CME Schedule
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July 24, 2008
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Event:
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Medical Grand Rounds
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Place:
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8 South Conference Room
Williamson Street Campus
Trinitas Hospital
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Time:
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9:00am - 10:00am
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Topic: "Standard of Care For Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Still A Shifting Paradigm"
Speaker: Howard S. Hochster, MD
Professor of Medicine & Director, GI Oncology
NYU Cancer Institute
Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able:
1. Describe and explain the best levels of evidence currently supporting standards of care of mCRC.
2. Review criteria for patient treatment selection in the neoadjuvant setting in anticipation of the surgical resection of liver metastases.
3. Evaluate and compare effective adverse event management strategies for patients with mCRC.
4. Summarize data supporting various treatment sequences and maintenance therapy approaches.
Target Audience:
Oncologists, Internists, Residents, and other interested healthcare professionals.
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Date:
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July 25, 2008
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Event:
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Thoracic Tumor Board
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Place:
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Trinitas Cancer Center
Conference Room A
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Time:
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12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Case Presentation
Cases Presented by: Trinitas Hospital Medical Staff
Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Recognize the key issues in the diagnosis/treatment of these cancers.
2. Multidisciplinary discussion to enhance patient care.
3. Discuss the quality of life issue.
Target Audience: Surgeons, Radiologists, Oncologists, General Practitioners, Urologists, Internists and Residents.
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Date:
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July 25, 2008
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Event:
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Psychiatry Journal Club
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Place:
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2 South Conference Room
New Point Campus
Trinitas Hospital
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Time:
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12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Topic: To Be Announced
Presentation by: Trinitas Hospital Medical Staff
Department of Psychiatry
Trinitas Hospital
Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Choose new psychotropic medications and other forms of patient management based on new developments in Psychiatry.
2. Apply new practice guidelines to the development of quality patient care.
3. Critique continuing reviews of recent literature and share information with other members of the Department.
Target Audience: Psychiatrists and other interested physicians and healthcare professionals.
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Date:
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July 25, 2008
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Event:
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Cardiac Cath Peer Review
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Place:
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8 South Conference Room
Williamson Street Campus
Trinitas Hospital
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Time:
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8:30am - 9:30am
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Coronary Artery Disease
Moderator: Arthur Millman, MD - Chief/Div. Cardiovascular Disease - Trinitas Hospital
Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Demonstrate better knowledge of invasive cardiology services.
2. Analyze cases and obtain peer stimulation in the division of cardiology.
Target Audience: Cardiologists and other interested physicians.
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Date:
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July 31, 2008
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Event:
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Medical Grand Rounds
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Place:
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8 South Conference Room
Williamson Street Campus
Trinitas Hospital
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Time:
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9:00am - 10:00am
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Topic: "Vascular Dysfunction: Sequelae of Acute Hypertension"
Speaker: Clive Rosendorff, MD, PhD, FRCP, FACC
Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
Director, Graduate Medical Education
VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, the attendee should be able to:
1. Identify clinical conditions that place patients at risk for acute hypertensive episodes, to facilitate optimal patient care.
2. Describe the mechanisms by which acute elevations in BP lead to mechanical and functional damage in the vascular wall.
3. Recognize the implications of acute BP control, to minimize recurrent hypertensive episodes.
4. Review parenteral antihypertensive clinical studies for acute BP control in context to older practice paradigms, to ensure the most up-to-date management of patients.
Target Audience:
Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, Internists, Neurologists, Cardiologists, Primary Care Physicians, Residents, and other interested healthcare professionals.
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