Archive: Update in Internal Medicine 2020
Advances Changing Practice
October 22-23, 2020
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 2021 Update in Internal Medicine course will be held October 21-22, 2021.
Telehealth in Your Clinic: Predicting the Future
Terry Lewis // Carla Dehmer
Hospital Infections: Need for Treatment and Duration
Mohamed Yassin, MD, PhD
PTCA vs CABG: The Debate Continues
Suresh Mulukutla, MD
Diagnosing Adrenal Insufficiency Made Ridiculously Simple
Margaret Zupa, MD
Approach to Common Drug Allergies
Andrej A. Petrov, MD
Profiling Your Favorite Consultant
Oscar Marroquin, MD
ESRD: No Place Like Home
Duncan Johnstone, MD
Cardiac Output: Measuring Cardiac Output – Summer Camp
Natalie Stokes, MD
Behavioral Health and Smart Technology
Bruce L. Rollman, MD, MPH
Diet for Health and Weight Loss
Milay Luis Lam, MD
Approach to Medical Cannabis For Chronic Pain
Cheryl Bernstein, MD
Fibromyalgia: Primary vs Specialty Care
Terry Starz, MD
Starting Suboxone in the Hospital Made Ridiculously Simple
Allie Dakroub, MD // Andrew Klein, MD
Management of Mild to Moderate Asthma
Marc C. Gauthier, MD
Diabetes Mellitus: Who Needs to See an Endocrinologist and How?
Esra Karslioglu French, MD
Diagnosis and Management of HFpEF
Ravi Ramani, MD
Top 10 Prescribing Mistakes Providers Always Make
Lara Groetzinger, PharmD
Vaping Associated Lung Injury
Michael Lynch, MD
Vaccine Development for SARS-CoV-2
Sharon Riddler, MD
Discussing Code Status: Made Ridiculously Simple
Carla Khalaf-McStay, MD
Reversal Agents for Anticoagulation Therapy
Joseph Kiss, MD
Cardiac Amyloidosis
Prem Soman, MD, PhD
Sports Medicine Problems in Primary Care
Eric Anish, MD
Supplemental Oxygen Made Ridiculously Simple
Matt Gorgone, DO
Street Medicine
James Withers, MD
Are Hospital Readmissions Truly Preventable?
Ben Sprague, MD, MS
Managing APPs to Their Full Job Satisfaction
Ben Reynolds, PA-C
CAR T-Cell Therapy Made Ridiculously Simple
Saba Shaikh, MD
COVID-19: Lessons Learned
Elise M. Martin, MD, MS
Addiction Medicine Year in Review
Payel Jhoom Roy, MD, MSc
Medical Management of NASH
Jaideep Behari, MD, PhD