What happens when your patient does not respond to a SSRI?  What happens when your patient does not respond to treatment? This session will review how to manage these more challenging cases of depression that are all too common in primary care settings.

Jeffrey Rado, MD, MPH, FAPA

Associate Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

This session on influenza diagnosis and management will improve how you respond when annual fluctuations in vaccine efficacy expose your patients to risk of serious illness. Through interactive patient cases, the faculty will demonstrate how to identify and treat patients with suspected influenza, including patients at high risk for complications. These practical, evidence-based strategies will help you to use antiviral medications effectively and reduce the burden of influenza.

Daniel A. Solomon, MD

Associate Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Charles Vega, MD, FAAFP

Health Sciences Clinical Professor, UC Irvine Department of Family Medicine, Assistant Dean for Culture and Community Education, Executive Director, UC Irvine Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community, UC Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA

Supported by an educational grant from Genentech, a member of the Roche Group

This session reviews the latest evidence-based data regarding iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and offers practical clinical insight into the diagnosis and management of this common condition. Through a series of case presentations, the presenting gastroenterologist discusses the common but subtle manifestations of IDA, proactive strategies for recognizing patients at risk of IDA, and the current evidence base for using oral and intravenous iron therapies effectively in practice. These practical pearls and pitfalls are intended to help optimize the care of IDA in various patient populations seen in the primary care setting. 

Neilanjan Nandi, MD, FACP

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Center, University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Supported by American Regent, Inc.

Session Overview to Come

Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, FESC

Executive Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Heart & Vascular Center, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Gregory S. Pokrywka, MD, FACP, FNLA, FASCP, NCMP

Assistant Professor Medicine, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Director, Baltimore Lipid Center, Baltimore, MD

Supported by Amarin Pharma Inc.

What do primary care providers need to know to know about diabetes, atrial fibrillation, and mild cognitive impairment? Join endocrinologist Martin Abrahamson, cardiologist Ty Gluckman, and geriatrician Lee Lindquist as they review important questions, they get asked about these three topics!

Martin J. Abrahamson, MD, FACP

Ty J. Gluckman, MD, FACC, FAHA

Medical Director, Center for Cardiovascular Analytics, Research, and Data Science (CARDS), Providence Heart Institute, Providence St. Joseph Health, Portland, OR,

Lee A. Lindquist, MD, MPH, MBA

Chief of Geratrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Supported by Commercial Supporter here

One in fifty people in the U.S. has an unruptured brain aneurysm, and one ruptures every 18 minutes. Despite low frequency, brain aneurysms are high in mortality, because the lack of a timely diagnosis often leads to death. Complicating matters more, many of the symptoms are associated with other less dangerous conditions, such as influenza or stress. This session will describe the importance of early detection, since brain aneurysms are treatable via proper identification, and will highlight risk factors and populations who are most vulnerable. Faculty will also review treatment options for clinicians to recognize or use in practice. 

Christopher S. Ogilvy, MD

Director, Endovascular and Operative Neurovascular Surgery, BIDMC Brain Aneurysm Institute, Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA