2025 Recent Advances in Medicine Conference

2025 Recent Advances in Medicine Conference is organized by Orear Institute for Post Graduate Studies and will be held from Jun 26 - 27, 2025 at The Fontaine Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America.

Description:
Join us for the 2025 Recent Advances in Medicine Conference including Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine, a premier continuing medical education (CME) event.

Learning Objectives:

Peter Buch, MD

Clinical Professor at the ECHN Branch of the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine; Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and the Frank H. Netter, MD School of Medicine, Connecticut

Fecal Incontinence, Hemorrhoids, Fissures and the Primary Care Provider

• To delineate the cause of fecal incontinence
• To outline the stepwise treatment for fecal incontinence
• To differentiate the treatments for internal and external hemorrhoids
• To outline a stepwise treatment for anal fissures

Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests

• To assess ALL patients with confirmed elevated liver function tests
• To recognize frequently encountered gallbladder and common duct dilemmas
• To identify the changing paradigm in hemochromatosis evaluation
• To describe what a primary care provider should know about Hepatitis C

Gregory S. Canty, MD

Sports Medicine, CMH, UMKC & University of Kansas School of Medicine

Concussion 2025 – What’s New and What Can We Do?

• Review recent literature for diagnosing and managing sports-related concussion.
• Share best practices for managing sports-related concussion from recent consensus.

Sports Medicine for Youth Athletes

• Highlight the epidemiology behind youth sports participation and youth sports injuries.
• Discuss some sports-specific conditions unique to the young athlete.  Review recent literature for diagnosing and managing sports-related concussion.

Denise Dupras, MD, PhD

Consultant, Division of Community Internal Medicine; Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Department of Internal Medicine; Associate Professor of Medicine; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

New Drugs, Indications and Warning:  Primary Care Update 2025

• Become familiar with new medications that primary care clinicians may use in the care of patients
• Use the information to appropriately determine best patient medication management
• Recognize limitations in the evidence supporting the use of new medications

Common Supplements Patients are Using:  Is there Evidence to Support their Use?

• Recognize what is required for a supplement to be available for purchase
• Understand the evidence supporting claims about the efficacy of some commonly used supplements
• Learn where to find information about supplements.

Regis Fernandes, MD

Consultant, Medical Director and Chair, Division of Comprehensive and Preventative Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases; Assistant Professor of Medicine; Medical Director/Physician Liaison, Mayo Clinic Cardiac Rehabilitation Council, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona

Clinical Utility of Coronary Artery Calcium Score

• Understand the biology of coronary artery calcification and the strength of evidence for using a Coronoary Calcium Score (CAC) for ASCVD risk prediction.
• Review the most current recommendations for Coronary Calcium Score (CAC) regarding indications, interpretation, and integration of the results in the global risk assessment and management of patients.
• Discuss some of the most common questions from consultants and patients regarding the management of CAC results.

Updates in Lipid Management

• Identify Newer FDA approved non-statin therapies, indications, and % LDL reduction.
• Describe treatment options for the truly statin-intolerant.
• Determine to who and when non-statins should be considered based on the percentage of LDL reduction or LDL range desired for the level of risk.
• Choose which ones to consider and in what order.

Edward J. Mayeaux, Jr., MD, DABFP, DABPM-CI, FAAFP

Medical Director, Ambulatory Quality and Family Medicine Associate Program Director, Lexington Medical Center, Lexington, South Carolina; Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 

Nail Disorders: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

At the completion of this activity, the learner will be able to:

• Manage common nail disorders
• Identify and treat common nail disorders
• Relate nail disorder to systemic disease, when applicable. 

Infestations: The things that bug us!

At the completion of this activity, the learner will be able to:

• Distinguish infestations of scabies, head/body lice, and bedbugs from other insect bites and skin disorders.
• Develop treatment plans using the most recent evidence-based recommendations.

Michael Silber, MB, ChB

Consultant neurologist at the Mayo Clinic Center for Sleep Medicine, Rochester, MN; Professor of Neurology and Elliott and Marlys Badzin Neuro-Degenerative Sleep Disorder Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

The Sleepless Patient:  Insomnia Update

• Identify the multiple factors that can contribute to chronic insomnia?
• Understand the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia?
• Select an appropriate medication for treating chronic insomnia, balancing individual patient need with side-effects and precautions.?

Restless Leg Syndrome:  Challenges and Current Practice

• Select appropriate initial therapy for patients with chronic persistent restless legs syndrome?
• Understand when and how to initiate iron therapy for restless legs syndrome?
• Develop competence in using low-dose opioids for refractory restless legs syndrome?

Kimberly Swan, MD

Board-certified OB/GYN and Program Director at the Kansas City Women’s Clinic ACGME-accredited resident clinic, HCA Midwest Health Physicians Network, and affiliated with the Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Founder of Swan Gynecology, Overland Park, Kansas 

Abnormal Uterine Bleeding & Fibroids

• Define abnormal uterine bledding (AUB) and causes as a first objective
• Identify appropriate workup for AUB
• Describe options for managing fibroids

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

• Describe signs and symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
• Understand the work up and diagnostic criteria of PCOS
• Discuss recognized current management of those with PCOS

Douglas Tietjen, MD

Urologist, KCUC Urology & Oncology, Lee’s Summit Missouri, and Overland Park, Kansas

Prostate Cancer Screening and Treatment

• Review the prevalence, biology, and clinical course of prostate cancer.
• Review the current recommendations for prostate cancer screening.
• Review the current clinical work-up for an elevated PSA.
• Review the current treatment options for prostate cancer.

Evaluation of Hematuria

• Review current recommendations for the work-up of microhematuria.
• Review current recommendations for the work up of gross hematuria.
• Review evaluation of hematuria in the presence of UTI’s.