Updates in Women's Health

Friday, May 4, 2018

8:00 AM-1:00 PM

Topics/Presenters:
8 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Introduction and Overview – Shailaja Nair, MD, FACP
8:35 a.m. Who Needs Pap Smears Anyway? Updates on Cervical Cancer Prevention – Owen Montgomery, MD
9:15 a.m. Overactive Bladder and Urinary Incontinence – Melanie Amster, MD
9:55 a.m. Introduction to Immunotherapy: New Screening and Preventative Techniques in Select Common Malignancies – Kristine Ward, MD
10:35 a.m. Break
10:50 a.m. Latest Screening Guidelines and Updates in Breast Cancer
   Panel Discussion – Lydia Komarnicky, MD; Renee Rubin, MD
11:40 a.m. Navigating Thyroid Nodules – Renee Amori, MD, FACE
12:20 p.m. Osteoarthritis and Exercise – Alicia Tucker, MD
12:55 p.m. Closing Remarks – Shailaja Nair, MD, FACP

Program Director:
Shailaja Nair, MD, FACP

Program Coordinator:
Brenda Wills, MEd

Learning Objectives:

• Analyze the updated ACOG guidelines for cervical cancer screening.
• Recognize and clarify urinary incontinence in females and review the updated guidelines for management.
• To explain the rationale behind immunotherapy in the treatment of advanced cancer.
• To recognize high risk population and implement screening techniques for early detection of lung cancer.
• Review vaccination for the prevention of cervical cancer.
• Discuss updates in screening and management of breast cancer.
• Discuss incidence and prevalence of thyroid nodules and cancer.
• Review the categories of fine needle aspiration and cytology that influence decision making.
• Describe the symptoms and disease progression in osteoarthritis and identify benefits of exercise therapy in women.

Target Audience:
Internal medicine, family medicine, and women’s health physicians, fellows,
residents, students, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses and allied health professionals

Registration Fees: (Due by 4/23/2018)
DUCOM/HUH physicians, alumni, allied health and staff: Free
Physicians: $40
Allied healthcare professionals: $20
Fellows, residents, students: Free

Registration:
To register, visit www2.drexelmed.edu/updatesinwomenshealth

Accreditation Statement:
Drexel University College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement: The Drexel University College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AOA: This program is eligible for 4.25 credits in Category 2A of the American Osteopathic Association.

PSNA: Hahnemann University Hospital is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the PA State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation; up to 4.3 continuing education credits will be awarded for attending the entire conference.

Faculty Disclosure Statement:
Speakers at continuing medical education activities are required to disclose to the audience, any relevant commercial interest (which is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients). Any conflicts of interest must be resolved prior to the presentation and announced to the audience.

Acknowledgements:
This program is being financially supported by Drexel University College of Medicine’s Department of Medicine and the Drexel Center for Women’s Health.

Contact Information

Brenda Wills
215.399.5707