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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 Subspecialties.

Friday March 30th, 2012

Morning Session
Christine Bradley, Moderator

07:00 – 08:00 REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
   
08:05 – 08:25 New drugs for diabetic patients
William Harper
   
08:25 – 08:45 Refractory hypertension/hyperaldosteronism
Ally P.H. Prebtani
   
08:45 – 09:05 Diabetes in pregnancy
Meera Luthra
   
09:05 – 09:25 Erectile dysfunction; what’s new?
Michael Greenspan
   
09:25 – 09:45 Panel Discussion Q&A
   
09:45 – 10:05 COFFEE BREAK
   
10:05 – 10:25 Overview of anaphylaxis-food-insect allergy
Susan Waserman
   
10:25 – 10:45 How to use opioid for non-cancer pain
Roman Jovey
   
10:45 – 11:05 New warnings about old drugs
Anne Holbrook
   
11:05 – 11:25 Update on dyslipidemia
Tony Chetty
   
11:25 – 11:45 The 5 natural health products you need to know about
Mitch Levine
   
11:45 – 12:05 Panel Discussion Q&A
   
12:05 - 01:15 LUNCH




Afternoon Session

Khalid Azzam, Moderator

01:15 – 01:35 Update on osteoporosis
Alexandra Papaioannou
   
01:35 – 01:55 An approach to weakness in the elderly
Sharon Marr
   
01:55 – 02:15 Approach to elderly patients with falls
Tricia Woo
   
02:15 – 02:35 How to prevent de-conditioning in the elderly patients admitted to the hospital
Christopher Patterson
   
02:35 – 02:55 Panel Discussion Q&A
   
02:55 – 03:15 COFFEE BREAK
   
03:15 – 03:35 Atypical and difficult to manage GERD
David Armstrong
   
03:35 – 03:55 Modern management of acute pancreatitis
Frances Tse
   
03:55 – 04:15 Evolving concepts in etiology and management of irritable bowel syndrome
Paul Moayyedi
   
04:15 – 04:35 Panel Discussion Q&A
   
Debate:
Ally P.H. Prebtani Moderator
 
04:35 - 05:15

Should I refer my obese patient for bariatric surgery?

Speakers:
Khalid Azzam
Dennis Hong

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