Upcoming Medical Conferences in USA

Blended Introduction to Emergency Medicine and Advanced Emergency Medicine/Critical Care Ultrasound Course is organized by Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (GCUS) Inc. and will be held from Nov 21 - 22, 2019 at Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, St Petersburg, Florida, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Target Audience: This Blended Introduction and Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasound course is intended for any medical professional involved with performing ultrasound examinations in an emergency, critical care, or related setting. Participants may include but are not limited to emergency and critical care physicians, surgeons, hospitalists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, sonographers, internal medicine physicians, and any other medical professionals. Course Description: Blended Introduction to Emergency Medicine and Advanced Emergency Medicine/Critical Care Ultrasound Course is intended for any medical professional involved with performing emergency medicine, critical care, or point-of-care ultrasound examinations. The Blended Introduction to Emergency Medicine and Advanced Emergency Medicine/Critical Care Ultrasound Course is designed to provide a strong foundation to perform the introduction and advanced ultrasound applications as outlined in the ACEP emergency ultrasound practice guidelines and WINFOCUS. Taught by leading emergency medicine and critical care ultrasound faculty, this self-directed course contains Two (2) Online Courses containing multiple modules and includes recommended reading assignments, online video lectures, case presentations, and post-activity quizzes. Enrollment is valid for fifteen (15) months for both online courses and begins the moment the participant is enrolled in them. Combined with Two Days (12 Hours) of dedicated hands-on scanning at our facility in St. Petersburg, FL you will be scanning live models and inanimate phantoms with a 3:1 participant to faculty scan ratio. After this course, participants will see a noticeable increase in diagnostic and scanning skills and immediately be able to implement skills learned in clinical practice. For the best ultrasound education experience, completion of the online course prior to hands-on scanning is recommended. Course Topics: • Imaging Fundamentals • Emergency Ultrasound for Obstetrical and Gynecological Conditions • Ectopic Pregnancy • Spontaneous Abortion • PID and Masses • Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access (3 Parts) • Abdominal Scanning Fundamentals • Ultrasound in Trauma: FAST and E-FAST • Abdominal Cases in Emergency Medicine-Renal • Abdominal Cases in Emergency Medicine-Biliary and AAA • Focused Cardiac Ultrasound • Rapid Ultrasound for Shock and Hypotension • Ultrasound-Guided Emergency and Critical Care Procedures • Evaluation of DVT • Abdominal Sonography Anatomy Overview and Scan Fundamentals • Ultrasound Evaluation of the Abdominal Aorta • Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma • Intro to Lung Ultrasound: The Basics • Advanced Lung Ultrasound Applications • Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access • Ultrasound-Guided Procedures • Bedside Sonography: The Focused 2D Echo • Rapid Ultrasound for Shock and Hypotension • Introduction to Cardiac Doppler Ultrasound • Ultrasound Evaluation of Heart Failure • Bedside Sonography: Venous Imaging Course Objectives: •  Increase participant’s knowledge to better perform and/or interpret Emergency ultrasound examinations • State the basic fundamentals of ultrasound physics and demonstrate appropriate optimization of system controls. • Perform an ultrasound evaluation of the trauma patient (E-FAST exam) and pneumothorax. • Demonstrate scan protocols for focused evaluation of the abdomen, aorta, female pelvis and adult heart. • State an algorithm for uses of bedside ultrasound during cardiac arrest, shock & hypotension. •  Demonstrate image orientation, transducer preparation, and scan protocols for performing the use of ultrasound guidance for vascular access, pericardiocentesis, paracentesis, hemothorax, lumbar puncture, ET placement. • Demonstrate protocol for focused evaluation of DVT. • Differentiate normal/abnormal image characteristics of the abdomen, female pelvis, first trimester OB, and ectopic pregnancy. • Increase competence to incorporate protocols, scan techniques, and interpretation criteria into clinical practice. • Increase the participant’s knowledge to better perform and/or interpret Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Ultrasound examinations. • Identify sonographic characteristics associated with abdominal sepsis involving the hepatobiliary, renal, and GI systems. • Outline indications and applications of color Doppler in the emergency and critical care setting. • Perform ultrasound evaluation of the lung, ocular, soft-tissue, musculoskeletal and bony cortices in the emergency department. • Demonstrate the use of ultrasound guidance for peripheral vascular access. • State principles of spectral and cardiac Doppler fundamentals and apply quantitative methods to evaluate acute valvular abnormalities. • Recognize the sonographic appearance of individual nerves and list the advantages provided when ultrasound is used for performing regional nerve blocks. • Evaluate fluid responsiveness in the critically ill patient. • Perform testicular ultrasound and recognize acute abnormalities. • Increase confidence to incorporate protocols, scan techniques, and interpretation criteria to improve diagnostic/treatment accuracy.

OASIS Behavioral Specialist Training is organized by University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) and will be held from Nov 21 - 22, 2019 at KUMC - University Of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America. Credits: Attendance w/ No Credit : 15.00 Hour(s)  Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional: Two Day Competency Training is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held from Nov 21 - 22, 2019 at Hilton Garden Inn Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ / 12.5 clock hours / 12.5 hours of continuing education credit. Target Audience: • Social Workers • Psychologists • Counselors • Marriage and Family Therapists • Case Managers • Addiction Counselors • Therapists • Other Mental Health Professionals Conference Description: Transform your practice with this intensive 2-day Anxiety Treatment Certification training and get the skills, proven strategies, and interventions you need to take your treatment of anxiety to the next level! You’ll learn how to more skillfully assess clients, differentiate between various anxiety presentations, fully engage clients in treatment, and effectively use tools from CBT, mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, and contemplative practices to enhance clinical outcomes. And expert guidance on combining brain-based principles, body-oriented techniques and traditional psychotherapeutic approaches will change the way you work with challenging clients whose anxiety is exacerbated by shame, self-judgement, and attachment issues. Plus, completion of this two-day training meets the educational requirements should you choose to apply to become a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP) (visit the Institute of Certified Anxiety Treatment Professionals at (www.icatp.com) for full details and certification requirements). Conference Objectives are: • Establish how stories and metaphors can be used as psychoeducational tools to explain the physiology of anxiety, and how contemplative approaches impact the anxious brain and body. • Articulate distinctions in differentiating among anxiety disorders and assessing physical symptomatology. • Provide an explanation of how medication impacts neuroplasticity and determine when medication serves to enhance or derail anxiety treatment. • Specify how individualized, awareness-based interventions can be used by clinicians to enhance client efforts towards change and reduce avoidance. • Communicate how evidence-based contemplative approaches can address self-judgment, worry, and negative thinking that can exacerbate anxiety symptoms. • Characterize how visual meditations can increase clients’ ability to focus attention and reduce rumination. • Analyze the research on the impacts of meditative movement on anxiety symptomology. • Establish how breathing practices can interrupt obsessive thinking, ritualized behaviors, and reassurance seeking. • Specify how treatment plans that employ reframing techniques can interrupt anxiety-producing thoughts. • Assess whether attachment style impacts treatment outcomes amongst clients undergoing treatment for social anxiety disorder. • Communicate how script-based, brief deep relaxation exercises can be implemented to increase feelings of safety and enhance emotional regulation. • Explore how journaling can be used as a clinical tool to shift clients away from anxious thoughts and toward action-oriented change. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Annual Convention is organized by Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and would be held during Nov 21 - 24, 2019 at Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. Additional Details will be updated soon.

Anti-Aging Medicine & Stem Cell Therapy: Step 3 is organized by American Board of Aesthetic Medicine (ABAM) and will be held from Nov 21 - 23, 2019 at San Diego - ABAM Regional Training Center, San Diego, California, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Physicians (M.D. / D.O.), Nurses, Physician Assistants, and Dentists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 21.75 CME Credits. A 6 months waiting period is required after completing Step 2 before Step 3 can be taken.  Knowledge in Anti-Aging Medicine and Stem Cell Therapy is essential for today’s aesthetic and cosmetic physicians. More and more patients are either seeking anti-aging treatment or are already receiving anti-aging therapies. Step 3 is the final training program for participants in the process of obtaining Board Certificcation from The American Board of Aesthetic Medicine. It is also designed for those who would like to add Anti-Aging Medicine & Stem Cell Therapy to their current practices. Basic concept in stem cell therapy and hormone replacement will be thoroughly covered in this 3 days program. Participants will receive the most current knowledge in hormone replacement for the management of aging. Evaluation of the aging patient, the female hormonal system, stem cell fucntions, stem cell harvesting, nutrition, and fitness are thoroughly covered. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Basic Electrocardiography (ECG) Course is organized by CentraCare Health and will be held from Nov 21 - 22, 2019 at CentraCare South Point, St Cloud, Minnesota, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 11.5 contact hours. Target Audience: The classes are intended for nurses and health care professionals who need theoretical information to support their clinical practice or desire increased knowledge to enhance current clinical practice. Description: The Basic ECG course provides essential content for nurses practicing in a monitored setting. Material presented is based on the core curriculum published by the American Association of Critical Care nurses (AACN) and includes anatomy, physiology, pathology, and nursing and medical interventions for Basic ECG interpretation. Objectives: • Identify NSR (normal sinus rhythm), atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree blocks, ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation and ventricular standstill. • State when electrical intervention versus medication therapy is utilized and why. • Identify what actions to take when a patient experiences a rhythm change, based on the rhythm. • Identify the components of the heart’s conduction system. • Define the terms: depolarization, repolarization, lead, electrode, ectopy, pacemaker, electrocardiogram, capture, sensing. • State the correlation between the electrical (P, QRS, T) and the mechanical events of the heart. • State the effects of the autonomic nervous system on the heart. • State a systematic approach to rhythm analysis. • State basic understanding of pacemaker/ICD function Learning Outcome: Participants will successfully pass with 80% grade or better on the written ECG test after attending an educational activity.

Connecticut Association for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance Annual Fall Conference is organized by Connecticut Association for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance (CTAHPERD) and will be held from Nov 21 - 22, 2019 at Red Lion Hotel Cromwell, Cromwell, Connecticut, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

6 Day Implant Foundation Program is organized by Global Institute for Dental Education (gIDE) and will be held from Nov 21, 2019 - Jan 25, 2020 at Miami, Florida, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 100 CE Credits. Overview: gIDE Implant Foundation Program is intended for the beginner to intermediate implant clinician with a keen interest to understand the key principles and protocols in digital diagnostics, straight forward implant surgery, extraction site management, single and multiple implant restorations, management of the edentulous jaw and prevention of implant complications. The program is in 2 sessions: Nov 21 - 23, 2019 and Jan 23 - 25, 2020. SESSION 1: NOV 21 – 23, 2019. DAY 1 LECTURE – DR. SASCHA JOVANOVIC • Implant Indications and key principles • Osseointegration, bone healing, and immediate loading • Bone quantity and quality • Implant design and biomechanics • Patient selection and contraindications • Extraction sites versus healed ridges • Esthetic case versus functional case • Flap design and patient preparation • Tissue management • Suturing techniques DAY 2 LECTURE – DR. KYLE STANLEY • Implant treatment planning and diagnostics • Radiographic exams and CT scans • Digital Implant Planning • Implant restoration options and materials • Diagnostic set up of teeth and smile design • Dental Photography • Abutment design, material, and timing for insertion DAY 3 LECTURE – DR. MAMALY RESHAD • Prosthodontic principles in implant dentistry • Understand the partially edentulous implant patient • Posterior single tooth implant restoration • Posterior multiple teeth implant restorations • Occlusal scheme protocols • Screw-retained versus cemented • The role of implant temporization • Prosthetic materials used in posterior restorations HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS • Implant placement on plastic jaws • Atraumatic extraction and socket graft on pig jaws • Incision/suturing techniques • CT scan diagnostic training • Prosthetic components restoration • Digital Implant Planning SESSION 2: JAN 23 – 25, 2020 DAY 4 LECTURE – DR. SASCHA JOVANOVIC • Atraumatic extraction and Implant site preparation • Socket grafting procedures • Buccal bone plate resorption • Basic GBR ridge augmentation technique • Implant surgery for single tooth patient • Implant surgery for the partially edentulous patient • Implant surgery for the totally edentulous patient • Periimplantitis introduction and complications DAY 5 LECTURE – DR. KYLE STANLEY • Digital dentistry Introduction (CBCT, NobelClinician, guided surgery) • Digital smile design • Guided surgery introduction • Nobel Clinician Communicator • Esthetic implant dentistry introduction • Liability, when to refer • Marketing, treating your own patients DAY 6 LECTURE – DR. MAMALY RESHAD • Implant treatment planning and diagnostics • Radiographic exams and CT scans • Implant restoration options and materials • Diagnostic set up of teeth and smile design • Dental Photography • Abutment design, material, and timing for insertion HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS • Implant placement on pig jaws (a: submerged b: one-stage) • Guided surgery treatment planning and typodont guided surgery • Implant temporization Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2-Day: Psychopharmacology Conference for Today's Mental Health Professional: "Must Have" Information to Better Serve Your Clients is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held from Nov 21 - 22, 2019 at Kingsgate Conference Center at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 12.6 contact hours / 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Target Audience: • Counselors • Nurses • Nurse Practitioners • Clinical Nurse Specialists • Psychotherapists • Psychologists • Social Workers • Case Managers • Marriage and Family Therapists • Addiction Counselors • Pharmacists • Occupational Therapists • Occupational Therapist Assistants • School Psychologists • Others in caring professions Conference Description: Spend two action-packed days learning about the newest advances in psychopharmacology and contemporary trends in medication management. From her unique perspective, Sharon Freeman Clevenger, MSN, MA, PMHCNS-BC, CARN-AP teaches psychopharmacology thoughtfully, with an emphasis on the experience of the client. Sharon’s years of experience in mental health and passion for clients shines through in the detail and thoroughness of her presentation. Clients often only have a few minutes with their prescriber and require additional support. It’s vital that you are able to answer their questions, help manage side effects and understand reactions. Designed for counselors, nurses, psychotherapists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals, Sharon provides the information you need in order to best help your clients. This conference allows time for exploration of underrepresented areas, including ADHD, sleep, eating, and substance use disorders. Take home specialized guidelines for geriatrics, pregnant or nursing women, and clients with chronic pain. Discuss how the DSM-5® has impacted prescribing patterns and the use of psychotropics in newly defined diagnoses. In addition to a general ‘nuts and bolts’ review of medications, you will examine case examples, discuss medication controversies and how to effectively collaborate with prescribing practitioners. Sharon’s engaging presentation includes many take home “pearls” you can use to teach your clients about their medications and how to protect them from concerning, dangerous or adverse effects. As a bonus, Sharon will discuss alternative approaches using nutrition, supplements, vitamins and essential oils. Increase your understanding about complementary alternative medications such as supplements and essential oils including expected effects, side effects and interaction effects with prescribed medications. You will find this conference to have the most up to date medication information and how to use it most effectively with your client. Conference Objectives are: DAY 1 • Specify how psychotropic medications are chosen for mood disorders and specific patient characteristics. • Analyze the actions, therapeutic uses, and side effects of antidepressants. • Assist clients in overcoming barriers that impede the efficacy of their medication regime. • Determine options for clients with treatment resistant mood disorders. • Communicate the actions, side effects, and therapeutic uses of antipsychotic medications. • Evaluate the three critical strategies for improving collaboration with prescribing practitioners. DAY 2 • Explore psychotropic medication treatment options for clients with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. • Articulate the efficacy of psychotropic medications in treating eating disorders and discuss how to integrate psychotherapy with psychopharmacology for successful treatment outcomes. • Formulate medication treatment options for substance use disorders and discuss how to effectively incorporate medication assisted treatments into an overall plan for care. • Analyze the interaction between women’s hormone levels and their mental health symptoms. • Explore the use of complementary and alternative agents for treatment of mental illnesses. • Determine the unique medication treatment considerations for geriatric clients. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

9th IFNE World Congress of Neuroendoscopy is organized by Erasmus Conferences Tours & Travel S.A., International Federation of Neuroendoscopy (IFNE) and will be held from Nov 21 - 24, 2019 at Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, Orlando, Florida, United States of America. Topics: • Neuro Navigation assisted Endoscopy • Third ventriculostomy • Septostomy • Arachnoid cysts • Complex arachnoid cysts • Hydrocephalus and intracranial cysts • Complex hydrocephalus • Endoscope-assisted microsurgery • Robotics-assisted endoscopy • Tumor endoscopic surgery • Endoscopic Cavitron • Laser Neuroendoscopy • Endoscopic treatment of craniosynostosis • Endoscopic epilepsy surgery • Endoscopic-assisted surgery • Adjuncts, advances and technology • Paediatrics: Craniosynostosis • Paediatrics: Tumors • Skull base endoscopy: Endonasal transsphenoidal approaches • Skull base endoscopy: Extended skull base approaches • Skull base endoscopy: Novel and innovative techniques • Other Welcome Message: They aspire to bring to you a comprehensive Scientific Program, inclusive of concurrent advances and innovations in our inspiring field of practice, hands-on sessions and state-of-the-art techniques, with the valuable support of renowned international experts. A pre-congress Ventricular and Skull Base Endoscopy hands-on cadaver workshop will take place on November 20-21, 2019. They welcome your contribution through abstract submission and count on your feedback, to enrich the program with your research and clinical experiences. They invite you to join us in Orlando in November 2019 and share a unique educational and networking experience. Warm wishes,  Samer K. Elbabaa, MD, FAANS, FACS 2019 Congress Chairman