This course is designed to provide a comprehensive review of the most important advances that have recently been made in Internal Medicine, and to help candidates prepare for the Internal Medicine Boards or the Recertification Examination. Each of the major subspecialties will be covered including cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology, oncology, pulmonary disease, and rheumatology. Much of the material will be presented in lecture format by the best teachers and clinicians from the Columbia University Irving Medical Center. In addition, each specialty will have a case-based question and answer session using an interactive computer-based system. This system will allow you (anonymously) to test your knowledge in the different areas of medicine.

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Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of the course, participants will be better able to:

1. Understand the most current, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for key core competency-based topics in medicine.
2. Learn the latest knowledge & skills and apply them to daily practice.
3. Make recommendations for optimal management of many common diseases.
4. Diagnose and manage problems frequently encountered in the hospital and office.

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Agenda

Monday, June 21: HEMATOLOGY & ONCOLOGY

7:30 Thromboembolic Disorders, Anticoagulants, David L. Diuguid MD

8:15 Cases in Male Infertility, Peter Stahl MD9:00 Topic per speaker, Craig D. Blinderman MD

9:45 Break

10:00 Evaluation of Anemias, Mark Heaney MD, PhD

10:45 Overview of Breast & Ovarian Cancer, Katherine Crew MD, MS

11:30 Gemomics in Everyday Practice, Wendy Chung MD

12:15 Working Lunch: Cancer Emergencies, Kevin Kalinsky MD, MS

1:45 Leukemias & Related Disorders, Joseph G. Jurcic MD2:30 Multiple Myeloma & AL Amyloidosis, Suzanne Lentzsch MD, PhD

3:15 Break

3:30 Stroke & Neurological Emergencies, Joshua Z. Willey MD, MS

4:15 Care of Frail Older Adults, Evelyn C. Granieri MD, MPH, MSEd

5:00 Psychiatry Problems in Medical Settings, Sara Siris Nash MD

6:15 AdjournTuesday, June 22: PULMONARY & RHEUMATOLOGY

7:30 Tuberculosis in the 21st Century, Karen Brudney MD

8:15 Asthma Update: Precision Medicine, Emily DiMango MD

9:00 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Update, Keith Brenner MD

9:45 Break10:00 DVT & PE in COVID-19 Patients, Sanjum S. Sethi MD, MPH

10:45 The Ethics Consult, Kenneth Prager MD11:30 Interstitial Lung Disease, Nina Patel MD

12:15 Working Lunch: Pulmonary Board Review, William Bulman MD

1:45 Rheumatoid Arthritis in 2020, Jon T. Giles MD, MPH

2:30 Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies, MaryAnn Zhang MD, MPH

3:15 Break3:30 Seronegative Spondyloarthritis, Runshen Wang MD, MHS

4:15 Update in Sleep Related Breathing Disorders, Subani Chandra MD

5:00 Dermatological Conditions in Internal Medicine, Larissa Geskin MD

6:15 Adjourn

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Wednesday, June 23: CARDIOLOGY

7:30 Arrhythmias 2020, Angelo B. Biviano MD, MPH

8:15 ECG Case Studies, Angelo B. Biviano MD, MPH

9:00 Asymptomatic Bacteriuria & UTIs, Kimberly L. Cooper MD

9:45 Break10:00 Stable Ischemic Heart Disease, Joseph Tenenbaum MD

10:45 Valvular Heart Disease, Susheel Kodali MD

11:30 Treatment of Hypertension, Andrew S. Bomback MD, MPH

12:15 Working Lunch: Noninvasive Testing in CVD, Sonia Tolani MD

1:45 Management of CHF: Mathew Maurer MD

2:30 State of the Art:Device Therapy for Congestive Heart Failure, Melana Yuzefpolskaya MD

3:15 Break3:30 Peripheral Artery Disease, Timothy J. Crimmins MD

4:15 Acute Coronary Syndromes, LeRoy E. Rabbani MD

5:00 Lipid Guidelines 2021: Henry Ginsberg MD

6:15 Adjourn

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Thursday, June 24: ENDOCRINE & GASTROENTEROLOGY

7:30 Sports Medicine for Internists, Christopher Ahmad MD

8:15 Pancreatic Disorders, John M. Poneros MD

9:00 ENT Disorders for the Internist, David A. Gudis MD

9:45 Break

10:00 Metabolic Bone Disorders, John P. Bilezikian MD, PhD (hon)

10:45 Management of Type 2 Diabetes, Utpal Pajvani MD, PhD

11:30 Thyroid Disorders, Salila Kurra MD

12:15 Working Lunch: Endocrinology Board Review, Salila Kurra MD

1:45 Cirrhosis, Lorna M. Dove MD, MPH

2:30 Hepatitis B & C, Elizabeth C. Verna MD, MSc

3:15 Break

3:30 Update in Esophageal Disease 2020, Richard Rosenberg

4:15 Diarrhea, Malabsorption, Celiac Dx, Benjamin Lebwohl MD, MS

5:00 How Data Science Helps Clinical Practice, George Hripcsak, MD

6:15 Adjourn

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Friday, June 25: INFECTIOUS DISEASE & NEPHROLOGY

7:30 HIV Update, Susan Olender MD, MS

8:15 Chronic Kidney Disease, Maya Rao MD

9:00 Current Concepts: STIs, Ellen A. B. Morrison MD, MPH

9:45 Break

10:00 A Clinical Approach to Glomerular Diseases, Gerald B. Appel MD

10:45 Covid-19 Pandemic 2021, Magdalena Sobieszczyk MD, MPH

11:30 Acid-Base Disorders, Anthony M. Valeri MD

12:15 Perioperative Cardiac Risk in Non-Cardiac SurgeryPaul Lee MD, MPH

1:45 Acute Kidney Injury, Jacob S. Stevens MD

2:30 Community Acquired Pneumonia, Marcus R. Pereira MD, MPH

3:15 Break3:30 Disorders of Water & Potassium Balance, Eric Siddall MD

4:15 Nephrology Board Review, Shayan Shirazian MD

5:00 Ophthalmology for the Internist, Arthur M. Cotliar MD

5:30 Posterior Segment: Retina & Vitreous, Hermann D. Schubert MD

6:15 Adjourn

Important Note

‍Video Recordings of all lectures will be made available for two weeks following the program, so all registrants can review lectures or catch up in their own time.

In-Person Conference
TBD