This is an annual meeting of fellowship programs that are funded through the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. It has been determined that an annual meeting be held for DBP fellows to present their ongoing research and to receive feedback for this work. In addition, this meeting provides an opportunity for fellows to meet with senior faculty from multiple institutions and to build leadership skills that will prepare them for an academic position after completion of training.
Thursday, March 4 - Saturday, March 6, 2010
14.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
The Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale
New Haven, CT
Integrative medicine combines treatments from conventional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for which there is evidence of safety and effectiveness. Integrative Medicine at Yale was established in 2007 to create a forum for interdisciplinary research and education in complementary, alternative and integrative medicine. This symposium will showcase recent findings in CAM research and will provide attendees with evidence-based information about integrative therapies.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
TM
Harkness Auditorium-Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Over the last several years there has been a rapid change in the treatment of esophageal cancer, including new advances in diagnosis, surgery, and therapies. Yale Cancer Center is bringing this cutting-edge, unpublished data to our community physicians so they may bring new hope to patients with this disease. This Update will present information on ablative therapies for Barrett’s, along with other new advances, and will be the first to provide a comprehensive overview in these new treatments.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
TM
The Boardroom at Morton's
Hartford, CT
The 4th Annual John R. Murren Oncology Symposium: Melanoma Research and Treatment will bring together an outstanding faculty of renowned scientists, experts in clinical research, specialists in melanoma surgery, medical oncologists devoted to melanoma treatment, dermatologists, pathologists, dermatopathologists, and radiologists. Nationally recognized plastic surgeons, distinguished by their record of research and experience with surgical approaches and management of patients with melanoma, will also be included in the faculty of this conference.
Education is needed by practicing oncologists on cutting edge approaches to melanoma treatment. By bringing together the resources of the Yale Cancer Center and the Nevada Cancer Institute, this conference will facilitate the dissemination of these new and potentially highly effective approaches to melanoma treatment to a broad national audience of oncologists.
This activity is eligible for 20 credits towards Performance Improvement. See info on conference page.
Friday-Saturday, March 26-27, 2010
9 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
TM
Red Red Conference Center
Las Vegas, NV
Five different diagnostic and therapeutic ERCP and EUS cases will be selected for demonstration. Attempts will be made to obtain representative cases from these categories: difficult bile duct stones and strictures, minor papilla stenting, sphincter of Oddi manometry, and altered anatomy (Billroth II gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y choledochojejunostomy).
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
8.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
TM
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven
New Haven, CT
Obesity remains an intractable medical and public health problem, and physicians need education on the latest research, not only on the pathophysiology of obesity and medical and surgical management options, but also on effective treatment strategies for co-morbid conditions commonly encountered in the obese, including cardiometabolic syndrome. This symposium will provide education on state-of-the-art medical and surgical approaches to diagnosing and treating obesity.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
TM
The Anlyan Center for Medical Research and Education
New Haven, CT
Primary care physicians are often not aware of the clinical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of COPD nor do they use these guidelines in clinical practice. Primary care physicians need education on proper differential diagnosis of COPD as well as how to perform and interpret in-office spirometry testing of patients at risk for COPD. Education is also needed by this audience to increase awareness of how to apply in daily practice the GOLD/ATS guidelines for diagnosis and management of COPD, as well as on the use of the most effective medications to optimize symptom management and slow disease progression in these patients.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
TM
The Anlyan Center for Medical Research and Education
New Haven, CT
Sexuality and Cancer Survivorship
Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Clinic at Yale Cancer Center and Yale School of Medicine
This symposium will aim to educate community physicians on the latest technology and treatment options for cancer survivors. The Cancer Survivorship Program at Yale assists our physicians and cancer patients in meeting the challenges and goals that come with survival.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
TM
New Haven Lawn Club
New Haven, CT
This symposium will address a number of knowledge and practice gaps. In the survey that was given to the 49 providers who attended the Second Pediatric Respiratory Medicine Symposium, a few areas of need were identified by attendees: treatment of asthma in young children and children with co-morbidities", asthma, sleep apnea, and allergy.
Friday, April 30, 2010
4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
TM
New Haven Lawn Club
New Haven, CT
The International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group (ITMIG) is a scientific organization devoted to the advancement of clinical and basic science pertaining to thymic malignancies and related conditions, providing structure, organization and scientific rigor to research in this disease. The ITMIG 2010 conference is a scientific meeting devoted to thymic malignancies. The program involves sharing of new knowledge as well as a collaborative workshop to develop a platform that will support international projects and initiatives.
Wednesday-Thursday, May 5-6, 2010
6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
TM
The New York Helmsley Hotel
New York, NY
Ophthalmologists are often faced with vision threatening emergencies whether related to trauma or other etiology. Rapid assessment of the problem, determination of the cause, and focused intervention is key to preserving vision and in some cases saving lives. This two-day course is designed to educate clinicians on up-to-date techniques to improve care to patients afflicted with these diseases.
Friday-Saturday, May 7-8, 2010
12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
New York Academy of Medicine
New York, NY
This course has been designed to further educate physicians and allied health professionals concerning the link between NSF and GCCA. A combination of keynote addresses, lectures, workshops, panel discussions, and poster presentations will provide a comprehensive overview of the clinico- pathologic characteristics of the disease, current therapeutic advances and treatment recommendations, including experimental therapies in clinical trials, the screening processes in places worldwide to prevent this syndrome, and the regulatory activities and registries available worldwide to track patients with NSF.
Friday, May 14 - Saturday, May 15, 2010
12 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
The New York Academy of Sciences
New York, NY
This year’s course will focus on the lower extremity and lumbar spine
Saturday, May 22, 2010
7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
TM
Yale University West Campus
New Haven, CT
Women's Health & Medicine: A Multi-Disciplinary, Evidence-Based Review of Mid-Life Health Concerns
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
This conference will provide an update to a broad audience of primary care physicians on the optimal diagnosis and management of a variety of conditions affecting women at mid-life including atherosclerosis, stroke, urogynecologic problems, osteoporosis and others.
This conference will take place at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York, NY
Friday, May 21, 2010
Course Director(s): Richard Bercik MD and Hugh Taylor MD
4th Annual Pulmonary Hypertension Symposium: Updates on Classification and Therapies
Internal Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
This conference will take place at the Gelston House Conference Center in East Haddam, CT
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Course Director(s): Terence Trow MD
5th Annual Yale Digestive Disease Week Review
Internal Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases
This course is a unique opportunity for a panel of experts in subspecialty areas within gastroenterology to present the most important new information from the past year, including that presented at Digestive Disease Week. If you are unable to attend Digestive Disease Week, the 5th Annual Yale Digestive Disease Week Review will meet the needs of regional gastroenterologists and we are pleased to bring this opportunity to you.
This conference will take place at Water's Edge Conference Center in Westbrook, CT
Friday, June 4, 2010
Course Director(s): Priya Jamidar MD and Harry Aslanian MD
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