Conference Description

CONFERENCE FACULTY

Peter M. DeBlieux, MD, FACEP
Clinical Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Director of Faculty and Resident Development
Director of Emergency Medicine Services
Louisiana State University Medical School
New Orleans, Louisiana

Gregory Henry, MD, FACEP
Clinical Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Risk Consultant
Emergency Physicians Medical Group, PC Chief
Executive Officer
Medical Practice Risk Assessment, Inc.
President
Physician's Liability Insurance Company, LLC
Past President
American College of Emergency Physicians
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Michelle Lin, MD
Assistant Residency Director, UCSF-SFGH Emergency Medicine Residency
Assistant Clinical Professor
Emergency Medicine, UCSF
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, California

Amal Mattu, MD, FAAEM, FACEP
Conference Chairman Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Program Director, Emergency Medical Residency Program
Baltimore, Maryland

Ghazala Q. Sharieff, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FAAP
Medical Director
Rady Children's Hospital
Emergency Care Center
Associate Clinical Professor
University of California, San Diego
Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Palomar-Pomerado Health System, CA Emergency Physicians
San Diego, California

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 19

7:00am Registration & Check-in / Continental Breakfast

8:00 Conference Introduction
Amal Mattu, MD

8:15 Emerging Infections: Bugs That Really Bite (including MRSA) (Rx = 40 minutes)
Peter DeBlieux, MD

9:00 Your Worst Nightmare: Acute Life Threatening Events in Children (Rx = 15 minutes)
Ghazala Sharieff, MD

9:45 Break

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

10:30 Emergencies in the Elderly: From Trauma to Medication Mishaps (Rx = 30 minutes)
Amal Mattu, MD

11:15 Myths About Community Acquired Pneumonia (Rx = 40 minutes)
Peter DeBlieux, MD

Noon Name that Rash: Dermatology Dilemmas
Ghazala Sharieff, MD

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

1:30 Adjourn for the Day

5:30-7:00pm Group Reception (Participants & Their Guests)

Thursday, November 20

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00 Ten Things to Consider in the Crashing Patient: Beyond A-B-C & ACLS
Amal Mattu, MD

8:45 Pain Management in the Emergency Department (Rx = 30 minutes)
Gregory Henry, MD

9:30 Break

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

10:15 Diagnosis & Treatment of High Risk Back Pain in the Emergency Room
Michelle Lin, MD

11:00 Acute Stroke Management: Is There A New Standard of Care? (Rx = 20 minutes)
Gregory Henry, MD

11:45 Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Rx = 15 minutes)
Peter DeBlieux, MD

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

1:15 Adjourn for the Day

Friday, November 21

3:30pm ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION GROUPS - Session One

Tricks of the Trade in Emergency Medicine
Michelle Lin, MD

Challenging Cases in Mechanical Ventilation
Peter DeBlieux, MD

Practical Tips for Reducing Malpractice
Gregory Henry, MD

Emergency Cardiology 2008: The Articles You've Got to Know!
Amal Mattu, MD

5:00 Break (Participants Change Rooms)

5:15 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION GROUPS - Session Two
(Session One Topics Repeated)

6:45 Adjourn for the Day

Saturday, November 22

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00 Sedation of the Pediatric Patient (Rx = 45 minutes)
Ghazala Sharieff, MD

8:45 Uses of MRI in the Emergency Department
Michelle Lin, MD

9:30 Break (Hotel Check Out, If Applicable)

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

10:30 Jelly-Belly Pain: Pediatric Gastrointestinal Emergencies (Rx = 30 minutes)
Ghazala Sharieff, MD

11:15 Tough ECGs! Subtle Manifestations of Cardiac Ischemia
Amal Mattu, MD

Noon Orthopedic Radiography Pitfalls
Michelle Lin, 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