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UPCOMING EVENTS ••
April 5
7th Annual APC Pharmacology Update
8 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
7:15 a.m. continental breakfast
John H. Ammon Medical Education Center
This conference will review and identify current and new pharmacological and clinical approaches to management of common conditions in primary, acute and women’s and children’s health, with the goal of achieving safe prescribing practices and optimal clinical outcomes.
A $50 per person nonrefundable fee includes continental breakfast and lunch. Pre-registration is required. Deadline: March 29. Register at reg.planetreg.com/PharmacologyUpdate2019. For more information contact Anisa Kitts at akitts@christianacare.org or 302-733-2760.
April 19
7th Annual Neurovascular Symposium
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
John H. Ammon Medical Education Center
This year’s Neurovascular Symposium will offer important information on stroke imaging and treatment, workup and treatment for
TIA, key lessons from the International Stroke Conference, and more.
Register at planetreg.com/ NeurovascularSymposium2019.
Questions: Email Doug Huisenga at dhuisenga@christianacare.org or call 302-733-5221.
May 7
56th Annual William Holloway Infectious Disease Symposium
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
7:30 a.m., registration and exhibit hall open
John H. Ammon Medical Education Center
Faculty will address global topics making an impact on our world today and the local concerns of our busiest clinical colleagues.
Presentations will include lessons learned
in the global fight to eradicate polio, new epidemiological trends in HIV transmission, an update in histoplasmosis and other endemic mycoses, an update on infections in implantable cardiac devices, and a guide to understanding the classic differential, fever and rash. The Visiting Professor Conference will host Paul Pottinger, M.D., DTM&H of the University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle.
Preregistration is required.
Visit events.christianacare.org for information, including fees. Email the Office of Continuing Medical Education at cme@christianacare.org or call 302-623-3882.
May 13
Center for Provider Wellbeing Spring Symposium
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
John H. Ammon Medical Education Center
Physicians and advanced practice clinicians
are invited to this symposium on the crucial
and timely topic of suicide among health care providers. The keynote speaker is Michael Myers, M.D., professor of Clinical Psychiatry at SUNY-Downstate Medical Center and member of the Clinician Survivor Task Force of the American Association of Suicidology.
Space is limited. R.S.V.P. by April 26 at events.christianacare.org.
April & May
Help for your Hips, Back and Bones
6 p.m.
John H. Ammon Medical Education Center
This three-part series of lectures will address
hip, knee, back, or bones issues that are keeping you from enjoying life. Learn about causes and solutions from our experts to get you back to doing the things you love the most.
April 9
Freedom From Fractures:
Learning how to Prevent Broken Bones
With Magaret A. Guest, D.O., physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist; Timothy Manzone, M.D., nuclear medicine specialist; and Aron McConnell, PT, DPT, COMT, CSCS, Pn1, physical therapist.
April 25
Relief for Chronic Hip Pain
Featuring Eric Johnson, M.D., orthopaedic specialist; and Taylor Alger, PT, DPT, physical therapist.
May 16
Spine Surgery: Advancements
Offer Relief
Featuring J. Rush Fisher, M.D., orthopaedic spine specialist; and Matthew Bertinato, PT, DPT, Cert. MDT.
Register today at events.christianacare.org/relief. SAVE THE DATE
September 13
Inaugural Sepsis Symposium
7 a.m. – 2 p.m., John H. Ammon Medical Education Center
Keynote speaker will be national sepsis expert Mark E. Nunnally, M.D., FCCM, Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, Neurology, Surgery and Medicine, Director, Adult Critical Care Services, NYU Langone Health, NYU School
of Medicine. Contact the Office of Continuing Medical Education at 302-623-3882 for more information.
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