Harvard Innovations and New Practices in Internal Medicine 2023
This program provides a comprehensive update of the most important changes now impacting Internal Medicine and guidance on how to incorporate these changes into your clinical practice to improve patient outcomes.
Practical, Fast-Paced, Online Education
This live streaming educational experience is fast paced, relevant to the current healthcare environment, and draws upon real-life cases. The course is designed and led by Harvard Medical School’s clinical faculty who are leaders in their respective fields and are instrumental in bringing these novel developments to clinical medicine. It offers updates and advances in diagnostic and treatment approaches, covering the broad spectrum of internal medicine specialties:
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Pulmonology
- Oncology
- Dermatology
- Addiction Medicine
- Endocrinology
- Geriatrics
- Rheumatology
- Gastroenterology
- Neurology
- Infectious Diseases
- Nephrology
- Allergy/Immunology
- Women’s Health
- Psychiatry
Guidance to Improve Diagnosis, Treatment, and Clinical Outcomes
Highlights of this program include:
- Important updates on emerging viruses and guidance on vaccines
- Comprehensive updates on new anticoagulants and their antidotes
- Algorithms for the use of diabetes medications
- Care of the LGBTQ patient
- Medical and surgical therapy for obesity management
- Latest developments on the use of SGLT-2 inhibitors in heart failure
- Advances in percutaneous aortic and mitral valve therapies
- Novel therapies for lipid management
- Recognizing dermatologic conditions in skin of color
- Up-to-date guidance for management of opioid addiction
- Optimal management of irritable bowel syndrome
- The latest in cancer screening and what the internist needs to know about cancer immunotherapy
- Emerging therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and depression
- Best practices for responsible antibiotic use
- Update in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Schedule
8:50am to 9:00am | Welcome RemarksSarah P. Hammond, MD, Ole-Petter R. Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc, MRCPI, and Anju Nohria, MD, MSc | |
9:00am to 9:45am | Treatment of Heart Failure in 2023Anju Nohria, MD, MSc | |
9:45am to 10:30am | Immunotherapy for the InternistSherin Rouhani, MD, PhD | |
10:30am to 10:45am | Q&A and Break | |
10:45am to 11:30am | Clinical Cases in DermatologyAdam D. Lipworth, MD | |
11:30am to 12:15pm | Update in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseM. Valerie Lin, MD | |
12:15pm to 1:00pm | Break | |
1:00pm to 1:45pm | Diabetes Management: New Drugs, Approaches, and GuidelinesMarie E. McDonnell, MD | |
1:45pm to 2:30pm | Dermatologic Diagnosis and Care of Patients with Skin of ColorNicole Gunasekera, MD | |
2:30pm to 2:45pm | Q&A and Break | |
2:45pm to 3:30pm | Asthma Medications in 2023Elliot Israel, MD | |
3:30pm to 4:15pm | Best Practices in Hypertension ManagementAjay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP (UK), MBA | |
4:15pm to 5:00pm | Pelvic Floor Disorders: Medical Management and MoreNeeraj Kohli, MD, MBA |
8:50am to 9:00am | Morning AnnouncementsSarah P. Hammond, MD, Ole-Petter R. Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc, MRCPI, and Anju Nohria, MD, MSc | |
9:00am to 9:45am | Update in RheumatologyLydia Gedmintas, MD, MPH | |
9:45am to 10:30am | ContraceptionKari P. Braaten, MD, MPH Meets criteria for Risk Management credit in Massachusetts |
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10:30am to 10:45am | Q&A and Break | |
10:45am to 11:30am | The Truth behind Cannabis UsePeter Grinspoon, MD Meets criteria for Risk Management credit in Massachusetts |
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11:30am to 12:15pm | Advances in Diagnosis and Management of HeadacheAngeliki Vgontzas, MD | |
12:15pm to 1:00pm | Break | |
1:00pm to 1:45pm | Stroke Management in 2023Galen V. Henderson, MD | |
1:45pm to 2:30pm | Management of Ischemic Heart Disease and LipidsBenjamin M. Scirica, MD | |
2:30pm to 2:45pm | Q&A and Break | |
2:45pm to 3:30pm | Hot Topics in Infectious DiseasesSarah P. Hammond, MD | |
3:30pm to 4:15pm | Advances in Gout and Crystal Deposition DiseaseDerrick J. Todd, MD, PhD | |
4:15pm to 5:00pm | Cancer Screening Cases: Shared Decision-MakingLeigh Simmons, MD and Devon Quasha, MD Meets criteria for Risk Management credit in Massachusetts |
8:50am to 9:00am | Morning AnnouncementsSarah P. Hammond, MD, Ole-Petter R. Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc, MRCPI, and Anju Nohria, MD, MSc | |
9:00am to 9:45am | Responsible Use of AntibioticsPaul E. Sax, MD | |
9:45am to 10:30am | Care of the LGBTQ PatientAditya Chandrasekhar, MD Meets criteria for Risk Management credit in Massachusetts |
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10:30am to 10:45am | Q&A and Break | |
10:45am to 11:30am | Depression and AnxietyRussell Vasile, MD Meets criteria for Risk Management credit in Massachusetts |
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11:30am to 12:15pm | What’s New in VaccinesDaniel A. Solomon, MD Meets criteria for Risk Management credit in Massachusetts |
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12:15pm to 1:00pm | Break | |
1:00pm to 1:45pm | Update in Thyroid DiseaseOle-Petter R. Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc, MRCPI | |
1:45pm to 2:30pm | Best Practices for Preoperative EvaluationAdam Schaffer, MD | |
2:30pm to 2:45pm | Q&A and Break | |
2:45pm to 3:30pm | Update in COPDScott L. Schissel, MD, PhD | |
3:30pm to 4:15pm | Infections in the Immunocompromised HostSarah Hammond, MD and Pierre O.Ankomah, MD, PhD | |
4:15pm to 5:00pm | Percutaneous Approaches to Valvular DiseasePinak B. Shah, MD |
8:50am to 9:00am | Morning AnnouncementsSarah P. Hammond, MD, Ole-Petter R. Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc, MRCPI, and Anju Nohria, MD, MSc | |
9:00am to 9:45am | Updates in Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders: GERD, Barrett’s Esophagus, and H. pyloriMolly L. Perencevich, MD | |
9:45am to 10:30am | Update in Kidney DiseaseJohn Kevin Tucker, MD | |
10:30am to 10:45am | Q&A and Break | |
10:45am to 11:30am | Gynecologic Cancer ScreeningColleen M. Feltmate, MD Meets criteria for Risk Management credit in Massachusetts |
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11:30am to 12:15pm | Managing ObesityChika V. Anekwe, MD, MPH Meets criteria for Risk Management credit in Massachusetts |
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12:15pm to 1:00pm | Break | |
1:00pm to 1:45pm | Update in Dementia and Alzheimer’s DiseaseGad A. Marshall, MD Meets criteria for Risk Management credit in MassachusettsThis session includes content relevant to the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine requirement that physicians treating an adult population receive training in the “diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with cognitive impairments including, but not limited to, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.” |
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1:45pm to 2:30pm | Bone Health in 2023Carolyn B. Becker, MD | |
2:30pm to 2:45pm | Q&A and Break | |
2:45pm to 3:30pm | Update In AllergyMaria C. Castells, MD, PhD Meets criteria for Risk Management credit in Massachusetts |
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3:30pm to 4:15pm | Update on STIs and MpoxKevin L. Ard, MD Meets criteria for Risk Management credit in Massachusetts |
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4:15pm to 5:00pm | Cardiology Cases: Interesting Vascular CasesAnju Nohria, MD, MSc and Marie Gerhard-Herman, MD |
8:50am to 9:00am | Morning AnnouncementsSarah P. Hammond, MD, Ole-Petter R. Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc, MRCPI, and Anju Nohria, MD, MSc | |
9:00am to 9:45am | Exercise for Health: What’s New in 2023Meagan M. Wasfy, MD, MPH | |
9:45am to 10:30am | Atrial FibrillationPaul C. Zei, MD, PhD | |
10:30am to 10:45am | Q&A & Break | |
10:45am to 11:30am | Management of Opiate AddictionJoji Suzuki, MD Meets criteria for Risk Management credit and Opioid Education and Pain Management Training in Massachusetts |
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11:30am to 12:15pm | Thrombosis and AnticoagulationGregory Piazza, MD | |
12:15pm to 1:00pm | Break | |
1:00pm to 1:45pm | Update in Geriatrics: The Latest Studies and Their Clinical RelevanceSuzanne E. Salamon, MD | |
1:45pm to 2:30pm | What’s New in Irritable Bowel SyndromeKyle D. Staller, MD | |
2:30pm to 3:15pm | The History of Pain/or DyingHaider J. Warraich, MD | |
3:15pm to 3:30pm | Wrap Up/End CourseSarah P. Hammond, MD, Ole-Petter R. Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc, MRCPI, and Anju Nohria, MD, MSc |