Event Description
Drexel Center for Women’s Health is hosting a CME conference, Updates in Women's Health.
Program Director: Shailaja Nair, MD, FACP
Program Coordinator: Brenda Wills, MEd
Registration
Register online by March 8 to receive a printed syllabus. Registration is required, but there is no cost to attend.
For any non-Drexel faculty and staff who would like to claim CME credit, forms will be available at the conference; there is a $40 certificate fee. No charge for nursing education credits.
Topics and Presenters
8:00: Registration and Breakfast
8:30: Introduction and Overview Shailaja Nair, MD, FACP
8:35: Protecting Women’s Hearts: Changing the Script Jessica M. Peña, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine, Division of Cardiology
9:35: Diagnosis and Management of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: A Gastroenterology Perspective Asyia Ahmad, MD, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology
10:20: Break
10:30: Gender Affirming Surgeries – Male to Female and Female to Male Kathy Rumer, DO, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
11:15: Latest Updates on Obesity and Nutrition
Panel Discussion:
Stella Volpe, PhD, RD, LDN, Chair, Nutrition Sciences Department
Emily Levy, MD, Family and Sports Medicine;
Elizabeth Renza-Stingone, MD, Department of Surgery
12:00: Updates in Contraception Ryan Offer, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
12:55: Closing Remarks Shailaja Nair, MD, FACP
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the concept of sex differences in the pathophysiology and risk factors for ischemic heart disease
- Describe the clinical approach to cardiovascular risk stratification in women
- Discuss the various etiologies for the development of pelvic floor dysfunction and effective treatment regimens
- Review surgical options available to gender transitioning individuals from the preoperative, operative and postoperative perspectives
- Discuss weight loss with dietary modification and exercise
- Discuss the contraceptive options available in the U.S., and their medical contraindications and FDA guidelines
Target Audience
Cardiologists, internists, family medicine and women’s health physicians, gastroenterologists and gynecologists; fellows, residents, students, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses and allied health professionals
Continuing Education Information
Accreditation Statement: Drexel University College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement: The Drexel University College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AOA: This program is eligible for 4.25 credits in Category 2A of the American Osteopathic Association.
PSNA: Hahnemann University Hospital is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation; 4.1 contact hours will be awarded for attending the entire conference.
Faculty Disclosure Statement: Speakers at continuing medical education activities are required to disclose to the audience, any relevant commercial interest (which is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients). Any conflicts of interest must be resolved prior to the presentation and announced to the audience.
Acknowledgements: This program is being financially supported by the Drexel Center for Women’s Health and Drexel University College of Medicine’s Department of Medicine. |