SCHEDULE

Sunday, December 6, 2009

 
3:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Registration

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

CO the Missing Link - Bryan Bledsoe, DO

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Poisons, Potions, Pitfalls and Pearls from the World of Toxicology –Steven Bird, MD;  Edward Boyer, MD
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Opening Reception-Hosted (a guest is welcome)

Monday, December 7, 2009

Moderator: Marvin Wayne, MD

7:30 AM to 8:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast with the Faculty
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM Use of Imaging in the Modern Emergency Department- Christian Fox, MD
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Using Ultrasound in the Community ED – Will Scruggs, MD

10:00 AM to 10:15 AM

Break

10:15 AM to 12:00 PM Annual Review of the Emergency Medicine Literature, “What’s Hot and What’s Not”! - Ed Panacek, MD
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 Moderator: Elliott Salenger, MD
8:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Use of Ultrasound for Vascular Access (Limited to 20, additional fee required, 3 hours CME)

9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Wound management workshop – how to do it (Complimentary but limited number) – Adam Singer, MD

3:00 PM to 3:45 PM

Complications of Cardiac Devices, AICD, Pacers, LVADs, etc. – Kathleen Jobe, MD

3:45 PM to 4:45 PM

Trauma Secondary to Sports, a Case Based Approach - James Kyle, MD

4:45 PM to 5:00 PM

Break

5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Myths vs. Realities in Wound Management in 2009 – Adam Singer, MD
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Managing Sepsis in the ED, An Evidence Based Review – Phil Dellinger, MD
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 Moderator: Marvin Wayne, MD
7:30 AM to 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast with the Faculty
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM Eye Emergencies Not to be Missed – Frank Peacock, MD
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Community Acquired Pneumonia in the Era of MRSA  – Greg Volturo, MD

10:00 AM to 10:15 AM

Break

10:15 AM to 11:00 AM New Technology for Airway Management in EMS and ED - Marvin Wayne, MD
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM ED Evaluation of the Adventure Traveler  – Kathleen Jobe, MD
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Use of Ultrasound, The FAST Exam (Limited to 20, additional fee required, 3 hours CME)
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Special Presentation and light dinner: “Hot Topics in Cardiovascular Disease”– Sponsored by the Office of CME University of Massachusetts Medical School
Thursday, December, 10, 2009 Moderator: Elliott Salenger, MD
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

"Taking Away the Pain", Advanced Regional Anesthesia for the Emergency Physician. – Mark Borden, MD

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM A Case Based Approach to Emerging Cardiovascular Technology; “FDA Approved Stuff You Aren’t Using, but Should You Be?” – Frank Peacock, MD
5:00 PM to 5:15 PM Break
5:15 PM to 6:00 PM Assessing and Managing Acute GI Bleeding – Deborah Diercks, MD,
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

“My Belly Hurts and I have Inflammatory Bowel Disease” -  A Complaint you Never Want to Hear – Rakesh Engineer, MD

Friday, December 11, 2009 Moderator: Marvin Wayne, MD
7:30 AM to 8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast with the Faculty

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM Pulmonary Embolus, a Rare Disease Commonly Diagnosed, or a Common Disease Rarely Diagnosed? – Phil Dellinger, MD
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM The “Top 10 Ways” to Get Sued – Albert Weihl, MD, Christopher Howard, JD
10:00 AM to 10:15 AM

Break

10:15AM to 12:00 Noon Review of the LLSA ABEM Articles – Ed Panacek, MD

 

 

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