Conference Description

CONFERENCE FACULTY

Linda D. Bradley, MD, FACOG
Conference Chairperson
Director, Center for Menstrual Disorders, Fibroids and Hysteroscopic Services
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Maria Lina Diaz, MD, FACOG
Head, Section of Ambulatory Gynecology
Cleveland Clinic of Florida
Department of Gynecology
Tampa, Florida

David Kiefer, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Arizona
Adjunct Faculty, Bastyr University
Kenmore, Washington
Clinical Instructor
Department of Family Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Toby Maurer, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Dermatology
University of California, San Francisco
Chief, Department of Dermatology
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, California

Veronica Piziak, MD, PhD, FACP
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology
Chief of Endocrinology
Scott & White Clinic & Texas A & M University
Temple, Texas

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, December 3rd

7:00am Registration & Check In / Continental Breakfast

8:00 Welcome & Introduction
Linda Bradley, MD

8:15 Uterine Fibroid Embolization: Is Hysterectomy Obsolete? (RX = 10 minutes)
Linda Bradley, MD

9:00 To Remove or Not To Remove: Ovarian Management at Time of Hysterectomy for Benign Disease (Rx = 10 minutes)
Maria Lina Diaz, MD

9:45 Break

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

10:30 Update on Osteoporosis 2008
(Rx = 15 minutes)
Veronica Piziak, MD, PhD

11:15 Weight Management & Metabolic Syndrome: An Integrative Approach
David Kiefer, MD

Noon Skin Cancers: Non-Melanoma & Melanoma (Rx = 10 minutes)
Toby Maurer, MD

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

1:30 Adjourn for the Day

5:30-7:00pm Group Reception (Registrants, Faculty and Guests)

Thursday, December 4th

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00 Diabetes in Women: New Treatment Options (Rx = 30 minutes)
Veronica Piziak, MD, PhD

8:45 Modern Management of Menopausal Miseries (Rx = 20 minutes)
Maria Lina Diaz, MD

9:30 Break

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

10:15 Dermatologic Issues of Women 50 Plus (Rx = 20 minutes)
Toby Maurer, MD

11:00 Vulvodynia: The Basics (Rx = 20 minutes)
Maria Lina Diaz, MD

11:45 What's New in Thyroid Disease (Rx = 30 minutes)
Veronica Piziak, MD, PhD

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

1:15 Adjourn for the Day

Friday, December 5th

3:00pm Round Table Discussions ~ Session One

Female Sexual Dysfunction
Linda Bradley, MD

HPV Diseases at Midlife & Beyond
Maria Lina Diaz, MD

Understanding Food & Dietary Supplement Choices: Labels & Claims
David Kiefer, MD

Helping Your Female Patients Sort Out Diets & Effective Exercise
Veronica Piziak, MD, PhD

4:30 Break

4:45 Round Table Discussions ~ Session Two
(Session One Topics Repeated)

6:15 Adjourn for the Day

Saturday, December 6th

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00 The Most Commonly Used Herbal Medicines by Women
David Kiefer, MD

8:45 Office Hysteroscopy: Video Solutions (Rx = 10 minutes)
Linda Bradley, MD

9:30 Break (Hotel check-out if applicable)

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

10:30 Integrative Medicine Tips for Issues in Cardiovascular, Gastrointestional & General Health
David Kiefer, MD

11:15 Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: Everything You Want to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask (Rx = 15 minutes)
Linda Bradley, MD

Noon Aging Dilemmas: Approaches & Pitfalls
Toby Maurer, 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