Upcoming Medical Conferences in USA

Adult-Gerontolgy Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam Review & Advanced Practice Update is organized by Fitzgerald Health Education Associates (FHEA) and will be held from May 22 - 23, 2019 at Sheraton Ann Arbor Hotel, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 32.10 Contact hours. Description: More than 110,000 NPs have prepared for certification and practice with the Fitzgerald Review—the best NP review & value on the market! COMPREHENSIVE—All formats include: • Preparation for both AANP and ANCC AGPCNP exams • More accredited contact hours than any other course • Expanded content meets the latest changes to the exam blueprints and domains • 150-question practice exam included with each course • Comprehensive 4-color printed reference/workbook with dozens of tables, included with all formats (Online, Live, MP3) • Extensive online resources • Final review of hundreds of course questions PLUS bonus questions • Hundreds of clinical high-resolution color images Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam Review and Advanced Practice Update is organized by Fitzgerald Health Education Associates (FHEA) and will be held from May 22 - 24, 2019 at Sheraton Ann Arbor Hotel, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 35.50 Contact hours. Description: More than 110,000 NPs have prepared for certification and practice with the Fitzgerald Review—the best NP review & value on the market! COMPREHENSIVE—All formats include: • Preparation for both AANP and ANCC AGPCNP exams • More accredited contact hours than any other course • Expanded content meets the latest changes to the exam blueprints and domains • 150-question practice exam included with each course • Comprehensive 4-color printed reference/workbook with dozens of tables, included with all formats (Online, Live, MP3) • Extensive online resources • Final review of hundreds of course questions PLUS bonus questions • Hundreds of clinical high-resolution color images Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Practical Neuropathology for Todays Practice is organized by United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) and will be held from May 22 - 24, 2019 at USCAP West, Palm Springs, California, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 18 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Course Description: Neuropathology cases provide a particular challenge for practicing surgical pathologists because they are less common than cases from other organ systems, typically comprising fewer than 1% of cases in most practices, and are relatively more complex. Consequently, pathologists have less experience with neuropathology which translates to less comfort in making diagnoses. These mentoring sessions with experts are intended to provide practicing pathologists and pathologists-in-training with strategies relating to how to approach a case, differential diagnostic considerations, ancillary testing useful to resolving differential diagnoses, and the clinical implications of their diagnostic decisions. This is your opportunity to increase your comfort level, confidence and expertise in the interpretation and classification of neuropathology cases you will inevitably see in your diverse practices. Course Objectives: • Develop an approach to handling commonly encountered lesions of the central nervous system • Learn how to generate differential diagnoses for neuropathologic cases encountered in routine practice • Understand how effectively to employ ancillary testing to resolve differential diagnostic possibilities • Refine communication skills in conveying important information in the final report of neuropathologic lesions • Increase confidence and comfort in dealing with neuropathology Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2019 ENPC: Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course is organized by UnityPoint Health - Des Moines and will be held from May 22 - 23, 2019 at Blank Children's Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America. Purpose & Intended Audience: The Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course was developed by the Emergency Nurses Association. It is designed to provide core-level trauma knowledge and psychomotor skills associated with the delivery of professional nursing care to the trauma patient. The content is presented through interactive online modules, instructor-led classroom activities, and hands-on skill stations with electronic testing at the completion of the course. This course is intended for licensed registered nurses who provide emergency care to pediatric patients. Continuing Education Credits: ENPC is a two-day course. This program has been approved for 18.33 Contact Hours from the Emergency Nurses Association. The Emergency Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the ANCC. No partial credit will be given. Pre-Course Modules: 4.83 contact hours **You will not be admitted to the course if Online Modules are not completed** Day 1: 7.5 contact hours Day 2: 4 contact hours Online Exam: 2 contact hours Course Objectives: • At the completion of this program, the participant should be able to: • Describe the characteristics of life-threatening illness and injury in pediatric patients. • Identify the various roles of the emergency nurse when caring for pediatric patients. • Describe a focused triage assessment and history for the pediatric patient. • Identify the anatomic and physiologic characteristics that may affect responses to illness and injury in pediatric patients. • Identify the most frequent causes of illness or injury in pediatric patients. • Describe the components of focused assessment for pediatric patients with illness or injury. • Plan the specific interventions needed to manage the pediatric patient with illness or injury. • Evaluate the effectiveness of nursing interventions related to patient outcomes. • Identify safety, injury prevention, and health promotion strategies related to the pediatric patient. • Identify misconceptions regarding the assessment and treatment of pain in pediatric patients in the emergency department.

Healthcare Payers Transformation is organized by The Millennium Alliance and will be held from May 22 - 23, 2019 at Fairmont Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. Course Description: The Millennium Alliance is pleased to announce that application for the Healthcare Payers Transformation Assembly is now open. North America’s most prominent IT and business leaders from the Healthcare Insurance industry will be gathering to discuss how to adapt to the industry’s customer-centric makeover. Top content from Digital Diary this month: • Medicare Advantage in Healthcare: Taking the Reins • Digital Mobile Engagement: Evaluating Consumer Engagement in the Digital Era • Robotics, A.I., Cognitive Intelligence, Blockchain: What Impact is this Technology going to have on Healthcare • The Slow-Going Emphasis on Value-Based Care and Contracting: Where is it Headed? • Shifting Significant Patient Volume from Higher-Intensity to Lower-Intensity Settings • Let’s Stay Together: The Varying Type, Size, Location and Models of Payer-Provider Partnerships Prices: Delegate: USD 2500.0 VIP: USD 800.0 Time: 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2nd Annual Integrating Medical & Pharmacy Benefits Summit is organized by CBI, a division of UBM Americas and will be held from May 22 - 23, 2019 at Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. Who Should Attend: You will benefit from attending this event if you are from a health plan, IDN, PBM or specialty pharmacy and have responsibilities or involvement in the following areas: • Contracts • Finance • Pharmacy Benefit Management • Pharmacy Operations • Pharmacy Services • Business Strategy/Operations Conference Descripition: 2nd Annual Integrating Medical & Pharmacy Benefits Summit provides attendees with a platform to learn more about the advantages of integrating pharmacy and medical data. Benefit from hearing about best-in-class models for pharmacy and medical benefits management and evaluating how to measure and manage data across both medical and pharmacy benefits. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

1st Microbiome Movement - Maternal & Infant Health Summit is organized by Hanson Wade and will be held from May 22 - 24, 2019 at Revere Hotel Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. Conference Description: Compared to the development of microbiome-based products for adult disease, microbial-derived solutions for the pediatric setting have long been ignored. More recently, however, research investigating how the early life microbiome predisposes various health outcomes in infants is seeing an injection of scientific interest and investment. The inaugural Microbiome Movement - Maternal and Infant Health Summit has been established to improve your understanding of the fundamental maternal-infant microbiome mechanisms of action and advance translation of this causality into evidence-based and clinically validated therapeutic, nutritional and preventative solutions that will configure healthy foundations of the microbiome within the first 1000 days of life. This first-of-its-kind event is your opportunity to learn from the expertise of key opinion leaders from large pharma, biotech and academic research institutes presenting the latest case studies and in-depth discussion on key topics including: • Discovering the causal relationships between the maternal-infant microbiome and disease onset • Exploring different therapeutic products that restore the infant microbiome, as well as treat and prevent disease • Discussing study design for investigation of the microbiome in maternal and pediatric settings • Understanding the role of the maternal microbiome in preterm birth and infant health outcomes • Optimizing –omics and realizing how to integrate these data with novel pre-clinical modelling to generate clinically meaningful results • Explaining regulatory processes for IND-approved products targeting maternal and infant populations • Addressing public health, economic and educational considerations for commercializing microbiome-based products for mothers and infants There is no question that the pre-, peri- and postnatal maternal and infant microbiomes are critical windows of opportunity, that need to be acted upon today. Join us to unlock the therapeutic potential of the maternal-infant microbiome and proactively contribute to healthier clinical outcomes in new-borns brought into the world tomorrow. Early booking and group discounts apply, start-up and academic rates are available - see the website for details. Pre-Conference Workshop on May 22, 2019 Main Conference From May 23 - 24, 2019 Speakers: Alessio Fasano, Professor and Director Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Aurélien Baudot, International Business Development, ProDigest, Ben Callahan, Assistant Professor, NC State University, Bethany Henrick, Director, Immunology and Diagnostic, Evolve Biosystems, Cathryn Nagler, Bunning Food Allergy Professor, University of Chicago, John Colson, Director of Operations, ClostraBio, David Kyle, Executive Chairman and CSO, Evolve BioSystems, Deshanie Rai, Associate Adjunct Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy - Tufts University, Jeff Roberts, Medical Officer, Division of Vaccines and Related Product Applications, OVRR/CBER/FDA, Joseph Petrosino, CEO, Diversigen, Keith Martinez, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dominguez-Bello Lab, Rutgers University, Mark Heiman, CSO, Scioto Biosciences, Meghan Azad, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Nitya Jain, Principal Investigator, Harvard Medical School, Noah Voreades, Consultant, GenBiome Consulting, Ryan Pace, Post-Doctoral Associate, Aagaard Lab, Baylor College of Medicine, Staffan Stromberg, CEO, Infant Bacterial Therapeutics, Tuval Ben-Yehezkel, CEO, Loop Genomics Time: 7:30 am - 5:15 pm

Family Nurse Practitioners (FNP) Course is organized by Barkley & Associates, Inc. and will be held from May 22 - 24, 2019 at The Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America. Continuing Education Credit: The course is approved for 26.25 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 11.5 hours of pharmacology) by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Conference Topics: • Clinical Assessment • Diagnosis and Clinical Management for Adults • Diagnosis and Clinical Management for Children • Extensive Review of System-Specific Health Problems • Health Promotion and Disease Prevention • Pharmacologic management​ Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Wilderness Medicine First Responder Course is organized by National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) and will be held from May 22 - 31, 2019 at Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, United States of America. Continuing Education Units: • 70 hours of EMT CEUs available at no additional cost • Up to 55 hours towards the Wilderness Medical Society’s Fellowship of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine at no additional cost • Category 1 CMEs for physicians not available • 4 semester credits available from Central Wyoming College • 3 semester credits available from University of Utah for an additional fee of $300 • 3 semester credits available from Western State Colorado University for an additional fee of $240 Topics Covered: • Patient Assessment System • Documentation • Medical Legal • CPR • Spinal Cord Injuries • Long-term Patient Care • Chest Injuries • Shock • Head Injuries • Wilderness Wound Management • Athletic Injuries • Fracture Management and Traction Splinting • Dislocations • Cold Injuries • Heat Illness • Altitude Illness • Cardiac, Respiratory and Neurological Emergencies • Abdominal Emergencies • Mental Health Emergencies • Bites, Stings and Poisoning • Allergies and Anaphylaxis • Diabetes • Search and Rescue • Leadership, Teamwork, and Communication • Communicable Disease • Lightning • Submersion • Urinary and Reproductive System Issues • Medical Decision Making • Common Wilderness Medical Problems • Wilderness Drug and First Aid Kits Minimum age: 16 Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

SEC Sports Medicine Symposium is organized by Southern Orthopaedic Association (SOA) and will be held from May 22 - 25, 2019 at Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.