Topics in Internal Medicine
Program Director: Dr John F. Beamis, Jr., M.D. and Dr. Mollie MacCormack, M.D.
Dermatology
David T. Martin, M.D., F.R.C.P.
Director, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Assoc. Professor of Medicine,
Timothy Oman, M.D.
Medical Director, Lahey Hamilton-Wenham Clinical Asst. Professor, Pub. Health & Fam. Med.,
Rocco Ricciardi, M.D.
David Riester, M.D.
Rheumatology, Asst. Clinic. Professor of Medicine,
Kristen Robson, M.D.
Gastroenterology, Asst. Professor of Medicine,
Sarkis H. Soukiasian, M.D.
Ophthalmology, Asst. Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology,
David Steinberg, M.D.
Chairman, Section of Medical Ethics
Hematology & Oncology, Asst. Clinical Professor of Medicine,
Mary Anna Sullivan, M.D.
Chair, Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine
Clinical Asst. Professor of Psychiatry,
John F. Tilzey, M.D., Ph.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery, Asst. Professor,
Christopher P. Tretter, M.D.
Hematology & Oncology
Nicholas P. Tsapatsaris, M.D.
Director, Vascular Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine, Assoc. Clin. Professor of Medicine,
David M. Venesy, M.D.
Director, Heart Failure Program
Director, Cardiac Care Unit, Asst. Professor of Medicine,
Course Description
This program will emphasize new disease management guidelines in various subspecialties; discuss practical issues for primary care physicians; provide updates on current trends in internal medicine; and introduce new therapies and information relative to the treatment of patients. Course format will include lectures, question and answer periods, discussions, workshops, and case presentation sessions.
Educational Objectives
At the conclusion of this conference, participants should be able to:
• Discuss treatment options other than insulin for Type II diabetes;
• Evaluate and treat obesity in an office setting;
• Review rationale and current status of emerging therapies for acute coronary syndrome and lipid disorders;
• Define advances in management of heart failure, rheumatoid arthritis, Hepatitis C, and prostate cancer;
• Properly diagnose the most common forms of skin cancer;
• Better assess and treat diverticulitis, fecal incontinence and chronic constipation;
• Better evaluate and manage problems such as allergic rhinitis, COPD, sarcoidosis;
• Identify signs and symptoms of hip fractures in the elderly and upper extremity fractures in athletes;
• Recognize and diagnose depression in adults;
• Assess the risk of potential ocular side effects from commonly used systemic medications.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2008
12:00 REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS
12:45 pm WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
John F. Beamis, M.D.
Moderator: John F. Beamis, M.D.
1:00-1:30 Essentials of Prostate Cancer for Internists
Christopher Tretter, M.D.
1:30-2:00 Medical Management of Fecal Incontinence and Chronic Constipation: An Update
Kristen Robson, M.D.
2:00-2:30 Treatment for Hepatitis B – Treatment for Hepatitis C
Steven Fabry, M.D.
2:30-3:00 Diverticular Disease – What’s the Data?
Rocco Ricciardi, M.D.
3:00-3:15 Panel Discussion
3:15-3:45 Break
3:45-4:15 The “BUZZ” About Implantable Hearing Aid Technology
Peter J. Catalano, M.D.
4:15-4:45 Update on Breast Cancer Diagnosis & Management
Steven Karp, M.D.
4:45-5:15 Hip Fractures in the Elderly
John F. Tilzey, M.D., Ph.D.
5:15-5:45 Injuries in the Athlete: Diagnosis & Treatment
N. George Kasparyan, M.D., Ph.D.
5:45-6:00 Panel Discussion
6:00 Adjourn
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2008
7:00 COFFEE & REGISTRATION
Moderator: Nicholas Tsapatsaris, M.D.
7:30-8:00 Interesting Case Presentations
Lahey Clinic Internal Medicine Residents
8:00-8:30 Optimizing Outcomes in ACS: Beyond Perfusion Therapy
Sherif Labib, M.D.
8:30-9:00 State of the Art: Heart Failure Treatment in 2008
David Venesy, M.D.
9:00-9:30 Better Living by Electricity: Update in Cardiac Electrophysiology
David Martin, M.D.
9:30-10:00 Warfarin, What’s New and What’s Coming
Nicholas Tsapatsaris, M.D.
10:00-10:15 Panel Discussion
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-11:15 COPD Exacerbation
John F. Beamis, M.D.
11:15-11:45 Sarcoidosis: A Practical Approach to a
Complex Disease for the General Practitioner
Anthony Bohnert, M.D.
11:45-12:15 Vaccines: Weapons of Mass Protection
Donald Craven, M.D.
12:15-12:45 Allergic Rhinitis: Addressing Patient Needs and Meeting Clinical Challenges
David Riester, M.D.
12:45-1:00 Panel Discussion – Q&A
1:00 ADJOURN
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2008
7:00 COFFEE & REGISTRATION
Moderator: Timothy Oman, M.D.
7:30-8:00 Interesting Case Presentations
Lahey Clinic Internal Medicine Residents
8:00-8:30 Office-based Obesity Care for the Primary Care Provider
Erica Frank, M.D.
8:30-9:00 Current Treatment Options in Type II Diabetes
Julie Chan, M.D.
9:00-9:30 TNF Inhibition in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Malignancy
Matthew Axelrod, M.D. .
9:30-10:15 Altruism in Medicine: The Ethics of Transplant Donation
David Steinberg, M.D.
10:15-10:30 Panel Discussion
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-11:45 WORKSHOP I Workshop A. Treating Depression
Jerry Blaine, M.D.
Mary Anna Sullivan, M.D.
Workshop B. Skin Cancer
Mollie MacCormack, M.D.
11:45-12:30 WORKSHOP II
Workshop A. Lipids
Sidney Alexander, M.D.
Workshop B. What Every Internist Should Know about Medications that Cause Blindness & Systemic Inflammatory Eye Disease
Carolyn Anderson, M.D.
Sarkis Soukiasian, M.D.
12:25 ADJOURN