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Harvard 39th Annual Review of Geriatric Medicine 2023


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5 Day FUll Course
 

$70.00

This five-day course provides an authoritative update on the specialized clinical management of older adults.The focus is on common clinical problems encountered in primary care practice. The program incorporates the knowledge and skills of many disciplines needed for effective management of medical, neurological and psychiatric illness in the older adult. Lectures are complimented by small group workshop sessions that emphasize practical approached to complex problems of a geriatric population in a variety of settings,
including office practices, hospitals and nursing homes. Target audience includes all medical professionals seeking training in the care of an older population
 
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2023
8:00 –  8:05 Welcome
8:05 –  9:00 Update in Geriatrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Salamon
SESSION A – REDUCING CARDIOVASCULAR RISK
9:00 –  9:45 Prevention Made Ridiculously Easy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.M. Gaziano
9:45 – 10:30 Evaluation & Management of Arrythmias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. Zimetbaum
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:30 Dyslipidemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. Orkaby
11:30 – 12:15 Diabetes Management Made Simple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. Munshi
12:15 –  1:45 Lunch Break
SESSION B – CARDIOVASCULAR PROBLEMS
1:45 –  2:30 Hypertension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. Lipsitz
2:30 –  3:15 Chronic Heart Failure in Older Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E. Gelfand
3:15 –  4:00 Coronary Artery Disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Kannam
4:00 –  4:15 Break
4:15 –  5:00 Strokes and Transient Ischemic Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. Henderson
5:00 –  5:45 Diagnosis & Management of
Peripheral Artery Disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. Schermerhorn
5:45 Day Adjourns
SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2023
SESSION C – MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS
8:00 –  8:45 Osteoporosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Kiel
8:45 –  9:30 Osteoarthritis – Recognition and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Misra
9:30 –  9:45 Break
9:45 – 10:30 Challenging Cases in Rheumatology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F. Badlissi
10:30 – 11:15 Management of Spinal Stenosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Atlas
11:15 – 12:30 Lunch Break
SESSION D – GERIATRIC DISEASES AND SYSTEMS
12:30 –  1:15 Sleep Problems in the Older Adult. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Bertisch
1:15 –  2:00 Blueprint for Smarter Antibiotic Use in the Older Adult Part I. . . P. Kamitsuka
2:00 –  2:15 Break
2:15 –  3:00 Blueprint for Smarter Antibiotic Use in the Older Adult Part II . . P. Kamitsuka
3:00 –  3:45 COPD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E. Garshick
3:45 –  4:00 Break
4:00 – 5:20 CLINICAL WORKSHOPS A
A. The Nuts and Bolts of Treatment for Diabetes in the Older Adults . . . . M. Munshi
B. **Blood Pressure Management in Older Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. Lipsitz
C. **Competency and Ethical Issues in Managing Older Drivers . . . . . . . . . S. Trudeau
D. Defying Gravity: Exercise as a Vital Component of
Successful Aging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Parke
E. Dizziness from an ENT Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Chari
5:20 Day Adjourns
SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2023
SESSION E – PREVENTION AND RISK REDUCTION
8:00 –  8:45 Health Screening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. Schreiber
8:45 –  9:30 Preoperative Assessment and Treatment of the Older Patient . . . D. Kim
9:30 –  9:45 Break
9:45 – 10:30 **Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Berry
10:30 – 11:15 Drug Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Gurwitz
11:15 – 12:00 **Pressure Ulcers: Evidence-Based Prevention and Management . . M. Reddy
12:00 –  1:15 Lunch Break
SESSION F – GERIATRIC SYNDROMES
1:15 –  2:00 Aging Skin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. Cukras
2:00 –  2:45 Urinary Incontinence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. DuBeau
2:45 –  3:00 Break
3:00 –  3:45 Prostate Cancer & Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy. . . . . . . . . . . C. DuBeau
3:45 –  4:30 Kidney Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. Cohen
4:30 –  5:15 GI Issues in Older Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. Trey
5:15 –  6:00 Common Thyroid Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. Hartzband
6:00 Day Adjourns
 
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2023
8:30 –  9:15 Hematology 101 for the Geriatrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K. Bauer
SESSION G – DEMENTIA, DEPRESSION, DELIRIUM
9:15 – 10:00 Diagnosis of Dementia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Press
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:00 Treatment of Dementia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Press
11:00 – 11:45 Delirium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E. Marcantonio
11:45 – 12:30 Late Life Psychosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E. Metzger
12:30 – 12:45 Lunch Break
12:45 –  1:45 **KEYNOTE LUNCHEON LECTURE:
Laughing and the Older Adult. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rabbi M. Waldoks
SESSION H – IMPORTANT GERIATRIC ISSUES
1:45 –  2:30 Women’s Health Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Salamon
2:30 –  3:15 Common Hematological Malignancies and
Novel Therapeutics in Older Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. Munshi
3:15 –  4:00 Break
4:00 – 5:30 CLINICAL WORKSHOPS
A. **Advanced Care Planning for the Older Adult:
How to Have the Conversation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. M. Skarf, S. Nathan
B. **Problems in Geriatric Psychiatry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E. Metzger
C. Cognitive Testing for the PCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E. Marcantonio
D. Putting It All Together:The Toe to head Geriatric Assessment . . . . A. Schwartz
E. Diet and Exercise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. M. Gaziano, A. Orkaby
5:30 Day Adjourns
 
TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2023
SESSION I – END OF LIFE CARE
8:00 –  8:45 Care of the Care Partner of a Person Living with Dementia:
A Critical Part of Dementia Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Ritchie
8:45 –  9:30 Pain Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. M. Skarf
9:30 –  9:45 Break
SESSION J – SENSORY FUNCTION
9:45 – 10:30 The Aging Eye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Young You
SESSION K – OTHER IMPORTANT GERIATRIC ISSUES
10:30 – 11:15 **Challenges of Anti-Coagulation in Older Adults . . . . . . . . . . . K. Bauer
11:15 – 12:00 Parkinson’s Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Simon
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch (on your own)
12:45 –  1:30 Depression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I. Vahia
1:30 Course Adjourns