Boca Raton Regional Hospital Internal Medicine Symposium

Symposium Guide

Friday, March 24

12:00 noonWelcome and Introductions
12:15 p.m.Keynote Presentation - Everyone, Everywhere, All the Time: Reflections on the Covid-19 Pandemic, Vaccines, Human Behavior, and the Circle of Least Confusion
Gregory Poland, M.D.
Pulmonary
1:15 p.m.Pulmonary Year in Review
Margaret Johnson, M.D.
1:45 p.m.Update in Cystic Fibrosis for Generalist: Why Does it Matter?
Margaret Johnson, M.D.
2:15 p.m.Break
Cardiology 
2:30 p.m.Residual Risk Assessment and Cardiometabolic Syndrome
Michael J. Blaha, M.D., MPH
3:00 p.m.What's New in the 2022 Heart Failure Guidelines?
Richa Gupta, M.D., MPH
3:30 p.m.Regenerative Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease
Emerson Carvalho Perin, M.D., Ph.D.
Endocrinology 
4:00 p.m.The ABC’s of GLP-1 Agonists for Obesity Management
Daniela Hurtado, M.D., Ph.D.
4:30 p.m.Adjourn

Saturday, March 25

7:15 a.m.Welcome and Introductions
Rheumatology
7:30 a.m.Rheumatology Year in Review
Benjamin Wang, MD
8:00 a.m.Sarcoidosis Update
Benjamin Wang, M.D.
8:30 a.m.Break
Infectious Diseases
8:45 a.m.Leishmaniasis
Ravi Durvasula, M.D.
9:45 a.m.Break
Gastroenterology
10:00 a.m.Artificial Intelligence in GI
Michael B. Wallace, M.D., MPH
10:30 a.m.Nonerosive Reflux Disease (NERD)
Karthik Ravi, M.D.
11:00 a.m.Update on Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
K. Rajender Reddy, M.D.
11:30 a.m. Break
11:45 a.m.Keynote - Covid Three Years Later: The Long Tail of Long Covid
Robert M. Wachter, M.D.
12:45 p.m.Adjourn

Sunday, March 26

7:15 a.m.Welcome and Introductions
Nephrology
7:30 a.m.Nephrology Year in Review 2022: Top Articles and Trial Results
Warren L. Kupin, M.D., FACP
8:00 a.m.The Lost Art of Uroscopy: Urine Color as a Diagnostic Tool
Warren L. Kupin, M.D., FACP
8:30 a.m.Break
Hematology/Oncology/Dermatology
8:45 a.m.Modern Day Screening for Prostate Cancer
David Thiel, M.D.
9:15 a.m.Dermatologic Manifestations of Systemic Disease
Scott Andrew Elman, M.D.
9:45 a.m.Break
Neurology
10:00 a.m.Updates in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
Amaal J. Starling, MD, FAHS, FAAN
10:30 a.m.Update in Migraine Headache Management
Olga Fermo, M.D.
11:00 a.m.Emerging and Re-Emerging Diseases – Monkeypox, Ebola, and What May be Next
Larry M. Bush, M.D., FACP, FIDSA
11:30 a.m.Final Remarks and Adjournment

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