Update in Internal Medicine 2021 – Virtual
Advances Changing Practice
October 21-22, 2021
Each year, the Department of Medicine hosts the Update in Internal Medicine: Advances Changing Practice course. Throughout the years, the event has averaged 350 attendees, including general internists, family practitioners, advanced practice providers, physician assistants, nurses/nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals. The course provides a comprehensive update on major advances in internal medicine as well as a review of various medical-and surgical-related topics impacting daily practice from a panel of nationally recognized faculty. Participants also receive updates on disease practice activities. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based approaches to practical and innovative healthcare delivery, including care pathways that emphasize key elements in the diagnosis and management of various diseases. The course fosters the cooperation, coordination, and collaboration of professionals of different medical specialties in delivering cost-effective, patient-centered care.
Thought Barriers to Understanding Rheumatic Diseases
Terence Starz, MD
Health Coaches: Patient Selection and Effectiveness
Ellen Beckjord, PhD, MPH
Trachs Made Ridiculously Simple
Blair Stone, MD
COVID-19 Therapeutics: Chaos to Evidence for a Pandemic
Erin McCreary, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP
Aortic Stenosis Made Ridiculously Simple
Anna LaRosa, MD
Physician Wellness: What Have We Learned So Far?
Jennifer Berliner, MD
Dementia: Diagnosis and Possible Therapy?
Oscar Lopez, MD, FAAN
Current Approach to Advanced Stage Lung Cancer
Taofeek Owonikoko, MD, PhD
Opportunities to Decrease Low Value Prescribing
Thomas Radomski, MD, MS
Outpatient Telemedicine with Learners
Tanya Nikiforova, MD, MS
Role of Preventive Medicine in the Very Elderly Population
Karen Glasser Scandrett, MD, MPH
Difficult Goals of Care Conversations
Karl Bezak, MD
Non-Surgical Approaches to Low Back Pain
Christopher Standaert, MD
Update on the Management of Esophageal Disorders
Kevin McGrath, MD
Acute Myeloid Leukemia Made Ridiculously Simple
Lauren Mendelson, MD
HFrEF Therapy: Current Hospital Care Standards and Beyond
Jessica Harris Huston, MD
Ascites Made Ridiculously Simple
Michael Simonson, MD
Lysis, Thrombectomy, and Filters: Advanced Interventions for Extremity Thrombotic Disease
Rabih Chaer, MD
Racial Disparities in Health Care
Utibe Essien, MD, MPH
Update on Vaccinations
Donald Middleton, MD
Anticoagulation Management in the Obese Patient
James Coons, PharmD, FCCP, FACC, BCCP
Gender Affirming Primary Care
Sarah Tilstra, MD, MS
Office-Based Thyroid Disorders: Diagnosis and Monitoring
Elena Morariu, MD, ECNU
Mild to Moderate OSA: Alternatives to CPAP
Mazen El Ali, MD
COPD Management
Frank C. Sciurba, MD, FCCP
Home Based Health Care
Michael Boninger, MD
Approach to the Adult Patient with Suspected Neuromuscular Disease
David Lacomis, MD
COVID-19 for the Long-Haulers
Michael Risbano, MD, MA