elimination of HCV Michael P. Curry, MD

1:11pm – 1:52pm Hepatitis B: Recent Advances Nezam H. Afdhal, MD
1:52pm – 2:10pm BREAK AND REJUVENATION EXERCISES 
2:10pm – 2:55pm Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: Assessing Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, FRCP
Severity and Optimizing Management (London)
Hematology
2:55pm – 3:46pm Diagnosis and Management of Hyper- Kenneth A. Bauer, MD
coagulability and New Anticoagulants:
Interpreting the Data
3:46pm – 4:00pm BREAK
4:00pm – 4:40pm Don’t-Miss Causes of Anemia* Reed E. Drews, MD, FACP
4:40pm – 4:45pm BREAK
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022 (continued)
4:45pm – 5:25pm Hematology: Challenging Cases with Reed E. Drews, MD, FACP
Your Participation
5:25pm – 5:40pm Hematology Q&A Reed E. Drews, MD, FACP

Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022
Orthopedics Mini-Symposium: A Primer for the PCP – Live Patient Demonstration
7:00am – 7:44am My Shoulder Hurts and the Golf Season Arun J. Ramappa, MD
Is Starting
7:44am – 8:30am My Knee Is Swollen and I’m Having Joseph DeAngelis, MD, MBA, FAAOS,
Trouble Walking FAOA
8:30am – 8:40am BREAK
Ask the Experts: ENT/Ophthalmology
8:40am – 9:40am Ask the Experts: ENT/Ophthalmology Ralph B. Metson, MD
Jae Young You, MD
9:40am – 10:00am BREAK AND GUIDED MEDITATIONS 
10:00am – 10:55am Keynote Lecture: Exemplary Leadership: Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, FRCP
Lessons Learned from History and (London)
Contemporary Times
Infectious Diseases
10:55am – 11:27am Tuberculosis 2022: What’s New? Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, MD, MPH
11:27am – 11:35am BREAK
11:35am – 12:25pm Coronavirus: Lessons Learned and Howard S. Gold, MD
Future Directions
12:25pm – 12:40pm BREAK AND REJUVENATION EXERCISES 
12:40pm – 1:20pm Infectious Diseases: Challenging Cases Howard S. Gold, MD
with Your Participation
1:20pm – 1:40pm Infectious Diseases Q&A Howard S. Gold, MD
Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022
Cardiology
7:00am – 7:30am Approach to the Patient with Syncope Peter J. Zimetbaum, MD
7:30am – 8:09am Applying Real-World Evidence to Patient Peter J. Zimetbaum, MD
Care: Atrial Fibrillation
8:09am – 8:20am BREAK
8:20am – 9:02am Keynote Lecture: Refugee Trauma: Richard F. Mollica, MD, MAR
A Perspective from a Quarter Century’s
Experience
Special Lecture
9:02am – 9:50am Preventive Therapies for Migraine Gerald W. Smetana, MD, MACP
9:50am – 10:05am BREAK AND GUIDED MEDITATIONS 
Cardiology
10:05am – 10:55am The Current Cholesterol Guidelines and Mark D. Benson, MD, PhD
Treating Residual Risk*
10:55am – 11:55am Valvular Heart Disease for the Clinician Eli V. Gelfand, MD, FACC
11:55am – 12:40pm Lunch Break
12:40pm – 1:35pm Hypertension 2022: Practice Jennifer Cluett, MD
Changing Updates
1:35pm – 2:13pm Managing Arterial Disease: Brett J. Carroll, MD
A Tour for the PCP
2:13pm – 2:30pm BREAK AND REJUVENATION EXERCISES 
2:30pm – 2:57pm Acute Coronary Syndromes Duane S. Pinto, MD, MPH
2:57pm – 3:21pm Interventional Cardiology: What the PCP Duane S. Pinto, MD, MPH
Needs to Know
3:21pm – 4:03pm Congestive Heart Failure A. Reshad Garan, MD, MS, FACC
4:03pm – 4:15pm BREAK

4:15pm – 4:55pm Cardiology: Challenging Cases with Joseph P. Kannam, MD

Your Participation

4:55pm – 5:15pm Cardiology Q&A Joseph P. Kannam, MD

Friday, Dec. 9, 2022

Special Lectures

7:00am – 7:40am Transgender Care: Practical Tools for Michael S. Irwig, MD, FACE

Providers*

7:40am – 7:59am A Revolution in Psychiatry John Sharp, MD

7:59am – 8:10am BREAK

8:10am – 8:57am Alcohol Use: A Double- Edged Sword? Kenneth J. Mukamal, MD

8:57am – 9:32am Sleep, Memory and Dreams: A Unified Robert Stickgold, PhD

Theory

9:32am – 9:50am BREAK AND GUIDED MEDITATIONS 

Nephrology

9:50am – 10:34am Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Robert C. Stanton, MD

Kidney Disease: Early Diagnosis and

Aggressive Treatment

10:34am – 11:15am Approach to the Patient with Proteinuria Melanie P. Hoenig, MD

and Hematuria

11:15am – 11:20am BREAK

11:20am – 12:00pm Nephrology: Challenging Cases with Robert S. Brown, MD

Your Participation

12:00pm – 12:15pm Nephrology Q&A Robert S. Brown, MD

12:15pm – 1:05pm Lunch Break

1:05pm – 1:44pm Acute Renal Failure Mark L. Zeidel, MD

Pulmonary Diseases

1:44pm – 2:25pm Fresh Air: What’s New with Asthma Asha Anandaiah, MD

in 2022

2:25pm – 2:45pm BREAK AND REJUVENATION EXERCISES 

2:45pm – 3:35pm Pulmonary Hypertension Cyrus A. Kholdani, MD

3:35pm – 4:16pm Understanding COPD: Going Beyond Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD

the Wheeze

4:16pm – 4:25pm BREAK

4:25pm – 5:05pm Pulmonary Diseases: Challenging Cases Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD

with Your Participation

5:05pm – 5:30pm Pulmonary Diseases Q&A Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD

Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022

Special Lectures

7:30am – 8:08am Transfusion Medicine* Kerry L. O’Brien, MD

8:08am – 9:20am Opiates for Chronic Pain: An Approach to Marc L. Cohen, MD

Decision-Making, Risk Management and Julia H. Lindenberg, MD

Monitoring*

9:20am – 9:35am BREAK AND GUIDED MEDITATIONS 

9:35am – 10:11am Cutaneous Malignancies: A Primer Marissa Heller, MD

10:11am – 10:49am Racial Inequalities in Health Care* Daniele D. Olveczky, MD, MS

10:49am – 11:00am BREAK

11:00am – 11:34am Complementary and Integrative Medicine Gloria Y. Yeh, MD, MPH

11:34am – 11:40am Closing Remarks

 

*QUALIFIES FOR RISK MANAGEMENT

 OPTIONAL WELLNESS ACTIVITY

UPDATED 11-1-2022