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Agenda
General Morning Session
7:30
a.m.
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Registration
and Continental Breakfast |
8:00
a.m.
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Welcome
and Introductions
Ashley
Davidoff, MD
Director,
Radiological Education, Co-Director, Abdominal Imaging,Department
of Radiology, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Professor of Clinical Radiology, University of Massachusetts
School of Medicine
Scott K. Epstein, MD, FCPP
Vice Chairman, Educational Affairs, Department of Medicine,
Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
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8:10
a.m.
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Pulmonary
Updates for the Primary Care Physician
COPD:
Strategies for Successful Treatment
Bartolome Celli, MD
Chief, Division of Pulmonary Medicine,Caritas St. Elizabeth's
Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine |
8:30
a.m.
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Update
in Lung Imaging
Jeffrey Mendel, MD
Chair Department of Radiology, Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Tufts University School of Medicine |
8:50
a.m.
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Strategies
in Chronic Cough: Hacking Your Way to Diagnosis and Treatment
Scott K. Epstein, MD, FCPP
Vice Chairman, Educational Affairs, Department of Medicine,
Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine |
9:10
a.m
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Lung
Nodules: New Approaches
David Lee, MD
Director of Clerkship and Section Head Chest Imaging,
Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School
of Medicine |
9:30
a.m
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Risk
Management Q&A
Bartolome
Celli, MD, Jeffrey Mendel, MD, Scott
K. Epstein, MD and David
Lee, MD |
9:45
a.m.
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Break |
10:00
a.m.
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Treatment
Strategies in Advanced Heart Failure: Drugs, Devices or
Both?
Lana Tsao, MD
Director, Advanced Heart Failure Service, Caritas Cardiovascular Center, Tufts University School of Medicine |
10:20
a.m.
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Cardiac
CT: Where are we heading? Best Use Strategies.
Jeffrey
Mendel, MD
Chair, Department of Radiology,Caritas St. Elizabeth's
Medical Center
Assistant
Professor of Radiology, Tufts University School of Medicine
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10:40
a.m.
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Cardiac CTA- A Health Plan Perspective
Peter Goldbach MD
Medical Director
Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA |
11:00
a.m.
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The
Aorta: Imaging Strategies
Ashley Davidoff, MD
Director, Radiological Education, Co-director, Abdominal
Imaging, Department of Radiology,Caritas St. Elizabeth's
Medical Center
Professor of Clinical Radiology, University of Massachusetts
School of Medicine |
11:20
a.m.
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Aortic
Aneurysms: Strategies for Screening & Management
George Tolis, MD
Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Caritas St. Elizabeth's
Medical Center |
11:40
a.m.
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Chest
Pain in the Office: Strategies - When to Stress, What
Test to Use
John Pastore, MD
Division Cardiovascular Medicine, Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
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12:00
noon
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Risk
Management Q&A
Lana Tsao, MD , Jeffrey
Mendel, MD, Ashley Davidoff, MD, and George Tolis, MD
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12:15
p.m.
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Recess for Lunch |
12:20
p.m.
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Lunchtime
Presentation -
Radiology Ordering Combined with Advanced Decision Support and Realtime Insurer Authorization - the BIDPO/Safemed Experience
Richard Parker, MD
Medical Director
Beth Israel Deaconness Physician Organization
Ahmed Ghouri, MD
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
SafeMed
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Afternoon Sessions:
Track One:
Oncology-Nephrology
1:15
p.m.
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Difficult
to Treat Hypertension: Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies
James
Strom, MD
Chief, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine,Caritas
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
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1:35
p.m.
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Strategies
for Managing Hyponatremia
Nicolaos Madias, MD
Chairman, Department of Medicine, Caritas St. Elizabeth's
Medical Center
Chief Academic Officer, Caritas Christi Health Care
Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine |
1:55
p.m.
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Nephrolithiasis:
Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies
Bertrand Jaber, MD
Vice Chairman, Clinical Affairs, Department of Medicine,Caritas
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School
of Medicine |
2:15
p.m.
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Renal
Imaging - Strategies for the Evaluation of Nephrolithiasis,
Hematuria, and Renal Masses
Rebecca Schwartz, MD
Attending Radiologist, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical
Center |
2:35
p.m
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Strategies
for Cost Effective Screening for Cancer
Rekha Parameswaran, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Medical Director of the Apheresis Service, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Associate Program Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program |
3:00
p.m.
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Radiofrequency
Ablation - Strategies and Prudent Use
Brian Lucey, MD
Chief Radiology Service, Boston VA Healthcare System
Assistant Professor Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine
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3:15
p.m.
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Risk Management Q&A
James
Strom, MD, Nicolaos Madias, MD, Bertrand Jaber, MD, Rebecca
Schwartz, MD, Paul Hesketh, MD and Brian Lucey, MD |
3:30
p.m
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Break |
3:45
p.m.
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Screening
for Colon Cancer - When to do Virtual Colonography
Scott Tsai, MD
Director of Pelvic Imaging, Attending Radiologist, Caritas
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center |
4:05
p.m.
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Strategies
in Hematology: Thrombocytopenia, Anemia, Leukopenia- What
Do I Do Next?
Thein Oo, MD
Hematology and Oncology Division, Caritas St. Elizabeth's
Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School
of Medicine |
4:25
p.m
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Risk
Management Questions and Final Discussion
Scott
Tsai, MD and Thein
Oo, MD
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5:00
p.m
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Meeting
Adjourns |
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Track Two:
Common Issues in Primary Care
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1:15
p.m.
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Strategies for Insulin Use in Type 2 Diabetes
Ann Sweeney, MD
Director of Bone Densitometry, Director of Diabetes Center,
Endocrinology Division, Department of Medicine, Caritas
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School
of Medicine |
1:35
p.m.
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GERD:
How to Treat, When to Scope
Roger Mitty, MD
Chief, Gastroenterology Division, Department of Medicine, Caritas
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine |
1:55
p.m.
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Incidental
Findings in Radiology: Clinical and Imaging Strategies
Peter Gordon, MD
Chairman, Radiology Department, Caritas Good Samaritan
Medical Center |
2:15
p.m.
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Preventive
Medicine: Effective Strategies in Adult Vaccination
Michael Worthington, MD
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Caritas St. Elizabeth's
Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School
of Medicine |
2:35
p.m
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Strategies
for Evaluation of the Patient with Abnormal Liver Function
Tests
Anisha Varma-Wilson, MD
Division of Gastroenterology, Caritas St. Elizabeth's
Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School
of Medicine |
2:55
p.m.
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Back
Pain: Imaging Strategies
Pierre D'hemecourt, MD
Primary Care Sports Medicine , Childrens Hospital Medical
Center |
3:15
p.m.
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Risk Management Q&A
Ann Sweeney, MD, Roger Mitty, MD, Peter Gordon, MD, Michael
Worthington, MD, Anisha Varma-Wilson, MD and Pierre D'hemecourt,
MD |
3:30
p.m
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Break |
3:45
p.m.
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The
Strengths and Weaknesses of MRI: Strategies in Use
Jeffrey Mendel, MD
Chair, Department of Radiology, Caritas St. Elizabeth's
Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Tufts University School
of Medicine |
4:05
p.m.
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Headache:
Strategies for Cost Effective Diagnosis and Treatment
Shreyas Patel, MD
Department of Neurology,Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical
Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Tufts University School
of Medicine |
4:25
p.m
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Risk
Management Q& A and Final Discussion
Shreyas Patel, MD |
5:00
p.m
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Meeting
Adjourns |
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