Internal Medicine - Continuing Education Programs

The following are sample Grand Rounds presentations offered at The Brooklyn Hospital Center to our Attendings, Residents, Fellows and General Practitioners in private practice in tri-state area.

Every Tuesday @ Noon-1:00 pm in the 3rd Floor Auditorium

DATE	SPEAKER	HOSPITAL AFFILIATION	TOPIC
JANUARY 05 2010	Richard Ludgin, MD	Chief Medical Officer The Brooklyn Hospital Ctr	Part II: Professional Liability and Risk Management
12	Susan Eisner, MPH	Educational Consultant Physician Health Professional	Stress Management
19	Marlon Seliger, MD	Director, Sleep Medicine The Brooklyn Hospital Ctr	Management and Treatment Options of Sleep Disorders
26	DOM Staff Mtg – M&M
FEBRUARY 02	Wayne Lee, MD	Outpatient Palliative Care New York City	Geriatrics: Palliative Care
09	In Suk Seo, MD	Chair, Nuclear Medicine The Brooklyn Hospital Ctr	Nuclear Medicine in Nephrology
16	Susan Eisner, MPH	Educational Consultant Physician Health Professional	Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation
23	DOM Staff Mtg – M&M
MARCH 02	Nadja Peter, MD	Society Gen Int Med Attending, Gen Med	Chronic Illness in Young Adults
09	Sumit Dharia, DPM	Director, Hyperbaric Med The Brooklyn Hospital Ctr	An Introduction to Hyperbaric Medicine
16	Brendan M. Reilly, MD	Exec Vice Chair, Clinical Aff/IM New York Presbyterian Hosp Weill Cornell Medical Col	Clinical Expertise: What is it? Can it be taught?
23	Jonathan Bromberg, MD	Prof Surg and Gene Cell Medicine Dir, Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Mt Sinai School of Medicine	Kidney/Pancreas Transplants: Update in Immuno-suppression Side Effects and Outcomes.
30	DOM Staff Mtg-M&M
APRIL 06	David Thomas, MD	Attending, Rehab Medicine Mount Sinai School of Med	Musculoskeletal Medicine for the Internist
13	Lisa Walke, MD	Chief, Geriatrics Consult Service VA Healthcare System W. Haven Asst Prof-Internal Medicine Yale University School of Med	Medical Decision Making for the Older Surgical Patient
20	Thomas V. Rieser, MD	Orthopedic Surgeon Founder & Director Midwest Spine Institute Stillwater, MINN	Low Back Pain and the Degenerative Cascade
27	DOM Staff Mtg-M&M
MAY 04	Patricia Kavanagh, MD	Attending, Neurology Dept SUNY-Downstate Med Ctr	Current Treatment Strategies in Parkinson’s Disease
11	Adam Budzikowski, MD	Assistant Professor of Med Cardiovascular - EP SUNY- Downstate Med Ctr	Ablative Therapy for Common Atrial Arrhythmias
18	Gbenda Ogedegde, MD	Dir. Behavior Change Bellevue Ambulatory Care New York University	An Algorithmic Approach to Management of Patients with Resistant Hypertension
25	DOM Staff Mtg-M&M
JUNE 01	Jeff Borer, MD	Attending, Cardiology SUNY-Downstate Med Ctr	Cardio Regurgitation Aortic Valve How to Deal With It and Why
08	Mary Elinor Boyle, Ed.D., LCAT, MT-BC	Director , Music Therapy NYS Certification Program SUNY @ New Paltz	New Initiatives in Patient Care in the Hospital Setting
15	Elizabeth Ommen, MD	Assistant Professor, Neph Mt Sinai School of Medicine	Medical Aspects of Living Donation
22	Sheldon Feldman, MD	Chief, Breast Surgery Columbia Univ Med Ctr	State of the Art Approach for Breast Cancer Prevention in the 21st Century
JUNE 29	DOM Staff Mtg-M&M

Target Audience: Attendings, Residents, Fellows and General Practitioners in private practice in tri-state area

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this activity the participants will be able to:

Provide up-to-date advancements in the medical treatment of their patient.
Guide the care of their patients using modern resources and literature based on proven research and expert clinicians.
In each lecture and in the whole series, the physicians will be enabled to inform their staffs of improvements in technology.

Off Label Drugs / Device Usage, Disclosures: Commercial Support: as itemized per lecture

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT: The State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

SUNY Downstate Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement

SUNY Downstate Medical Center Office of CME (OCME) and its affiliates are committed to providing educational activities that are objective, balanced and as free of bias as possible. The OCME has established policies that identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. All participating faculty are expected to disclose to the audience, verbally or in writing, any commercial relationships that might be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations, and unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs and devices. Detailed disclosures will be made verbally and/or in writing during the program.

Special Needs: In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, The Brooklyn Hospital Center seeks to make this conference accessible to all. If you have a disability which might require special accommodations, please contact 718-250-6925 or e-mail your needs to mrh9001@nyp.org.