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May
Brown Department of Family Medicine/Memorial Hospital
of Rhode Island - Noon Conference Schedule
May 2008 - All conferences run from 12:15-1:15
p.m. at Memorial Hospital of RI (specific location below). For more
information, please contact Stacie Demarais, assistant education
coordinator, at 401-729-2244 or via email at stacie_demarais@mhri.org.
Thursday, May 8
No Conference
Friday, May 9
Teaching Conference: Acute Abdomen
Guy Nicastri, MD
Sayles 1
Thursday, May 15
Special Internal Medicine Grand Rounds (CME): Evolving Role of Genetics
in Cancer Care
Mark E. Robson, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Medical Staff Auditorium
Friday, May 16
Half-day Resident Workshop: Upper Extremity Orthopedics
Noon Conference: Joint Injections, Arnold Berman, MD
Sayles 1
Thursday, May 22
Grand Rounds (CME): Secrets
Shmuel Reis, MD
Medical Staff Auditorium
Friday, May 23
Resident Community-Oriented Primary Care Projects
Quality of life for nursing home and home-bound patients, Beth Nowak,
MD, and Maria Castro, MD
The Rocking Chair Project, Cindy Gleit, MD
Residents' comfort with HIV screening in the primary care setting,
Matilda Addo, MD
Sayles 1
Thursday, May 29
Grand Rounds (CME): Acute Cough
Rabin Chandran, MD
Medical Staff Auditorium
Friday, May 30
Teaching Conference: BPH
Martin Miner, MD
Sayles 1
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Friday, May 16
7:30-8:30 am
Hasbro Children's Hospital
Collis Conference Room
Primary Care Topic:
Cholesterol Dilemmas
Charles Eaton, MD, MS
Director, Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital
Objectives: Upon completion of this conference, participants should
be able to:
-Review the role of Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitors, in light
of
recent enhanced clinical trial
-Review the role of HDL raising the CETP inhibitors in light of
recent
Illuminate clinical trials
-Discuss ratios vs. LDL cholesterol vs. particle number as predictors
of coronary artery disease risk.
Specialist Topic:
Bariatric Surgery
Harry C. Sax, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief, The Miriam Hospital
Surgeon, Breast Health Center, Women & Infants' Hospital
Objectives: Upon completion of this conference, participants should
be able to:
-Recognize the role of bariatric surgery and the care of the obese
patient
-Describe various options in bariatric surgery
-Explain the preoperative evaluation prior to surgery.
