Thursday, June 20, 2013

8:00am - 4:00pm

The Grandview

176 Rinaldi Blvd

Poughkeepsie NY 12601

Vassar Brothers Medical Center endeavors to bring you the Annual Oncology Teaching Day.  This Conference is a full-day course during which an expert faculty of clinicians at the forefront of the field will present a broad review of the management of oncologic issues and new surgical techniques and technologies.  The topics to be covered mirror the practical issues encountered in everyday clinical practice. 

 CH 6 CME = 6.0 contact hour
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 CME Vassar Brothers Medical Center's Office of Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.   Vassar Brothers Medical Center's Office of Continuing Medical Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for category 1 from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 credit TM from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.  Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 6.0 Category 1 credit for completing this program.

Americans with Disabilities Act

We encourage participation by all individuals.  If you have a disability, advance notification of any special needs will help us to better serve you.  Please notify us of your needs in advance of the program. 

Minimally Invasive Approaches,

Techniques & Technologies

     June 20, 2013

Agenda  

7:45 – 8:15am Registration

8:15am – 8:30 am Welcome- Dr. Choi

8:30- 9:15am - Advanced Management of Hernias - (including parastomal hernias) –David B. Earle, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Program Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship

9:15 - 10:00am- Robotic Colon Surgery Joseph Martz, MD Attending Surgeon Beth Israel Medical Center

10:00- 10:15 BREAK

10:15 – 11:15 - TEM (transanal endoscopic microsurgery) - Rectal CA & Polyps- John  Choi , MD Attending Surgeon, Vassar Brothers Medical Center

11:15-11:45pm - Esophageal Carcinoma: Thoracic Surgical Considerations.  Cliff Connery MD, FACS - Chief of the Divisions of Thoracic Surgery at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Beth Israel Medical Center, Director of Program Development in Thoracic Oncology for Continuum Cancer Centers of New York

11:45pm-LUNCH

12:45pm- 1:00pm-Kelli Mayfarth - Identifying Lynch Syndrome

1:00pm- 1:30pm-Multimodal Treatment for Rectal CA - What’s New in 2013 (Staging)-  James R. Nitzkorski, MD, Attending Surgeon, Vassar Brothers Medical Center

1:30 – 2:00pm – Tamer Sargios, MD, FACG, Gastroenterology, Vassar Brothers Medical Center- Barrett’s esophagus

2:00-2:30pm - Surgical Management of GERD – Lee Farber, DO, Attending Surgeon, Vassar Brothers Medical Center

2:30-3:00pm- Advanced Endoscopy (SPYGLASS) – Robert. Dean, MD, Gastroenterology, Vassar Brothers Medical Center

3:00-3:15pm- WRAP-UP/EVALS

James Nitzkorsi, MD

Healthquest Medical Practice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z156GisJlY&feature=share&list=PLIOKWCDYUqPKWa_ELxek_HZi8coE9_G7W

 John Choi, MD

Healthquest Medical Practice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr_I8FyGd0M&feature=share&list=PLIOKWCDYUqPKWa_ELxek_HZi8coE9_G7W

Lee Farber, DO

Healthquest Medical Practice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-9yP1bFcKE&feature=share&list=PLIOKWCDYUqPLc30cqnGynSHkFnVWAOY4I

Annual Oncology Teaching Day 2013

June 20, 2013

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SPACE IS LIMITED

FEE:  $50.00

Full Time Undergraduate Nursing Students

(Nursing students should submit copy of student ID)

$25.00

Fee includes Continental Breakfast, Lunch & Course Materials

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Mail or fax to:  Continuing Medical Education 45 Reade Place Poughkeepsie NY 12601

Fax to:  845-483-6249

E-mail to:  mpalumbo@health-quest.org

 In accordance with the disclosure policies of Vassar Brothers Medical Center's Office of Continuing Medical Education, the effort is made to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all educational activities.  These policies include resolving all conflicts of interest between faculty/planners and commercial interests that might otherwise compromise the goal and educational integrity of this activity.  All faculty members participating in this activity have disclosed all significant relationships – financial or otherwise – with the manufacturers or providers of products or services mentioned in the activity.  The planners of this activity have reviewed these disclosures and have determined that the relationships are not inappropriate in the context of their respective presentations and are consistent with the educational goals and integrity of the activity.