Upcoming Medical Conferences in San Diego

Engineering Organoids and Organs is organized by Elsevier, Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Hans Clevers, Sri Devi Narasimhan, Anh Nguyen, Sheila Chari and will be held from Aug 25 - 27, 2019 at Paradise Point Resort & Spa, San Diego, California, United States of America. Symposium topics: • Organ engineering • Engineering complexity • Promises of precision medicine • Technology frontiers • Disease modeling and therapeutic discovery   Description: The ability to generate mini-organs with higher-order function has tremendous potential for disease modeling, drug discovery, and regenerative medicine applications. To build these higher-order structures, researchers are pursuing many strategies, particularly those involving organoids, which harness developmental principles and self-guided assembly, as well as chimeric organ engineering. These efforts have resulted in the development of more physiologically relevant models, including pathological models of disease and cancer, further advancing therapeutic development and personalized medicine. Despite this promising progress, both of these strategies have inherent limitations, which burgeoning bioengineering advances, such as genome engineering, microfluidics, and biomaterials, among many others, are now just beginning to address. The goal of this Cell Symposium is to bring scientists studying organoids and organ engineering together with bioengineers to discuss the exciting opportunities and challenges for engineering complexity in higher-order organ-like systems and to foster collaborations and synergize efforts toward generating cellular platforms that can address a myriad of unmet needs.  Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Sixth Annual Connected Health Summit: Independent Living and Wellness is organized by Parks Associates and will be held from Aug 27 - 29, 2019 at Pendry San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America. Description: Connected Health Summit provides insights on new business models, IoT technologies, consumer behaviors, and deployments relevant to consumer healthcare solutions. These solutions, including smart home platforms, on-demand services, voice assistants, and wearables, empower consumers, caregivers, and providers with new insight into patient health and represent a vast market opportunity for many players both in and outside of healthcare services. The conference addresses these opportunities for all players and the challenges for the industry in meeting the growing demand for services in independent living, chronic care management, remote access to care, and wellness and fitness. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

3rd Annual IPF Summit 2019 is organized by Hanson Wade and will be held from Aug 27 - 29, 2019 at Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, San Diego, California, United States of America. The World’s Largest Gathering of IPF Drug Developers The IPF Summit focuses exclusively on closing the translational gap between preclinical predictability and clinical attrition to accelerate the development of truly curative idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) therapeutics. With the 2019 conference expanding upon an even greater breadth and depth of content, you’ll hear three days of unrivalled scientifically driven and case-study based analysis and discussion, as together leading academia and biopharma advance the IPF drug development frontier. Last year, over 90 of IPF’s expert drug developers came together to advance the standardisation of imaging, share clinical insights, and evaluate better recapitulating disease physiology in vitro exclusively for IPF. “This was a superb meeting combining several emerging themes in IPF therapies and a dynamic mix of formal presentations with impromptu networking. All the speakers were excellent, and every session provided novel and important insight regarding IPF. The effort the speakers put into their presentations was evident. Great job!” Ceders-Sinai Medical Center Workshop A Aug 27, 2019 9:00am – 12:00pm Overlap Between IPF & Other Fibrotic Diseases: Pathophysiology & Target Identification in Fibrosis Description: With better screens and better tools giving better outcomes, critically assessing molecular prognostic biomarkers of fibrosis can inform an arsenal of non-invasive techniques and innovate drug development. This workshop will explore: • Overlap and relationships between organ-specific pathological fibrosis • Common pathways to different organ-specific fibrosis; is there a central regulator of fibrosis across several organs that we can target? • Combination therapy to treat fibrosis; specifically, bi-functional molecules regulating both inflammation and fibrosis. Workshop B Aug 27, 2019 12:30pm – 3:30pm Adding Radiology to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Equation Description: Advancements in the application of imaging techniques to inform and enrich clinical trial decisions goes hand-in-hand with the next generation of IPF drug development. Following on from last IPF Summit’s workshop, continue the conversation on imaging’s capacity to: • Advance biomarker identification • Differentially diagnoses patients • Improve clinical translation Workshop C Aug 27, 2019 4:00pm – 7:00pm Working Meeting of the Prognostic Lung Fibrosis Consortium (PROLIFIC) Description: As clinical trial activity gears up, developing well-characterized assays to determine clinical utility and commercial potential of current predictive or prognostic biomarkers is becoming increasingly important. This expert led meeting will cover: • Evaluation of additional inflammation markers for the PROLIFIC list • Update on Clinical Testing Laboratories selection and contracting process • Execution of the collaboration agreement Time: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

2019 Practical Pediatrics CME Course is organized by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and will be held from Aug 30 - Sep 01, 2019 at Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 17.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Target Audience: Designed for pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants caring for children, Practical Pediatrics CME Courses feature nationally prominent faculty presenting topics that highlight current issues in pediatrics. Each course combines lectures, interactive seminars, and question-and-answer sessions to allow you the opportunity to interact directly with faculty in solving the problems you encounter in everyday practice. This Course Will Feature: • Adolescent Health • Allergy and Immunology • Cardiology • Genetics • Orthopaedics • Psychiatry Learning Objectives: By attending a Practical Pediatrics CME Course, you will: • Update your knowledge of clinical issues by reviewing hot topics and recent practical advances for your office. • Increase your ability to diagnose and manage patients in your practice by analyzing and discussing cases with the faculty and your peers. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2nd Microbiome Movement - Skin Health & Dermatology Summit is organized by Hanson Wade and will be held from Sep 04 - 06, 2019 at The Westin San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America. As scientific researchers continue to investigate the complexities of the skin microbiome, our mission for the 2nd Microbiome Movement – Skin Health and Dermatology Summit is simple: Build a collaborative forum that unites forward thinking academic, dermatological and cosmetic researchers, and lay out the foundational framework around the unique scientific and translational challenges involved in developing and commercializing solutions that modify the skin microbiome to treat disease (therapeutics) or support overall skin health (cosmetics). The conversations have highlighted that although a strong commercial opportunity exists, there are critical areas of basic science that need addressing including study design to elucidate host-microbiome interactions, selecting the right tools to make clear correlations between microbial dysbiosis and skin disease and standardization of sample collection and analysis. Workshop A Optimizing Metabolomics Technologies for Development of Microbial-Based Cosmetics & Therapeutics for Skin 09.00-12.00 As advanced sequencing technologies have become more accessible, this has facilitated our understanding in ‘who’s there’ in the skin microbiome. However, it has become even more important that we understand which microbes are functionally useful in maintaining a healthy skin ecology and how this can inform our selection, isolation and culturing of microbes for product development. This workshop will give you the opportunity to understand: • Where are we now with metabolomics technologies and analysis? • How are we analyzing cosmetic and therapeutic products using metabolomics and other –omics approaches? • What are the applications and limitations of these approaches, and how can we translate data into knowledge? Workshop B A 360 Panorama of Commercialization for Microbial-Based Therapeutic Products 13.00-16.00 As microbial-based products begin to occupy a greater market share, understanding the best way to get these products to market and communicating their value to consumers will be crucial to ensuring their success. The workshop will give you the opportunity to understand: • Microbial-based product development through a commercial lens: How do you access a market with no single entry point and what are the barriers to entry? • What does it mean to have a robust IP portfolio and how will IP filing for microbial-based therapeutics change in the future? • How to reach end-users through positioning and differentiation of microbial-based therapeutics in order to stay competitive? Time: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Speakers: Travis Whitfill, CSO, Azitra Inc., Greg Hillebrand, Senior Principal Research Scientist, AMWAY, Alex Goddard, VP, Research and Development, AOBiome, Audrey Gueniche, Senior Clinical Expert, Advanced Research, L’Oreal Research and Innovation, Sharon Blinkoff, Senior Counsel, Locke Lord and Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors (ICMAD), Mark Wilson, Co-Founder and CEO, MatriSys Bioscience, Elizaveta (Lisa) Freinkman, Staff Scientist, Metabolon, Malcolm Kendall, CEO, Microbiome Insights, Ia Khmaladze, Principal Scientist Skin Health Oriflame Cosmetics AB, Skin Research Institute, Eva Berkes, Principal, Co-Founder and CSO, Quorum Innovations, Nicholas Monsul, CEO, Principal and Co-Founder, Quorum Innovations, Amina Bouslimani, Assistant Project Scientist, Dorrestein’s Lab, UC San Diego, Ally Perlina, Director of Translational Science, Viome

Pediatric and Adult Interventional Cardiac Symposium (PICS-AICS) is organized by PICS Foundation and will be held from Sep 04 - 07, 2019 at Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego, California, United States of America. Focusing on the latest interventional catheter strategies for congenital and structural heart disease in children and adults. The meeting maintains its clinical focus with the addition of taped cases to sessions on both congenital and structural heart disease, as well as live case demonstrations from around the globe. Sessions: • Live and Taped Case Presentations • Various Scientific Sessions on Congenital and Structural Heart Disease • My Nightmare Case in the Cath Lab • Oral and Poster Abstract Presentations • Spanish Session • Nursing and Associated Professionals Session • Various Breakout Sessions Accreditation: Rush University Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 29.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  ANCC Credit Designation – Nurses  The maximum number of hours awarded for this CE activity is 29.75 contact hours. PICS-AICS has been approved for 38.25 ASRT Category A Credits. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

24th International Summit on Violence, Abuse & Trauma Across the Lifespan is organized by Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT) and will be held from Sep 05 - 08, 2019 at Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine, San Diego, California, United States of America. Continuing Education Is Offered for the Following Licensures: • Marriage and Family Therapists • Registered Nurses  • Medical Practitioners • Attorneys • Substance Abuse Counselors • Social Workers • Counselors Summit Overview: This Summit is a unique forum for professionals across all disciplines and philosophies to gather for in-depth exchange of current information on all facets of violence, abuse and trauma prevention, intervention and research. We are one of the very few events that include researchers, practitioners, advocates, survivors, and front-line workers from all disciplines to share information, discuss controversial issues, and engage in difficult dialogues. Evident in our uniquely comprehensive programming, the Summit focuses on linking research, practice, policy and advocacy to promote violence-free living for all. Opportunities for networking, continuing education, specialty certifications, and more make this an event you don’t want to miss. Summit Tracks • Adult Survivors of Maltreatment & Trauma • At-Risk Youth • Campus Assault • Child Maltreatment/Adverse Childhood Experiences • Human and Labor Trafficking • Intimate Partner Violence Offenders • Intimate Partner Violence Victims/Survivors • Legal & Criminal Justice Issues • Primary Prevention/Early Intervention • Sexual Victimization • Trauma in General • Trauma in Military Personnel, Veterans & Their Families Highlights • Earn CEs and specialty certifications to fulfill your annual requirements and refine your skill set. • Network and collaborate with professionals from across disciplines during Poster Session & Welcoming Reception and Awards Luncheon. • Gain applied knowledge by hearing from acclaimed keynote speakers. • Attend panels and workshops that cover hot-button topics like #MeToo, Campus Sexual Assault, and more. • Refresh your self-care routine by attending a variety of self-care opportunities. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

OMT for Systemic Disorders and Physiological Functions: Cardiopulmonary & Immune Systems is organized by Osteopathy's Promise to Children (OPC) and will be held on Sep 07, 2019 at The Osteopathic Center for Children, San Diego, California, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 8 CME Hours. Target Audience DOs, medical students in good standing, MDs, International Osteopaths and DDSs. Course Description Since the inception of the osteopathic medical profession, osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) has been used for virtually every condition encountered by human beings. While the medical profession at large now accepts OMT as indicated for musculoskeletal disorders, there is ample research and practice demonstrating the efficacy of OMT in cardiopulmonary, neurologic, genitourinary, gastrointestinal, and immune system conditions and disorders. In this first of two stand-alone course sequences, we will draw on published research and a number of clinical trials in which Dr. King was a treatment provider and co-author of the publications. The evidence-based protocols and procedures used in the published studies will be reviewed and practiced. Course Objectives • By the completion of the course, the participant will be able to describe theresearch substantiating the application of evidence-based OMT for systemic conditions and physiological functions. Handouts of relevant published articles will be provided. • By completion of the course, the participant will be able to assess the applicability of OMT procedures for their particular practice and integrate the care of their patients. • By the completion of the course, the participant will be able to effectively administer the OMT procedures taught. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2019 Advances in Neonatal and Pediatric Nutrition is organized by UC San Diego School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education and will be held from Sep 08 - 11, 2019 at Catamaran Resort Hotel and Spa, San Diego, California, United States of America. Target Audience: Physicians, Pharmacists, Allied Health - RNs/PAs Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

63rd Annual Western Occupational Health Conference (WOHC) is organized by Western Occupational & Environmental Medical Association (WOEMA) and will be held from Sep 11 - 14, 2019 at Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina - Bay Tower, San Diego, California, United States of America. Credits: WOEMA designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 27.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. ABPM: The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) has approved this activity for a maximum of 27.50 LLSA credits towards ABPM MOC Part II requirements Nures: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP16438 for 27.5 Contact Hours. The American Board of Occupational Health Nurses (ABOHN) American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC), American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), and American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accept certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Please check directly with your own licensing and/or certification agency for eligibility of these credits. Description: The Theme of this conference is “Coming Home: Recharge and Succeed” signifies our goal that you will reap the benefits of being a part of our WOEMA family and that WOHC will provide you with renewed energy, knowledge, and connections to propel you even further in your OEM career and your personal growth. The practice of Occupational Medicine, as a specialty, demands a lot from each of us. Many of us find ourselves facing challenges we never anticipated would be part of practicing medicine, yet here we are serving in diverse roles as corporate medical directors, private practitioners, researchers, clinicians, medical consultants, expert reviewers, etc. In order to meet the demands that come our way, we must stay connected to one another for insights to best practices, the latest on guidelines and regulations, OEM resources, new techniques, and specialty trends. Learning objectives: • Explore five cross-cutting themes that illuminate OEM’s cutting edges • Deepen understanding of drugs used to treat spasticity and spasm • Familiarize providers with required FEMA forms and training on Incident Command Structure • Improve competency in interpreting electrodiagnostic test results • Make more informed decisions regarding referrals for peripheral nerve disorders • Summarize lifestyle medicine as it currently relates to Occupational Medicine • Discuss the “soft skills” required to work with diverse and/or international colleagues, partners, or patients • Learn enhanced back physical examination skills from musculoskeletal specialists • Improve the performance of making work restriction recommendations for an injured worker who works aboard a ship. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.