Archive: Update in Internal Medicine 2018
Advances Changing Practice
October 25-26, 2018
Each year, the Department of Medicine hosts the Update in Internal Medicine: Advances Changing Practice course. This two-day post-graduate course provides cost-effective continuing education credits on current topics for general internists, family practitioners, medical specialists, and other healthcare professionals throughout Western Pennsylvania and beyond. The course is a comprehensive update on major advances in internal medicine as well as a review of various medical- and surgical-related topics affecting daily practice.
Since 2008, we have averaged 300 attendees.
The 2019 Update in Internal Medicine course will be held October 10-11, 2019, at the Marriott Pittsburgh City Center in Downtown Pittsburgh.
Immunizations for Older Adults
David Nace, MD, MPH
New Understandings of the Role of Inflammation in the Pathophysiology and Management of Rheumatic Diseases
Terence W. Starz, MD
Non-surgical Approaches to Low Back Pain
Christopher J. Standaert, MD
Imaging the CNS for the General Practitioner
Marion A. Hughes, MD
Water Replacement in Hypernatremia Made Ridiculously Simple
Srijan Tandukar, MD
Will We Have a Treatment for Aging?
Toren Finkel, MD, PhD
The EHR: Friend or Foe to the Clinician
Robert E. Bart, MD
Antibiotic Use/Abuse for Common Disorders
Ryan J. Bariola, MD
Syphilis Made Ridiculously Simple
Alina Iovleva, MD
HIV in 2018: Chronic Inflammation and the Search for a Cure
Bernard JC Macatangay, MD
Cellular Therapy: Providing New Hope for Cancer Patients
Kathleen Dorritie, MD
Modern Approaches to Valvular Heart Disease
A. Conrad Smith, MD
Monitoring Biologic Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Larry Moreland, MD
Non-Invasive Ventilation Made Ridiculously Simple
Jennifer Newitt, MD
Advances in Colon Cancer Screening
Robert Schoen, MD, MPH
Approach to the Patient with Opioid Use Disorder
Jane M. Liebschutz, MD, MPH
Primary Care Approach to Headaches
Laurie Knepper, MD
Stress Tests Made Ridiculously Simple
Emily Guhl, MD
Hypertension Assessment in Primary Care
Sean Stocker, PhD
Primary Prevention of Breast Cancer
Melissa A. McNeil, MD, MPH
What Comes After Metformin? New Diabetes Medications Made Ridiculously Simple
Tanya Nikiforova, MD, MS
Managing Challenging Diabetic Patients
Jason Ng, MD
The Relevance of Age in Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults
Daniel Forman, MD
Bone Health: Assessment and Treatment
Susan Greenspan, MD