Annual Meeting Faculty and Topics

Jennifer M. Reed, MD
Breast Oncology Surgery

Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Learn the most common signs and symptoms of breast cancer
Identify patients who are appropriate surgical consults for breast problems
Identify the appropriate imaging to order for screening and diagnostic evaluations of the breast
Become familiar with the latest treatment options for breast cancer

Is My Patient at High Risk for Breast Cancer? Evaluation, Genetics and Management

Learn how to easily identify patients at high risk for developing breast cancer
Be able to identify patients who should be considered for BRCA genetic testing
Learn the recommendations for screening MRI in high risk patients
Learn about medications that can reduce the risk of breast cancer

Clyde Brooks, MD
Vice President, Medical Affairs, Jr.- Vidant Medical Group

The Business of Medicine

Become Familiar with Current Payment Methods
Understand Financial Performance of Physician Enterprises
Get a General Understanding of ICD-10
Regulatory Update

Physician Quality Update:2012

Understand Meaningful Use
Examples of Quality Performance
Understand the Physician Quality Reporting System
Understand Ambulatory Patient Safety Issues

Deepak R. Talreja, MD, FACC
Cardiology
Prevention and Medical Therapy for Coronary Disease: 2012 Update

Review the Pathology of Coronary Disease
Review Approaches to Prevention of CAD
Discuss Medical Therapy for CAD
Applying the Lessons of Prevention in the Life of A Busy Healthcare Provider (Part II)
Review the Current Strategies for Prevention of CAD
Revisit Epidemiology of CAD in Healthcare Providers
Discuss How to Apply these Techniques in Our Lives
Ed Karotkin, MD
Physicians for Peace- Improving Health Care and Making Friends in the Developing World
Familiarize participants with objectives of PFP
Show Various Types of Medical Missions Sponsored by PFP
Stimulate Interest in "Medical Volunteerism"
Provide Evidence of Mission Successes
The Well Rounded Physician, What we can do to add another Dimension to Our Professional Life. Examples from the Past and Present
Provide historical examples of how physicians have distinguished themselves outside medicine
Provide modern day examples of how physicians have distinguished themselves outside medicine
Stimulate conference participants to explore talents and potentials that they may not be aware that they have
Make participants aware of how much physicians have contributed to making society better.
Michael Lang, MD
Internal Medicine & Psychiatry

NC- ACCEPT: Cost Effective Options for the Treatment of Insomnia

The participant will be able to describe the role of insomnia as a risk factor for incident psychiatric illness
The participant will e able to discuss the impact of insomnia on the course of psychiatric illness
The participant will be able to propose a variety of strategies for managing insomnia

NC-ACCEPT: Managing Depression in Primary Care- A Pragmatic Review of the Evidence

Identify key concepts of evidence-based depression care
Review screening with a depression instrument 
Clarify key points in diagnosing depression
Examine a measurement-based care approach to managing primary care depression
Provide Prescription Tips

Alicia S. Devine, JD, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School

Therapeutic Hypothermia

Understand the pathophysiology of ischemia-reperfusion injury that occurs in cardiac arrest
Know the indications for initiation of therapeutic hypothermia after a cardiac arrest.
Understand the mechanics of cooling (target temperature, length of cooling, speed of rewarming)

Summertime emergencies: burns, bites, stings and punctures

Recognize thermal burns requiring evaluation in an emergency department.
Understand the treatment of thermal burns.
Understand the initial first aid treatment and management of marine bites, stings and punctures.