Doctors Entrance
Grand rounds SCHEDULE
October 2008 (Adobe Acrobat PDF document)
Grand Rounds takes place in the Outpatient Center Auditorium-Basement (unless otherwise noted).
Physicians attending this activity may report up to 1 hour of Category 1 credit per lecture toward the certificate in Continuing Medical Education and the AMA’s Physician’s Recognition Award.
10/07/08
“HIV Screening ”
Donna Futterman, MD
Director, Adolescent AIDS Program
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
Objectives:
- Identify 2 current epidemiologic issues and risks for HIV among youth.
- Identify 2 Unique psychosocial stressors among HIV positive youth.
- Identify rationale and strategies for implementing routine HIV screening among youth.
10/14/08
“Immune Thrombocytopenia Purpura: Emerging New Therapies ”
Caroline Hastings, MD
Director, Fellowship Program
Department of Hematology/ Oncology
Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Objectives:
- Perform a differential diagnosis of ITP and identify the patient most likely to benefit from therapy.
- Identify historical therapeutic strategies for ITP management and their relevant health risks and side effects.
- Demonstrate knowledge of emerging therapies for ITP and their associated clinical evidence.
- Develop an individual management plan for each ITP patient based on history, risk factors, and platelet status.
10/21/08
"TBA"
10/28/08
"Eating Disorders "
Neville H. Golden, MD
Division Chief
Department of Adolescent Medicine
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford
Objectives:
- Identify the different types of eating disorders found in adolescents.
- List three conditions in the differential diagnosis of anorexia nervosa.
- List five medical complications of eating disorders.
- Discuss the approach to management of an adolescent with an eating disorder.
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