Conference Coverage

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Conference Coverage episodes

March 31, 2011 Findings Presented at the 2011 Meeting of the AAAAI
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD

This year's meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI), held in San Francisco over March 18th through the 22nd, attracted over 7,000 participants from around the world, including clinicians, academics, allied health professionals, and others interested in allergic and immunologic disease. The conference highlighted recent advances in allergy and immunology research, with presentations also focusing on other developments in allergy, asthma, and immunologic diseases.
15 min
February 17, 2011 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' 2011 Annual Meeting
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD

This year's meeting, February 15th through the 19th, in San Diego, attracted approximately 30,000 participants from around the world, highlighting recent advances in the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal conditions, with presentations focusing on joint fractures, osteoarthritis, and other musculoskeletal injuries as well as factors impacting joint replacement procedure outcomes.
15 min
February 17, 2011 American Academy of Dermatology 2011 Meeting
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD

The 69th annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology took place February 4th through the 8th, in New Orleans. Attracting approximately 16,000 participants from around the world. The conference highlighted recent advances in the diagnosis and management of dermatologic conditions, with presentations and abstracts focusing on acne, rosacea, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma, among other skin conditions.
15 min
February 07, 2011Conference Coverage Highlights From the Alliance for CME's Annual Conference - Part 2
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
At this year's meeting of the Alliance for CME, January 26-29, 2011, in San Francisco, host Lawrence Sherman, discusses healthcare reform, collaborative learning, maintenance of licensure, and more, with:

Dr. Jack Kues, assistant vice president of continuous professional development at the University of Cincinatti Academic Health Centers

Leah Newkirk, director of health policy at the California Academy of Famly Physicians

Dr. Hank Chaudhry, president and CEO of the Federation of State Medical Boards

Dr. Joseph Scherger, vice president of primary care at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California
15 min
February 07, 2011Conference Coverage Highlights From the Alliance for CME's Annual Conference - Part 1
Host: Lawrence Sherman, FACEHP, CCMEP
Join host Lawrence Sherman at this year's meeting of the Alliance for CME, January 26-29, 2011, in San Francisco, for a discussion of increasing clinical relevance in continuing medical education, new trends toward team-based education, and how social media tools are getting involved. His three guests are:

Dr. Robert Addleton, executive vice president of the Physicians' Institute for Excellence in Medicine

Dr. Jann Balmer, past-president of the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education

Dr. George Mejicano, current president of the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education
15 min
January 06, 2011 The Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2010
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD

Tune in for the highlights of findings presented at the 33rd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held from December 8th through the 12th, 2010, covering recent advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of breast cancer, including the risk of breast cancer and hormone therapy, lack of mammogram screening, combination therapy for hormone receptor positive breast cancer, and predictors of breast cancer outcomes.
15 min
December 22, 2010 The 52nd Meeting of the American Society of Hematology
Tune in for notable findings presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Society of Hematology, which took place December 4th through the 7th, 2010, in Orlando Florida. Topics ranged from advances in leukemia and lymphoma to hematologic disorders such as sickle cell anemia and hemophilia B.
15 min
December 20, 2010 Coverage from RSNA 2010
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD

Tune in for significant summaries from the Radiological Society of North America's 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, November 28th through December 3rd in Chicago.
15 min
December 13, 2010 The 2010 Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD

Tune in for a summary of some of the important information and research findings from the Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI), held November 11th through the 16th, 2010, in Phoenix. This year's meeting attracted over 3,000 participants from around the world. The conference highlighted advances in allergy, asthma, and immunology research, procedures, and technologies. Presentations focused on allergies to food, medications, and chemicals as well as the use of immunotherapy and steroids for the treatment of asthma.
15 min
December 13, 2010RSNA 2010 Conference Highlights
Host: Jason Birnholz, MD
Host Dr. Jason Birnholz talks with experts on the conference floor from the Radiological Society of North America's 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago. His guests include:

Dr. Candice Aitken, radiation oncologist and assistant professor of medicine at Dartmouth Medical School

Dr. Jacques Souquet, founder and CEO of SuperSonic Imagine

Dr. Judy Kalinyak, chief medical officer of Naviscan

Dr. William Denman, chief medical officer of GE Healthcare
30 min

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