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23rd Annual Primary Care Update schedule

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Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

8:30 a.m. – Registration and continental breakfast

9:20 – Welcome and announcements

9:30 – I Need That New Test 
Kelly Furda, MD
• Breast imaging
• Extra MR screening: Who needs it?
• Other modalities

10:00 – Is My Blood Too Thick?
Bruce Burnett, MD 
• New treatment recommendations
• Starting, stopping and bridging warfarin
• Finally, a warfarin replacement

10:30 – Who Needs an HIV Test?
Hal Martin, MD
• Early presentation of HIV
• What not to miss

11:00 – I Want That Genetic Test
Katherine Baker-Lange, MS, CGC
• Genetic testing: cancers the family should know about

11:30 – Would a Sports Drink Help?
Mary Tahnk-Johnson, MD
• How to work up hyponatremia
• When to send to renal

Noon – Lunch

1 p.m. – TERRY C. SHACKELFORD, MD, MEMORIAL LECTURE
Sanne Magnan, MD, PhD
Minnesota Health Reform Update

2:00 – Dessert reception

2:30 – How Safe Is this New Medication? 
Kee Paisansinsup, MD
• Monitoring remittive agents
• Who should be put on them?
• What to do before initiating
• What to do if these patients come to primary care sick
• Pre-op issues

3:00 – Did You Say Insulin? 
Janet Lima, MPH, RN, CDE 
• Starting insulin in type 2 diabetes sooner
• Adjusting to reach goal

3:30 – Quick Consults
• Vitamin D—Victoria Van Roy, MD
• Sinusitis: Evolution of care—Daniel Watson, MD
• Falls prevention—Teresa Quinn, MD
• Essure®: When to consider—Janet Schaffer, MD

4:30 – I’m Here to Get My Flutter Fixed 
Jeffrey Shultz, MD
• Initial workup of A-Fib
• When to refer for an ablation procedure

5:00 – Adjourn
 

Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

7:15 a.m. – Registration and continental breakfast

7:50 – Welcome and announcements

8:00 – I Only Want the Safe Shots
Alexandria Kalina, MD
• Controversies in pediatric immunizations
• Alternative immunization schedule
• Autism
• How to talk to patients

8:30 – Just Checking for STDs
Mark Sannes, MD 
• Screening and testing
• Chlamydia

9:00 – Now My Calcium Is Too High
Laura LaFave, MD
• Hypercalcemia
• What to do

9:30 – I Want the Same Medicine as That Actor
Martha Nance, MD
• Treatment decisions for Parkinson’s

10:00 – Refreshment break

10:30 – What Doesn’t Have Gluten?
Joseph A. Murray, MD
• Celiac disease: tests and treatment

11:00 – To PSA or Not to PSA? 
• Primary care perspective Steven Kind, MD
• Urology perspective Daniel Zapzalka, MD
• Medical oncology perspective Mark Menge, MD

11:45 – I Think My Liver Is Too Fat
David Stolpman, MD
• Who to work up for fatty liver
• When to send for a biopsy

12:15 p.m. – Lunch

1:00 – Aren’t We Supposed to Avoid Using Antibiotics?
Sue Ravenscraft, MD
• Bronchiectasis
• Who needs additional screening?
• Who needs rotating antibiotics?

1:30 – Breakout Sessions One.
Choose one. Please indicate your choice on the registration form.

A. Disordered Eating
     Paula Deakins, MD 

B. Nuts and Bolts of Sleep Apnea
     Colleen Bazzani, RPSGT 

C. It’s a Question of Balance: Differentiating Peripheral vs.
     Central Vestibular Dysfunction
     Fred Heisler, PT
     Deborah Skansberg, PT

D. Musculoskeletal Exam: Rheumatology Perspective
     Eric Schned, MD

E. Incretin Therapy for Diabetes 
     Robert Cuddihy, MD

2:15 – Refreshment Break

2:45 – Breakout Sessions Two
Choose one. Please indicate your choice on the registration form.

A. It’s a Question of Balance: Differentiating Peripheral vs.
     Central Vestibular Dysfunction
     Fred Heisler, PT
     Deborah Skansberg, PT

B. EKG Unknowns 
     Marek Kokoszka, MD

C. Depression in Children and Adolescents: Screening and Treatment 
     Mary Wilkens, MD

D. Blood Glucose Meter Update 
     Mamie Lausch, MS, RN, RD, CDE

E. Helping Patients with Chronic Disease Prepare for End-of-life Issues
     Mary Wagner, MD

3:30 – She’s Just a Little Forgetful
Jennifer Olson, MD
• Mild cognitive impairment
• Neuro-psychological testing: when it is helpful and how to interpret the report
• Which test to use in the office

4:00 – What Is this Rash?
H. Spencer Holmes, MD
• Dermatology unknowns

4:30 – Adjourn