Upcoming Medical Conferences in Albuquerque

ASCP 2019 Albuquerque Workshops for Laboratory Professionals is organized by American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and will be held from Jun 19 - 21, 2019 at Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. Session Topics: A wide range of topics are conducted in full or half-day sessions, and subjects may include: • Coagulation • Quality Control • Hematology • Body Fluids • Clinical Chemistry • Blood Banking • Microbiology • Phlebotomy and more Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

The Hands-On Guide to Vestibular Rehabilitation: Clinical Decision-Making to Treat Vertigo, Dizziness, & Balance Disorders is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held on Jul 17, 2019 at Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. Target Audience: • Physical Therapists • Physical Therapist Assistants • Occupational Therapists • Occupational Therapy Assistants • Audiologists • Athletic Trainers • Physicians • Nurses • Nurse Practitioners CE Credits: Athletic Trainers: PESI, Inc. is recognized by the Board of Certification, Inc. to offer continuing education for Certified Athletic Trainers. This program has been approved for a maximum of 6.25 hours of Category A continuing education. Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists Nurses in full attendance will earn 6.3 contact hours. Partial contact hours will be awarded for partial attendance.  Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants PESI, Inc. is an AOTA Approved Provider of continuing education. Provider #: 3322. Full attendance at this course qualifies for 6.0 contact hours or .6 CEUs in the Category of Domain of OT and Occupational Therapy Process. Partial credit will be issued for partial attendance. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA. Course Level: Intermediate. New Mexico Occupational Therapists:  This course has been reviewed and approved by the State of New Mexico Board of Examiners for Occupational Therapists for 6.5 contact hours.  Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants This activity consists of 6.25 clock hours of instruction that is applicable for physical therapists. CE requirements for physical therapists vary per state/jurisdiction. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.  Arizona Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: This course has been approved by the Arizona Physical Therapy Association for 0.625 CEUs or 6.25 hours of continuing competence credit. California Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: PESI, Inc. is recognized by the Physical Therapy Board of California as an approval agency to approve providers. This lecture qualifies for 6.25 continuing competency hours. Physicians: PESI, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Course Description: Colleen Sleik, PT, DPT, OCS, NCS, began her journey into the specialized care of vestibular rehabilitation patients after evaluating a patient that she felt ill equipped to help. She needed to know more. Recognizing and treating BPPV itself is quite straightforward. However, the care becomes much more complex for patients that are experiencing something that was initially thought to be BPPV or for those who have multiple conditions impacting their overall presentation. Advanced learning is required to understand how the systems function as a whole. This course was developed with these challenging patients in mind.  The course begins with assessment and treatment techniques for BPPV, including a lab component to practice technique, hand positioning, and patient-specific modifications. You will become skilled to better recognize BPPV and subsequently recognize the presentations that do not fit the BPPV pattern. Further assessment and treatment of the non-BPPV diagnoses will also be addressed through functional assessments and treatment progressions.  Participants of this course will walk out with a deeper understanding of assessment, treatment techniques, patient-specific modifications, and differential diagnosis skills for the dizzy patient. Take your skills to a new level when you can pinpoint the areas where therapy can intervene to promote the desired functional gains for patients and the strategies to appropriately progress patients through each of those areas. Objectives: • Perform assessment techniques for vestibular patients with proper technique and appropriate patient-specific modifications. • Analyze findings of a vestibular assessment to determine a therapy diagnosis. • Recognize key subjective reports to further enhance evaluation and differential diagnosis skills. • Evaluate findings that assist in differentiation of central, peripheral and cervicogenic dizziness. • Formulate a plan of care based on findings from assessments to improve functional outcomes. • Select proper treatment techniques from evidence-based guidelines for vestibular rehabilitation. • Evaluate prognosis based on accurate diagnostic procedures. • Develop appropriate goals for patients considering complete medical history and presenting factors that may modify rehab outcomes. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Grow Your Practice with Dental Sleep Medicine is organized by Sleep Group Solutions (SGS) and will be held from Aug 02 - 03, 2019 at Hyatt Regency Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16 CEU. This is a MUST attend for any dental office that is looking to implement a Sleep Protocol, or learn how to increase existing Sleep revenues. Day 1 ● Sleep 101 – sleep stages, disorders and the need for sleep apnea treatment ● Sleep apnea symptoms/clinical issues ● Improving Case Acceptance - Treating snoring and sleep apnea in a dental office. ● Prepare overnight home sleep study for select course attendees ● Hands on with Pharyngometer / Rhinometer for airway testing ● Working with Sleep Physicians and Building relationships with local MD’s Day 2 ● Download previous night’s Home Sleep Tests study and review study data and sleep report with class ● Dental Sleep Medicine step-by-step protocol flow chart ● Oral Appliance Pro’s & Con’s: Dorsal, Herbst, EMA, TAP, Panthera, and SomnoMed ● Case presentations and How to Market a Sleep Practice ● Review of the latest codes, fees, procedures with medical billing and Medicare.  Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Esthetic Restorations and Principle-based Comprehensive Dentistry is organized by Ultradent Products, Inc. and will be held on Aug 02, 2019 at Sandia Resort and Casino, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is Dentists. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 6 CE Credits. Overview: Join us and see how you can grow the fun in your practice and enjoy your days at “work” incorporating principles for success and systems that provide practice growth. Dr. Miyasaki has practiced for over thirty years and hopes to go another thirty because every day he enjoys what he does, and he does it all: preventative care, restorative, esthetics, endodontics, tooth movement, implants, dentures, and occlusion. Hear a veteran practitioner who practices what he preaches. This presentation will be good for the entire team, so it is recommended to bring everyone along (success takes a team). Objectives: • The principles of treating the patient right and being remarkable • How to implement case planning and patient education so patients value what you do • Why every patient should hear about whitening • The techniques you need to know about successful bonding - it's the small stuff that counts • A system for doing predictable direct multi-surface composite restorations • Techniques that make retaking impressions a thing of the past • How to make a mouthful of temporaries in minutes • Minimally-invasive esthetic techniques that may be the best you can offer your patients • How to do simple endodontic procedures your patients will appreciate • How soft tissue diode lasers can be incorporated into almost everything you do everyday • What to do and what to avoid when it comes to occlusion • How to grow your practice whether your practice is big or small.

VFM: Visceral Functional Mobilization is organized by The Institute of Physical Art, Inc. (IPA) and will be held from Sep 13 - 15, 2019 at Presbyterian Healthplex, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 18 Contact Hours. Audience: PT, PTA, OT, SPT Attendees agree to utilize all skills of evaluation, assessment and treatment learned in this course to the extent allowed under the regulations of their professional practice act. By registering you acknowledge that your attendance does not represent authorization by the IPA, or any of its officers, to utilize any of the material learned which may lie outside of the strict interpretation of your practice act.  Course Purpose: Visceral Functional Mobilization (VFM) is a course designed to train the participant to palpate and identify structures of the digestive system, starting from the esophagus to the rectum, including the gallbladder, liver, and sphincters.  Other structures that will be introduced include the diaphragm, prostate, bladder and uterus.  Research has identified that limited visceral mobility impacts skeletal mobility and the function of the involved organ. This course is designed to train the participant to identify mechanical dysfunction within the abdominal viscera and provide treatment strategies to enhance function and mobility. This course is an expansion upon and refinement of the visceral section previously taught in Functional Mobilization II (FM II). Course Objectives: • Develop anatomical palpation skills for the respiratory, digestive, and reproductive organs. • Correlate subjective and objective findings gained from directed questions, Functional Tests, Functional Movement Patterns, PNF, and palpation. • Correlate changes in visceral mobility to functional changes in the spine and extremities. • Identify appropriate FM strategies to enhance mechanical capacity of identified restrictions. • Develop a home program inclusive of self-mobilization procedures.~Discuss the clinical and published evidence for treatment of viscera.

Endovascular Advances: A Hands-On Preceptorship Program is organized by Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL) and will be held from Sep 19 - 20, 2019 at New Mexico Heart Institute at Lovelace Medical Center , Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is This activity is intended for vascular surgeons, interventional cardiologists, and interventional radiologists looking to expand their hands-on experience in the treatment of peripheral arterial disease. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Description: This CME activity is designed to provide physicians with hands-on training in all aspects of managing complex lower extremity disease, including: SFA interventions, chronic limb ischemia, and chronic total occlusions. Approved attendees will be trained for a two-day program under the direct supervision of the program faculty at the program site. Objectives: • Analyze risk assessment and diagnostic methods in PAD • Explore alternative access options and techniques (i.e. pedal access, popliteal access) • Discuss treatment algorithms and best practices  • Formulate strategies for complication management  • Evaluate various SFA and CTO tools and treatment strategies, including vessel preparation with atherectomy and new technologies in the era of drug elution.

Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) Provider Course is organized by American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and will be held on Oct 07, 2019 at Hyatt Regency Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) Instructor Course is organized by American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and will be held on Oct 08, 2019 at Hyatt Regency Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

AAFP Global Health Summit is organized by American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and will be held from Oct 09 - 12, 2019 at Hyatt Regency Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America.  Description: Whether you're exploring opportunities to engage in global health, preparing for your overseas experience, or seeking to broaden your clinical knowledge about global health concerns, the AAFP Global Health Summit (formerly the Family Medicine Global Health Workshop) is the place to network, learn, and train with current and aspiring global health advocates. • Match your experience and skills with global health needs. • Prepare to serve as a family medicine consultant • Learn how to organize and conduct a global health consultation • Evaluate the practical management of chronic diseases in resource-constrained settings • Advise and train students, residents and physicians for global health endeavors • Promote family medicine faculty development • Explore opportunities to think on a global scale in a local setting Topics: • Clinical Topics in Global Family Medicine • Global Expansion of Family Medicine • Incorporating Global Health into Family Medicine Training and Practice • Reflections in Global Health • Research and Evaluation of Global Family Medicine Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Endovascular Advances: A Hands-On Preceptorship Program is organized by Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL) and will be held from Oct 17 - 18, 2019 at New Mexico Heart Institute at Lovelace Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is vascular surgeons, interventional cardiologists, and interventional radiologists looking to expand their hands-on experience in the treatment of peripheral arterial disease. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Description: This CME activity is designed to provide physicians with hands-on training in all aspects of managing complex lower extremity disease, including: SFA interventions, chronic limb ischemia, and chronic total occlusions. Approved attendees will be trained for a two-day program under the direct supervision of the program faculty at the program site. Objectives: • Analyze risk assessment and diagnostic methods in PAD • Explore alternative access options and techniques (i.e. pedal access, popliteal access) • Discuss treatment algorithms and best practices  • Formulate strategies for complication management  • Evaluate various SFA and CTO tools and treatment strategies, including vessel preparation with atherectomy and new technologies in the era of drug elution.