Pri-Med Access with ACP
This CME activity, Pri-Med Access with ACP, is co-sponsored by the American College of Physicians (ACP) and pmiCME. All decisions about the CME content and faculty are made exclusively by ACP and pmiCME. It is the goal of the organizations to provide educational opportunities that are timely, unbiased, scientifically rigorous, practical in nature, and that serve to improve patient outcomes.

Pri-Med Access with ACP in San Francisco, CA

Location: San Francisco, CA
Date: April 12-13, 2010

Meeting Overview

Venue:
Marriott San Francisco
Primary Audience:
Primary Care
Credits:
13.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM, 24.25 AAFP, 13.25 AANP, and 11 AAFP Evidence Based


Debate, discuss and dialogue with faculty and colleagues on your schedule at Pri-Med Access with ACP

Pri-Med Access and American College of Physicians have created an all-new CME curriculum that will explore advances in efficient and cost-effective diagnoses and care related to:

• Assessment of cardiovascular risk factors

• Evaluation/management of musculoskeletal pain and respiratory diseases

• Work-up of gastrointestinal complaints

• Prompt identification of community acquired infectious disease

3+ hours dedicated to Q&A

You’ll have time to dialogue with our expert faculty, who are practicing clinicians as well as leading educators. You’ll have opportunities to share ideas and confirm your clinical approaches. The format is flexible—sign up for one course, one day, or the full two-day program.

Realize immediate returns on your time investment

• The techniques, treatments, and therapies you’ll learn about today will improve your patients’ care tomorrow

• Immediately apply “clinical pearls” in the care of your patients

Plus, expand your knowledge by attending optional, non-CME certified, industry-led presentations on the latest therapeutic products during breaks from your CME sessions. Learn more.

*Industry refers to pharmaceutical or medical device companies or agents working on their behalf.

Pri-Med thanks the following organizations for informing clinicians of the program: American Society of Hypertension, Inc., and California Medical Association.

Session Summary


Following is a recap of the core educational elements from the conference sessions, to help you take what you learned and apply it to your interactions with patients.

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Monday, April 12, 2010
6:30 AM-7:30 AM Registration, Breakfast & Additional Opportunities
7:30 AM-7:45 AM Refreshment Break & Additional Opportunities
Access
7:45 AM-9:00 AM
Project ECHO: A New Care Model to Benefit Clinicians and Underserved Patients

Description:

Join Dr Sanjeev Arora, Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of New Mexico, as he presents an overview of Project ECHO, an innovative and effective model for chronic care delivery to underserved patients. Developed and piloted in New Mexico, Project ECHO has built disease-based knowledge networks that link academic medical centers to community primary care providers in order to facilitate the delivery of timely and evidence-based care to underserved patients with complex health conditions. Recognized for its positive impact on patient health outcomes, healthcare costs and clinician satisfaction, Project ECHO represents a new model for chronic care delivery with primary care at its very heart.
Sanjeev Arora, MD , FACP , FACG , Professor of Medicine, Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, Director of the Office of Clinical Affairs, Director, Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
9:15 AM-12:30 PM Track 1
Cardiovascular Issues in Primary Care
9:15 AM-11:00 AM
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in the Apparently Healthy Patient: Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring (CACS) and Carotid Intima Media Thickness (IMT)
Joshua Beckman, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship Program, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC , FAHA ,
11:00 AM-11:15 AM
Refreshment Break & Additional Opportunities
11:15 AM-12:30 PM
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in the Apparently Healthy Patient: ABI and CRP
Joshua Beckman, MD, MS,
C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC , FAHA , Women's Guild Endowed Chair in Women's Health, Director, Preventive Cardiac Center, Director, Women's Heart Center, Professor of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , Los Angeles, CA
12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch & Additional Opportunities
1:30 PM-2:55 PM Track 2
Evaluation/Management of Musculoskeletal Pain
1:30 PM-2:55 PM
Assessing Painful Knees and Shoulders in the Primary Care Setting
Leonard Fromer, MD, FAAFP, ABFM, Executive Medical Director, Group Practice Forum, Los Angeles, CA, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2:55 PM-3:30 PM
Refreshment Break & Additional Opportunities
3:30 PM-5:00 PM Track 3
Respiratory Disease
3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Evaluating the Adult Patient with Chronic Cough: From Clear-Cut to Clinical Conundrum
Jess Mandel, MD , FACP , Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
6:30 AM-7:45 AM Registration, Breakfast & Additional Opportunities
7:45 AM-8:00 AM Refreshment Break & Additional Opportunities
Access
8:00 AM-9:00 AM
The Complete Idiot???s Guide to the Patient Centered Medical Home: What it Looks Like, How to Build It
Richard Thorp, MD , FACP , President/CEO, Paradise Medical Group, Inc, Paradise, CA
9:15 AM-12:30 PM Track 4
Gastroenterologic Screening and Management
9:15 AM-10:40 AM
Controversies and Considerations in Colorectal Cancer Screening and Surveillance
John Inadomi, MD, Professor of Medicine, Dean M. Craig Endowed Chair in Gastrointestinal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
10:40 AM-11:15 AM
Refreshment Break & Additional Opportunities
11:15 AM-12:30 PM
A Case-based Approach to the Evaluation and Management of Dyspepsia
George W. Meyer, MD , FACP , MACG , Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, Governor, Northern California Chapter, ACP, Acp-asim - California Chapter, San Francisco, CA
12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch & Additional Opportunities
1:30 PM-4:30 PM Track 5
Community-acquired Infectious Disease
1:30 PM-2:45 PM
Infections of the Excretory Pathways in Practice: Real-World Management of Diarrhea and UTI
Louis J. Morledge, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, New York Medical College, New York, NY, Private Practice, New York, NY
2:45 PM-3:00 PM
Refreshment Break & Additional Opportunities
3:00 PM-4:30 PM
Staphylococcus Aureus Infections: An Ominous Evolution in the Community Setting
George Sakoulas, MD , Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, Infectious Disease Consultant, Sharp Healthcare, San Diego, CA

Accreditation

Credits Type Accreditation Statement Designation Statement
13.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ pmiCME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. pmiCME designates this educational activity for a maximum of 13.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
24.25 AAFP This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 24.25 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
13.25 AANP pmiCME is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education programs by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. AANP Provider number 040308. This program has been approved for 13.25 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 7.000 hours of pharmacology).
11 AAFP Evidence Based This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 24.25 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Of these credits, 11 conform to the AAFP criteria for evidence-based CME clinical content. CME credit has been increased to reflect 2 for 1 credit for only the EB CME portion.
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Travel Arrangements

Meeting Location

Marriott San Francisco
55 4th St
San Francisco, CA 94103-3199
(800)228-9290
Marriott San Francisco web site

Hotel Accommodations

A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the Marriott San Francisco. Please call (800)228-9290 by 03/19/2010 and identify yourself as a Pri-Med Access with ACP attendee to receive the discounted rate of $239.

 

Additional Resources

This program directory is designed to provide you with a quick glance of all our program has to offer including the complete agenda for the CME program as well as information regarding the Product Theaters and Product Forum that are available during the breaks from the CME sessions. >Download Program Directory (PDF Format) 

Syllabus Materials

For your convenience, printer-friendly copies of the session slides are available to view and download approximately 1 week prior to the event. Materials will not be provided on-site. Review session slides prior to attending the program and come equipped with questions for our faculty.

 

 

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Additional Opportunities

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Theater 1
Theater 2
12
PM
1
PM
12:30 PM-1:30 PM
A Patient-Oriented Approach to Insulin Initiation and Intensification
Brought to you by: Novo Nordisk Inc.

12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Challenges in Lipid Management: Achieving More Intensive Treatment Goals
Brought to you by: Merck

3
PM
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Asthma: Challenges in Treating a Heterogeneous Disease
Brought to you by: Merck

3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Moving Forward in Osteoporosis: New Insights in Bone Biology and Patient Care
Brought to you by: AMGEN

 
Theater 1
Theater 2
7
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8
AM
7:15 AM-8:00 AM
Beyond Skin Deep: A Deeper Understanding of Plaque Psoriasis and Potential Underlying Conditions
Brought to you by: AMGEN

10
AM
11
AM
10:40 AM-11:15 AM
TBD

10:45 AM-11:15 AM
Day 2: Break

12
PM
1
PM
12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Hypoglycemia and Its Effects on Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Brought to you by: Merck

12:30 PM-1:30 PM
TBD

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Novo Nordisk Inc.

Featured Speaker

Featured Speaker information coming soon.

Faculty

Sanjeev Arora MD , FACP , FACG

Professor of Medicine, Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
Director of the Office of Clinical Affairs, Director, Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes)
University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM

Speaking:

C. Noel Bairey Merz MD, FACC , FAHA

Speaking:

  • Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in the Apparently Healthy Patient: Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring (CACS) and Carotid Intima Media Thickness (IMT)
    Monday, April 12, 2010
    9:15 AM-11:00 AM
  • Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in the Apparently Healthy Patient: ABI and CRP
    Monday, April 12, 2010
    11:15 AM-12:30 PM

Jess Mandel MD , FACP

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education,
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Speaking:

  • Evaluating the Adult Patient with Chronic Cough: From Clear-Cut to Clinical Conundrum
    Monday, April 12, 2010
    3:30 PM-5:00 PM

John Inadomi MD

Dean M. Craig Endowed Chair in Gastrointestinal Medicine,
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Speaking:

  • Controversies and Considerations in Colorectal Cancer Screening and Surveillance
    Tuesday, April 13, 2010
    9:15 AM-10:40 AM

Louis J. Morledge MD

New York Medical College, New York, NY
Private Practice, New York, NY

Speaking:

  • Infections of the Excretory Pathways in Practice: Real-World Management of Diarrhea and UTI
    Tuesday, April 13, 2010
    1:30 PM-2:45 PM

Joshua Beckman MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship Program
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Speaking:

  • Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in the Apparently Healthy Patient: Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring (CACS) and Carotid Intima Media Thickness (IMT)
    Monday, April 12, 2010
    9:15 AM-11:00 AM
  • Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in the Apparently Healthy Patient: ABI and CRP
    Monday, April 12, 2010
    11:15 AM-12:30 PM

Leonard Fromer MD, FAAFP, ABFM

Group Practice Forum, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine
University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Speaking:

  • Assessing Painful Knees and Shoulders in the Primary Care Setting
    Monday, April 12, 2010
    1:30 PM-2:55 PM

Richard Thorp MD , FACP

Paradise Medical Group, Inc, Paradise, CA

Speaking:

  • The Complete Idiot???s Guide to the Patient Centered Medical Home: What it Looks Like, How to Build It
    Tuesday, April 13, 2010
    8:00 AM-9:00 AM

George W. Meyer MD , FACP , MACG

University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA
Governor, Northern California Chapter, ACP
Acp-asim - California Chapter, San Francisco, CA

Speaking:

  • A Case-based Approach to the Evaluation and Management of Dyspepsia
    Tuesday, April 13, 2010
    11:15 AM-12:30 PM

George Sakoulas MD

University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Sharp Healthcare, San Diego, CA

Speaking:

  • Staphylococcus Aureus Infections: An Ominous Evolution in the Community Setting
    Tuesday, April 13, 2010
    3:00 PM-4:30 PM

Course Directors

Christopher Smith MD,FACP

Associate Proessor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Director
Internal Medicine Residency Program
Co-Director
Rabkin Fellowship in Medical Education
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

John Inadomi MD

Professor of Medicine
Dean M. Craig Endowed Chair in Gastrointestinal Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Adolf W. Karchmer MD,FACP

Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Division of Medical Diseases
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Joshua Beckman MD,MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director
Cardiovascular Fellowship Program
Brigham & Women's Hospital

Susan Murin MD,FACP

Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
University of California