Comprehensive Update on Internal Medicine: Guidance for Clinical Practice

This program offers a comprehensive update on the most significant changes impacting Internal Medicine and provides guidance on how to incorporate these changes into your clinical practice to improve patient outcomes. It is a practical, fast-paced, online educational experience that draws upon real-life cases and is designed and led by Harvard Medical School’s clinical faculty who are leaders in their respective fields and are instrumental in bringing these novel developments to clinical medicine.

Updates and Advances in Diagnostic and Treatment Approaches

The course covers the broad spectrum of internal medicine specialties including Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonology, Oncology, Dermatology, Addiction Medicine, Endocrinology, Geriatrics, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Allergy/Immunology, Women’s Health, Psychiatry, and more. Highlights of this program include important updates on emerging viruses and guidance on vaccines, comprehensive updates on new anticoagulants and their antidotes, algorithms for the use of diabetes medications, care of the LGBTQ patient, medical and surgical therapy for obesity management, latest developments on the use of SGLT-2 inhibitors in heart failure, advances in percutaneous aortic and mitral valve therapies, novel therapies for lipid management, recognizing dermatologic conditions in skin of color, up-to-date guidance for management of opioid addiction, optimal management of irritable bowel syndrome, the latest in cancer screening, and what the internist needs to know about cancer immunotherapy, emerging therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and depression, best practices for responsible antibiotic use, and update in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Schedule

Monday, May 08, 2023

8:50am to 9:00am – Welcome Remarks by Sarah P. Hammond, MD, Ole-Petter R. Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc, MRCPI, and Anju Nohria, MD, MSc

9:00am to 9:45am – Treatment of Heart Failure in 2023 by Anju Nohria, MD, MSc

9:45am to 10:30am – Immunotherapy for the Internist by Sherin Rouhani, MD, PhD

10:30am to 10:45am – Q&A and Break

10:45am to 11:30am – Clinical Cases in Dermatology by Adam D. Lipworth, MD

11:30am to 12:15pm – Update in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by M. Valerie Lin, MD

12:15pm to 1:00pm – Break

1:00pm to 1:45pm – Diabetes Management: New Drugs, Approaches, and Guidelines by Marie E. McDonnell, MD

1:45pm to 2:30pm – Dermatologic Diagnosis and Care of Patients with Skin of Color by Nicole Gunasekera, MD

2:30pm to 2:45pm – Q&A and Break

2:45pm to 3:30pm – Asthma Medications in 2023 by Elliot Israel, MD

3:30pm to 4:15pm – Best Practices in Hypertension Management by Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP (UK), MBA

4:15pm to 5:00pm – Pelvic Floor Disorders: Medical Management and More by Neeraj Kohli, MD, MBA

Tuesday, May 09, 2023

8:50am to 9:00am – Morning Announcements by Sarah P. Hammond, MD, Ole-Petter R. Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc, MRCPI, and Anju Nohria, MD, MSc

9:00am to 9:45am – Update in Rheumatology by Lydia Gedmintas, MD, MPH

9:45am to 10:30am – Contraception by Kari P. Braaten, MD, MPH

10:30am to 10:45am – Q&A and Break

10:45am to 11:30am – The Truth behind Cannabis Use by Peter Grinspoon, MD

11:30am to 12:15pm – Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Headache by Angeliki Vgontzas, MD

12:15pm to 1:00pm – Break

1:00pm to 1:45pm – Stroke Management in 2023 by Galen V. Henderson, MD

1:45pm to 2:30pm – Management of Ischemic Heart Disease and Lipids by Benjamin M. Scirica, MD

2:30pm to 2:45pm – Q&A and Break

2:45pm to 3:30pm – Hot Topics in Infectious Diseases by Sarah P. Hammond, MD

3:30pm to 4:15pm – Advances in Gout and Crystal Deposition Disease by Derrick J. Todd, MD, PhD

4:15pm to 5:00pm – Cancer Screening Cases: Shared Decision-Making by Leigh Simmons, MD and Devon Quasha, MD

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

8:50am to 9:00am – Morning Announcements by Sarah P. Hammond, MD, Ole-Petter R. Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc, MRCPI, and Anju Nohria, MD, MSc

9:00am to 9:45am – Responsible Use of Antibiotics by Paul E. Sax, MD

9:45am to 10:30am – Care of the LGBTQ Patient by Aditya Chandrasekhar, MD

10:30am to 10:45am – Q&A and Break

10:45am to 11:30am – Depression and Anxiety by Russell Vasile, MD

11:30am to 12:15pm – What’s New in Vaccines by Daniel A. Solomon, MD

12:15pm to 1:00pm – Break

1:00pm to 1:45pm – Update in Thyroid Disease by Ole-Petter R. Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc, MRCPI

1:45pm to 2:30pm – Best Practices for Preoperative Evaluation by Adam Schaffer, MD

2:30pm to 2:45pm – Q&A and Break

2:45pm to 3:30pm – Update in COPD by Scott L. Schissel, MD, PhD

3:30pm to 4:15pm – Infections in the Immunocompromised Host by Sarah Hammond, MD and Pierre O. Ankomah, MD, PhD

4:15pm to 5:00pm – Percutaneous Approaches to Valvular Disease by Pinak B. Shah, MD

Thursday, May 11, 2023

8:50am to 9:00am – Morning Announcements by Sarah P. Hammond, MD, Ole-Petter R. Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc, MRCPI, and Anju Nohria, MD, MSc

9:00am to 9:45am – Updates in Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders: GERD, Barrett’s Esophagus, and H. pylori by Molly L. Perencevich, MD

9:45am to 10:30am – Update in Kidney Disease by John Kevin Tucker, MD

10:30am to 10:45am – Q&A and Break

10:45am to 11:30am – Gynecologic Cancer Screening by Colleen M. Feltmate, MD

11:30am to 12:15pm – Managing Obesity by Chika V. Anekwe, MD, MPH

12:15pm to 1:00pm – Break

1:00pm to 1:45pm – Update in Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease by Gad A. Marshall, MD

1:45pm to 2:30pm – Bone Health in 2023 by Carolyn B. Becker, MD

2:30pm to 2:45pm – Q&A and Break

2:45pm to 3:30pm – Update In Allergy by Maria C. Castells, MD, PhD

3:30pm to 4:15pm – Update on STIs and Mpox by Kevin L. Ard, MD

4:15pm to 5:00pm – Cardiology Cases: Interesting Vascular Cases by Anju Nohria, MD, MSc and Marie Gerhard-Herman, MD

Friday, May 12, 2023

8:50am to 9:00am – Morning Announcements by Sarah P. Hammond, MD, Ole-Petter R. Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc, MRCPI, and Anju Nohria, MD, MSc

9:00am to 9:45am – Exercise for Health: What’s New in 2023 by Meagan M. Wasfy, MD, MPH

9:45am to 10:30am – Atrial Fibrillation by Paul C. Zei, MD, PhD

10:30am to 10:45am – Q&A & Break

10:45am to 11:30am – Management of Opiate Addiction by Joji Suzuki, MD

11:30am to 12:15pm – Thrombosis and Anticoagulation by Gregory Piazza, MD

12:15pm to 1:00pm – Break

1:00pm to 1:45pm – Update in Geriatrics: The Latest Studies and Their Clinical Relevance by Suzanne E. Salamon, MD

1:45pm to 2:30pm – What’s New in Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Kyle D. Staller, MD

2:30pm to 3:15pm – The History of Pain/or Dying by Haider J. Warraich, MD

3:15pm to 3:30pm – Wrap Up/End Course by Sarah P. Hammond, MD, Ole-Petter R. Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc, MRCPI, and Anju Nohria, MD, MSc