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» ANGELA SILLA
Event Coordinator
 
Continuing Health
Sciences Education & Conference Services
McMaster University
Phone: 905-525-9140
ext. 26327
silla@mcmaster.ca   

TARGET AUDIENCE

General Internists
Subspecialists
ER Physicians
Hospitalists
Community Physicians
Family Physicians
General Practitioners
Interns and Residents in Training Programs for Internal Medicine and its Subspecialities.

Thursday March 25th, 2010

Morning Session

Ally Prebtani, Moderator

07:00 – 08:00 Registration and Breakfast
   
08:00 – 08:20 Should newer oral anticoagulants replace warfarin?
Jeffrey Weitz
   
08:20 – 08:40 Managing valvular disease in pregnancy.
Omid Salehian
   
08:40 – 09:00 Interpreting abnormal coagulation tests
Wendy Lim
   
09:00 – 09:20 Peri-operative anticoagulation management;
prophylaxis & bridging
James Douketis
   
09:20 – 09:40 Panel Discussion Q&A
   
09:40 – 10:00 Coffee Break
   
10:00 – 10:20 Acute headache in the Emergency Department
Suneel Upadhye
   
10:20 – 10:40 Should we treat the first seizure in the elderly?
Luis Morillo
   
10:40 – 11:00 Approach to painful sensory neuropathy
Ammar Gilani
   
11:00 – 11:20 Parkinson’s syndromes and drug therapy
John E. Paulseth
   
11:20 – 11:40 Panel Discussion Q&A
   
11:40 – 01:00 Lunch

Afternoon Session

01:00 – 01:20 Approach to C. Difficile
Christine Lee
   
01:20 – 01:40 HIV Update; past, present, and future
Phillipe El-Helou
   
01:40 – 02:00 Febrile neutropenia; how to treat?
Shariq Haider
   
02:00 – 02:20 Panel Discussion Q&A
   
02:20 – 02:40 Coffee Break
   
02:40 – 03:00 Management of non-variceal upper GI bleeding
Gregoris Leontiadis
   
03:00 – 03:20 Nutritional assessment and feeding modalities
David Armstrong
   
03:20 – 03:40 Management of viral hepatitis
Keith Tsoi
   
03:40 – 04:00 Panel Discussion Q&A
   
04:00 – 04:40 Debate: Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis; surgery or medical management
Paula Klurfan vs. Jaime Silva
   
   
   
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