52nd MCW/Marquette Medical Alumni Association Clinical Conference 2018
This course has been designed to provide a comprehensive and practical udpate of relevant topics in modern medicine.
Instructional techniques will include didactic lectures and case-based discussions. Learners will have an opportunity to interact with faculty and ask questions relevant to their own practice and learning needs.
Target Audience
All physicians and other healthcare professionals are encouraged to attend.
Learning Objectives
- Provide an update on current clinical trials in pancreatic cancer.
- Identify criteria for referral of patients for pancreatic cancer screening.
- Evaluate MR-linac technology and its potential to increase precise treatment delivery.
- Identify how patient benefits from delivery of “personalized" radiation therapy.
- Develop an understanding of the latest surgical glaucoma techniques.
- Describe the latest technological advances and breakthroughs in glaucoma treatment, and how they can best be applied to clinical practice.
- Analyze contributing factors to current health care crisis.
- Appraise artificial intelligence systems as a means by which to increase appropriate, efficient and effective care.
- Recognize the role exosomes could play as possible biomarkers or disease mediators.
- Evaluate biology of endogenous signaling pathways and applications in regenerative medicine.
- Identify the application of established guidelines and appropriate use criteria pertaining to invasive and interventional cardiology.
- Assess cost effective and system based improvement care in invasive and interventional cardiology.
- Measure strategic partnerships realization in positively altering academic medicine landscape.
- Assess technological advancements and interactive approaches in medical education.
- Review the rationale behind antimicrobial stewardship.
- Discuss strategies for optimal antibiotic prescribing at the frontline.
- Determine challenges health care professionals face in Haiti.
- Understand role of visiting physicians in progress toward sustainability and improved quality of life for Haitian people.
- Examine the development of rural medical education programs at medical schools across the country.
- Compare and contrast U.S. medical education to Asia, Africa and Europe programs.
Program Agenda
Wednesday, February 21 | |||
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Welcome Reception | ||
Thursday, February 22 | |||
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast | ||
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Update on Pancreatic Cancer Treatment and Care | Douglas B. Evans, MD Donald C. Ausman Family Foundation Professor and Chair of Surgery | |
8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Precision Medicine and the MR- linac | Christopher J. Schultz, MD ’85 Bernard & Miriam Peck Family Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology | |
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Break | ||
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Glaucoma Update | Dale K. Heuer, MD Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences | |
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | The American Health Care System: A Crisis of Cost & Quality | Roger H. Strube, MD ’68, GME ’71 Managed Care Consultant and Retired Family Medicine Physician | |
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Reception for Zeit Fellowship Members | ||
Friday, February 23 | |||
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast | ||
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Community-based Medical Education | Matthew Hunsaker, MD
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8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Exosomes and Microvesicles: New Biomarkers in Stem Cell Biology and Disease | Zeljko J. Bosnjak, PhD ’79 Professor of Anesthesiology | |
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Break | ||
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
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10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
Women's Cardiovascular Health |
Nicole L. Lohr, MD '06, PhD '04, GME '09, FEL '12
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11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Advanced Cardiac Therapies: Update | David Scott Marks, MD, MBA Professor of Internal Medicine Acting Division Chief of Cardiology | |
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Reception and Dinner | ||
Saturday, February 24 | |||
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast | ||
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Medical College of Wisconsin 2018 Update | Joseph E. Kerschner, MD ’90, FEL ’98 Professor of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences Dean, School of Medicine Provost and Executive Vice President | |
8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Bad Bugs, No Drugs | Jane N. Wainaina, MD, FEL ’12 Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine | |
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Break | ||
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Health Care in Haiti: Partnerships Help Connect, Heal and Empower Community | Philip I.T. Regala, MD ’91 Orthopaedic Surgeon | |
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Association of America Medical Colleges: Academic Medicine at the National Level | Joseph E. Kerschner, MD '90, FEL '98 |
Activity Director:
Seth Flynn
Program Planners:
Crain Bliwas, MD
Joseph Kerschner, MD
Speakers:
Zeljko Bosnjak, PhD
Douglas Evans, MD
Dale Heuer, MD
Matthew Hunsaker, MD
Josepher Kerschner, MD
Nicole Lohr, MD
David Marks, MD
Philip Regala, MD
Christopher Schultz, MD
Roger Strube, MD
Jane Wainaina, MD
All persons in control of content have NO relevant financial relationships to disclose with the exception of the following people:
Name | Company | Role with Company |
Dale Heuer, MD (speaker) | Aerie Pharmaceuticals InnFocus NIH National Eye Institute | consultant DSMB member investigator |
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 9.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 9.75 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.
Available Credit
- 9.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- 9.75 Hours of ParticipationHours of Participation credit.