Conference Description

CONFERENCE FACULTY

Edwin J. Jacobson, MD
Conference Chairman
Clinical Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California

Jordan D. Metzl, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Co-Founder, The Sports Medicine Institute for Young Athletes
Cornell Medical Center
Sports Medicine Service
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York

Amy Jo Nopper, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Chief, Section of Pediatric Dermatology
Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
Kansas City, Missouri

Cynthia Paulis, DO
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Board Certified in Family Practice
Team Health of New York & Texas
Memorial Herman System
Houston, Texas

Henry Rodriguez, MD
Director, Pediatric Diabetes Clinical Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children
Wake Forest Univ. School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

Consistent with ACCME and ANCC policy, faculty for this educational activity are asked to disclose any commercial interests that may create or may be perceived as creating a conflict related to the material they will be presenting, as well as limitations on clinical studies presented, and any "off-label" use suggestions for medical products. This policy is intended to assist you in forming your own judgments about material presented. Disclosure information will be included in your syllabus and/or verbally disclosed at the conference.

Wednesday, November 12

7:00am Registration & Check In Continental Breakfast

8:00 Welcome & Introduction
Edwin Jacobson, MD

8:15 Obesity: The New Pediatric Epidemic (Rx = 10 minutes)
Henry Rodriguez, MD

9:00 Evaluating Cardiovascular Risk: Where Do We Go from Here?
Edwin Jacobson, MD

9:45 Break

10:00 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:30 If It Bites You, Burns You or Stings You and, You Must Be Living in Texas (Envenomations and Treatments) (Rx = 20 minutes)
Cynthia Paulis, DO

11:15 Back Pain in the Athlete: Case Based Discussion with Video
Jordan Metzl, MD

12:45pm Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:30 Adjourn for the Day

5:30-7:00pm Group Reception

Thursday, November 13

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00 New Insights into Stroke Prevention (Rx = 30 minutes)
Edwin Jacobson, MD

8:45 Atopic Dermatitis for the Primary Care Provider
Amy Nopper, MD

9:30 Break

9:45 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:15 A Daughter's & Doctor's Journey through Alzheimer's Disease
Cynthia Paulis, DO

11:00 Management of Hypertension: It's Time for a Change (Rx = 15 minutes)
Edwin Jacobson, MD

11:45 Lumps & Bumps in Children (Rx = 10 minutes)
Amy Nopper, MD

12:30pm Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:15 Adjourn for the Day

Friday, November 14

4:00pm Small Group Breakouts ~ Session One

Workshop: Case Studies in Dermatology
Amy Nopper, MD

Workshop: Case Based Sports Medicine for Adolescents - Real Life Cases with Real Life Remedies
Jordan Metzl, MD

Round Table Discussion: How to Deal with the Stress on the Physician of Treating Alzheimer's & Other Chronic Dementing Illness Patients
Cynthia Paulis, DO

Round Table Discussion: Case Studies in Endocrinology
Henry Rodriguez, MD

5:30 Break

5:45 Small Group Breakouts ~ Session Two
(Session One Topics Repeated)

7:15 Adjourn for the Day

Saturday, November 15

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00 Update on Diabetes 2008: Emerging Technologies (Rx = 25 minutes)
Henry Rodriguez, MD

8:45 Birthmark Basics
Amy Nopper, MD

9:30 Break (Hotel Check-out, if applicable)

10:00 Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

10:30 Pre-participation Interview of the Adolescent: Red Flags for Screening
Jordan Metzl, MD

11:15 Early Recognition of Chronic Kidney Disease
Edwin Jacobson, MD

Noon Childhood Growth & Thyroid Abnormalities (Rx = 10 minutes)
Henry Rodriguez, MD

12:45pm Questions & Answers / Group Discussion
Faculty Panel & Audience

1:30 Conference Adjourns

Rx = Pharmacology Credit for Prescriptive Authority will be granted for these sessions