Archive: Update in Internal Medicine 2019
Advances Changing Practice
October 10-11, 2019
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 2020 Update in Internal Medicine course will be held October 22-23, 2020, at the Marriott Pittsburgh City Center in Downtown Pittsburgh.
CME: New Continuing Education Management System
The Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is implementing a new continuing education management system, and is currently in the process of transitioning Regularly Scheduled Series courses.
The Role of Behavioral Health Management in Chronic Medical Disorders
Eva Szigethy, MD, PhD
The Top 10 Dermatology Challenges in Primary Care
Laura Korb Ferris, MD, PhD
Smoking Cessation and the Hospitalized Patient
Antoine B. Douaihy, MD
Stool-based Diagnoses Made Ridiculously Simple
Akshata Moghe, MD, PhD
Functional Dyspepsia and Gastroparesis
David J. Levinthal, MD, PhD
Atrial Arrythmias: To Treat or Ablate
Samir Saba, MD
The Risks and Benefits of Sharing Your DNA
Mylynda B. Massart, MD, PhD
Driven to the Edge: Assessment of Older Drivers
Michelle Rossi, MD, MPH
Travel Medicine: Things to Know Before You Go
Carolyn Fernandes, MD
Year in Review: Endocrinology
Jagdeesh Ullal, MD, MS
Evaluating the Sleepy Patient
Sanjay R. Patel, MD, MS
Assessing Cognitive Disorders in General Practice
Adrian Visoiu, MD
How to Approach Antibody Screening in Rheumatic Diseases
Dana Ascherman, MD
Thyroid Function Tests Made Ridiculously Simple
Frederick Roepcke, MD
Preventive Cardiology: Aspirin, Omega -3, and Lipid Therapy
Aryan Narayan Aiyer, MD
Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Kathryn Berlacher, MD, MS
Managing Acute Pain for Hospitalized Patients with Substance Use Disorder
Jane M. Liebschutz, MD, MPH
Preparing your CKD Patient for Dialysis
Christopher John Passero, MD
2019 Update in Pulmonary Medicine
Niall Prendergast, MD
Prostate Cancer Screening and Management
Bruce L. Jacobs, MD, MPH
Depression: How Best to Treat, When to Refer
Ellen M. Whyte, MD
Home Antibiotic Management
Kathleen R. Sheridan, DO
Obesity Management in Medical Disorders
David A. Rometo, MD
Diabetes Medications and Cardiovascular Disease
Karen Selk, DO
Medication and the Elderly: Beer’s List and More
Fred H. Rubin, MD
The Spondyloarthropathies and Enthesopathies — New Perspectives on Diagnosis and Management
Terence W. Starz, MD
Managing Your Risk
Chatón T. Turner, JD
Advances in the Treatment of Stroke and TIA
Lawrence R. Wechsler, MD
Diagnosis of Occult Dyspnea
Jared Chiarchiaro, MD, MS
Disclosing Medical Error Made Ridiculously Simple
Briana Ketterer, MD
The Conundrum of Medical Marijuana
Antoine B. Douaihy, MD
Optimal Anticoagulation: New Drugs, Indications and Reversal
Roy E. Smith, MD, MS
Airplane Emergencies
Thomas J. Doyle, MD, MPH