Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis (LMC): Detection, treatment, and surveillance strategies, Speaker: Na Tosha Gatson
Title: Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis (LMC): Detection, treatment, and surveillance strategies Speaker: Na Tosha Gatson Objectives:
Discuss the diagnosis and pathophysiology of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMC).
Review cases that are important to understanding LMC presentation.
Identify mechanisms by which to treat LMC.
Define opportunities for overlapping hospitalist with neuro-oncologists in the acute care setting.
Date: October 14, 2022
Renal Failure in Cirrhosis, Current Management and Future Treatment Options, Speaker: Florence Wong
Title: Renal Failure in Cirrhosis, Current Management and Future Treatment Options Speaker: Florence Wong Objectives:
Have a better understanding of the pathophysiology of renal dysfunction in cirrhosis, mechanism of action of vasoconstrictors, treatment regimens and their side effects.
Learn about potential new treatment options for renal failure in cirrhosis.
Date: October 7, 2022
Resistant Hypertension: How to Approach the Patient Whose BP Can't Be Controlled, Speaker: Jan Basile
Title: Resistant Hypertension: How to Approach the Patient Whose BP Can't Be Controlled Speaker: Jan Basile Objectives:
Understand the new definition of resistant hypertension.
Review the clinical workup of resistant hypertension including the importance of ruling out medication non-adherence, obtaining out-of-office or a 24-hr ABPM and ruling out secondary causes of hypertension.
Recognize the importance of lifestyle modification and the evidence for the use of chlorthalidone rather than hydrochlorothiazide, and a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist to improve BP control in those with resistant hypertension after excluding a secondary cause of hypertension.
Date: September 23, 2022
What's Love Got to do With It? The Case for Workforce Thriving to Enhance Patient Safety, Speaker: Read G. Pierce
Title: What's Love Got to do With It? The Case for Workforce Thriving to Enhance Patient Safety
Speaker: Read G. Pierce
Date: September 16, 2022
Status of Women in Medicine & Science, Speaker: Pamela Garcia-Fillion
Title: Status of Women in Medicine & Science
Speaker: Pamela Garcia-Fillion
Date: September 9, 2022
Management of Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis, Speaker: Gaurav Syal
Title: Management of Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis
Speaker: Gaurav Syal
Date: August 26, 2022
Myth Busting: OUD & MAT/MOUD, Speaker: Jerry W. Snow
Title: Myth Busting: OUD & MAT/MOUD
Speaker: Jerry W. Snow
Date: August 19. 2022
Public Health Update: COVID-19, Monkeypox and the Role of the Medical Community in Outbreak Response, Speaker: R. Nicholas Staab
Title: Public Health Update: COVID-19, Monkeypox and the Role of the Medical Community in Outbreak Response
Speaker: R. Nicholas Staab
Date: August 12, 2022
Diagnosing tuberculosis - Progress ad remaining challenges, Speaker: Jacqueline M. Achkar
Title: Diagnosing tuberculosis - Progress ad remaining challenges