Upcoming Medical Conferences in Chicago

MADED hArt of Medicine - Leading hArtfully is organized by The University of Chicago - Center for Continuing Medical Education and will be held on Nov 21, 2018 at University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is designed for individuals in leadership positions. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. Course Description : This activity intends to empower leaders with the ability to recognize and improve their interactions in order to better communicate and connect with their teams and others. Conference Objectives are : • Recognize individual ability to positively influence each patient encounter and quality of experience • State how to apply learned practices to patient interactions designed to achieve greater patient connection • Define the core conditions necessary to create therapeutic relationships • Describe ways to employ empathy as a learned skill. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 104th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting is organized by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and will be held from Nov 25 - 30, 2018 at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. Additional Details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Pharma CiMi.CON USA 2018 is organized by we.CONECT Global Leaders and will be held from Nov 28 - 30, 2018 at Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. Conference Description: This is the Must-Attend Event for Pharma Commercial Professionals. The Leading Competitive Intelligence Event for Pharma and Biotech in Europe is now coming to the US. This is an annual international knowledge & project exchange platform bringing together 150+ competitive and market intelligence professionals for networking and exchange, to discuss key industry topics and to create new partnerships. The event, which is collocated with CiMi.CON Evolution, provides you with precise insights into new business prospects and technical strategies while offering the chance to discuss specific roadmaps for your CI & MI projects. Who are the Attendees? The Pharma CiMi.CON is now coming to the USA – based on the success story of the leading European Event for VPs, Directors, Senior Managers of Competitive and Market Intelligence, Consumer Insights, Innovation and Corporate Strategy from across the pharma industry. Key themes covered: • Pharma Competitive intelligence and market insights 2.0: Understanding competitors and markets to predict future trends. • Gaining and Keeping Executive Support: How to organize stakeholder management? Understanding the market: Market sizing, market access & creating new needs. • Innovation: Revolutionizing Product Development by Scanning and Forecasting Your Competitor’s Next Moves. • Non-transparent and regulated markets: How do market insights and market research in non-transparent and regulated markets work? • Competitive intelligence and R&D: Organizing the cooperation of people and departments. • Tools & Systems: What are new tools and methods to improve competitive intelligence, market research, and market insights? • Market Insights and Competitive Intelligence in the Digital Era: Monitoring and analyzing new competitive disruptions: How can intelligence cope with completely changing landscapes? • Market Insights and Competitive Intelligence and Big Data: Implementing an infrastructure that makes data analysis possible and using Real-World Evidence. The Annual Pharma CiMi.CON Event: Our mission: • Be an active part of the competitive and market intelligence reality. • Explore how CI & MI will change companies toward disruption and innovation. • Discuss the challenges of AI supported, cognitive CI tools. • Discover latest trends in CI & MI technology and insights. • Cover the full scope of intelligence from the market leaders & new market players. • Approach new technical challenges and disruptive technologies. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2018 Dental Implant Conference is organized by American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) and will be held during Nov 29 - Dec 01, 2018 at Sheraton Grand Chicago, Chicago, Illinois United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

3rd Annual Developmental Care Conference is organized by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and will be held on Nov 29, 2018 at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Physicians, Nurses, Advanced Practice Nurses, Occupational, Physical and Speech-Language Therapists, Respiratory Therapists, Child Life Specialists, Social Workers, Developmental Specialists and Family Support Specialists. Course Description: NeuroNICUs are being established in tertiary-level NICUs all over the world. However, the central concepts of the Neuro-Conscious NICU are applicable to every NICU. This one-day conference will highlight key concepts for establishing a Neuro-Conscious NICU as well as interventions you can immediately apply to support the developing brains of infants in your care. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

14th Annual Heart Failure Holiday Symposium is organized by Meeting Achievements and will be held from Nov 30 - Dec 01, 2018 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, family practice, internal medicine, hospitalists, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, cardiology and cardiac surgery fellows and residents in training involved in the diagnosis and management of adult patients with heart failure or at risk for heart failure. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum 10.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Course Description: This symposium is respected as a top tier regional heart failure meeting, and is once again endorsed by the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA). Critical updates and thoughtful contemporary reviews delivered by national experts in the field, including recognized Northwestern faculty, have been the hallmark of this program. This year we will once again assemble leading cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, nurses, and psychologists with expertise in heart failure and cardiac surgery to provide updates on the very latest clinical, scientific, genetic, behavioral and technological advances for managing patients with heart failure. Learning Objectives: • Review pertinent new findings targeting the prevention of heart failure. • Describe the evaluation and treatment approach to various cardiomyopathies including those which are heritable. • Describe critical concepts related to the management of cardiorenal syndrome. • Identify the approaches used in different heart failure syndromes such as preserved ejection fraction, reduced and recovered ejection fraction. • Recognize the key diagnostic and treatment nuances associated with restrictive cardiac physiology. • Describe the surgical and percutaneous options for patients with heart failure and valvular heart disease. • Describe the current state of cardio-oncology, especially with respect to the failing heart. • Debate the various options for acute mechanical circulatory support. • Summarize the approach to developing a multidisciplinary heart failure program. • Explain the pros and cons to the current heart failure reduction readmission program including potential unintended consequences. • Describe special effects of heart failure syndromes on brain behavior and cognition. • Explore emerging trends in the digital era including how to leverage these technologies and incorporate them into your heart failure program. • Describe the key considerations when managing fluids, electrolytes, and nutrition in the heart failure patient. • Explore various surgical and interventional therapies for heart failure. • Describe the controversies and usage of ICDs in patients with heart failure.

Windy City Podiatry Conference is organized by The Podiatry Institute, Inc. and will be held from Nov 30 - Dec 02, 2018 at Chicago Marriott Schaumburg, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 20 continuing education contact hours. Conference Objectives are : At the conclusion of the conference, the participant should be able to: • Trauma: The attendee will gain the basic knowledge to recognize, evaluate, diagnose and manage common disorders seen in trauma to the foot and ankle and the long term sequalae in different groups. • Forefoot: The attendee will be exposed to the various options in the repair of hammertoes and to address the options, risks and long term complications of different procedures on the 2nd MPJ. • Hallux Valgus: The attendee will become familiar with all different surgical procedures in the management of hallux valgus and associated deformities and their roles. • Diabetic Foot: The attendee will become familiar with the current treatment options and advanced therapies in treating the diabetic foot. • Heel and Hindfoot: The attendee will discuss the goals and expected outcomes in the rearfoot. This includes soft tissue management, fractures, heel surgery and management of failed tendon surgeries. • Medicine & Topics of Interest: The attendee will gain knowledge and understanding of different products and their cost, diagnosis of carcinoma, understanding of the mechanism of ankle fractures and some less common anatomical variants and procedures.

32nd Annual Conference: Challenges for Clinicians is organized by The University of Chicago - Center for Continuing Medical Education and will be held from Nov 30 - Dec 02, 2018 at The Drake, a Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is anesthesiologists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and other clinicians and health care professionals interested in the fields of anesthesiology and pain medicine. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 17 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits of CME points. Conference Description: The scope and complexity of anesthesia care has dramatically increased along with the evolving landscape of perioperative medicine. New techniques, new drugs, new evidence, and new quality and safety concerns all play a role in today’s practice environment. Increasingly, we need to know how to make good care decisions, evaluate and apply evidence, maximize safety, and measure outcomes. This conference will focus on how to optimize perioperative care to function in today’s perioperative environment. Conference Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to: • Describe the peri-partum management of preeclampsia in 2018; • Describe the role of the anesthesiologist in modern trauma care; • Explain the conceptual basis for current models of hemodynamic homeostasis and their modern diagnostic and management approaches; • Discuss the relevance of the journal Anesthesiology in 2018; • Describe how the pain experience throughout the human lifespan affects the approach to anesthesiology cases; • Summarize the relevance of health care disparities to the obstetric anesthesia provider; • Describe the emergency management of the pediatric patient employed by an anesthesia provider ; • Assess the evolving definition of perioperative myocardial infarction; • Identify lessons from aviation safety that translate to anesthesia practice; • Describe the current epidemiology of stenotic heart disease and implications for anesthesia management; • Discuss the role of acute care prescribing in the opioid epidemic; • Identify key communication strategies to prepare the parent for anesthesia management in pediatric surgery. ABMS Core Competencies: • Patient Care and Procedural Skills • Medical Knowledge • Practice-based Learning and Improvement • Interpersonal and Communication Skills • Professionalism • Systems-based Practice Workshops: Optional Ultrasound Workshop - Saturday, December 1st, 1:00pm – 4:30pm Satisfy your MOCA Requirements - Thursday, November 29th, 8am – 4pm Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Effectively Treat Behavior in Children: Traumatic Brain Injury, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sensory Processing, Cognitive Limitations, PTSD, & Other Challenges - Session 3 is organized by Education Resources, Inc (ERI) and will be held from Nov 30 - Dec 01, 2018 at Shriners Hospitals for Children - Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is occupational, speech, physical, and mental health therapists as well as special educators, psychiatrists, and other professionals seeking to improve functional outcomes with children 3 to 21 years old. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 15.6 contact hours. Course Description : More effectively treat children and adolescents with complex behavioral, sensory integration, TBI, Autism Spectrum (DSM-V-TR associated diagnoses), cognitive limitations, PTSD, and other developmental challenge susing a new approach synthesizing behavioral, sensory integration, handling, mindfulness, activity, music, and developmental strategies. This hands-on lab course emphasizes practical evidence-based techniques integrating Positive Behavioral Support, Mindfulness, Therapeutic Movement, NDT, Neuropsychology, Sensory Integration, and sensory massage. Participants are armed with ready-to-go techniques and consulting skills to help children who have behavioral problems, developmental disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sensory Processing Disorders,trauma histories, ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder,Conduct Disorder, and major psychiatric illnesses. All participants receive reproducible copies of the recently published FAB Activity Strategies, Pressure Touch Program, Environmental Adaptations, Triggers & Coping Forms, and Oral Sensory Strategies and will learn to use them to develop individualized activity, environmental adaptation, and intervention strategies for home and school use. Emphasis will be placed on implementing new transdisciplinary interventions and advancing your consultation skills with educators, parents, mental health therapists, physicians, and fellow therapists. This course is designed for occupational, speech, physical,and mental health therapists as well as special educators,psychiatrists, and other professionals seeking to improve functional outcomes with children 3 to 21 years old. Conference Objectives : • Manage severe behavioral challenges for improved occupational, speech/language and physical therapy outcomes. • Assess and differentiate sensory integration and behavioral problems in infants, children, adolescents and young adults. • Apply the assessment of sensory integration and behavioral problems to develop objective goals and apply appropriate intervention strategies addressing each child’s individual behavioral and/or sensory integration challenges. • Train teachers and therapists to implement multidisciplinary positive behavior support and sensory modulation strategies with youth who have complex behavioral challenges. • Use the FAB Trigger and Coping Forms to identify the most problematic environmental and body triggers for each child and the most effective coping strategies to promote self-regulation. • Implement advanced strategies for managing sensory integration and behavior problems (e.g. inattention, interrupting, screaming, swearing, kicking, biting and hitting) during individual and group treatment sessions. • Learn to quickly develop home programs using the included forms (FAB: Activity Strategies to Promote Selfcontrol, Pressure Touch, Environmental Adaptation, and Oral Sensory Strategies)for follow-up intervention across the child’s school, OPD, hospital and home settings. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

S4 - Functional Analysis & Management of Lumbo-Pelvic-Hip Complex is organized by University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) and will be held from Dec 01 - 02, 2018 at Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Physical Therapists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16 or 1.6 CEUs (includes 1 online hour) or 2 graduate Credits. A biomechanical and neurophysiological approach to the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex is presented. Emphasis is placed on the functional relations within this region so as to understand pelvic girdle dysfunction. Research documentation of the anatomical and mechanical roles of the related structures is provided. Topic areas include: functional anatomy, biomechanics of the sacroiliac and pubic joints, muscular and ligament influences, select pathologies, effects of the pregnancy, labor and delivery as well as dysfunction in the form of pathomechanics and pathophysiology. Laboratory experience involves the demonstration and practice of clinical evaluation methods for assessing dysfunction in the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex. The evaluation process approaches the problem from both joint and muscular standpoints. Treatment of pelvic dysfunction is also multi-dimensional and therefore soft tissue and joint mobilization is offered. In addition, time is provided for an introduction to the concepts and application of techniques such as positional release, respiratory assist mobilization and muscle energy. Patient education strategies integrating therapeutic exercise with manual interventions will be presented. Methods for self mobilization and stabilization are demonstrated. Additional suggestions relating to bracing, injection or ADL may also be included in management. Prerequisite: S1; Intro S4 Webinar is included with S4 Conference Objectives are : At the completion of this seminar the attendee should be able to: • Demonstrate knowledge as well as clinical understanding of the functional anatomy in the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex. • Practically relate the biomechanics of the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex to patient evaluation and treatment. • Possess knowledge of pelvic dysfunction with respect to altered joint mechanics and abnormal neuromuscular behavior. • Identify the potential relationship between pain and dysfunction with consideration of the biomechanical interdependency exhibited within the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex. • Be able to treat pelvic girdle dysfunction using various manual therapy strategies such as myofascial release, respiratory assist mobilization, joint mobilization, and neuromuscular therapy (i.e. muscle energy, PNF). • Integrate home instruction strategies with manual intervention to facilitate improvement in pelvic girdle function and assist in pain relief. • Be stimulated to pursue additional reading, course work or research in the pelvic girdle system. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.