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Topics & Speakers NEPHROLOGY Glomerular Disease: Update for the Internist Nephrology Review: Includes Nephrology Cases for the Boards Gerald B. Appel, MD Update on Acute Renal Failure Mark L. Zeidel, MD Chronic Kidney Disease: Optimal Management Nephrolithiasis Nephrology Q&A Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, MS ENDOCRINOLOGY Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes and its Complications Robin S. Goland, MD Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: Challenges and Opportunities Update on Thyroid Disorders Endocrinology Q&A Endocrinology Review: Includes Endocrine Cases for the Boards Martin J. Abrahamson, MD Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome: Medical Management Jeanine B. Albu, MD MISCELLANEOUS Dermatology for the Internist Charles L.G. Halasz, MD GASTROENTEROLOGY Update on GERD and Peptic Ulcer Disease The Many Faces of Celiac Spruce Ciarán P. Kelly, MD Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures in Liver Disease: Adventures in Liver Land Gastroenterology Review: Includes Gastroenterology Cases for the Boards Sanjiv Chopra, MD Inflammatory Bowel Disease Joseph G. Sweeting, MD MISCELLANEOUS Allergy and Immunology for the PCP Rachel L. Miller, MD HEMATOLOGY Selected Clinical Challenges in Hematology Hematology Review: Includes Blood Smears for the Boards Reed E. Drews, MD Approach to Anemias David G. Savage, MD The Hypercoagulable State and Anticoagulation Hematology Q&A Kenneth A. Bauer, MD MISCELLANEOUS Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disease John P. Bilezikian, MD Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Sanjiv Chopra, MD ONCOLOGY Lymphomas Leukemias David G. Savage, MD Breast Cancer: Practical Considerations and Future Approaches Lung and Colorectal Cancer Update on Prostate Cancer Steven E. Come, MD Oncologic Emergencies for the Boards Oncology Q&A Oncology Review: Includes Oncology Cases for the Boards Lowell E. Schnipper, MD RHEUMATOLOGY Diagnostic Tests in Rheumatic Disease Gout and Pseudogout Robert H. Shmerling, MD, FACP Current Concepts Regarding Pathogenesis and Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Elizabeth W. Mayer, MD Vasculitis Syndromes Meggan Mackay, MD Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Scleroderma Rheumatology Q&A Rheumatology Review: Includes Rheumatology Cases for the Boards David E. Trentham, MD PULMONARY DISEASES Mechanical Ventilation Robert N. Sladen, MD Sleep Apnea DVT and Pulmonary Embolism J. Woodrow Weiss, MD Diffuse Lung Disease Pulmonary Pearls for the Boards Chest X-ray Review for the Boards Pulmonary Review: Includes Pulmonary Cases for the Boards Steven E. Weinberger, MD Obstructive Lung Disease Pulmonary Q&A Asthma Paul F. Simonelli, MD, PhD NEUROLOGY Pathogenesis and Management of Stroke Clinton B. Wright, MD, MS Current Treatment of Epilepsy Hyunmi Choi, MD, MS MISCELLANEOUS Viral Hepatitis: Review and Update Sanjiv Chopra, MD WOMEN’S HEALTH SYMPOSIUM Heart Disease in Women Elsa-Grace V. Giardina, MD INFECTIOUS DISEASE Current Management of HIV Disease Jay F. Dobkin, MD Update on New Antimicrobial Agents New and Emerging Infections and Infections with Potential of Biologic Warfare Robert C. Moellering, Jr., MD Update on Tuberculosis Karen F. Brudney, MD Medical Ethics Kenneth M. Prager, MD Treatment of Infective Endocarditis Infectious Disease Q&A Infectious Disease Review: Includes Infectious Disease Cases for the Boards Adolf W. Karchmer, MD MISCELLANEOUS Backache Kevin Sperber, MD Special Lecture: How to Prepare for the Internal Medicine Boards Peter D. Stetson, MD Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Karen Marder, MD, MPH Anxiety and Depression: Update on Treatment Alexander H. Glassman, MD Preoperative Evaluation Gerald W. Smetana, MD CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPOSIUM Hyperlipidemia and Novel Risk Factors Ira J. Goldberg, MD Hypertension Gerald W. Smetana, MD Ischemic Heart Disease Valvular Heart Disease Cardiology Q&A Joseph Tenenbaum, MD Acute Coronary Syndromes LeRoy E. Rabbani, MD, FACC Standard and Emerging Therapies for Chronic Heart Failure Gerald W. Neuberg, MD ECG Review for the Boards Cardiology Review: Includes Cardiology Cases for the Boards Ary L. Goldberger, MD Atrial Fibrillation James A. Reiffel, MD MISCELLANEOUS What We Need to Know: Updates from Medical Literature Alcoholism Mark D. Aronson, MD Ophthalmology Pearls for the Internist and for the Boards Arthur M. Cotliar, MD and Hermann D. Schubert, MD CRITICAL CARE SYMPOSIUM Hemodynamic Monitoring and Shock Syndromes Donald W. Landry, MD, PhD NEPHROLOGY PART II Relation Between Salt and Water Acid-base Disorders for the Boards Burton D. Rose, MD MISCELLANEOUS Travel Medicine Mary T. Flood, MD Male Sexual Dysfunction Wylie C. Hembree, MD Course Directors Columbia University Medical Center College of Physicians and Surgeons Gerald B. Appel, MD Professor of Clinical Medicine Donald W. Landry, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, MS Associate Professor of Medicine Best Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School Martin J. Abrahamson, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Sanjiv Chopra, MD Professor of Medicine Mark L. Zeidel, MD Herrman Ludwig Blumgart Professor of Medicine Faculty Columbia University Medical Center College of Physicians and Surgeons Jeanine B. Albu, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine John P. Bilezikian, MD Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology Karen F. Brudney, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Hyunmi Choi, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology Arthur M. Cotliar, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology Jay F. Dobkin, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Mary T. Flood, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine Elsa-Grace V. Giardina, MD Professor of Clinical Medicine Alexander H. Glassman, MD Professor of Psychiatry Robin S. Goland, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Ira J. Goldberg, MD Professor of Medicine Charles L.G. Halasz, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology Wylie C. Hembree, MD Special Lecturer on Medicine Meggan Mackay, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Karen S. Marder, MD, MPH Sally Kerlin Professor of Clinical Neurology Elizabeth W. Mayer, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Rachel L. Miller, MD Irving Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Public Health Gerald W. Neuberg, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine Kenneth M. Prager, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine LeRoy E. Rabbani, MD, FACC Professor of Clinical Medicine James A. Reiffel, MD Professor of Clinical Medicine David G. Savage, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Hermann D. Schubert, MD Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Pathology Paul F. Simonelli, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine Robert N. Sladen, MD Professor and Vice Chair of Anesthesiology Kevin Sperber, MD Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine Peter D. Stetson, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Biomedical Informatics Joseph G. Sweeting, MD Professor of Clinical Medicine Joseph Tenenbaum, MD Edgar Leifer Professor of Clinical Medicine Clinton B. Wright, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Neurology Best Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School Mark D. Aronson, MD Professor of Medicine Kenneth A. Bauer, MD Professor of Medicine Steven E. Come, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Reed E. Drews, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Ary L. Goldberger, MD Professor of Medicine Adolf W. Karchmer, MD Professor of Medicine Ciarán P. Kelly, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Robert C. Moellering, Jr., MD Shields Warren-Mallinckrodt Professor of Medical Research Burton D. Rose, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine Lowell E. Schnipper, MD Theodore W. & Evelyn G. Berenson Professor of Medicine Robert H. Shmerling, MD, FACP Associate Professor of Medicine Gerald W. Smetana, MD Associate Professor of Medicine David E. Trentham, MD Associate Professor of Medicine J. Woodrow Weiss, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Guest Faculty Steven E. Weinberger, MD Senior Lecturer on Medicine - Harvard Medical School Adjunct Professor of Medicine - University of Pennsylvania Senior Vice President, Medical Education and Publishing - American College of Physicians