Hot Topics in Medicine - Webinar Series

Occurs monthly on the 1st Wednesday starting on 1/1/2024 at 12:15 PM
Monday, January 1, 2024, 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM, Live


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.75 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.75 hours)

Resources (2021, 2022 & 2023)

 

2023 Activities

December 6, 2023 - Lumps & Bumps - Frank Chiarappa, MD
Join Dr. Frank Chiarappa to learn more about workup, diagnosis, and treatment of various bone and soft tissue tumors.  

Email: [email protected]
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November 1, 2023 - Chronic Kidney Disease and T2DM - Natalie Sweiss, MD, FASN
Join Dr. Natalie Sweiss to learn about the care of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients with and without T2DM including recent progress in preventing progression of CKD. 

Email: [email protected]
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October 4, 2023 - Updates in Diagnosis and Treatment of Anemia - Benjamin Heyman, MD
Join Dr. Ben Heyman to learn more about anemia.

Email: [email protected]
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September 6, 2023 -  Common Questions with Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT) - Ravi M. Iyengar, MD (he/him)
This presentation is intended to provide a brief overview of gender affirming hormone therapy and discuss patient cases highlighting common questions on perceived risks.  

Email: [email protected]
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August 2, 2023 - Cervical Cancer Screening Update - Jessica Kingston, MD
Join Dr. Jessica Kingston to learn more about updated cervical cancer screening guidelines. 

Email: [email protected]
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July 5, 2023 - Updates in Depression Treatment - Jessica Thackaberry, MD, FAPA
Join Dr. Jessica Thackaberry to learn more about the current state of depression treatment.

Email: [email protected]
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June 7, 2023 - Gender Affirming Pelvic Surgery: Filling in the GAPS - Jennifer T. Anger, MD, MPH (she/her/ella)
This course will discuss how to review the planning and criteria for gender affirming bottom surgery, surgical details, barriers to care and threats to care.

Email: [email protected]
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May 3, 2023 - Menopause - Lisa Wastila, MD, FACP, NCMP
This course will discuss how to diagnose and treat common symptoms associated with menopause with both hormonal and nonhormonal therapies and will review relevant research data. 

Email: [email protected]
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April 5, 2023 - Headache in Clinical Cases - Nina Riggins, MD, PhD, FAAN, FAHS, UCNS Diplomate
Join Dr. Nina Riggins to learn more about new era in the management of headache. 

Email: [email protected]
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https://americanheadachesociety.org/primarycare/ 

March 1, 2023 - Thyroid FAQs in the Primary Care Setting - Charles Choe, MD
Join Dr. Charlie Choe for a very practical discussion about how to think about and manage patients with some of the most commonly encountered thyroid conditions in the primary care setting – hypothyroidism and thyroid nodules.

Email: [email protected]
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February 1, 2023 - Hot Topics in Rheumatology: Polymyalgia Rheumatica Medications - Chelsey J. F. Smith, MD
Join Dr. Chelsey Smith to learn more about the challenges of polymyalgia rheumatica and future directions for this mysterious disease process.

Email: [email protected]
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2022 Activities

Treating the Chronic Disease of Obesity: A Review of Current & Future Anti-Obesity Medications - Eduardo Grunvald, MD, FACP
The session will explore the current state of anti-obesity medications.

Email: [email protected]
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Update on the Management of Male Hypogonadism - T. Mike Hsieh, MD, MBA
This session will explore the increase in prevalence of male hypogonadism in an aging population and the complications associated with untreated hypogonadism. Controversies still exist in the optimal management of symptomatic hypogonadism and we will discuss new treatment options that are available with improved efficacy and reduced adverse events.

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As Needed Inhaled Corticosteroids for Asthma: Has the Time Come? - Praveen Akuthota, MD
The session will explore emerging evidence and guidelines supporting when to use as-needed ICS in asthma.

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An Update on ADHD Management in Primary Care - Julie L. Le, DO
This webinar will increase your depth and knowledge about ADHD management in adults including confirmation of diagnosis, initiation and medication adjustment, and other psychiatric symptoms.

Email: [email protected]
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Update in Lipid Management: The Rapidly Expanding Landscape of Lipid-Lowering Therapies - Michael Wilkinson, MD, FACC
This webinar will review the literature on diagnostic tools and management strategies for persons with osteoporosis and kidney disease.

Email: [email protected]
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The Diagnosis and Management of Osteoporosis in Chronic Kidney Disease - Charles Ginsberg, MD, MAS
This webinar will review the literature on diagnostic tools and management strategies for persons with osteoporosis and kidney disease.

Email: [email protected]
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Updates on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Diagnostics and Therapeutics - Bernie Y. Sunwoo, MBBS
This webinar will provide an update on the latest advances and controversies in obstructive sleep apnea.

Email: [email protected]
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Elevated Liver Enzymes in the Primary Care Setting - Pranab M. Barman, MD
During this webinar, Dr. Barman will discuss the differential and evaluation of elevated liver enzymes. This discussion is geared towards primary care physicians and advanced providers who are evaluating patients with elevated liver enzymes.

Email: [email protected]
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Advances and Updates in Heart Failure - Nicholas Phreaner, MD
This webinar will provide an update regarding the work up and diagnosis of heart failure and discuss new treatment options for the management of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

Email: [email protected]
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Update in Colorectal Cancer Screening: 45 is the new 50, and 50 is the new 55 - Samir Gupta, MD, MSCS 
This course will focus on current and changing epidemiology of colorectal cancer. Dr. Gupta will identify the new US Preventive Services Task Force Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer screening and discuss current challenges to optimizing screening for colorectal cancer.

Email: [email protected]
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Alzheimer’s Dementia: An Overview of Screening and Management - Ian Neel, MD 
This course will focus on an algorithm for screening and evaluation of Alzheimer’s disease created by the San Diego Alzheimer’s Project as well as review the available pharmacotherapies approved for treatment of the disorder.

Email: [email protected]
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Updates in Bone Health 2022 - Heather L. Hofflich, DO & Gina Woods, MD
This webinar will educate the primary care group about screening, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis.

Emails: [email protected] and [email protected]
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2021 Activities

 Progress and Pitfalls in Prostate Cancer Screening - Aditya Bagrodia, MD, FACS
This webinar will provide an update on the latest advances and controversies in prostate cancer screening.

Email: [email protected]
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Update on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer - Anne M. Wallace, MD
This webinar will discuss a broad range update on breast cancer including screening, benign disease, treatments, biologics, genetics, and reconstruction.

Email: [email protected]
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New Approaches for Treatment Resistant Depression - Zafiris "Jeff" Daskalakis, MD, PhD, FRCP
Dr. Daskalakis will cover novel therapeutic approaches to Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD) including Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Ketamine, and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). This course will review recent literature, research, and current clinical approaches in neuromodulation for treating refractory depression.

Email: [email protected]
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Update on the Surgical Treatment of Obesity - Ryan Broderick, MD & Eduardo Grunvald, MD, FACP
This webinar will provide an update on the latest surgical advances for obesity and Type 2 Diabetes, aimed at giving the primary care provider the most recent evidence-based tools for patients with severe obesity. This presentation will deliver a comprehensive summary for understanding the basic surgical techniques, the neurohormonal mechanisms driving bariatric weight loss, and the pre-operative selection and postoperative management of bariatric patients.

Emails: [email protected] and [email protected]
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Grunvald Presentation Slides
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