Agenda

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Arrival/Registration

SUNDAY, November 29, 2020
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Early Sign-In/Registration
Note that there's a door prize for Sunday registrants.

or, MONDAY, November 30, 2020
7:00 am – 8:00 am: On-site Registration

Quick Schedule

MONDAY, November 30 - FRIDAY, December 4, 2020
8:00 am – 12:15 pm: Educational Sessions

The conference adjourns on Friday, December 4, 2020 at 12:15pm.

Educational Sessions

Note that all topics and speakers are subject to change.

MONDAY, November 30, 2020
7:55 am – 8:00 am	Conference Announcements	W. Ejnes, CHCP
8:00 am – 9:00 am	Type 2 Diabetes Management Update: Prioritize Cardiovascular (and Renal) Risk Management	K. Pantalone, DO
9:00 am – 10:00 am	Treating Type 2 Diabetes with Glucose-lowering Drugs: What Drug and When	K. Pantalone, DO
10:00 am	BREAK
10:15 am – 11:15 am	COPD Update	E. Needham, MD
11:15 am – 12:15 pm	Clinical Practice Guidelines Update	E. Needham, MD

TUESDAY, December 1, 2020
7:55 am – 8:00 am	Conference Announcements	W. Ejnes, CHCP
8:00 am – 9:00 am	Diagnosing and Managing Common Adrenal Disorders	V. Piziak, MD
9:00 am – 10:00 am	Current Management of Thyroid Disorders	V. Piziak, MD
10:00 am	BREAK
10:15 am – 11:15 am	Boning Up on Osteoporosis	D. Plourd, MD
11:15 am – 12:15 pm	Practical Contraceptive Update	D. Plourd, MD

WEDNESDAY, December 2, 2020
7:55 am – 8:00 am	Conference Announcements	W. Ejnes, CHCP
8:00 am – 9:00 am	Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease	J. Basile, MD
9:00 am – 10:00 am	Clinical Pearls in Managing Hypertension	J. Basile, MD
10:00 am	BREAK
10:15 am – 11:15 am	Obesity: Making a Difference and Changing Lives	M. Hynes, MD
11:15 am – 12:15 pm	The Dirty Dozen: Nutrition for the Internist	M. Hynes, MD

THURSDAY, December 3, 2020
7:55 am – 8:00 am	Opening Statements	W. Ejnes, CHCP
8:00 am – 9:00 am	Nonalcohoic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): The Essentials	B. Pearlman, MD
9:00 am – 10:00 am	Hepatitis C Virus Infection	B. Pearlman, MD
10:00 am	BREAK
10:15 am – 11:15 am	Is it Time to Treat Heart Failure Like Cancer	A. Hicks III, MD
11:15 am – 12:15 pm	How to Keep Heart Failure Patients Out of the Hospital: Management Strategies that Work	A. Hicks III, MD

FRIDAY, December 4, 2020
7:55 am – 8:00 am	Conference Announcements	W. Ejnes, CHCP
8:00 am – 9:00 am	Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) and Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA, Temporal Arteritis)	C. Legerton, MD
9:00 am – 10:00 am	Gout: Keep It Simple, Stupid	C. Legerton, MD
10:00 am	BREAK
10:15 am – 11:15 am	New Drug Update	W. Weart, PharmD
11:15 am – 12:15 pm	Pharmacology Review (Ask the Expert)	W. Weart, PharmD