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2018 Intensive Update with Board Review in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine


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Add to Calendar 2018 Intensive Update with Board Review in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine 9/25/2018 7:30:00 AM 9/28/2018 4:00:00 PM America/New_York For More Details: https://mssm.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?EID=90 Description: A four-day clinically-based intensive course in geriatrics and palliative medicine taught by leading experts in both fields providing updates on geriatric syndromes and palliative medicine and the latest research and treatments. Each day consists of five large group sessions (four on Friday) and three interactive workshops designated to provide both practical experience with the large group material, as we... Baruch College Vertical Campus Conference Center; 55 Lexington Avenue false MM/DD/YYYY


Date & Location
Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 7:30 AM - Friday, September 28, 2018, 4:00 PM, Baruch College Vertical Campus Conference Center; 55 Lexington Avenue

Target Audience
Specialties - Family Practice, General Surgery, Geriatric Medicine, Hospitalist, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing, Pain Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Pediatrics, Pharmacist, Physician Assistant, Primary Care Physician, Social Work

Course Overview
A four-day clinically-based intensive course in geriatrics and palliative medicine taught by leading experts in both fields providing updates on geriatric syndromes and palliative medicine and the latest research and treatments. Each day consists of five large group sessions (four on Friday) and three interactive workshops designated to provide both practical experience with the large group material, as well as to cover other content areas. All workshops are interactive and case-based with a choice of six to seven subjects per workshop session.

Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. - Describe the latest evidence-based geriatric and palliative medicine.
  2. - Recognize the promises and pitfalls of new treatments for older adults.
  3. - Identify major geriatric syndromes and effectively manage these syndromes.
  4. - Identify psychosocial and ethical issues as they pertain to older adults and formulate a treatment approach.
  5. - Prepare for the ABIM geriatric and palliative medicine board exams.
  6. - Critically assess and guide medical interventions to improve a patient's quality of life.
  7. - Assess and manage pain and non-pain issues.
  8. - Provide patient and families with the highest level of medical care that is consistent with their goals.

Registration
**ON/BEFORE JULY 15, 2018 (Early-Bird Rate)
Practicing Physicians - $1,095.00
Non-Physicians - $995.00
Physicians-In-Training - $995.00

**AFTER JULY 15, 2018
$1,195 -- Practicing Physicians
$1,095 -- Non-Physicians
$1,095 -- Physicians-In-Training

ALL REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED ONLINE.


Refund Policy
$75.00 will be retained to cover administrative expenses, if a refund is requested. Prior to issuing the balance, we must receive written notice of withdrawal. No refunds will be issued after September 1, 2018. The Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai reserves the right to cancel a course or to change any part of the program due to unforeseeable circumstances.

Accreditation
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai designates this live activity for a maximum of 24.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Verification of Attendance
Verification of attendance will be provided to all professionals.

Additional Information


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- Select “My CME”
- Select “Syllabus”

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- Registered participants may download & open the CloudCME App
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Directions
Via Subway - Lexington Avenue line #6 train to 23rd Street and Park Avenue South. Walk one block east on 23rd Street and then one block north on Lexington Avenue.

From RFK Bridge - Merge onto FDR South to Exit 8 at East 34th Street. Travel west to Lexington Avenue, make a left onto Lexington Avenue. Continue south on Lexington Avenue to 24th Street.

From Connecticut - Take I-95 South to Bruckner Expressway to RFK Bridge, then continue as from RFK Bridge. From Westchester and White Plains - Take Hutchinson River Parkway South to I-95 South to Bruckner Expressway to RFK Bridge, then continue as from RFK Bridge.

From Upstate NY - Take NY State Thruway to Tappan Zee Bridge to 87 South to Willis Avenue Bridge. Merge onto FDR Drive South, then continue as from RFK Bridge.

From George Washington Bridge -Take Harlem River Drive to FDR Drive South, then continue as from RFK Bridge.

From JFK Airport (Queens) - Take Grand Central Parkway West to RFK Bridge, then continue as from RFK Bridge.

From Long Island -Take I-495 West to Queens Midtown Tunnel Exit. Right onto East 34th Street, then left on Lexington Avenue, and continue south on Lexington Avenue to 24th Street.

Parking
330 PARKING CORP
(212) 696-0056 330
Third Avenue (Between 24th & 25th Streets)
New York, NY 10010

CHARLES PARKING
(212) 751-1080
200 East 26th Street (Between Third & Lexington Avenues)
New York, NY 10010

Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (26.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (26.00 hours)

We are pleased to work with Denise Newman of New York Reservations, Inc.  Ms. Newman has been in business since June of 1997.  Prior to owning and operating New York Hotel Reservations, Inc., she worked in the hotel business at the St. Regis Hotel and the Dorset Hotel, both in New York City.

The following hotels have been secured with discount rates for this course by Ms. Newman.  You may contact her directly to make reservations or follow instructions below for each hotel.

QUESTIONS?
Call Denise Newman at (phone) 718-835-4911 or (cell) 347-236-7181
Email Denise Newman at [email protected]

ATTENTION FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
PLEASE CONTACT DENISE NEWMAN DIRECTLY FOR 'GOVERNMENT RATE'!

IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE!  DEADLINE TO SECURE DISCOUNTED RATES AT THE FOLLOWING HOTELS IS AUGUST 12, 2018!

THE MARCEL HOTEL
[Rate is $349.00 per night plus taxes ]
201 East 24th Street
New York, NY 10010

TO BOOK: Contact Denise Newman at 347-236-7181 or [email protected]


HOLIDAY INN MANHATTAN – CHELSEA
[Rate is $289 king bed or $299 two full beds per night plus taxes]
125 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10001

TO BOOK: Contact Denise Newman at 347-236-7181 or [email protected]
Or you can call the hotel at 212.430.8500 and ask for "Intensive Board Review" rate.


IBEROSTAR

[Rate is $345 for a king bed per night plus taxes]
70 Park Avenue (at 38th Street)
New York, NY 10016

TO BOOK: Contact Denise Newman at 347-236-7181 or [email protected]
Or go to following link: https://gc.synxis.com/rez.aspx?Hotel=70839&Chain=7789&
Corporate/Promotion Code: GRIBR

Guests can also call and ask for the Intensive Board Review Geriatrics room block rate to our Reservation Department at 212.973.2400 Monday to Friday or via email [email protected]



It is the policy of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to ensure objectivity, balance, independence, transparency, and scientific rigor in all CME-sponsored educational activities. All faculty participating in the planning or implementation of a sponsored activity are expected to disclose to the audience any relevant financial relationships and to assist in resolving any conflict of interest that may arise from the relationship. Presenters must also make a meaningful disclosure to the audience of their discussions of unlabeled or unapproved drugs or devices.


CO-COURSE DIRECTORS

Helen M. Fernandez, MD, MPH
Professor, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Emily Chai, MD
Associate Professor, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Audrey K. Chun, MD
Associate Professor, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Bethann M. Scarborough, MD
Associate Professor, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai



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Terry Altilio, LCSW
Social Work Coordinator
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Mt Kisco, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Oscar M. Alvarez, PhD, CCT, FAPWCA
Program Director, Vascular and Wound Care Center; Director, Clinical Research
Rutgers University Medical School
Newark, NJ
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Allen D. Andrade, MD
Assistant Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Olusegun Apoeso, Mbbs
Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Nothing to disclose
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Emad Aziz, DO
Associate Professor of Medicine; Director of Cardiovascular Research; Seniior Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Shahla Baharlou, MD
Associate Professor of Geriatrics, Palliative Care
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New york, NY
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Nothing to disclose
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Anup S. Bharani, MD
Assistant Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Nothing to disclose
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Mollie A. Biewald, MD
Assistant Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Nothing to disclose
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Cynthia M. Boyd, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Johns Hopkins University, Center for Transformative Geriatric Research
Towson, MD
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Royalty Payments-uptodate author of chapter on multimorbidity
Gabriel Brandeis, MD
Mt Sinai
New York, NY
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Nothing to disclose
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Eileen H. H. Callahan, MD
Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Nothing to disclose
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Patrick M. Chae, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Emily Chai, MD
Professor, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Nothing to disclose
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Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, FACS
Associate Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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STEPHANIE CHOW, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Geriatrics, Palliative Care
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Audrey K. K. Chun, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Nothing to disclose
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Susan E. Cohen, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY
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Nothing to disclose
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James F. Crismale, MD
Assistant Professor, Liver Diseases
Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute
New York, NY
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Nothing to disclose
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Claire E. Davenport, Md
Assistant Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Linda V. DeCherrie, MD
Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Kavita V. V. Dharmarjan, MD
Assistant Professor of Geriatrics, Palliative Care, Radiation Oncology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Nothing to disclose
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Celia M. Divino, MD
Chief, Division of General Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Nothing to disclose
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joseph David (JD) D. Elder, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Jeffrey I. Farber, MD, MBA, FACP
Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Tenafly, NJ
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Nothing to disclose
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Steven H. Feinsilver, MD
Director, Center for Sleep Medicine
Lenox Hill Hospital - Northwell Health System
New York, NY
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Nothing to disclose
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Helen M. Fernandez, MD, MPH
Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Nothing to disclose
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Joyce F. Fogel, MD
Associate Professor Associate Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Mount Sinai Health System
New York , NY
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Beverly Forsyth, MD
Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York City, NY
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Nothing to disclose
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Laura Gelfman, MD
Assistant Professor of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Nothing to disclose
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Newsha Z. Ghodsi, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Gabrielle Goldberg, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Roslyn Heights, NY
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Nathan E. Goldstein, MD
Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Vishal Gupta, MD
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, NY
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James Gurley, DPT
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy
Mercy College
Larchmont, NY
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Emily S Hahn, MD
Assistant Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Caroline Halverstam, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Larchmont, NY
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Gregory A. Hinrichsen, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Ula Y. Hwang, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Noelle C. Javier, MD
Assistant Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Reena Karani, MD
Professor of Medical Education, Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Gary J. Kennedy, MD
Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
New York, NY
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Royalty Payments-Royalty-GDS Publishing Ltd.
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Leslie D. D Kerr, MD
Professor of Medicine, Rheumatology, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Kimberly G Klipstein, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
new york, NY
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Jane Knowles, MPH, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker
The Mount Sinai Hospital
Thornwood, NY
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Fred Ko, MD
Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Rivervale, NJ
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Priya Krishnasamy, MD
Assistant Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Anu Lala-Trinadade, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Population Health Science and Policy
The Mount Sinai Hospital
Edgewater, NJ
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Melinda S Lantz, MD
Associate Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Joshua Lasseigne, RN
Nursing Clinical Coordinator
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Long Island City, NY
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Rosanne M. Leipzig, Md
Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Riverdale, NY
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Felice LePar, MD, MPH
Staff Physician
Abington Hematology Oncology Associates
Willow Grove, PA
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Emilia P. Liao, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
New York, NY
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Tara Liberman, DO
Associate Chief
North Shore-LIJ Department of Medicine and Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine
Plainview, Us
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Betty Lim, MD
Private Practice
Stirling, NJ
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Elizabeth C. Lindenberger, MD
Associate Professor of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Hannah I. Lipman, MD, MS, HEC-C
Vice President, Bioethics
Hackensack Meridian Health
Hackensack, NJ
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Senior Nurse Practitioner
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Mara Lugassy, MD
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Adriana K Malone, MD, Physician
Associate Professor of Hematology/Oncology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Orthopedics
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Janeen Marshall, MD
Assistant Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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RN Certified Yoga Therapist
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, Us
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Yoga Instructor
The Center for Health and Healing
New York, NY
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Elizabeth T. McCormick, MD
Assistant Professor of Geriatrics, Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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REZA MEHRAZIN, MD
Associate Professor of Urology
Mount Sinai - Department of Urology
New York, NY
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Edith M. Meyerson, DMin, BCC, Associate Professor
Director, Pastoral Counseling and Bereavement Services
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Jane Morris, RN, MS, ACHPN
Clinical Coordinator, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care Medicine
New York Hospital Queens
Flushing, NY
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Sean Morrison , MD
Hermann Merkin Professor of Palliative Care
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, Us
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Associate Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Associate Professor
Icahn School of Medicine
New York, NY
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Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Assistant Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Rive Edge, NY
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Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
New York Presbyterian Queens
Great Neck, NY
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Assistant Clinical Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Columbia University
New York, NY
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Assistant Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, -- Select --
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Assistant Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Family Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Veronica Rivera, MD, Physician
Assistant Professor Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Bronx, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Miriam R. Robbins, DDS, MS
Chair
New York University Winthrop Hospital
Forest Hills, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Vanessa Rodriguez, MD
MSH
NEW YORK, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Sara K. Rostanski, MD
Assistant Professor
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Nisha Rughwani, MD
Assistant Professor of
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Mary Sano, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
NYC, NY
Faculty
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Martine Sanon, MD
Assistant Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Bethann M. Scarborough, MD
Assistant Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Sharon See, PharmD
Clinical Professor
St. John's University
Hoboken, NJ
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Stelian Serban, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Brijen J. Shah, MD
Associate Dean, GME; Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Parag Sheth, MD
Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
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Albert L. Siu, MD
Professor and Chair Emeritus, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Faculty
Maria Skamagas, MD
Associate Professor of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Disease
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
East Elmhurst, NY
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Cardinale B. B. Smith, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Faculty
Honoraria for Lectures, Papers, Teaching-TEVA
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David C. Thomas, MD
Professor of Medicine, Medical Education, Rehabilitation Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York , NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Winona Tse, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Flushing, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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BENJAMIN C. TWEEL, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Ania Wajnberg , MD
Professor of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Katherine Wang, MD
Assistant Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Barrie Weinstein, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Specialist, Medical Director of Well by Messer’s Midtown East
Well By Messer
New York, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
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Christopher D. Woodrell, MD
Assistant Professor of Geriatrics, Palliative Care
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose

Tuesday, September 25, 2018
 
September 25, 2018

REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST
7:30AM - 8:00AM
14-220
PLENARY I: Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine 2018
8:00AM - 8:40AM
Rosanne M. Leipzig, Md
14-220

Objectives:
  • Understand models of geriatrics care
  • Describe barriers and dissemination of geriatrics
PLENARY II: Update in Dementia
8:40AM - 9:20AM
Mary Sano, PhD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Recognize the early signs of cognitive loss and dementia.
  • Develop a comprehensive treatment plan that addresses the patients’ needs and wishes.
PLENARY III: Prognostication of Chronic Disease
9:20AM - 10:00AM
Bethann M. Scarborough, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Understand the important role prognosis plays in medical decision-making.
  • Familiarize him/herself with available prognostic indexes for common chronic diseases.

 

BREAK
10:00AM - 10:10AM
WORKSHOP I: Approach to Decision Making for Patients Who Lack Capacity
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Terry Altilio, LCSW
Priya Krishnasamy, MD
14-270
WORKSHOP I: Capacity Assessment
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Kimberly G Klipstein, MD
14-290

Objectives:
  • Identify the major determinants for capacity assessment in the general hospital.
  • Understand what is meant by the sliding scale approach to capacity.
WORKSHOP I: Falls
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Ravishankar Ramaswamy, MD
14-280

Objectives:
  • List five potentially modifiable risk factors for falls in older community dwelling adults.
  • Conduct a physical exam specific to falls, including a gait assessment.
  • Discuss five evidence-based interventions that can reduce future falls.
WORKSHOP I: Falls (AM0101 HAND-OUT)
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Ravishankar Ramaswamy, MD
WORKSHOP I: Foot Diseases & Disorders
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Bryan C. C. Markinson, DPM
14-TBA

Objectives:
  • Differentiate between different types of gait disturbances.
  • Differentiate between various foot deformities.
WORKSHOP I: Geriatric Nephrology and Renal Palliative Care
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Maya K. Rao, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Apply prognostic tools in elderly patients with advanced kidney disease.
  • Describe and contrast dialysis and conservative therapy
WORKSHOP I: Geriatrics and Palliative Care in the Nursing Home
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Gabriel Brandeis, MD
14-285

Objectives:
  • Integrate palliative care principles into their geriatric nursing home practice.
  • Involve the nursing home team in a palliative approach to provide care for nursing home residents.
WORKSHOP I: Nutrition/Hydration in Serious Illness
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Jane Morris, RN, MS, ACHPN
Cynthia X. Pan, MD, FACP, AGSF
14-269

Objectives:
  • Understand factors influencing patient/family decisions regarding artificial nutrition and hydration.
  • Identify three myths and facts related to artificial nutrition and hydration.
WORKSHOP I: Nutrition/Hydration in Serious Illness
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Jane Morris, RN, MS, ACHPN
Cynthia X. Pan, MD, FACP, AGSF
WORKSHOP I: Nutrition/Hydration in Serious Illness (AM0103 HAND-OUT 1)
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Jane Morris, RN, MS, ACHPN
Cynthia X. Pan, MD, FACP, AGSF
WORKSHOP I: Nutrition/Hydration in Serious Illness (AM0103 HAND-OUT 2)
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Jane Morris, RN, MS, ACHPN
Cynthia X. Pan, MD, FACP, AGSF
WORKSHOP I: Nutrition/Hydration in Serious Illness (AM0103 HAND-OUT 4)
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Jane Morris, RN, MS, ACHPN
Cynthia X. Pan, MD, FACP, AGSF
BREAK
11:10AM - 11:20AM
WORKSHOP II: Chemotherapy Related Toxicity and Oncologic Complications
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Cardinale B. B. Smith, MD
14-266

Objectives:
  • Describe the most common toxicities of chemotherapy and targeted agents.
  • Discuss the management of chemotherapy toxicities.
WORKSHOP II: Complementary Therapies for Patient and Self Care
11:20AM - 12:20PM
joseph David (JD) D. Elder, MD
Deborah Matza, MD
14-285

Objectives:
  • Clarify terminology
  • Identify several complementary therapies, their clinical application and benefits
  • Recognize implications of stress and the rationale for complementary therapy use
  • Learn to apply and experience several complementary therapy techniques for patient and self care
WORKSHOP II: Hospice
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Bethann M. Scarborough, MD
14-290

Objectives:
  • Discuss and review hospice eligibility criteria, especially for common diagnoses in the elderly.
  • Define hospice, describe interdisciplinary team collaboration and its benefits.
WORKSHOP II: Inpatient & Outpatient Billing & Documentation
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Emily Chai, MD
Audrey K. K. Chun, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Name the key components of an encounter required for Medicare ambulatory and hospital billing.
  • Recognize the required documentation of key components for the various levels of service to avoid common errors in outpatient billing.
  • Identify when the use of time-based billing is appropriate and what the requirements are for time-based billing.
  • Identify the requirements for prolonged care in hospital billing.
WORKSHOP II: Palliative Care in Heart Failure
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Laura Gelfman, MD
14-270

Objectives:
  • Review data and describe palliative care needs for  patients with advanced heart failure
  • Discuss results of an embedded collaborative model providing palliative care across a care continuum
  • Describe an approach to the early Heart Failure palliative care consult
WORKSHOP II: Perioperative Management
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Reena Karani, MD
14-280

Objectives:
  • List the components of the cardiac risk stratification index.
  • Describe a comprehensive perioperative evaluation for an older patient.
WORKSHOP II: Surgical Emergencies
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Celia M. Divino, MD
14-269

Objectives:
  • Recognize and identify surgical problems in the geriatric population.
  • Manage abdominal emergencies in the elderly.
LUNCH/Q&A SESSION (Geriatric Medicine) If you do not wish to attend Q&A, feel free to use Room 14-285.
12:20PM - 1:30PM
Audrey K. K. Chun, MD
Helen M. Fernandez, MD, MPH
14-220

If you do not wish to attend this Palliative Care Q&A session, please feel free to use Room 14-285.
WORKSHOP III: Anemia
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Brenda D. Panzera, MD
14-270

Objectives:
  • Understand specific treatments for anemia in the older adult.
  • Identify etiologies of anemia in the older adult.
WORKSHOP III: BPH & Prostate Cancer
1:30PM - 2:30PM
REZA MEHRAZIN, MD
14-285

Objectives:
  • Understand the physiology and treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). 
  • Understand the modern screening guidelines and treatment of prostate cancer.
WORKSHOP III: Family Meetings
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Gabrielle Goldberg, MD
14-290

Objectives:
  • Understand the role of family meetings in geriatrics and palliative medicine.
  • Identify a stepwise approach for conducting family meetings.
WORKSHOP III: Grief, Bereavement & Psychosocial Issues
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Jane Knowles, MPH, LCSW
Christie Mulholland, MD
14-266

Objectives:
  • Define grief, bereavement and the grief process.
  • Assess complicated grief and gain skills in successful intervention strategies.
WORKSHOP III: Pain Management (Advanced): PCA & Methadone Use
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Bethann M. Scarborough, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Describe the appropriate use of methadone.
  • Describe the appropriate use of patient-controlled analgesia.
WORKSHOP III: Palliative Care Emergencies
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Cardinale B. B. Smith, MD
14-280

Objectives:
  • Identify Palliative Care emergencies.
  • Demonstrate ability to treat basic Palliative Care emergencies.
BREAK
2:30PM - 2:40PM
PLENARY IV: Incorporating Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Principles into Value-Based Programs
2:40PM - 3:20PM
Jeffrey I. Farber, MD, MBA, FACP
14-220

Objectives:
  • Describe the business model for how typically non-fee-for-service-reimbursable care coordination activities and goals of care conversations can drive performance in value-based contracting.
  • Justify the alignment of the advertising slogan, “If our beds are filled, it means we’ve failed,” with a value-based health system strategy.  
PLENARY V: Medical Decision Making
3:20PM - 4:15PM
Hannah I. Lipman, MD, MS, HEC-C
14-220

Objectives:
  • Understand applying patient values to medical decisions and the benefit/burden analysis.
  • Understand ethical issues related to health care proxy, living will and advanced care planning.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
 
September 26, 2018

REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST
7:30AM - 8:00AM
14-220
PLENARY I: Stroke
8:00AM - 8:40AM
Sara K. Rostanski, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Understand risk factors and causes of stroke in the elderly.
  • Understand acute and preventive treatments for stroke in the elderly.
PLENARY II: Falls
8:40AM - 9:20AM
Helen M. Fernandez, MD, MPH
14-220

Objectives:
  • List five potentially modifiable risk factors for falls in older community dwelling adults.
  • Conduct a physical exam specific to falls, including a gait assessment.
  • Discuss five evidence-based interventions that can reduce future falls.
PLENARY III: Principles in Geriatric Rehabilitation
9:20AM - 10:00AM
David C. Thomas, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Discuss common rehabilitation techniques including modalities.
  • Prescribe rehabilitation for common geriatric conditions.
BREAK
10:00AM - 10:10AM
WORKSHOP I: Culture & Palliative Care
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Helen M. Fernandez, MD, MPH
14-285
WORKSHOP I: Geriatric Emergency Medicine
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Ula Y. Hwang, MD, MPH
Martine Sanon, MD
14-290

Objectives:
  • Better understand special needs of geriatric patient care in the setting of acute medical care.
  • Describe the latest evidence-based geriatric and palliative medicine approaches to assessing and treating patients in the emergency department
  • Comprehend major geriatric syndromes and effectively manage these syndromes while in the emergency department.
WORKSHOP I: HIV/AIDS in Older Adults
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Beverly Forsyth, MD
14-269

Objectives:
  • Understand some of the special challenges of preventing, diagnosing, and treating HIV in older adults.
  • Describe some major drug-drug interactions between HIV medications and other medications commonly used by older adults.
WORKSHOP I: Management of Heart Failure
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Anu Lala-Trinadade, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Appreciate appropriate medication regimens/doses to treat acute decompensated heart failure
  • Know when to consider involvement of an advanced heart failure team
WORKSHOP I: Musculoskeletal Medicine
10:10AM - 11:10AM
David C. Thomas, MD
14-280

This workshop is repeated (AM209) Workshop II: 11:20a - 12:20p.

Objectives:
  • Perform screening history and screening musculoskeletal exam.
  • Identify when to refer for physical and occupational therapy.
WORKSHOP I: Musculoskeletal Medicine (AM0201 HAND-OUT)
10:10AM - 11:10AM
David C. Thomas, MD
WORKSHOP I: Palliative Care in ALS
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Mara Lugassy, MD
14-266

Objectives:
  • Identify common symptoms in ALS and interdisciplinary treatment options for each.
  • Describe functional loss in ALS and home equipment that may help.
WORKSHOP I: Screening for Dementia
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Veronica Rivera, MD, Physician
14-270

Objectives:
  • Identify four common office-based screens for dementia.
  • Demonstrate how to administer and score at least two office-based screens for dementia.
BREAK
11:10AM - 11:20AM
WORKSHOP II: Anxiety
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Priya Krishnasamy, MD
14-285

Objectives:
  • Detail signs and symptoms of anxiety.
  • Detail treatment & diagnosis of anxiety disorders.
WORKSHOP II: Diagnosis and Evaluation of Peripheral Vascular Disease
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Reid A. Ravin, MD
14-290

Objectives:
  • Identify and manage risk factors that contribute to peripheral vascular disease. 
  • Select appropriate diagnostic testing for evauluation of peripheral vascular disease. 
WORKSHOP II: Hazards of Hospitalization
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Martine Sanon, MD
14-266

Objectives:
  • Describe what the hazards are for a hospitalized elderly patient.
  • Implement measures to prevent or treat those patients who are at high risk.
WORKSHOP II: Musculoskeletal Medicine
11:20AM - 12:20PM
David C. Thomas, MD
14-280

This workshop is repeated (AM201) Workshop I; 10:10a - 11:10a.

Objectives:
  • Perform screening history and screening musculoskeletal exam.
  • Identify when to refer for physical and occupational therapy.
WORKSHOP II: Musculoskeletal Medicine (AM0209 HAND-OUT)
11:20AM - 12:20PM
David C. Thomas, MD
WORKSHOP II: Oral Care: A Forgotten Care of Older Adults
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Miriam R. Robbins, DDS, MS
14-269

Objectives:
  • Identify common signs of dental disease.
  • Identify common oral conditions such as xerostomia in the older adult.
WORKSHOP II: Sleep Disorders
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Steven H. Feinsilver, MD
14-270
WORKSHOP II: Symptom Management II: Hiccups, Pruritus, Xerostomia, Fatigue and Bowel Obstruction
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Betty Lim, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Recognize a few non-pain symptoms that may appear benign but are either distressing to patients with serious illness or a signal of underlying illness.
  • Understand management strategies for these non-pain symptoms.
LUNCH/Q&A SESSION (Palliative Medicine) If you do not wish to attend Q&A, feel free to use Room 14-285.
12:20PM - 1:30PM
Emily Chai, MD (Moderator)
Bethann M. Scarborough, MD (Moderator)
14-220

If you do not wish to attend the Palliative Medicine Q&A Session , please feel free to use Room 14-285.
WORKSHOP III: CAD Management: Cardiac and Perioperative Risk Assessment
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Newsha Z. Ghodsi, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Understand the indications for testing for coronary artery disease in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery.
  • Report the cornerstones of medical management, including anti-platelet therapy, of the patient with coronary artery disease undergoing non-cardiac surgery.
WORKSHOP III: Constipation & Fecal Incontinence
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Brijen J. Shah, MD
14-280

Objectives:
  • Evaluate patients presenting with chronic constipation.
  • Apply management of chronic constipation.
  • List the common etiologies of fecal incontinence. 
  • Apply an approach to evaluation and management of fecal incontinence in the elderly.
WORKSHOP III: Constipation & Fecal Incontinence HAND-OUT
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Brijen J. Shah, MD
WORKSHOP III: LGBT Aging
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Gregory A. Hinrichsen, PhD
Noelle C. Javier, MD
14-266

Objectives:
  • Describe the health disparities and health challenges faced by LGBT older adults.
  • Implement best practices in LGBT competent health care for older LGBT adults.
  • Demonstrate an appreciation for LGBT aging issues in the 21st century.
  • Describe some historical circumstances that bear on the lives of older LGBT adults.
  • Identify ways to better engage older LGBT adults.
WORKSHOP III: Older Drivers, Tough Conversations
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Tara Liberman, DO
14-270

Objectives:
  • Discover ways to discuss driving safety with patients.
  • Recognize when driving should be stopped.
WORKSHOP III: Thyroid Disease
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Maria Skamagas, MD
14-285

Objectives:
  • Diagnose and manage hypothyroidism in the elderly safely and effectively.
  • Understand the clinical presentation, etiology and consequences of hyperthyroidism in the elderly.
WORKSHOP III: Urinary Incontinence
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Eileen H. H. Callahan, MD
14-290

Objectives:
  • Fully assess and diagnose most urinary disorders.
  • Manage urinary disorders with and without medications.
BREAK
2:30PM - 2:40PM
PLENARY IV: Pain Management
2:40PM - 3:20PM
Emily Chai, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Describe a step-by-step system to effectively assess and treat patients’ symptoms.
  • Explain when consultation with palliative care might be appropriate to help control patients’ symptoms.
PLENARY V: Parkinson's & Movement Disorders
3:20PM - 4:15PM
Winona Tse, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Learn about how to diagnose, evaluate and treat Parkinson’s disease.
  • Learn about various other movement disorders common to the geriatric population.
Thursday, September 27, 2018
 
September 27, 2018

REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST
7:30AM - 8:00AM
14-220
PLENARY I: Advance Care Planning
8:00AM - 8:40AM
Susan E. Cohen, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Recognize strategies and techniques in addressing advance care planning.
  • Understand future trend in advance care planning.
PLENARY II: De-Prescribing in the Context of Multiple Chronic Conditions
8:40AM - 9:20AM
Cynthia M. Boyd, MD, MPH
14-220

Objectives:
  • Learn challenges of multiple morbidity.
  • Learn preliminary strategies for clinical decision-making.
PLENARY III: Prevention
9:20AM - 10:00AM
Nisha Rughwani, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Have a better understanding of the process of making individualized screening recommendations in older adults.
  • Know which health prevention interventions have been shown to be effective.
BREAK
10:00AM - 10:10AM
WORKSHOP I: Atrial Fibrillation
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Emad Aziz, DO
14-285

Objectives:
  • Learn anticoagulation and atrial fibrillation.
  • Learn management of rate and rhythm. 
WORKSHOP I: Basic Opioids 101
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Mollie A. Biewald, MD
14-280

Objectives:
  • Understand the basics of pain management.
  • Understand the basics of opiate use, side effects and uses.
  • Become comfortable with doing dose calculations for opioid management.
WORKSHOP I: COPD & Asthma
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Patrick M. Chae, MD
14-290

Objectives:
  • Diagnose and treat patients with COPD and asthma.
  • Address pulmonary diagnostics in the elderly.
WORKSHOP I: End-Of-Life Symptoms
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Nicole Loving, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN
Anup S. Bharani, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Recognize symptoms occurring at the end of life.
  • Treat these symptoms effectively.
WORKSHOP I: Integrative Medicine
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Lucia McBee, LCSW, MPH, CYI
14-266

Objectives:
  • Understand integrative medicine.
  • Understand how integrative medicine is incorporated into conventional geriatric and palliative care, institutional and community direct-care providers.
WORKSHOP I: Pediatric Palliative Care
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Emily S Hahn, MD
14-269

Objectives:
  • Understand integrative medicine.
  • Understand how integrative medicine is incorporated into conventional geriatric and palliative care, institutional and community direct-care providers.
WORKSHOP I: Physiological Changes in Aging
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Nisha Rughwani, MD
14-270

Objectives:
  • List the physiological changes in aging.
  • Understand the different between normal aging and diseases processes.
  • Review the various theories of aging.
  • Explore the effects of aging on the different organ systems. 
BREAK
11:10AM - 11:20AM
WORKSHOP II: Balance & Vertigo
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, FACS
James Gurley, DPT
14-220

Objectives:
  • Perform a directed history and physical examination for the dizzy geriatric patient.
  • Exercise clinical tools to distinguish between peripheral and central vertigo.
WORKSHOP II: Home Care
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Elizabeth T. McCormick, MD
Jennifer M. Reckrey, MD
14-266

Objectives:
  • Utilize home care services appropriately.
  • Make home visits safely and bill appropriately.
WORKSHOP II: Low Back Pain
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Parag Sheth, MD
14-285

Objectives:
  • Understand the important pathologic causes of lower back pain.
  • Understand the important physical exam findings in a patient with lower back pain.
WORKSHOP II: Medication Management
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Shahla Baharlou, MD
Sharon See, PharmD
14-TBA

Objectives:
  • Recognize and prevent adverse drug reactions.
  • Avoid ineffective and inappropriate prescribing in the elderly. 
WORKSHOP II: Medication Management-Handout
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Shahla Baharlou, MD
Sharon See, PharmD
14-266
WORKSHOP II: Osteoporosis
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Barrie Weinstein, MD
14-290

Objectives:
  • Identify new guidelines for osteoporosis screening and therapy.
  • Interpret bone density tests and FRAX results.
  • Identify the vertebral fracture assessment guidelines.
  • Understand available treatment modalities, indications and contraindications of current treatments.
WORKSHOP II: Symptom Management I: Constipation, SOB, Nausea and Anorexia
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Olusegun Apoeso, Mbbs
14-280

Objectives:
  • Assess non-pain symptoms common among older adults with serious illness.
  • Match appropriate treatments with underlying etiologies for common non-pain symptoms.
WORKSHOP II: Withdrawal of Non-Beneficial Treatments While Maintaining Care
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Mara Lugassy, MD
14-270

Objectives:
  • Use a framework to discuss discontinuation of life-sustaining treatments.
  • Manage common symptoms that occur before and after discontinuation of life-sustaining treatments.
LUNCH/Q&A SESSION (Geriatrics) If you do not wish to attend Q&A, feel free to use Room 14-285.
12:20PM - 1:30PM
Audrey K. K. Chun, MD (Moderator)
Helen M. Fernandez, MD, MPH (Moderator)
14-220

If you do not wish to attend the Geriatrics Q&A Session, please feel free to use Room 14-285.
WORKSHOP III: "You're Finally Getting Paid!": New Billing Codes
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Audrey K. K. Chun, MD
Linda V. DeCherrie, MD
14-285
WORKSHOP III: Dermatology
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Caroline Halverstam, MD
14-290

Objectives:
  • Recognize and understand common skin disorders found in the geriatric population.
  • Be able to treat common skin disorders in this population.
WORKSHOP III: Diabetes
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Emilia P. Liao, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Be familiar with various treatment options for older patients with diabetes.
  • Individualize treatment goals for older patients with diabetes.
WORKSHOP III: Frailty
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Fred Ko, MD
14-266

Objectives:
  • Understand the definitions and clinical presentation of frailty in older adults.
  • Understand the potential treatment and prevention of frailty in older adults.
WORKSHOP III: Interventional Pain
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Stelian Serban, MD
14-270

Objectives:
  • Know major indicators for interventional procedures
  • Recognize potential side effects/complications.
WORKSHOP III: Transitions of Care
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Ania Wajnberg , MD
Katherine Wang, MD
14-280

Objectives:
  • Articulate specific discharge planning strategies associated with high-quality transitional care.
  • Effectively use an interdisciplinary team for efficient discharge plan and identify useful communication skills for implementing a complex discharge plan.
  • Describe methods of risk stratification of patients and strategies associated with communication of care between sites of care.
BREAK
2:30PM - 2:40PM
PLENARY IV: Delirium
2:40PM - 3:20PM
Joyce F. Fogel, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Develop an understanding of clinical features of delirium
  • Understand risk factors for  and management of delirium
PLENARY V: Wound Care
3:20PM - 4:15PM
Oscar M. Alvarez, PhD, CCT, FAPWCA
14-220

Objectives:
  • Understand the goals related to palliative wound care.
  • Apply a plan of care that incorporates symptom management (palliation) in the management of chronic wounds.
Friday, September 28, 2018
 
September 28, 2018

REGISTRATION
7:30AM - 8:00AM
PLENARY I: Health Policy in Geriatrics and Palliative Care
8:00AM - 8:40AM
Albert L. Siu, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Understand models of geriatrics care
  • Describe barriers and dissemination of geriatrics
PLENARY II: Late Life Depression
8:40AM - 9:20AM
Gary J. Kennedy, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Identify indications and contraindications for antidepressants.
  • Assess the adequacy of antidepressant therapy.
PLENARY III: Cardiovascular Disease
9:20AM - 10:00AM
Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD, MPH, FACC
14-220

Objectives:
  • Understand the effects of aging on cardiovascular physiology.
  • Describe therapeutic options shown to be effective in older patients with CVD.
BREAK
10:00AM - 10:10AM
WORKSHOP I: Hematological Malignancies
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Adriana K Malone, MD, Physician
14-280

Objectives:
  • Demonstrate enhanced knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of hematologic malignancies in the geriatric population.
  • Discuss role of supportive care in elderly patients with hematologic malignancies. 
WORKSHOP I: Hip Fracture
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Calin S. S. Moucha, MD
14-285
WORKSHOP I: Hypertension
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD, MPH, FACC
14-290

Objectives:
  • Define hypertension - Primary HT, Secondary HT, White coat HT, Masked HT, Isolated Systolic HT, HT Crisis, HT Urgency, HT Emergency
  • Review the pathophysiology of HT in the elderly
  • Review the epidemiology of HT
  • Define appropriate BP targets
  • Define the appropriate management of: Uncomplicated HT; HT and diabetes; HT and CAD; HIT and CKD; and Resistant/Refractory HT        
WORKSHOP I: MACT Hospital at Home
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Claire E. Davenport, Md
Janeen Marshall, MD
14-269
WORKSHOP I: Palliative Radiation Therapy
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Kavita V. V. Dharmarjan, MD
14-266

Objectives:
  • Describe indications for palliative radiation oncology treatments.
  • Recognize the evidence for palliative radiation therapy and identify patients who may benefit from this therapy.
  • Discuss the basic principles, risks, benefits, burdens and side effects of radiation treatments.
WORKSHOP I: Refractory and End-of-Life Depression
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Gary J. Kennedy, MD
14-220
WORKSHOP I: Use of Adjuvants for Pain Management
10:10AM - 11:10AM
Vanessa Rodriguez, MD
14-270

Objectives:
  • Assess and manage pain with adjuvants.
  • Understand the benefits and burden of specific pharmacological & non-pharmacological therapy.
BREAK
11:10AM - 11:20AM
WORKSHOP II: Addressing Total Pain: The Role of Interdisciplinary Teams
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Joshua Lasseigne, RN
Edith M. Meyerson, DMin, BCC, Associate Professor
14-285

Objectives:
  • Identify spiritual issues.
  • Take a spiritual assessment.
WORKSHOP II: Geriatric Assessment Tools
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Vanessa Rodriguez, MD
14-290

Objectives:
  • Identify various assessment tools for geriatric assessment.
  • Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of these tools.
  • Apply the assessment tools to case scenarios.
WORKSHOP II: Infectious Disease: Pneumonia, UTI's and C-Dif
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Michael P. P. Mullen, MD
14-270

Objectives:
  • Correctly identify C dif colitis and treatment.
  • Correctly identify UTIs and treatment.
WORKSHOP II: Management of Behavioral & Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Melinda S Lantz, MD
14-220

Objectives:
  • Identify three major factors of behavioral disturbances in dementia.
  • Understand the approach to behavioral and pharmacologic inventions in dementia.
WORKSHOP II: Managing Aortic Stenosis, Mitral Regerg & Antibiotics Prophylaxis
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Tara Naib, MD
14-280

Objectives:
  • Understand management of aortic valve disease.
  • Describe current strategies for managing mitral valve disease.
WORKSHOP II: Medical Marijuana: It's "High" Time We Review the Evidence
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Bethann M. Scarborough, MD
Nathan E. Goldstein, MD
14-269

Objectives:
  • Understand the basic pharmacology of medical cannabinoid formulations
  • Summarize the evidence regarding use of medical cannabis for symptom management in the palliative care patient population
WORKSHOP II: Rheumatology
11:20AM - 12:20PM
Leslie D. D Kerr, MD
14-266

Objectives:
  • Develop a differential diagnosis regarding musculoskeletal symptoms in the elderly.
  • Have an approach to management of rheumatology diseases in the elderly.
LUNCH/Q&A SESSION (Palliative Medicine) If you do not wish to attend Q&A, feel free to use Room 14-285.
12:20PM - 1:30PM
Emily Chai, MD
Bethann M. Scarborough, MD
14-220

If you do not wish to attend the Geriatric Medicine Q&A Session, please feel free to use Room 14-285.
WORKSHOP III: An Overview of Cirrhosis for Geriatrics and Palliative Care Medical Providers
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Christopher D. Woodrell, MD
James F. Crismale, MD
14-270

Objectives:
  • Recognize the signs and symptoms of cirrhosis in the elderly population.
  • Identify the special needs for management of cirrhosis in the elderly population.
WORKSHOP III: Anorexia, Cachexia & Weight Loss
1:30PM - 2:30PM
STEPHANIE CHOW, MD, MPH
14-220

Objectives:
  • Identify patients at risk for anorexia, cachexia and weight loss in geriatric medicine.
  • Describe management of anorexia and cachexia in geriatric medicine.
  • Identify causes of anorexia and cachexia in palliative care.
  • Describe management of anorexia and cachexia in palliative care.
WORKSHOP III: Feeding & Swallowing Disorders
1:30PM - 2:30PM
BENJAMIN C. TWEEL, MD
14-285

Objectives:
  • Be aware of research re PEGS in pts with dementia and dysphagia.
  • Learn dysphagia-safe swallow practices – meal gradations – feeding strategies.
WORKSHOP III: Oncology: Breast, Lung & Colon Cancers
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Felice LePar, MD, MPH
14-290

Objectives:
  • Discuss treatment of breast cancer in older patients.
  • Discuss treatment of lung and colon cancer in older patients.
WORKSHOP III: Overview of Gynecological Malignancies: Clinical Presentation and Treatment Options
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Vishal Gupta, MD
14-266

Objectives:
  • Recognize the presenting symptoms of various gynecologic malignancies.
  • Understand the general treatment options for gynecologic malignancies.
WORKSHOP III: Using Digital Technology for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Older Adults
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Allen D. Andrade, MD
14-280

Objectives:
  • Understand the dynamic history of digital health technology innovation and their implications for older adults self management of chronic disease
  • Develop an historically informed sensitivity to the diversity of older patients and their relationship to digital health technology interventions
  • Identify key reasons for the successes and failures of digital technology interventions for older adults
BREAK
2:30PM - 2:40PM
PLENARY IV: Bringing It All Back Home: The Geriatric and Palliative Care Approach
2:40PM - 3:20PM
Rosanne M. Leipzig, Md
14-220

Objectives:
  • Describe 'reflexes’ needed when caring for old or frail adults.
  • Describe methods for dealing with the uncertainty in the evidence.

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