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Presenters: Laura Miller, MD; Katherine L. Wisner, MD; Susan Baab, RN, MSN, CS
Understand the clinical features of ostpartum 'blues', depression and psychoses. Understand the differences in clinical presentation and correlates, etiology and course of illness for the three categories of postpartum disorders; Identify medications which are reasonable choices for women with postpartum depression; Develop a monitoring plan for babies whose mothers take antidepressants and breastfeed; Learn the precautions of treating them under those circumstances; Gain an understanding of the best treatment options for postpartum bipolar women, including breastfeeding mothers, after a careful cost-risk analysis.
Recognize and formally diagnose social phobia using DSM-IV; Differentiate social phobia from other primary and secondary anxiety disorders; Identify the disorders which tend to be commonly comorbid with social phobia; understand indications for drug therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, and combined treatment for social phobia; Describe classes of drugs most appropriate in treatment and first line treatments and follow-up treatment in case of non-response.
Presenters: Steven F. Pariser, MD; Kimberly A. Yonkers, MD; Susan Kornstein, MD; Anthony Rothschild, MD; Lee Cohen, MD; Zachary N. Stowe, MD
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder; Treatment Options for the Female Patient; Menopause, Peri-Menopause, and Depression; Depression in Pregnancy and the Postpartum State.
Presenters: Brenda L. Haile, RN, DrPH; Joseph C Gathe, Jr., MD, FACP; Patricia D. Salvato, MD
Introduce to women, nurses and healthcare workers the latest information on HIV & AIDS as it relates to women; Be able to elaborate on current developments in the treatment of HIV and AIDS focusing on women; update the community on HIV & AIDS knowledge gained at the 12th World AIDS Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
Presenters: S. Atezar Saeed, MD; Williams S. Gilmer, MD; Timothy J. Bruce, PhD; Sandra Hable, RN, EdM., LCPC
Recognize and diagnose bipolar disorder using DSM-IV criteria; Address important diagnostic considerations in classifying bipolar disorder; Identify the disorders which tend to be commonly comorbid bipolar disorder; Describe the classes of drugs most appropriate for treatment and factors in choosing an appropriate first line treatment and follow-up treatments in case of non-response.
Presenters: Laszlo Tabar, MD; Linda Warren, MD; Richard Bird, MD; Jeffery Weinreb, MD; Kevin Fox, MD; Barbara Fowble, MD; Michael Osborne, MD; John Hainsworth, MD
Topics included in this program are: The effectiveness of mammographic screening; the diagnostic workup: mammography, sonography, MRI; and therapeutic options: radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgury.
Presenters: John Sandbach, MD; Gillian Newstead, MD; Christopher Merritt, MD; Ellen Mendelson, MD; Jeff Weinreb, MD; Mitch Schnall, MD
Role of mammography in the diagnosis of breast cancer, breast ultrasound, role of MRI in evaluation of breast disease, ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration.
Presenters: Gabriel Hortobagyi, MD; Barbara L. Weber, MD; Charles L. Vogel, MD
Intro on the Management of Advanced Breast Cancer and the Use of Standard Chemotherapy; Current Hormonal Therapy and New Hormonal Agents in the Management of Breast Cancer; New Agents, including Taxol and Taxotere; Use of Navelbine and Clinical Trial Results.
Presenters: Harold Harvey, MD; Richard Santen, MD; Paul Goss, MD; Andrea Manni, MD
Topics covered in this program include: new aromatase inhibitors; risks and benefits of adjuvant tamoxifen; potential prevention of breast cancer by hormonal therapies; optimal duration therapy with tamoxifen; post-menopausal estrogen replacement therapy.
Presenters: Barbara True-Driver, MN, RNC; Jack Graham, MD
This program, featuring experts in electronic fetal monitoring, will feature presentations focusing on etiology, physiology, and interventions. Specific discussions will cover periodic and early accelerations as well as variable and late decelerations.
Identify postpartum patients; List common early healthcare needs of the patient; Nursing interventions for identifying patients; How skilled nurses can effect change through education.
Presenters: John A. Rock, MD; William D. Schlaff, MD; Deborah A. Metzger, PhD, MD
Implications of add-back therapy to the length of treatment with the GnRH agonists; The appropiate time to initiate add-back therapy on a patient being treated with GnRH agonists; Diseases which can be treated with add-back therapy; Candidate profile for add-back therapy.
Presenters: Anthony Lucci, MD; Russel L. Malinak, MD; Joseph R. Feste, MD; Geof Tidey, MD
These doctors address the following endometriosis issues: diagnosis and early management; classifications of treatment; operative treatment; and medical treatment and management.
Presenters: Wulf H. Utian, MD, PhD; Frank Bellino, PhD; Arie Birkenfeld, MD; Matan Yemini, MD; Mary Ellen Kennedy, RN
Comprehensive Health Care to the Peri-Menopause; Current Research Trends; Hormone Replacement Therapy; What is Menopause?; Nursing Perspectives in Menopause Management.
Discuss the importance of trauma in pregnancy and emphasize the team approach; discuss frequency & types of trauma seen during pregnancy; know of physiological changes during pregnancy that affect the management of a trauma victim; discuss abruptio placenta; uterine rupture, amniotic fluid embolism; and penetrating uterine trauma; be aware of history and physical assessments in the field; discuss pre-hospital management, stabilization, transport issues; contact with the receiving hospital and special circumstances such as burns, electrical injuries and cardiac arrest.
Presenters: Aman U. Buzdar, MD; I. Craig Henderson, MD; Howard Hochster, MD
Discuss the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer; Presentations on 1st and 2nd line treatments will cover cytotoxic chemotherapy (CMF, CAF, and new cytotoxic agents); Diverse hormonal agents, neoadjuvant treatments, and combination therapies.