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PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL MEDICINE® NEWS BUREAU
2005 Continuing Medical Education Video Conference Services
Philadelphia International Medicine offers an ongoing Continuing Medical Education Program via Video Conference for its international health gateways and organizations. A copy of this year's series is enclosed in this email for your review.
The series offers a range of medical topics presented by leading clinicians and professors in the field of medicine. Each program is 1-hour with a format of 45 minutes of presentation and case studies and fifteen minutes for questions and answers. Each participating organization receives a CME outline, biographical sketch of the guest speaker, program evaluation, and presentation handouts to distribute to their participants.
For more information regarding how to be involved including series subscription fees and video conferencing costs, contact Lucia Rosenberg at the phone or email address listed above.
Lucia Rosenberg
Director, Institute of Education
Philadelphia International Medicine
121 S. Broad Street, 20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
www.philadelphiamedicine.com
Tel: 215-735-3269
Fax: 215-735-3292
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Tuesday, February 22, 2005 @ 8:00-9:00
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Cardiovascular Risk in the Spectrum of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
(Endocrinology) |
Barry Goldstein, MD Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Division Director, Department of Endocrinology Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
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Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00 a.m. |
New Strategies for Bone Marrow Transplantation including Current Treatments for Hematologic Malignancies
(Oncology) |
Kenneth Mangan, MD, Director of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Fox Chase-Temple BMT Program, Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor – Microbiology & Immunology, Temple University Medical School |
Fox Chase-
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Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:00 a.m.
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Update on Multiple Sclerosis
(Neurology) |
Clyde E. Markowitz, MD Director, MS Center Assistant Professor of Neurology
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University of Pennsylvania
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Tuesday, April 12, 2005 8:00 a.m. |
Respiratory Failure Acute Management
(Pulmonology) |
Gerard J. Criner, MD Medical Director of Medical Respiratory Intensive Care and Ventilator Rehabilitation Units Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology, Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care, Temple University School of Medicine |
Temple University Hospital
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Wednesday, March 2, 2005 8:00 a.m.
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Characterization of New Prognostic Subgroups among WHO Grade III Malignant Astrocytomas
(Oncology) |
David W. Andrews, MD, FACS Professor of Neurosurgery Director, Division of Neuro-Oncologic Neurosurgery Director, Stereotactic Radiosurgery Units
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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
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Tuesday, May 10 8:00 a.m. |
New Treatments for an old disease – T. B.
(Infectious Disease) |
P. J. Brennan, MD Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Chief, Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety, University of Pennsylvania Health System |
University of Pennsylvania Health System
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Tuesday, May 24, 2005 8:00 a.m. |
The Latest in Rehabilitation Medicine Suggested Topic – Management of Back Pain (Orthopedics) |
Leonard Kamen, DO Moss Rehab Hospital
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Moss Rehab Hospital
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Monday, June 6, 2005 10:00 a.m.
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Update: Breast Cancer:
Suggested topics: Role of Surgery in Reduction of Recurrence Rate Update on Adjuvant Treatment of Breast Cancer
(Oncology) |
Lori J. Goldstein, M.D.,
Director,
Breast Evaluation Center
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Fox Chase Cancer Center
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Monday, June 7, 2005 8:00 a.m |
Pediatric Seizures and Related Illnesses
(Pediatrics) |
Robert Clancy, MD, Senior Physician in Neurology and Pediatrics, Director of Electroencephalography
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The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia |
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Friday, September 23, 2005 10:00 a.m. |
Adjunct Therapy for Resection End Stage Lung Cancer
(Oncology) |
Melvyn Goldberg, MD, FRCSC Chief of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center
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Fox Chase Cancer Center
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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 8:00 a.m.
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New Treatment in Pulmonary Embolism
The Latest in the Treatment of Venous Thrombosis/Pulmonary Embolism
(Pulmonology) |
Darren Taichman, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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University of Pennsylvania
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Tuesday, September 20, 2005 8:00 a.m. |
Wound Management
(Surgery) |
William Mannella, MD Chairman, Department of Surgery
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Crozer Chester Medical Center
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Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:00 a.m. |
Disease Management
Suggested Topic: Management of Blood Pressure
(Practice Management) |
Arnold Meshkov, M.D.
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Temple University Hospital
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005 8:00 a.m. |
Update on the Challenges facing Emergency Medicine Training
(Emergency Medicine) |
Robert McNamara, MD, FAAEM
Temple University Hospital, Emergency Medicine |
Temple University Hospital
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Wednesday December, 7, 2005 10:00 a.m.
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Update: Head and Neck Cancer
(Oncology)
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William M Keane, MD Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology Professor |
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
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Philadelphia International Medicine is an organization that provides medical and patient support services to international patients. It also provides continuing medical education and health care training and education to international physicians, administrators and other practitioners. As the international department of several Philadelphia-area hospitals, international patients gain access to physicians and hospitals rated among the best in the world through one telephone call to PIM. You can reach PIM by calling 1-215-735-3575; fax, 1-215-790-1267; or e-mail, physicians@philadelphiamedicine.com . You can find out more about PIM through its Website at www.philadelphiamedicine.com .