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2024 Conference Schedule

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

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