NOT USED_COMBO_Updates in Internal Medicine 2024: October 24 - AM Sessions

Updates in Internal Medicine 2024: October 24 - AM Sessions

  • Update in Hypertension: How Low Can You Go? - Blaise Abramovitz, DO, FASN
  • Covid in 2024: The ACTIV Clinical Trials in COVID - Mark W. Geraci, MD
  • Covid in 2024: Update on COVID-19 and Respiratory Viruses - Graham Snyder, MD, MS
  • Hormonal Therapy of Breast Cancer - What an internist should know - Julia Foldi, MD PhD
  • Updates in testosterone and revisiting the basics - Alexandra Clark, MD
  • Wound Care for the Internist - Gayle Gordillo, MD, FACS
  • Update in Atrial Fibrillation: Who Should be Referred to EP - Mehak Dhande, MD, MS
  • Update in Atrial Fibrillation: What’s New In Remote Monitoring - Genevieve Everett-Sigwalt MD, MBA, FACC, FHRS

Target Audience

Physician, Advanced Practice Provider, Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist, Physician Assistant, and Other Healthcare Professional.

Learning Objectives

Course Objectives Per Session:
Update in Hypertension: How Low Can You Go? - Blaise Abramovitz, DO, FASN

  • Highlight different blood pressure goals
  • Identify correct technique for blood pressure measurement
  • Recognize importance of home measurements
  • Describe lifestyle interventions and importance of diet
  • Select appropriate antihypertensive regimen

Covid in 2024:
    The ACTIV Clinical Trials in COVID - Mark W. Geraci, M

  • Define the range of clinical trials for COVID treatment based on the biology of the COVID virus
  • Follow the best practices for treatment of COVID based on evidence
  • Discuss how viral evolution changed the course of treatment and prevention of COVID

    Update on COVID-19 and Respiratory Viruses- Graham Snyder, MD, MS

  • Describe the epidemiology of COVID-19, including prevalence, morbidity, and viral ecology of SARS-CoV-2
  • Define the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination, including the potential clinical benefits of the first seasonal monovalent vaccine
  • Discuss how the response to the COVID-19 pandemic may inform approaches to minimizing harm

Hormonal Therapy of Breast Cancer - What an internist should know - Julia Foldi, MD PhD

  • Describe the major classes of breast cancer and the indications for endocrine therapy use.
  • Identify the major classes of anti-estrogens currently in use for patients with breast cancer or who are at high risk for breast cancer.
  • Recognize the toxicities and side-effects associated with endocrine agents used in breast cancer treatment.

Updates in testosterone and revisiting the basics - Alexandra Clark, MD

  • State the major outcomes of TRAVERSE study and identify in which patients the results would apply.
  • Follow recommended guidelines for diagnosing hypogonadism.
  • Recognize which medical issues and medications lead to sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) alterations and therefore can alter the total testosterone concentration.

Wound Care for the Internist - Gayle Gordillo, MD, FACS

  • Needed

Update in Atrial Fibrillation:
    Who Should be Referred to EP - Mehak Dhande, MD, MS
    What’s New In Remote Monitoring - Genevieve Everett-Sigwalt MD, MBA, FACC, FHRS

  • Improve diagnostic accuracy of arrhythmia evaluation by comparing the strengths and weaknesses of various monitor modalities.
  • Improve patient outcomes by increasing the timely and accurate diagnosis of arrhythmias.

 

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.75 ABIM MOC II
  • 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 2.75 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 2.75 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/10/2024
Course expires: 
10/28/2027

Presenters (in alphabetical order)

Blaise Abramovitz, DO, FASN 
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Renal-Electrolyte Division
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Alexandra Clark, MD
VAPHS Attending Endocrinologist
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh 

Mehak Dhande, MD, MS
Faculty Clinical Instructor and T32 Research Fellow
Division of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology 
UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute
MS Clinical Informatics and Management Student 
Stanford University School of Medicine

  • Dr. Dhande receives grant/research support in the form of donation of tech resources by Lucia Guidelines. Dr. Dhande is a Consultant with Cortex.Inc, and an Advisor for Dune Health and Nurse Brain. 

Genevieve Everett-Sigwalt MD, MBA, FACC, FHRS
Cardiac Electrophysiology, UPMC Altoona

Julia Foldi, MD PhD  
Assistant Professor of Medicine 
Breast Medical Oncology – Magee Womens Hospital

  • Dr. Foldi discloses she presented as a one-time lecturer for OncLive and Research To Practice

Mark W. Geraci, MD
Associate Vice Chancellor for Interdisciplinary Research, Health Sciences
Vice Dean for Research, School of Medicine
Department of Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh

Gayle Gordillo, MD, FACS
Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh and Senior Medical Director of Wound Services and Pressure Injury Prevention and Outcomes for the UPMC health system

  • Dr. Gordillo is a Consultant for Vertex Pharmaceuticals and has Stock Options with MedCompliance LLC, a wound imaging company

Graham Snyder, MD, MS
Medical Director, Infection Prevention & Hospital Epidemiology
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed above have been mitigated.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

DISCLAIMER STATEMENT

The information presented at this CME program represents the views and opinions of the individual presenters, and does not constitute the opinion or endorsement of, or promotion by, the UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, UPMC / University of Pittsburgh Medical Center or Affiliates and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.  Reasonable efforts have been taken intending for educational subject matter to be presented in a balanced, unbiased fashion and in compliance with regulatory requirements. However, each program attendee must always use his/her own personal and professional judgment when considering further application of this information, particularly as it may relate to patient diagnostic or treatment decisions including, without limitation, FDA-approved uses and any off-label uses.

 

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn ABIM MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 2.75 contact hours.

Physician Assistant (AAPA)
The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 2.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.  

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 2.75 ABIM MOC II
  • 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 2.75 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 2.75 Attendance
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