Upcoming Medical Conferences in Bethesda

The Growing Promise of Gene Therapy Approaches to Rare Diseases is organized by National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and will be held from Aug 20 - 21, 2018 at National Institutes of Health campus, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America. Conference Description : NCATS and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research are co-sponsoring a workshop to review the state of current gene therapy approaches, identify challenges and strategies to overcome them, and discuss how to collaboratively scale and accelerate gene therapy development to benefit patients with rare diseases for which there is no effective treatment. The proposed sessions will focus on: • Pre-clinical development. • Clinical development. • Manufacturing. • Partnerships and transitions. • Business models and patient access. • Ensuring that no patient and no disease is left behind. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Advisory Council (NDCD) Meeting is organized by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) and will be held on Sep 07, 2018 at National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Clinical Informatics Board Review Course (CIBRC) is organized by American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and will be held during September 14 -16, 2018 at DoubleTree By Hilton Hotel Bethesda - Washington DC, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is designed to provide an up-to-date review of the core content of the Clinical Informatics subspecialty. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 25.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Conference Description: AMIA's Clinical Informatics Board Review Course (CIBRC) provides American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) board-certified physicians with resources to assist in becoming certified in the subspecialty of clinical informatics. The course offerings are a resource for all practising clinical informaticians seeking to strengthen their knowledge of the field. In the past decade, healthcare has radically changed from a paper-based system to one that relies on technology to support all facets of healthcare delivery. This transformation has given rise to practitioners who need a skill set that goes beyond the clinical speciality in order to provide patients with the right care at the right time in the right place every time. This skill set may include abilities such as collaborating with various stakeholders to implement electronic health record technology in a health care system, managing clinical decision support in the EHR, analyzing "big data" to help determine population health or manage system costs, incorporating telemedicine into everyday practice, and optimizing the appropriate use of technological innovations in patient care. Conference Objectives: • Describe the role of data across the healthcare system, the laws governing use of data, and technical approaches to ensuring quality and protection of data. • Identify the range of clinical decision support tools; explain how to determine which application is appropriate for specific situations; describe how to develop and implement clinical decision support tools. • Describe the processes of developing or selecting a clinical information system, preparing and supporting clinicians for system implementation, and evaluating system effectiveness. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

American Association for Dental Research (AADR) Oral Health Effects of Tobacco Products: Science and Regulatory Policy is organized by American Association for Dental Research (AADR) and will be held on Sep 14, 2018 at Hyatt Regency Bethesda, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Frontiers in Basic Immunology: 2018 is organized by National Institutes of Health (NIH) and will be held from Sep 27 - 28, 2018 at National Institutes of Health campus, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

5th National Cancer Institute (NCI) Pancreatic Cancer Symposium is organized by National Cancer Institute (NCI) and will be held from Oct 02 - 03, 2018 at National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.. Course Description: The purpose of the symposium is to provide an opportunity to bring together the leaders and young investigators including basic researchers and clinical scientists in the field from NCI/NIH and extramural community to exchange information and understand the latest advances in tumor biology, epidemiology, early detection and treatment of pancreatic cancer. The meeting will provide an exciting forum to foster collaborations and to address future challenges in advancing our commitment of improving disease outcome in patients with this recalcitrant cancer. Course Topics: • Tumor Biology and Disease Progression • Novel Therapeutic Targets • Early Detection • Inflammatory and Immune Signaling • Metabolic Reprogramming • Genetics and Epigenetics • Treatment and Clinical Advances Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Understanding Pathophysiology: Its Direct Impact on Patient Care is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Oct 11, 2018 at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bethesda - Washington DC, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Paramedics, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6.3 contact hours. Course Description: Few things in health care have as direct an impact on patient care as pathophysiology - the "whys" of what happens during disease and what we must do to treat it. If you know your pathophysiology, you can provide an accurate, speedy assessment and treatment for your patient. Just about every potentially serious condition has a "trigger point." Once this point is reached, a fairly uniform and predictable set of events occurs - mediators are released, causing worse events to take place. The result, left untreated, is multiple organ system dysfunction, multiple organ system failure, cardiac failure, then death. The seminar will apply this straightforward model to many important medical conditions. Understanding the "whys" behind these events enables us, as health care practitioners, to best assess the patient and intervene in a timely and effective manner. By the end of the day, you'll have a thorough understanding of these principles and will know how and when to properly apply them. Course Objectives are : • Using clinical examples, explain the statement: "Virtually all human disease is 'autoimmune' in nature." • Outline an effective method to review options in pharmacologic therapy for any condition. • Identify the self-destructive spiral of progressive chronic heart failure. • Explain how the following drugs may abort or reverse the self-destructive spiral of heart failure: beta-blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) blockers, angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBS), aldosterone blockers, synthetic natriuretic proteins. • Describe why the statin drugs significantly reduce a person's risk of cardiovascular disease (MI and stroke), regardless of the serum cholesterol level. • Describe the mechanism underlying death in asthma and identify a way to prevent it. • Apply the "Three Question Approach" to interpretation of arterial blood gases. • State and understand the "common mechanism" for shock, regardless of the initial cause.

2018 Research Conference on Sleep and the Health of Women is organized by National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and will be held from Oct 16 - 17, 2018 at Natcher Conference Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America. Course Description: The 2018 Research Conference on Sleep and the Health of Women is intended to sound a wakeup call throughout society about the importance of sleep for the health of women. It will showcase a decade of federally funded research advances in understanding health risks, societal burden, and treatment options associated with sleep deficiency and sleep disorders in women. Researchers and the public will present and discuss the state of the science regarding sleep and the health of women; the limitations to implement what is already known; and the opportunities to translate scientific findings into practice and routine care. The discussion panels will engage Federal and public stakeholders to identify actionable new directions and areas in which research is needed. Course Goals: • Highlight research advances, including: ○ The burden of sleep deficiency and sleep disorders on women in the United States ○ Sleep-related health disparities among women ○ Biological mechanisms underlying sex differences in sleep ○ Societal/cultural/environmental issues underlying gender differences in sleep • Stimulate translation of these advances for the purpose of: ○ Improving healthcare practice ○ Informing policy ○ Developing public health programs and educational campaigns ○ Improving sleep health using cross-sector approaches • Identify critical gaps in research as well as barriers to implementation or adoption of existing knowledge. ○ Limitations of current research, and gaps in our knowledge about sleep deficiency and disorders in women ○ Identify underlying social, cultural, environmental, and biological factors that affect sleep in women ○ Create treatment options specific and appropriate for women ○ Develop and improve diagnostic tools and criteria for sleep disorders in women ○ Evidence needed to translate current knowledge into practice Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

National Eye Institute (NEI) 50th Anniversary Symposium: Future of Vision Research is organized by National Eye Institute (NEI) and will be held on Oct 18, 2018 at Lipsett Amphitheater, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2018 Mid-Atlantic Diabetes And Obesity Research Symposium is organized by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and will be held on Oct 19, 2018 at Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America. Course Objectives : The purposes of this meeting are to encourage collaborations and enhance interactions at the regional level through the sharing of both reagents and expertise. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.