21st Century Hormone Advancements: The Practitioner's Comprehensive Guide to Bioidentical Hormones through Menopause & Andropause

21st Century Hormone Advancements: The Practitioner's Comprehensive Guide to Bioidentical Hormones through Menopause & Andropause is organized by Women's Hormone Network (WHN) and will be held from Nov 07 - 10, 2019 at Marriott Irvine Spectrum, Irvine, California, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is physicians, nurses, pharmacists, physician’s assistants, and other health care providers involved with the support of patient’s utilizing hormones.

Accreditation:
Physician:
The Medical Educator Consortium designates this live activity for a maximum of 23.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing:
The Medical Educator Consortium designates this activity for 23.75 contact hours. Pharmacotherapy contact hours for Advance Practice Registered Nurses will be designated on your certificate.
Pharmacist:
This Application-based activity has been approved for 23.75 contact hours (2.37 CEUs) by the Medical Educator Consortium. 
Physician Assistant:
The Medical Educator Consortium has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 23.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Description:
“21st Century Hormone Advancements: The Practitioner’s Comprehensive Guide to Bioidentical Hormones through Menopause & Andropause” symposium is designed to provide the most comprehensive overview of the most popular approaches to replace and restore hormones in men and women, showcasing in-depth strategies on how to optimize those hormones through low dose static replacement, hormone pellet implants, and rhythmically dosed physiologic restoration.

Attendees will also obtain up-to-date knowledge in hormone treatment strategies as they relate to PCOS, breast cancer, prostate cancer, sleep and stress issues, transgender reassignment advances, sexual dysfunction, heart disease, BPH and lower urinary tract symptoms, and infertility.

Objectives:
• Review the hormonal changes that manifest with aging, and their negatively associated impact on chronic diseases.
• Discuss the impact of unaddressed hormone insufficiency as it pertains to quality of life for patients and their families.
• Recognize the dangers related to the disruption of the circadian rhythm and sleep patterns and its impact on the menstrual cycle and cancer.
• Learn about an integrative approach of metabolic disorders with nutrition and lifestyle management.
• Understand the difference between static hormone replacement and physiologic hormone restoration.
• Learn to use a nuts and bolts approach of interpreting diagnostic studies to manage static hormone replacement therapies.
• Review general cancer risks involving landmark studies incorporating various methods of hormone replacement therapy.
• Learn to order and assess relevant laboratory tests associated with hormone insufficiencies and physiologic hormone restoration.
• Review and discuss clinical management guidelines regarding utilization of physiologic restoration with case studies.
• Learn how to utilize physiologic restoration as a potential improvement over the current practices in the transgender population.
• Learn to apply hormone replacement/restoration guidelines for everyday use in officepatient management.