UCSF Advances in Internal Medicine 2017

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• Identify and manage a wide variety of acute and chronic medical problems
• Integrate current guidelines into daily practice when dealing with atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease (CAD), anticoagulation management, chronic kidney disease, and preoperative medical evaluation, etc.
• Illustrate adept management of medical problems traditionally treated by specialists, like heart failure, end-of-life care, hepatitis B and C infections, etc.
• Recognize the indications that require subspecialty referral

• Updates and Clinical Pearls in Allergy and Immunology – Katherine Gundling, MD, FACP
  

• Update on Atrial Fibrillation – Cara Pellegrini, MD

• Advances in Heart Failure Management – Van Selby, MD

• Update on Interventional Cardiology and Guidelines – Krishan Soni, MD, MBA, FACC
  

• Updates in Geriatrics and Palliative Care – Eric Widera, MD & Kenneth Covinsky, MD, MPH

• Current Approach to Thyroid Nodules – Elizabeth J. Murphy, MD, Dphil

• Optimizing Use of Medication for Type 2 Diabetes – Robert Rushakoff, MD, MS

• Management of Lipid Disorders: Balancing Benefits and Harms – Robert B. Baron, MD, MS

• Updates in General Internal Medicine: Year in Review – Jeffrey Kohlwes, MD, MPH

• Chronic Kidney Disease: What the Generalist Needs to Know – Michael G. Shlipak, MD, MPH

• Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis: What’s New in 2017 – Jeffrey A. Tice, MD

• Updates in Contraception: Advances in Technical and Interpersonal Care – Christine E. Dehlendorf, MD, MAS

• Update in Hospital Medicine – Bradley A. Sharpe, MD

• Update in Women’s Health: Year in Review – Judith M.E. Walsh, MD, MPH

• Advances in Treatment of Sports Injuries of the Hip – Alan Zhang, MD

• Infectious Diarrhea, Especially C. difficile – Sarah Doernberg, MD, MAS

• Hot Topics & Key Articles in Infectious Disease – Kim S. Erlich, MD

• Clinical Problem-Solving Exercise – Harry Hollander, MD & Aylin Ülkü, MD

• What’s New in Hepatitis B and C – Annie F. Luetkemeyer, MD

• Gout: New Guidelines for an Old Disease – Jonathan Graf, MD
• Update in Rheumatoid Arthritis – Jonathan Graf, MD

• Hot Topics and Challenges in Patient Communication – Ryan Laponis, MD

• Gynecologic Cancers in the Age of Precision Medicine – Lee-may Chen, MD, FACS, FACOG

• Anemia & Other Cytopenias – Patricia A. Cornett, MD

• Palliative Care in the Continuum of Oncologic Management – Michael W. Rabow, MD, FAAHPM

• Updates in Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Kendall Beck, MD

• Update in Perioperative Medicine – H. Quinny Cheng, MD

• Headache: Update and Review – Morris Levin, MD

• Managing Stroke in 2017 – Karl Meisel, MD, MA

• Keynote: How Less Healthcare Can Sometimes Be Better – Rita Redberg, MD, MS, FACC

• Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease: What a Primary Care Provider Needs to Know – Paul D. Blanc, MD, MSPH

• Updates in COPD and Asthma – Michael Peters, MD

• Lung Cancer Screening – Neil Trivedi, MD

• Better manage commonly encountered chronic medical problems such as hyperlipidemia, diabetes, osteoporosis, obstructive lung disease, gout, and headaches, as well as acute conditions such as skin and soft tissue infections, diarrhea, and musculoskeletal injuries
• Bring practice patterns more in line with current evidence and guidelines with respect to atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease, anticoagulation management, contraception, and preoperative medical evaluation
• Manage common problems traditionally treated by specialists, such as heart failure, Hepatitis B & C infections, end-of-life care, rheumatoid arthritis, as well as recognize the indications for referral to a subspecialist