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Contemporary Issues in Healthcare

June 24 & June 25, 2019
Subject to Change

Wendy A. Arnold, MD
   An Integrative Approach to Pain
Terrance Lee Baker, MD, MS, FAAEP
Medical Malpractice Expert Witness – Starting a Forensic Expert Witness Practice

Clinical and Non-Clinical Careers for Physicians

Arthur Lee Berman, DO, FAAIM
 The Burning Questions About GERD and Extraesophageal Reflux
Martin J. Carey, MD
The Emergency Medicine to In-Patient Handoff: How Can We Do It Better?
Arthur Cooper, MD, MS, FACS, FAADM
Applied Medical Ethics II: What Takes Place During an Ethics Consultation? 

Terror Medicine I: Physical Injuries – Mechanisms and Responses

Christi Cooper-Lehki, DO
   Physician Suicide
Heidi P. Cordi, MD, FACEP, FAADM
   Contemporary Issues in Emergency Preparedness
Jack V. Greiner, DO, PhD, FAASS
   Contemporary Impact and Treatment of Dry Eye Syndromes
Douglas Marciniak, DO, FAAIM
   Interpretation of Elevated Serum Troponin Levels in Differing Clinical Situations

Update on Management of Blood Cholesterol – Review of 2018 Guidelines

Elizabeth Maxwell-Schmidt, MD, FAAEP, FACEP
   A Hospital System-Wide Approach to Reduce Opioid Over Prescribing
Leslie Mukau, MD, FAAEP, FACEP
   Getting Down to the Heart of the Matter with Code Talkers: Cutting Edge Management of Cardiac Arrest Beyond ACLS
Frank Hall Reynolds, II, MD
Understanding Skin Cancer
Patricia Ann Stewart, DO, FAAIM
   Sham Peer Review
Joseph D. Toscano, MD
   Treating Common Acute Infections in the Era of Antibiotic Stewardship
Marlene R. Wolf, MD
   Physician Well-Being – Preventing Burnout

Emergency Medicine Track

 

Muhammad A. Ahmed, MD, FAAEP
   Recent Articles That Could Change the Way You Practice Emergency Medicine
Lingappa S. Amernath, MD, FAAEP
   Recent Advances in International Emergency Medicine
Rashid Ayyub, MD, FACS, FAA
   Timely Use of Citizen CPR and AED to Improve Mortality from Outpatient Cardiac Arrest
Alex John Beuning, MD
   Update on the Use of Blood Products in Trauma Resuscitation
Jack B. Davidoff, MD
   Reflections on 30 Years in Emergency Medicine
Ashraf A. Gerges, MD
   Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Pain in ER Setting
Hilary McClafferty, MD
   Physician Well-Being in the 21st Century: Are You on Track?
David R. Meece, MD, FAAEP
   The Crashing Patient, RUSH Exam and Other Tools to Guide Resuscitation
Leslie Mukau, MD, FAAEP, FACEP
   Taming the Ketamine Tiger: The Evolution of Sub-Dissociative Low Dose Ketamine (SDK) as a Safe Opioid Alternative or Supplement for Treatment of Acute Pain in the Emergency Department
Norman C. Petty, MD
   Mental Health in the Emergency Department
John B. Waits, MD
   Obstetrical Emergencies for the Non-Obstetrician

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