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CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN MEDICINE

Saturday August 31st, 2002

12:30-1:00            Registration


SESSION I                Moderators:           R. Rajagopal, MD 
                                                                D. Sudhaker Rao, MD

 1:00-1:40             Recent Advances in Asthma Management

                            Children: Bhimsen Rao, MD

                            Adults: Bala A. Setty

1:40-2:20               All that wheezes is not Asthma!

Kalpalatha Guntupalli, MD

2:20-3:00               Epidemic of Diabetes Mellitus in Asian Indians: Do you know your risk?

Ved V. Gossain, MD

3:00-3:40               Alternative & Complementary Medicine:

How to reduce risks of heart disease, diabetes, stroke and cancer: An alternative perspective

Bala V. Manyam, MD

3:40- 4:30               Questions and Answers

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Sunday September 1st, 2002

12:30-1:00             Registration

 

SESSION I                 Moderators:     Surekha Rao, M.D.
                                                           Bala A. Setty, MD

1:00-1:40               Osteoporosis in Asian Indians

Mahalakshmi Honasoge, MD

1:40-2:20               Current status of Hormone Replacement Therapy:

The good, the bad, and the dilemma.

D. Sudhaker Rao, MD

2:20-3:00               Coronary Artery Disease in Asian Indians

Dayanand Nayak, MD

3:00-3:40               Hyperlipidemia & Hypertension in Asian Indians:

Chandrakant Pujara, MD

T.K.S. Rao, MD

3:40-4:30               Questions and Answers


OBJECTIVE:

The program is intended for practicing internists, family practitioners, gynecologists, surgeons, and psychiatrists.  Physicians in other specialties and lay public may also derive useful information by attending the conference.  The main focus of the CME is on women's health and lifestyle adjustments in a changing culture.

8.0 HOURS CATEGORY I CREDIT

As an accredited institution by the American Council of Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), Oakwood Hospital certifies that this CME offering meets the criteria for 8 hours Category-I credit toward relicensure requirements and the Physicians Recognition Award of the American Medical Association, provided it is used & completed as designed.

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FACULTY

Ved V. Gossain, MD, Professor of Medicine, and

Chief, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

 

Kalpalatha Guntupalli, MD,

Professor of Medicine and

Head, Critical Care Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

 

Mahalakshmi Honasoge, MD, Senior Staff Physician

Endocrinology and Bone & Mineral Metabolism

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

 

Bala V. Manyam, MD

Professor & Director, Plummer Movement Disorders Center

Department of Neurology

Texas A&M University School of Medicine, Temple, TX

 

Dayanand Nayak, MD

Department of Cardiology,

NYU, New York

 

Chandrakanth Pujara, MD

Department of Cardiology

Oakwood-Annapolis Hospital, Detroit, MI

 

Ramegowda Rajagopal, MD

Department of Cardiology

Grace Hospital, Detroit, MI.

 

T.K.S. Rao, MD

Professor of Medicine

Downstate Medical Center, NYU

Brooklyn, NY

 

Bhimsen S. Rao, MD

Chair, AKKA-CME Committee

Pediatric Pulmonologist

William Beaumont Hospital

Royal Oak, MI

 

D. Sudhaker Rao, MD, FACP, FACE

AKKA-CME Program Director

Section Head, Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Director, Bone & Mineral Research Laboratory

Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Case Western reserve University

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CME COMMITTEE

Bhimsen Rao, MD, FAAP (Chair, CME Committee)

D. Sudhaker Rao, MD, FACP (CME Program Director)

Surekha Rao, MD

Mahalakshmi Honasoge, MD

K.P. Jagadish

Bala A. Setty, MD

 

REGISTRATION:

The registration fee:

$100.00 (before 08/01/2002)

$125.00 (after 08/01/2002).

Please register for CME through AKKA convention registration form.  For further information, please contact Dr. Bhimsen Rao



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