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Medallion Level CME/CE>CME/CE Calendar>Hypertension Conference
 

Daily Schedule

Friday, July 18

7:00 am Registration Opens/Continental Breakfast  
7:30-7:40 am Review of Purpose and Learning Objectives Dr. Basile
7:40-8:10 am Changing Paradigms for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes-Not As We Learned in Medical School  Dr. Soule
8:10-8:40 am When and How to Initiate Insulin Therapies in Type 2 Diabetes  Dr. Mayfield
8:40-9:10 am The 10 Minute Diabetes Office Visit  Ms. Arnold
9:10-9:30 am Refreshment Break
9:30-10:00 am Intensifying Insulin Therapies to Get to Goal  Dr. Mayfield
10:00-10:30 am Incretin-Based Therapy for Diabetes: When and How?  Dr. Soule
10:30-11:00 am Helping Your Diabetic Patient Make Changes in Self-Care Decisions  Ms. Arnold
11:00-11:30 am Ask the Experts Panel Discussion  Dr. Basile, Moderator,
Dr. Soule, Ms. Arnold, Dr. Mayfield
11:30 am-
12:30 pm
Interesting Cases in Diabetes  Drs. Soule and Mayfield; Dr. Gerstein panelist
12:30 pm Adjourn  

Saturday, July 19

7:00 am Continental Breakfast  
7:30-7:40 am Review of Yesterday’s Key Points  Dr. Basile
7:40-8:10 am The Clinical Risks of Obesity and Body Fat  Dr. Lackland
8:10-8:40 am Should BP be Treated in Prehypertensive Patients with the Cardiometabolic Syndrome – If so, to What Goal?   Dr. Egan
8:40-9:10 am Should Glucose be Treated in Those with the Cardiometabolic Syndrome-If so, to What Goal?   Dr. Gerstein
9:10-9:30 am Refreshment Break
9:30-10:00 am How to Evaluate the Cardiovascular Literature-A Focus on Recent Clinical Trials   Dr. Lackland
10:00-10:30 am Contemporary Approaches to the Management of Resistant Hypertension   Dr. Egan
10:30-11:00 am What Should Our Goal be for Glycosylated Hemoglobin in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetics-A Focus on Recent Trials  Dr. Lackland
11:00-11:30 am Ask the Experts Panel Discussion of Morning Lectures  Dr. Basile, Moderator,
Dr. Lackland, Dr. Egan, and Dr. Gerstein
11:30 am-
12:30 pm
Interesting Cases in Hypertension   Dr. Clyburn presenting.  Panel:  Drs. Lackland, and Egan
12:30 pm Adjourn  

Sunday, July 20

7:00 am Continental Breakfast  
7:30-7:40 am Review of Yesterday’s Key Points  Dr. Basile
7:40-8:10 am Do We Continue to See an Incremental Benefit from LDL-Cholesterol Reduction Beyond Our Current Goals?  Dr. Guyton
8:10-8:40 am Once Our Goal LDL-Cholesterol is Reached, What Should We Do About Residual Risk That Exists for Further ASCVD?   Dr. Prisant
8:40-9:10 am An Approach to Treating Lipids in Those with Diabetes-Does it Matter What Your Baseline LDL-Cholesterol Is?  Dr. Guyton
9:10-9:30 am Refreshment Break
9:30-10:00 am The Approach to Treating Lipids in Those with Chronic Kidney Disease-Is There Evidence for a Specific LDL-Cholesterol Goal?   Dr. Prisant
10:00-11:00 am Interesting Cases in Lipids Drs. Guyton, Prisant, and Basile
11:00-11:30 am The Lipid Association Qualifying Exam   Drs. Guyton and Prisant
11:30 am-
12:00 noon
Update on the ASH-Carolinas Georgia Florida Chapter  Dr. Raij
12:00 noon Adjourn  

 


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