Cleveland Clinic CME Newsletter: April 2008

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To make this newsletter more concise CME courses for the next 3 complete months (including the current month) are listed in this newsletter. Links to CME courses for the following months are linked to below.
August 2008	September 2008	October 2008	November 2008	December 2008

The Society of Black Academic Surgeons: Eighteenth Annual Symposium
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Hotel Accommodations \| Event PDF \| Refer A Friend
Apr. 17-20, 2008 \| InterContinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Audience:	•	The Society of Black Academic Surgeons is composed mainly of African-American surgeons in multiple fields of focus of academic surgery.
Accreditation:	•	15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
		www.ccfcme.org/SBAS08

Diabetes Day
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Event PDF
May 2 , 2008 \| InterContinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Audience:	•	Primary Care Physicians, Endocrinologists, Diabetes Educators, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and other health care professionals who take care of patients with diabetes.
Accreditation:	•	5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(s)™
		www.ccfcme.org/DiabetesDay08

Brain Pacemakers: A Promising Approach and a New Era of Hope for Neurological Disorders
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty
May 6 , 2008 \| Health and Human Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Washington DC
Audience:	• • • • • • • • •	Biomedical Engineers, Centers for Disease Control, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Defense, Department of Health & Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Health Care Practitioners, Indian Health Services, Medical Device Industry,	• National Institutes of Health, • Patient Advisory Groups on Parkinson Disease, Essential Tremor, Dystonia, Psychiatric Disorders and Traumatic Brain Injury, • Patients and Families, • Physicians, • Scientists, • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, • Veterans Administration
Accreditation:	•	This event has been submitted for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
		www.ccfcme.org/DBS

11th Annual Moll Pavilion Cancer Symposium
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Event PDF
May 7, 2008 \| InterContinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Audience:	•	Hematologists-Oncologists, Primary Care Physicians, Surgeons, Urologists, Residents, Fellows, Nurses, Family Practice Physicians, Physician Assistants, and Allied Health Professionals
Accreditation:	•	7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(s)™
		www.ccfcme.org/Moll08

Cartilage Innovation Summit 2008
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Hotel Accommodations \| Submit An Abstract \| Event PDF \| Refer A Friend
May 7-10, 2008 \| InterContinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Audience:	•	Innovators in Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering, Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rheumatologists, Sports Medicine Specialists, Specialist in Rehabilitation Medicine and Geriatric Medicine, Radiologists, Pathologists, Cartilage Tissue Engineers, Cartilage Biologists
Accreditation:	•	26.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/Cart08

Ethical Challenges in Surgical Innovation
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Hotel Accommodations \| Event PDF \| Refer A Friend
May 8-9, 2008 \| InterContinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Audience:	•	Surgeons, Nurses, Bioethicists, Physicians, Students
Accreditation:	•	9 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/EthicalSurgery08

Lead Extraction 2008: Critical Review and Implementation of HRS Guidelines Official Satellite Symposium to the 'Heart Rhythm Society'
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Event PDF
May 15 , 2008 \| InterContinental San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Audience:	•	Cardiologists, Cardiovascular Surgeons, Scientists, Electrophysiologists
Accreditation:	•	2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(s)™
		www.ccfcme.org/HRSLeads08

Advances in Gynecologic Surgery 2008
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Hotel Accommodations \| Event PDF \| Refer A Friend
May 15-17, 2008 \| InterContinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Audience:	•	Gynecologists, Gynecological Surgeons, Interventional Radiologists, Obstetricians, Urologists, General Surgeons, and healthcare professionals interested in women’s health, surgical gynecological innovations, and preoperative care
Accreditation:	•	23.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/GyneSurgery08

A Hands-On Approach to Diagnostic Pathology
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Event PDF
May 17-18, 2008 \| InterContinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Audience:	•	Pathologists and Fellows/Residents interested in Pathology
Accreditation:	•	9.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/DiagPath08

Advanced Management Issues in HIV Medicine
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Event PDF
May 29-30, 2008 \| InterContinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Audience:	•	Healthcare Professionals interested on the management of patients infected with HIV
Accreditation:	•	6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/HIV08

Update in Headache Management
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Event PDF
May 30, 2008 \| Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, Ohio
Audience:	•	Physicians, Dentists, Physician Assistants and all health care providers involved in the diagnosis and management of patients with headache, neck pain and other related chronic pain disorders.
Accreditation:	•	6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
	•	Approved for 6.75 lecture hours of FAGD/MAGD credit
		www.ccfcme.org/Headache08

Medicine Today - A 13 webcast series highlighting important topics from the Cleveland Clinic Division of Medicine's Medical Grand Rounds

20th Annual Intensive Review of Internal Medicine
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Event PDF
June 1-6 , 2008 \| InterContinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Audience:	•	Physicians preparing for the Internal Medicine Board Certification (or re-certification), Physicians desiring a review of state-of-the-art developments in internal medicine
Accreditation:	•	51.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/IRIM08
In conjunction to 20th Annual Intensive Review of Internal Medicine the Cleveland Clinic is proud to offer an ABIM Learning Session (June 7) featuring two medical knowledge modules: Hospital-Based Internal Medicine Office-Based Internal Medicine
The primary purpose of the Learning Sessions is to facilitate completion of ABIM medical knowledge modules by board-certified internists and subspecialists of internal medicine in order for them to receive Maintenance of Certification credit. The ABIM Learning Sessions are conducted in an interactive group setting with educational support, and are led by ABIM-certified physicians. Program attendees will actively participate using an audience response system. Find out more concerning the ABIM Learning Sessions here.

Third Annual Heart-Brain Summit
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Hotel Accommodations \| Event PDF \| Refer A Friend
June 4-5, 2008 \| InterContinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Audience:	•	Cardiologists, Neurologists, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Basic and clinical Researchers, Nurses and Nurse Practitioners, Biomedical Engineers
Accreditation:	•	12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/HeartBrain08

Mellen Center Regional Symposium on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) An Update on Managing MS - A Regional Partnership
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Event PDF
June 6, 2008 \| InterContinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Audience:	•	Physicians and their allied health professionals who care for patients with multiple sclerosis
Accreditation:	•	4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/MS08

Music and the Brain
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Event PDF \| Refer A Friend
June 6, 2008 \| InterContinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Audience:	•	Neurologists, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Nurses & Musicians
Accreditation:	•	5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/Music08

Lung Summit: Update in Pulmonary and Critical care Medicine
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Event PDF \| Refer A Friend
June 26-27, 2008 \| InterContinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Audience:	•	Pulmonologists, General Internists, Family Practice Physicians, Intensivists, and allied health practitioners who manage areas of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Accreditation:	•	17.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/Pulmonary08

Disease Management Poject - 175 free in-depth medical chapters spanning 13 medical specialties providing essential physician information concerning common diseases and medical conditions

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Aug. 17-21	Ninth Annual Intensive Review of Cardiology	Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Aug. 25-29	Pediatric Board Review	Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Sept. 3-6	Colorectal Cancer Week - Colorectal Cancer Summit (Sept. 3-4) & 12th Annual Meeting of Collaborative Group of Americas on Inherited Colorectal Cancer (Sept. 5-6)	Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Sept. 10-12	Obesity Summit	Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Sept. 11-12	44th Annual Gastroenterology Update	Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Sept. 25-27	Fibroid Summit 2008	Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Sept. 26-28	11th Annual Endocrinology and Metabolism Board Review	Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Oct. 5-8	Nephrology Update 2008	Ritz Carlton Hotel, Cleveland, OH
Oct.16-18	21st Century Treatment of Heart Failure: Synchronizing Surgical and Medical Therapies for Better Outcomes	Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Nov. 15-19	Survey of Current Issues in Surgical Anesthesia	Ritz Carlton Hotel, Cleveland, OH
Nov. 17-20	5th Annual Laparscopic Colorectal Surgery Course & 29th Annual Turnbull Symposium	Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH