Department of Continuing Professional Education Fall Meetings

What’s in store this fall? Below is a list continuing education meetings taking place virtually starting September 2021. Each conference gives you access to earning continuing education credit and expanding your knowledge and skills in these different areas. In addition to learning state-of-the-art advances and treatments, you have the opportunity to network with fellow attendees and enjoy interactive panel discussions.

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Conference Highlight

3rd Annual MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute Symposium
September 18 | A Virtual Conference
Conference Chair: Thomas M. Fishbein, MD
Course Directors: Matthew Cooper, MD; Alexander J. Gilbert, MD;
Stuart S. Kaufman, MD; Rohit S. Satoskar, MD

MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute is proud to be hosting the 3rd Annual MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute Symposium (MGTI 2021). The educational program will consist of three parallel tracks navigating the diagnosis and treatment options for kidney, pancreas, liver, and intestinal disorders including those requiring a transplant. These tracks include: Advances in Liver Diseases and Transplantation, Current Issues in the Care of Dialysis and Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Patients, and Update on Liver Diseases, Intestinal Failure, and Transplantation for Children.

Advances in Liver Diseases and Transplantation track will address the gap between best and current practices in order to provide the best care to patients, reduce morbidity and mortality, and reduce the burden of liver disease in the Mid-Atlantic region. Up to date information on liver disease and transplant topics relevant to community practitioners will be highlighted. We will focus special attention on tumors multidisciplinary management of tumors of the hepatobiliary tract as well.

Through the Current Issues in the Care of Dialysis and Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Patients track the content will examine kidney and pancreas transplantation with a special emphasis on the multidisciplinary approach in pre and post-transplant care of patients with renal dysfunction and post-transplantation.

The third track, Update on Liver Diseases, Intestinal Failure, and Transplantation for Children will focus on topics that will be of interest to pediatric gastroenterology, primary care and allied health providers in the course of their interactions with infants and children with small bowel disease, parenteral nutrition, and chronic liver diseases including those likely to lead to transplantation.

The 8th Annual Gastric and Soft Tissue Neoplasms
September 25 | A Virtual Conference
Course Directors: Waddah B. Al-Refaie, MD, FACS; Nadim Haddad, MD;
Dennis A. Priebat, MD, FACP; Mark A. Steves, MD, FACS
MedStar Associates: Use promotion code GSMG for
complimentary registration!

The 4th Annual MedStar Heart Failure Summit
October 23 | A Virtual Conference
Course Directors: Samer S. Najjar, MD; Mark R. Hofmeyer, MD

13th Biennial Thyroid Update: New Concepts in the Diagnosis and
Treatment of Thyroid Disease
December 3 | A Virtual Meeting
Course Directors: Kenneth D. Burman, MD; Jason A. Wexler, MD

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Scary Cases in Endocrine Surgery
October 28 | A Virtual Conference
Course Director: Jennifer E. Rosen, MD, FACS

Breast Cancer Coordinated Care (BC3): An Interdisciplinary Conference
February 24 to 26, 2022 | JW Marriott | Washington, D.C.,
Course Directors: David H. Song, MD, MBA, FACS; Kenneth Fan, MD;
Ian T. Greenwalt, MD

Diabetic Limb Salvage (DLS) 2022
April 7 to 9, 2022 | JW Marriott | Washington, D.C.,
Course Chairmen: Christopher E. Attinger, MD; John S. Steinberg, DPM
Course Directors: Cameron M. Akbari, MD, MBA; Karen Kim Evans, MD;
J.P. Hong, MD, PhD, MBA

Mastering Clinical Challenges in IBD
May 7, 2022 | The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner | McLean, VA
Course Directors: Mark C. Mattar, MD; David T. Rubin, MD

Abdominal Wall Reconstruction (AWR) 2022
June 2022 | A Dynamic Virtual Conference with Expert Faculty
Conference Chairman: Parag Bhanot, MD
Course Directors: Karen Kim Evans, MD; William W. Hope, MD; Jeffrey E. Janis, MD

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