Upcoming Medical Conferences in Waimea

UCSF CME: Essentials of Women's Health: An Integrated Approach to Primary Care and Office Gynecology 2019 is organized by The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Office of Continuing Medical Education and will be held from Jun 30 - Jul 05, 2019 at The Westin Hapuna Beach Resort, Waimea, Hawaii, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 19.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Course Overview: Increasing appreciation of the unique needs of women patients and women's health care providers has created a need for innovative educational programs on women’s health. This program, designed for family physicians, internists, gynecologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, and all others involved in providing quality health care for women, will provide a practical update on a full range of common but controversial issues in women’s health. The course will serve to enhance the skills of those already working in women’s health as well as help develop new skills for those expanding their work to include more primary care and office gynecology. Developed and taught by UCSF faculty in both general internal medicine and obstetrics and gynecology, the course will present an integrated approach to women’s health. Emphasis will be placed on new developments in preventive care and cardiovascular risk factors in women, issues in reproductive health, and clinical strategies in the diagnosis and treatment of common gynecologic complaints and common medical problems of women. Special emphasis will be placed on office skills needed for modern day practice including: enhanced skills in physical examination, patient counseling, common office procedures, assessment of new medical technologies and therapeutics, clinical nutrition, and reading the medical literature. The course will use interactive lectures, clinical vignettes, hands-on workshops, small group discussions, audience response, and questions and answers. A detailed syllabus will be provided. Course Objectives: The purpose of this course is to increase competence and improve clinician practice in women’s health. We specifically anticipate improvements in skills and strategies to: • Implement new guidelines for prevention and early detection of cancer with clinical exam, pap tests, genetic testing, and diagnostic imaging. • Implement new guidelines for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular risk factors in women. • Diagnose and treat common problems in women's health including abnormal uterine bleeding, menopause, hypertension, high blood cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, thyroid disorders, osteoporosis, sleep disorders, family planning, STI’s, and sexual health. • Recognize and treat common lesions of the vagina, vulva, and cervix. • Diagnose and treat common sports injuries. • Facilitate counseling and informed decision-making in preventive medicine, contraception, and abortion. • Perform physical examinations and common office procedures in gynecology and sports medicine. • Counsel patients about dietary change, exercise, vitamins, and supplements. • Treat pain with minimal amounts of opiod medication. • Improve communication with all patients. • Effectively prescribe new diagnostic tests and new medications. • Increase quality and decrease costs in medical practice.

Breast Imaging A to Z: How to Read Like (Or Better Than!) The Experts is organized by CME Science and will be held from Jul 22 - 25, 2019 at Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii, Waimea Hawaii, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is General radiologists and trainees interested in breast imaging, Radiology residents and fellows in training, Radiology technologists, nurses and radiology physician assistants, Breast surgeons, Allied health care professionals who desire to have an update on the state of current imaging as an aid to patient management for diseases of the breast. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 18.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Course Description: This course provides an integrated full discussion aimed at comprehending the basis and applications of breast imaging in five distinct sessions, using a case based approach supported by evidence-based literature review. • Session 1 will take the attendee through the histopathologic basis for benign and malignant breast disease with imaging correlates. Conventional topics with simplified and novel strategies are presented to both review and advance the practice of mammography and ultrasound. • Session 2 focuses on imaging diagnoses for which surveillance may be reasonable and will emphasize techniques and analytic parameters regarding intervention and tissue diagnosis. • Session 3 will address the critical issues of breast density risk assessment as well as perspectives on supplementary screening such as whole breast ultrasound and tomosynthesis. • Session 4 explores in depth both current and evolving concepts and strategies in MRI interpretation with review of literature and case based presentation. • Session 5 explores the issues of medical legal accountability in interpretation and communication as well as providing strategies to avoid liability. Course Objectives: • Analyze the histopathologic basis for benign and malignant breast lesions • Analyze more robust and simplified methods of evaluating asymmetries commonly seen at screening and diagnostic settings • Assess criteria for imaging diagnoses of benign, probably benign, and suspicious imaging findings on mammography, ultrasound, MRI • Assess Criteria For Imaging Diagnoses And Need For Tissue Diagnosis Of Identified Breast Lesions • Determine suitability for nonpalpable lesions subject to imaging surveillance as opposed to biopsy • Analyze applications, techniques, and pitfalls of stereotactic, ultrasound, and MRI-guided biopsy • Evaluate the basis and evidence for recommending surgical excision of “high risk” lesions determined by percutaneous biopsy • Analyze current issues involved in breast density evaluation including risk and supplementary screening indications • Evaluate efficacy of supplementary screening and advanced screening techniques including whole breast ultrasound, tomosynthesis, MRI, and nuclear medicine imaging of the breast • Evaluate evidence based approaches to MRI lesion evaluation, and determine efficacy of different indications for use of breast MRI • Determine medical legal implications of different approaches to clinical breast imaging and communications and develop strategies toward risk reduction Time: 07:00 to 12:00

Mayo Clinic Radiation Oncology: Current Practice and Future Direction 2020 is organized by Mayo Clinic and will be held from Jan 06 - 10, 2020 at Hapuna Beach Resort, Waimea, Hawaii, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is designed for radiation oncologists, radiation oncology residents, radiation biologists, radiation physicists, dosimetrists, oncologists working in related specialties, radiation therapists, radiation oncology nurses, oncologic surgeons, radiation oncology administrators, diagnostic radiologists, and all other health professionals involved in the field of radiation oncology. Course Description: This conference is intended to provide a balanced and multidisciplinary discussion of contemporary cancer treatment using didactic lectures, panel discussions, and poster sessions. The course will cover several specific clinical areas including Breast, Prostate, and CNS cancers as well as Lymphoma and Sarcomas. The course will also address several important advances in the field, such as the use of hypofractionation, integration of surgery, new chemotherapies including immunotherapy and their integration into clinical practice. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

UCSF Body Imaging is organized by The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Office of Continuing Medical Education and will be held from Jan 12 - 17, 2020 at Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii, Waimea, Hawaii, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.  

UCSF Neuro and Musculoskeletal Imaging is organized by The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Office of Continuing Medical Education and will be held from Feb 09 - 14, 2020 at Fairmont Orchid Hawaii, Waimea, Hawaii, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) 2020 Fall Anesthesia Meeting is organized by California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) and will be held from Oct 26 - 30, 2020 at Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii, Waimea, Hawaii, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Anesthesia Update is organized by Northwest Anesthesia Seminars (NWAS) and will be held from Mar 08 - 11, 2021 at The Fairmont Orchid, Waimea, Hawaii, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is physicians, certified registered nurse anesthetists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and other medical care providers who must maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of the specialty or are impacted by it. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 20.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Program Purpose: Presentations are designed to facilitate the physician, nurse specialist, and other providers maintaining skills of the same kind to review and update knowledge and abilities in one or more of these areas vital to the practicing professional: • Possess the scientific background for clinical practice • Maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of not only the specialty, but also of all additional related disciplines which may impact it • Maintain an up-to-the-minute armamentarium of knowledge and skills for the selection and use of complex equipment, pharmacological agents, and procedures necessary for the provision of quality patient care • Manage self and colleagues to function toward common goals in the clinical setting, the clinical and educational institutions, and the community in which the practice resides • Serve as an expert in matters involving health care delivery; serve as an informed manager of clinical and educational services provided, including the acquisition and distribution of resources necessary in meeting professional goals • Provide assistance with and support of other service providers, departments, institutions, and organizations dependent upon the professional expertise of the practitioner Course Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to: • Apply the pertinent physical and behavioral sciences - to include but not be limited to advanced anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, chemistry, physics, psychology, and social sciences - as they impact and are affected by the planning, delivery, and monitoring of anesthesia and related services inherent in the anesthesia professions. • Explain the selection, dosing considerations with methods of administration, safe use, and contraindications and precautions of presented pharmacological agents through the understanding of their physico-chemical properties, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, updated uses, and more recently developed additional, related, and similar drugs. • Outline comprehensive management plans for the group of patients discussed, whether related in age, physical status, cultural background, invasive procedure, anesthetic or analgesic requirements, clinical setting, adverse reactions, and/or goals of care. • Apply the principles of safety and asepsis in the performance of anesthetic procedures and administrations, equipment use, and other applications encountered during the provision of anesthesia and analgesia whether in the surgical unit, the labor and delivery suite, the pain management clinic, or other more remote location of anesthetizing services. • Incorporate the appropriate recommendations and/or requirements of pertinent external organizations, institutions, and professional groups - recognized as serving as the authority for and/or holding the responsibility to compile and approve such tenets - in the provision of anesthesia and related services, whether medical, legal, philosophical, ethical, or health care management standards. • Apply the new techniques in the clinical setting of the participant. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.