Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP Join host Lawrence Sherman at this year's meeting of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (ACEHP), formerly the Alliance for CME, held on January 21-24, 2012 in Orlando, Florida. His two guests are: Dr. Sharon Confessore, Director of Change Management and Learning at Bon Secours Health System, discussing self-guided learning strategies for physicians, and Dr. Nancy Davis, Executive Director of the National Institute for Quality Imp...
Mar 14, 20120
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP Join host Lawrence Sherman at this year's meeting of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (ACEHP), formerly the Alliance for CME, held on January 21-24, 2012 in Orlando, Florida, for a discussion of the impact of REMS (risk evaluation and mitigation strategies) on the practicing physician. His guest is Dr. Murray Kopelow, Chief Executive Officer of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education....
Mar 14, 20120
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD ReachMD, in cooperation with HealthDay, Presents Conference Coverage of the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Diabetes Association, held from June 24 to 28 in San Diego. This year's meeting attracted more than 14,000 participants from around the world, including scientists, physicians, and other health care professionals. The conference highlighted the latest advances in diabetes research and improving patient care, with presentations focusing on treatment recommendatio...
Jul 07, 20110
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD ReachMD, in cooperation with HealthDay, Presents Conference Coverage of the 47th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June 3 to 7 in Chicago. This year's meeting attracted more than 30,000 participants from around the world, including scientists, physicians, and allied health professionals. The conference featured the latest advances in clinical cancer research, with presentations focusing on patient and survivor care. Topics covered in p...
Jun 16, 20110
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD ReachMD, in cooperation with HealthDay, Presents Conference Coverage of the 164th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, held from May 14-18 in Honolulu. This year's meeting attracted over 8,000 participants from around the world. The conference highlighted recent advances in the prevention, detection, and treatment of psychiatric conditions, with presentations focusing on mental illnesses, including substance use disorders.
Jun 01, 20110
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD ReachMD, in cooperation with HealthDay, Presents Conference Coverage of Digestive Disease Week 2011, held from May 7 to 10 in Chicago. This year's meeting attracted approximately 15,000 participants from around the world, including researchers and academics in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy, and gastrointestinal surgery. The conference featured approximately 5,000 abstracts and hundreds of lectures, highlighting recent advances in gastroenterology r...
May 25, 20110
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD This year's meeting in Washington, DC, highlighted recent advances in the prevention, detection, and treatment of conditions impacting women. Presentations focused on fibroids, pregnancy, pelvic pain, breast and ovarian cancers, hormone imbalance, psychological issues, and overall health and well-being.
May 12, 20110
Guest: Bruce Aylward, MD, MPH Host: Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP This year's meeting was held from April 9 to 16 in Honolulu, attracting approximately 10,000 participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interested in neurology, and highlighting recent advances in neurological disorders.
Apr 29, 20110
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD The American College of Cardiology's 60th Annual Scientific Session and Expo, held April 2 to 5 in New Orleans, attracted approximately 30,000 participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interested in cardiology. The conference highlighted recent advances in the treatment, management, and prevention of cardiovascular diseases, with presentations also focusing on novel drugs and surgical approaches to impr...
Apr 21, 20110
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD The American College of Physicians Internal Medicine 2011, held April 7 through 9 in San Diego, highlighted recent advances in the prevention, detection, and treatment of illnesses in adults, with over 250 scientific sessions covering a variety of topics, including updates in neurology, oncology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, and cardiology.
Apr 18, 20110
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD This year's meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI), held in San Francisco over March 18th through the 22nd, attracted over 7,000 participants from around the world, including clinicians, academics, allied health professionals, and others interested in allergic and immunologic disease. The conference highlighted recent advances in allergy and immunology research, with presentations also focusing on other developments in allergy, asthma,...
Mar 31, 20110
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD This year's meeting, February 15th through the 19th, in San Diego, attracted approximately 30,000 participants from around the world, highlighting recent advances in the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal conditions, with presentations focusing on joint fractures, osteoarthritis, and other musculoskeletal injuries as well as factors impacting joint replacement procedure outcomes.
Feb 17, 20110
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD The 69th annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology took place February 4th through the 8th, in New Orleans. Attracting approximately 16,000 participants from around the world. The conference highlighted recent advances in the diagnosis and management of dermatologic conditions, with presentations and abstracts focusing on acne, rosacea, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma, among other skin conditions.
Feb 17, 20110
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP At this year's meeting of the Alliance for CME, January 26-29, 2011, in San Francisco, host Lawrence Sherman, discusses healthcare reform, collaborative learning, maintenance of licensure, and more, with: Dr. Jack Kues, assistant vice president of continuous professional development at the University of Cincinatti Academic Health Centers Leah Newkirk, director of health policy at the California Academy of Famly Physicians Dr. Hank Chaudhry, president and CEO...
Feb 07, 20110
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP Join host Lawrence Sherman at this year's meeting of the Alliance for CME, January 26-29, 2011, in San Francisco, for a discussion of increasing clinical relevance in continuing medical education, new trends toward team-based education, and how social media tools are getting involved. His three guests are: Dr. Robert Addleton, executive vice president of the Physicians' Institute for Excellence in Medicine Dr. Jann Balmer, past-president of the Alliance for ...
Feb 07, 20110
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Tune in for the highlights of findings presented at the 33rd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held from December 8th through the 12th, 2010, covering recent advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of breast cancer, including the risk of breast cancer and hormone therapy, lack of mammogram screening, combination therapy for hormone receptor positive breast cancer, and predictors of breast cancer outcomes.
Jan 06, 20110
Tune in for notable findings presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Society of Hematology, which took place December 4th through the 7th, 2010, in Orlando Florida. Topics ranged from advances in leukemia and lymphoma to hematologic disorders such as sickle cell anemia and hemophilia B.
Dec 22, 20100
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Tune in for significant summaries from the Radiological Society of North America's 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, November 28th through December 3rd in Chicago.
Dec 20, 20100
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Tune in for a summary of some of the important information and research findings from the Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI), held November 11th through the 16th, 2010, in Phoenix. This year's meeting attracted over 3,000 participants from around the world. The conference highlighted advances in allergy, asthma, and immunology research, procedures, and technologies. Presentations focused on allergies to food, medications, an...
Dec 13, 20100
Host: Jason Birnholz, MD Host Dr. Jason Birnholz talks with experts on the conference floor from the Radiological Society of North America's 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago. His guests include: Dr. Candice Aitken, radiation oncologist and assistant professor of medicine at Dartmouth Medical School Dr. Jacques Souquet, founder and CEO of SuperSonic Imagine Dr. Judy Kalinyak, chief medical officer of Naviscan Dr. William Denman, chief medical officer of GE Healthcare...
Dec 13, 20100
Host: John Lynn Health information technology (or HIT) is touted by many to help practices cut costs, but can also be daunting to consider. Host John Lynn, founder of EMRandHIPAA.com, addresses some of the most common questions about HIT with guests from the Practice Fusion Connect User Conference in San Francisco, on November 5, 2010. How can clinicians implement new technologies without going over budget or disrupting the flow of their practices? What are some questions to ask when shopping fo...
Nov 18, 20100
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Tune in for a summary of some of the important information and research findings from the American College of Surgeons 96th Annual Clinical Congress, held October 3 - 7, 2010, in Washington, DC. This year’s meeting attracted more than 13,000 participants from around the world, who attended presentations on novel surgical techniques, the impact of surgeon availability on survival rates, application of surgical techniques to expanding patient populations, and risk factors a...
Nov 11, 20100
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD The 2010 meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, held in Vancouver, Canada, October 21 - 24, attracted over 47-hundred participants from 82 countries around the world. This year's conference included presentations highlighting advances in a number of important areas — including the development of antibiotics and prevention of antibiotic resistance; HIV management; and both seasonal and H1N1 vaccine uptake and safety.
Nov 01, 20100
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Listen for highlights from the American College of Gastroenterology's 75th Annual Scientific Meeting, October 15 - 20 in San Antonio, Texas. The meeting attracted approximately 4,000 participants from around the world. The meeting focused on advances in the management of patients with gastrointestinal disorders, focusing on cancer, esophageal and bowel disorders, liver disease, and pancreatic and biliary conditions.
Oct 28, 20100
Guest: Matthew Holt, MA, MS Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Guest: Roni Zeiger, MD This year's Health 2.0, now in its fourth year, held October 7th through the 10th in San Francisco, focused on the people and companies transforming all parts of the healthcare system with technology. The conference was the culmination of San Francisco's Health Innovation Week, and featured activities ranging from the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge to significant announcements showcasing emerging technologies, apps and pl...
Oct 26, 20100
Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA As the specialty of cosmetic medicine is rapidly evolving and expanding, so too are the roles of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in the field. Host Lisa Dandrea Lenell talks with some of the leading experts in plastic surgery and dermatology at the Aesthetic Extender Symposium, held October 8 - 10 in Miami Beach, Florida, which educates NPs and PAs about novel technologies and techniques in cosmetic medicine. Tune in to hear about the lates...
Oct 19, 20100
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD Hear highlights from the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, held October 2-5, 2010, in San Francisco. This year’s conference focused on advances in the health, safety, and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults, attracting over 8 thousand participants from around the world.
Oct 14, 20100
Host: Mark Chyna, MD Hear highlights from research on the management of obesity, endocrine disorders, diabetes, menopause, and thyroid cancer presented at the Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting and Expo. The meeting took place June 19 to 22, 2010, in San Diego.
Jul 09, 20100
Host: Mark Chyna, MD This round-up describes highlights from the American Diabetes Association's 70th Scientific Sessions, June 25th through the 29th in Orlando, Florida, covering cutting-edge research, treatment recommendations, and advances toward a cure for diabetes.
Jul 06, 20100
Host: Mark Chyna, MD These findings were presented at the College's 58th Annual Clinical Meeting, which took place May 15th to 19th, 2010, in San Francisco, attracting thousands of experts from around the world.
Jun 25, 20100
