2024 Geriatrics Updates: Balance in Aging
28th Annual Geriatrics Medicine Highlights and 8th Annual Cognitive Impairment and Memory Disorders
Thursday, September 26, 2024
7:45 AM – 8:00 AM
Registration
8:00 AM – 8:10 AM
Welcome and Course Overview
Dr. Jeanne Wei
Cancer (Moderator: Priya Mendiratta)
8:15 AM – 8:45 AM
The Evolving Landscape of Precision Oncology
Donald J Johann
8:50 AM – 9:20 AM
Management of Pancreatic Cancer
Sumant Inamdar
9:25 AM – 9:55 AM
Onco-Geriatrics and Lung Cancer: What Do We Know?
Konstantinos Arnaoutakis
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Break
Infectious Diseases (Moderator: Priya Mendiratta)
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia
Ryan Dare
10:50 AM – 11:20 AM
ECG Diagnosis of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Geriatric Population
Hakan Paydak
11:25 AM – 12:20 PM LUNCH/Board Review & Poster Sessions
Julie Windholz and Priya Mendiratta
12:20 PM – 12:30 PM Activity With Big Band Music
Lisa Bishop
Cardiorenal and Pulmonary (Moderator: Lisa Hutchison)
12:35 PM – 1:05 PM
CR Insufficiency
Manisha Singh
1:10 PM – 1:40 PM
The Viruses Are Winning: Covid, RSV, Flu
Sarah Labuda
1:45 PM – 2:15 PM
Pulmonary Hypertension for the Geriatrician
Krishna Quaker
2:20 PM – 2:35 PM
Break
2:40 PM – 3:10 PM
Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Reasons to Diagnose
Khaled R. Khasawneh
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Mohammed Moursi
Pharmacology Update (Moderator: Regina Gibson)
3:50 PM – 4:20 PM
Opioid Use in the Elderly
Corey Hayes
4:25 PM – 4:55 PM
Update on Drugs in the Pipeline
Lisa Hutchison
5:00 PM – 5:10 PM
Wrap-Up and Evaluation
Gohar Azhar
Friday, September 27, 2024
7:45 AM – 8:00 AM Registration
8:00 AM – 8:10 AM
Welcome and Course Overview
Dr. Jeanne Wei
Gastrointestinal and Endocrine (Moderator: Gohar Azhar)
8:15 AM – 8:45 AM
Comprehensive Obesity Management of Older Adults
Dinesh Edem
8:50 AM – 9:20 AM
Leveraging Nutrition to Combat Age-Related Sarcopenia
David Church
9:25 AM – 10:05 AM
PANEL On Weight Loss
Don Bodenner, Jeanne Wei, Chris Johnson
10:10 AM – 10:25 AM
Break
10:25 AM – 10:55 AM
MASLD (Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease)
Mary Rude
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Diabetes Update
Don Bodenner
11:35 AM – 12:05 PM
Osteoporosis: A 2024 Update (ZOOM)
Elena Ambrogini
12:10 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch, Meet the Faculty & Poster Sessions
Neurocognitive Impairment (Moderator: Elizabeth Eoff)
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Lewy Body Dementia: Clinic Evaluation, Emerging Biomarkers and Therapeutics (ZOOM)
James Galvin
1:35 PM – 2:05 PM
Delirium Superimposed on Dementia: Prevention Is The Best Cure (ZOOM)
Ann Kolanowski
2:10 PM – 2:40 PM
Update on Alzheimer’s Treatment
Elizabeth Eoff-McDaniel
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM
Break and Ageless Grace
Laura Spradley
3:20 PM – 3:50 PM
Imaging Modalities Used for Memory Disorders
Venkatram Krishnan
3:55 PM 4:25 PM
Healing and Spirituality
Susan McDougal
4:30 PM 4:45 PM
Wrap–Up and Evaluation
Gohar Azhar
Saturday, September 28, 2024
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM
Registration
8:45 AM – 8:55 AM
Welcome and Course Overview
Dr. Jeanne Wei
Caring for the Caregiver (Moderator: Debbie Brady)
8:55 AM – 9:25 AM
Steps in Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease
Gohar Azhar
9:30 AM – 9:55 AM
Tips for Caregivers: A Strengths Based Approach
Brandi Schneider
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
PANEL: Q & A on Memory and Caregiving
Susie Whittington, Debbie Brady, Gohar Azhar
10:30 AM – 10:40 AM
Break
10:40 AM – 11:05 AM
Mindfulness and Meditation
Denise Compton
11:10 AM – 11:35 AM
Resources for Caregivers and Those Living With Dementia
Stephenie Cooke
11:35 AM – 12:10 PM
Lunch & Poster Sessions
Essentials for Those Living With Neurocognitive Disorders (Moderator: Regina Gibson)
12:10 PM – 12:40 PM
Getting Your Affairs in Order: Legal and Financial Planning
Kimbro Stephens
12:45 PM – 1:15 PM
PANEL: Transition to Facility Living and/or Care at Home
Debbie Brady, Kimbro Stephens, Regina Gibson
1:20 PM – 1:45 PM
Integrative Activities to Enrich the Mind for Those With Memory Loss and Their Caregivers
Regina Gibson
1:45 PM – 1:55 PM
Wrap–Up and Evaluation
Jeanne Wei