Annual Anthony G. DiBartolomeo Internal Medicine Conference

Conference Details

September 6th (Friday)

Breakfast and lunch are provided.

• Registration / Introduction: 7:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m.
• Lectures: 8:15 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. (including breaks)

Accommodations

Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place
Two Waterfront Place
Morgantown, WV 26501

Phone: 304-296-1700

Continuing Education Information

Target Audience

This conference is designed for physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and members in the healthcare field interested in up-to-date information on inpatient and outpatient medicine.

Learning Objectives

• Identify patients with acute pancreatitis that may benefit from advanced endoscopic procedures
• Define evidence-based guidelines for medical management of overweight and obesity
• Use evidence-based guidelines to define acute kidney injury
• Describe the clinical presentation and diagnostic workup for male hypogonadism
• Identify the best practices for medicine reconciliation during the transition from the hospital setting
• Discuss recent studies and guidelines that potentially impact the practice of Hospital Medicine
• Recognize the barriers to patients in WV obtaining Hepatitis C Treatment
• Recognize the clinical presentations of patients experiencing adverse events to novel therapies for hematologic malignancies
• Describe the clinical evaluation and diagnostic process of a patient with pulmonary hypertension

The WVU School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The WVU Office of CME designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This continuing education activity has been provided by the WVU School of Nursing for 5.70 contact hours. The WVU School of Nursing is an approved provider of continuing education by the State of West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses, Legislative Rule #19CSR11-4 under provider number WV-1996-0120RN.

Additional Information

For questions or for more information prior to or during the conference, please contact Kristina Peck at 304-293-3937, or via email at kristina.peck@wvumedicine.org.

For information on other upcoming CE conferences, contact the Office of CE at 304-293-3937, visit our website at ce.wvu.edu, or e-mail us at ce@wvu.edu.

In case of emergency during the conference, please call Kristina Peck at 304-293-3937.

Disclosure

All faculty/authors/planners participating in our programs are expected to disclose any relevant relationships they may have with commercial companies. For this conference, Dr. Davisson has disclosed that she has stock ownership in Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly. All others have indicated that they have no relevant interests to disclose.