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CURRENT MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF LUNG CANCER - April 28, 2007. University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry. Activity Director: Daniel Raymond, MD. This course is planned so that at its conclusion, participants should be able to discuss an appropriate work-up on a patient with lung cancer, discuss the surgical evaluation and approaches and the evidence supporting multi-disciplinary therapy, and identify new technologies and adjuvant therapies for patients with lung cancer.
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY FOR INSOMNIA (CBT-I) - May 4 - 6, 2007 CANCELLED ~ Please consider the conference offered October 19-21, 2007. Visit website for all information: www.urmc.rochester.edu/cpe/cbt-i/
ROCHESTER VASCULAR MEDICINE - May 4 - 6, 2007. University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry / Hyatt Regency. Activity Director: Karl Illig, MD. This annual 2-1/2 day conference, geared towards vascular surgeons, cardiologists, interventional radiologists, residents, mid-level practitioners and medical students, has been developed to update attendees on the current state-of-the-art practices in vascular surgery (peripheral interventions, risk factors, systems approaches) and to provide an academic forum for research scholars, residents and medical students interested in vascular surgery.
NURSE PRACTITIONERS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ROCHESTER (NPAGR) - May 5, 2007. University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry; Helen Wood Hall School of Nursing. Activity Directors: Jane Tuttle, PhD, FNP, George Fox, MS, FNP & Nancy Brinkwart, MS, FNP. Presentations will provide practitioners with the most current treatment modalities, including how to better utilize evidence-based sources of information to enhance their practice and also will present developing legislative changes that will impact their practice.
ANNUAL OPHTHALMOLOGY TECHNICIAN CONFERENCE - May 18, 2007. University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry. Activity Directors: William Fischer, MD & Rebecca Nally, OD. This year's conference program allows participants to choose a series of lectures from our course menu. Participants can create an exceptional learning experience designed to meet their individual and professional goals.
ANNUAL OPHTHALMOLOGY PHYSICIAN CONFERENCE - May 18 - 19, 2007. University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry. Activity Directors: Steve Feldon, MD & Deborah Friedman, MD. Attendees will be provided with information needed to better diagnose and treat or correctly refer patients to ophthalmic sub-specialists. The conference will include sessions on: diagnostic tools and therapies in the management of glaucoma, the characteristics of a variety of intraocular lenses and the benefits and challenges of artificial cornea transplant in children; plus developing a management plan for tumors of the optic nerve and the opportunities and challenges facing physicians in the treatment of corneal disease.
CARDIOLOGY DINNER SERIES 2007 / Update in Cardiology - From Testing, Devices to Acute Coronary Syndromes - May 23, 2007. Ramada Geneva Lakefront, Geneva, NY. Series Director: John Bisognano, MD. Activity Director: Jason Garringer, MD. This series, geared towards the practicing physician, physician assistant and nurse practitioner, will provide in-depth, focused information in key areas of great interest and common disease states.
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN WOMEN - May 24, 2007. University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry. Activity Director: Gladys P. Verlarde, MD. The purpose of this symposium is to educate practicing primary care providers, including internists, cardiovascular specialists, family practitioners, OB-GYN providers, advanced nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurses about women and heart disease. The goal of this meeting is to provide the latest information in this area to a broad group of providers to positively affect future outcomes. Emphasis will be on innovative diagnostic approaches, screening and prevention.
20th ANNUAL ROCHESTER CONFERENCE IN PERINATAL MEDICINE: PRE-ECLAMPSIA- May 31, 2007. Rochester Riverside Convention Center. Activity Director: Eva Pressman, MD. This conference is designed to inform OB practitioners of advances and changes in OB practice regarding pre-eclampsia nationally. It will also provide updates in issues concerning prevention, diagnosis and treatement of pre-eclampsia.
EPILEPSY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE 2007: A FOCUS ON EPILEPSY & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES - June 14, 2007. University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry.Activity Director: J. Craig Henry, MD. This conference, geared towards family care practitioners, internists, neurologists, psychiatrists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, therapists and nurses will focus on practical strategies encompassing diagnostic, treatment, and special management considerations when caring for people with developmental disabilities who also have epilepsy.
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CARDIOLOGY DINNER SERIES 2007 / A Cardiovascular Update: Three Topices You Need to Know - September 12, 2007. The Inn on the Lake, Canandaigua, NY. Series Director: John Bisognano, MD. Activity Director: Bryan Henry, MD. This series, geared towards the practicing physician, physician assistant and nurse practitioner, will provide in-depth, focused information in key areas of great interest and common disease states.
CARDIOLOGY DINNER SERIES 2007 / A Cardiovascular Potpourri - Case Discussions - October 10, 2007. Christina's, Batavia, NY. Series Director: John Bisognano, MD. Activity Director: Frederick Ling, MD. This series, geared towards the practicing physician, physician assistant and nurse practitioner, will provide in-depth, focused information in key areas of great interest and common disease states.
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY FOR INSOMNIA (CBT-I) - October 19 - 21, 2007 Lodge at Woodcliff. Activity Director: Michael Perlis, MD. This activity is intended for Clinical Psychologists, PhD/NP level Nurses and Physicians who are interested in the assessment and treatment of Insomnia. The seminar will provide information on pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment, and will be focused on how to conduct Cognitive Behavorial Therapy for Insomnia. Visit website for all information: www.urmc.rochester.edu/cpe/cbt-i/
10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE MECHANISMS AND TREATMENT OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN - November 1 - 3, 2007. Salt Lake City, Utah. Activity Director: Robert H. Dworkin, PhD. This conference has two primary goals: first, to review the most recent advances in understanding mechanishsm and improving treatment in patients with neuropathic pain; second, to provide multiple opportunities for participant interaction. There will be three dinner workshops - one focusing on treating the patient with refractory neuropathic pain, one providing an update on FDA guidance for neuropathic pain, and one discussing the "ABCs" of obtaining NIH research funding. There will also be a roundtable on placebo responses in clinical trials and clinical practice. Finally, there will be lunch and dinners sessions with presentations and discussion of several timely issues related to the assessment and treatment of neuropathic pain.
Website: www.neuropathicpain.org
CARDIOLOGY DINNER SERIES 2007 / Atherothrombosis 2007: An Interventionalist Approach - November 7, 2007. Casa Larga, Rochester, NY. Series Director: John Bisognano, MD. Activity Director: Christopher Cove, MD. This series, geared towards the practicing physician, physician assistant and nurse practitioner, will provide in-depth, focused information in key areas of great interest and common disease states.
ANNUAL MARY PARKES ASTHMA UPDATE - November 15, 2007. RIT Inn & Conference Center. Additional information forthcoming.
NEUROLOGY UPDATE 2008 - December 6, 2007. University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry. Activity Director: Ralph F. Jozefowicz, MD
