Regional Visiting Faculty Program Topics

John C. Lewis, M.D.

• Air Quality
• Allergy Testing
• Anaphylaxis
• Asthma
• Food Allergy
• Rhinitis
• Sinusitis
• Urticaria/Angiodema

Harry G. Teaford, M.D.

• Anaphylaxis
• Asthma
• Drug Allergy
• Food Allergy
• Hymenoptera (Venom) Allergy
• Immunodeficiency
• Rhinitis/Sinusitis
• Urticaria/Angiodema

Marci Farquhar-Snow MN, RN, ACNP-C

• Cardiology
• Management of Atrial Fibrillation

D. Eric Steidley, M.D.

• Advanced congestive heart failure
• Cardiac transplant

Luis R. Scott, M.D. or Gregory T. Altemose, M.D.

• Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing
• Supraventlicular Tachycardias
• Atrial Fibrillation: From Rate Control to Ablation Therapy
• Ventricular Tachycardia: A Practical Approach
• Biventricular Devices in the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure
• Sudden Death: Who is at Risk?

Mark K. Edwin, M.D.

• Coronary Vascular Disease
• Lipid Metabolism
• Nephrolithiasis

Mary Boyle RN, NP, CDE

• Diabetes Management
• Diabetes Education

Lori R. Roust, M.D.

• Hyperlipidemia
• Intensive Insulin Therapy
• New Approaches to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
• Nutrition Support in the Hospitalized Patient

Michael D. Whitaker, M.D.

• Alternatives to Estrogen Therapy
• An Update on Thyroid Disease
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Estrogen Replacement Therapy
• Osteoporosis

Monte L. Anderson, M.D.

• Hepatitis
• History of Medicine
• Liver Function Tests
• Other Liver Diseases
• Steatohepatitis

Russell I. Heigh, M.D.

• Colon Cancer: A Preventable Disease
• New Options in Colon Cancer Prevention
• New Imaging of the GI Tract: Video Capsule Endoscopy

Jonathan A. Leighton, M.D.

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease

John K. Camoriano, M.D.

• Adjuvant Therapy of Breast Cancer
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Myeloproliferative Disorders

Tom R. Fitch, M.D.

• Breast Cancer Prevention
• Hereditary Breast Cancer Syndromes
• Hypercoagulable States
• Noninvasive Breast Cancer

Zachary C. Hartsell, PA-C

• Alcohol Withdrawal
• Hospital Management of Pneumonia
• Management of Cardiovascular Risk Factors
• Perioperative Management of Chronic Anticoagulation
• Postoperative Delirium

Brenda Kimery PA-C

• Colon Cancer Screening
• Anemia

Kenneth Mishark, M.D.

• Malpractice 101 - Surviving a malpractice trial or lessons you will learn the hard way!
• Hospitalist Programs - How to avoid some unintended risk issues

Bill Religo PA-C

• Preoperative Medical Evaluation
• Physical Exam
• Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
• Erectile Dysfunction

Kristen Will MHPE, PA-C

• Perioperative Management of Chronic Anticoagulation
• Cancer Screening
• Postoperative Delirium

Janis E. Blair, M.D.

• AIDS/HIV Update
• Antibiotic Reviews or Updates
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Coccidioidomycosis in Transplant Patients
• Infections in Immune Compromised Hosts
• Infections in Transplant Patients
• Infections in Travelers
• Tuberculosis Update

Jerry D. Smilack, M.D.

• AIDS (HIV Infection)
• A Logical Approach to Antibiotic Selection
• Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever)
• Hospital-Acquired Infections

Joseph L. Verheijde, Ph.D.

• Ethics and Managing Care
• Ethics, Research and Human Subject Protection
• Ethics and Evidence Based Medicine
• Ethics Consultations/Committees

Irvin M. Cohen, M.D.

• Dialysis Therapy
• Glomerulonephritis
• Hypertension
• Overcoming Diuretic Resistance

Raymond L. Heilman, M.D.

• Acid-Base Problem Solving
• Care of Chronic Renal Failure in Primary Care Setting
• Care of Kidney Transplant Patient in Primary Care Setting
• Initial Evaluation and Management of Acute Renal Failure
• Kidney Transplantation - Any Topic
• Quality of Life in Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation

Daniel N. Wochos, M.D.

• Chronic Renal Failure-Evaluation and Treatment
• Diabetic Kidney Disease
• Perioperative Hypertension
• Secondary Hypertension

Robert R. Orford, M.D.

• Aviation Medicine, particularly Passenger Health Issues and Airline Pilot Disability Assessment and Management
• Clinical Prevention Medicine and Executive Health
• Environmental Health
• Medical Center Occupational Health
• Occupational Health, particularly Prevention and Management of Workplace Repetitive Motion Disorders
• Physician Health and Wellness
• Telemedicine - What Works
• The Canadian Health Care System

W. Leroy Griffing, M.D.

• Osteoarthritis - New Treatment Strategies
• Scleroderma - general overview; G1 tract involvement
• Rheumatoid Arthritis - New Treatment Strategies

Catherine E. Harmon, M.D.

• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome - SLE
• Scleroderma
• Approach to the patient with a musculoskeletal complaint
• Autoimmune serology
• Anti-rheumatic drugs

Lester E. Mertz, M.D.

• Scleroderma/Systemic Sclerosis
• Vasculitis

Richard A. Helmers, M.D.

• Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
• Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever)
• Interstitial Lung Diseases
• Sarcoidosis
• Vasculitides of the Lung

Jason Bodner PA-C

• Transplant Medicine

Ian Cranmer PA-C

• Management of Chronic Kidney Diseases
• Preoperative Evaluation of Kidney Patients
• Management of Liver Failure
• Hepatitis

David D. Douglas, M.D.

• Hepatitis-B Mutant Infections
• Inherited Causes of Liver Disease
• Management of Portal Hypertension
• Recurrent Viral Hepatitis Post-Liver Transplantation
• Screening of Blood and Organ Donors for Viral Hepatitis
• Update on Liver Transplantation
• Update on Viral Hepatitis A-E
• Update on Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Suzanne M. Connolly, M.D.

• Connective Tissue Diseases
• Contact Dermatitis
• Cutaneous Changes in Cocci
• Cutaneous Clues to Hepatitis C Infection
• Cutaneous Clues to Systemic Disease
• Drug Eruptions
• Malignant Melanoma: What You need to Know
• Photo Protection: Why and How
• Practical Office Dermatology
• Sun and Skin: Photoaging and Cutaneous Carcinoma

Susan D. Laman, M.D.

• Cutaneous Manifestations of Systemic Disease
• Familial Atypical Mole and Melanoma Syndrome
• Melanoma
• Pigmented Lesions
• Skin Cancer

James A. Yiannias, M.D.

• Atopic Dermatitis
• Common Skin Lesions and Skin Changes in the Elderly
• Contact Dermatitis
• Contact Sensitivities in Acropustulosis
• Oral Lichen Planus: Etiology and Treatment
• Practical Dermatologic Diagnostic and Therapeutic Pearls
• Urticaria: Practical Diagnosis and Management
• Why is Your Patient Itchy and How Can You Fix It

Joseph M. Collins, M.D.

• CT for the Diagnosis of Acute Abdominal Pain
• CT-Angio of the Chest
• Imaging Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

David M. Kasper, M.D.

• Chemoembolization of Primary and Secondary Hepatic Tumors
• Radiologic Placement of Gastrostomy and Jejunostomy Tubes
• Selection and Placement of Central Venous Catheters
• Uterine Artery Embolization for Uterine Fibroids
• Vertebroplasty for Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures

Patrick T. Liu, M.D.

• Body MRI: Chest, Abdomen and Pelvis
• Bone Biopsies and Radiofrequency Ablation
• Musculoskeletal MRI

John R. Muhm, M.D.

• CT of Small Airway Disease
• Evaluation of the Solitary Pulmonary Nodule, Including CT and PET
• Plain-Film Evaluation of the Mediastinum
• The Lungs: Plain-Film Evaluation

Maitray D. Patel, M.D.

• Imaging Suspected Urolithiasis
• MRI of the Female Pelvis
• OB Ultrasound: Normal Variants That Simulate Disease
• Scrotal Doppler Sonography
• Sonographic Evaluation of Suspected Ectopic Pregnancy
• Sonographic Evaluation of Ovarian Masses: Recent Observations
• Sonographic Evaluation of the Ovary
• Sonographic Findings in Patients With AIDS
• Ultrasound of the Scrotum: Diagnostic Approach

William Pavlicek, Ph.D.

• CT/Nuclear Physics
• Digital Imaging
• PACS
• Radiation Safety

Michael C. Roarke, M.D.

• The Use of PET and PET/CT in Lung Cancer

Bentley J. Bobrow, M.D.

• Managing an EMS System

Adam G. Field, M.D.

• Managing Headache in the Emergency Department

Kimberlie Graeme, M.D.

• Snakebite Envenomations, Scorpion Bites

Neil Hay-Roe, M.D.

• Cardiac markers
• Designer Drugs and Their Toxidromes
• Environmental Injuries
• Envenomation Local Fauna

Peter Richman, M.D.

• Designing a Research Protocol
• Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis

Joseph P. Wood, M.D.

• The EMTALA Law and How It Applies to Hospitals and Physicians
• Emergency Department Ultrasound

Kevin K. Benson, M.D.

• Adolescent Medicine Issues

Susan C. McMullen, M.D.

• Adolescent/Pediatric Care
• Asthma
• Diabetes
• Gynecology
• Hypertension
• Preventative Care

E. Peter Bosch, M.D.

• Molecular Genetic Advances of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Related Familia Neuropathies
• Molecular Diagnosis in Inherited Neuropathies

Michael J. Hovan, M.D.

• Genomic Medicine for the Primary Physician: A Case-Based Format
• Introductory Genomics

Katherine S. Hunt

• Genetic Counseling for Hereditary Cancer Syndromes
• Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer
• Family Planning and Genetic Screening

Donald W. Northfelt, M.D.

• Genetic Testing for Cancer Risk Assessment and Disease Management
• Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Syndromes

Joseph L. Verheijde, Ph.D.

• Ethical Issues Associated with Genomics

Christopher R. Conley, M.D.

• Eosinophilia
• Flow Cytometry
• Progress in the Classification of Malignant Lymphoma

Kevin O. Leslie, M.D.

• Diagnostic Issues in Lung Pathology
• Telepathology: Technology and Applications

Charles H. Adler, M.D., Ph. D.

• Botulinum Toxin
• Dystonia-Torticollis, Blepharospasm, Spasmodic Dysphonia
• Hemifacial Spasm
• Movement Disorders
• Parkinson' s Disease
• Restless Legs Syndrome
• Tremor Disorders

E. Peter Bosch, M.D.

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Update
• Clinical Approach to Peripheral Nerve Disorders
• Immune Mediated Polyneuropathies
• Inflammatory Myopathies/Polymyositis
• Myasthenia Gravis
• Peripheral Neuropathies Associated With Monoclonal Proteins
• Update on Diabetic Neuropathies

Jonathan L. Carter, M.D.

• Diagnosis and Management of Multiple Sclerosis
• New Therapies for Multiple Sclerosis
• Research Advances in Multiple Sclerosis

Richard J. Caselli, M.D.

• Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
• Cognitive Decline in Adults
• Rare and Reversible Forms of Dementia

John N. Caviness, M.D.

• Chorea
• Huntington's Disease
• Myoclonus
• Parkinson's Disease

David W. Dodick, M.D.

• Cerebrovascular Diseases
• General Neurology
• Headache

Joseph F. Drazkowski, M.D.

• Managing the social consequences of epilepsy
• Evaluating seizure like events
• EEG/Clinical neurophysiology
• Evaluating patients for epilepsy surgery
• Driving and medical conditions

Timothy J. Ingall, M.D., Ph.D.

• Acute Stroke Treatment
• Noninvasive Assessment of Autonomic Function
• Stroke Prevention

Joseph I. Sirven, M.D.

• Drugs for Epilepsy: When to Initiate and Discontinue Status Epilepticus
• EEG
• Epilepsy in Older Adults
• Epilepsy: Surgical Management
• Epilepsy: Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Arreta Hamrick PA-C

• Palliative Care
• Pain Management

Steven F. Noll, M.D.

• Gait Disorders
• Low Back Pain
• Rotator Cuff Dysfunction

Thomas K. Nelson, M.D.

• A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Michelangelo
• Mind-Body Dualism and the Christian Notion of "Person"
• Panic Disorder
• Psychiatric Aspects of Chronic Pain Management
• Psychiatric Evaluation of Chronic Abdominal Pain
• The Psychology of St. Thomas Aquinas
• Understanding and Treating Depression

David Osborne, Ph.D.

• Memory Loss and Neuropsychological Testing
• Psychological Aspects of Erectile Dysfunction

Gary A. Ezzell, Ph.D.

• Advanced Technologies in Radiation Oncology
• Intravascular Brachytherapy
• Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Michele Y. Halyard, M.D.

• Breast Cancer
• Cancer in African-Americans
• New Technologies in Radiation Therapy
• Role of Radiation in Cancer Treatment

Steven E. Schild, M.D.

• Radiation Oncology: An Introduction for Primary Care Physicians
• The Use of Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer

William W. Wong, M.D.

• Management of Prostate Cancer With Radiation Therapy
• Primary Irradiation for Breast Cancer

Peter E. Frasco, M.D.

• Acute Post Surgical Pain Management
• Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
• Regional Anesthesia
• Transplant Anesthesia

Jeff T. Mueller, M.D.

• Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery

Michael J. Cevette, Ph.D.

• Identification of Hearing Loss
• Ototoxicity
• Vestibular Assessment

Jacques P. Heppell, M.D.

• Common Ano-Rectal Problems
• Crohn' s Disease
• Diverticular Disease of the Colon
• Fecal Incontinence
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Rectal and Colon Cancer
• Ulcerative Colitis

Daniel J. Johnson, M.D.

• All Trauma-Related Topics
• ARDS
• Injury Prevention
• Resuscitation End-Points in Shock
• Sepsis Syndrome

Bhavesh Patel, M.D.

• Hemodynamic Monitoring of the Critically III
• Shock Made Simple
• Vasopressin Therapy for Septic Shock

Mohamed Y. Rady, M.D.

• Acute Resuscitation in Shock
• Cardiopulmonary Bypass Predictors of Outcome Following Cardiac Surgery
• 02 Transport in Critical Illness

Richard J. Gray, M.D.

• Breast Cancer

Barbara A. Pockaj, M.D.

• Estrogen use in patients with breast cancer
• Immunotherapy for the treatment of melanoma
• Neoadjuvant therapy for breast cancer
• Sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer
• Sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma
• Surgical management of breast cancer
• Surgical management of melanoma

Richard T. Schlinkert, M.D.

• Anti Reflux Surgery
• Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy
• Laparoscopic Surgery: Current State of the Art
• Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Barry D. Birch, M.D.

• Comprehensive Evaluation and Surgical Management of Back Pain
• Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy
• Spinal Tumors
• Surgical Management of Spinal Degenerative Disease
• Surgical Treatment of Spinal Deformity

Greg Elbert PA-C

• Back Pain

Mark K. Lyons, M.D.

• Brain Tumors
• Lumbar Spinal Synovial Cysts
• Management of Increased Intracranial Pressure
• Stereotactic Neurosurgery

Naresh P. Patel, M.D.

• Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy and Myelopathy
• Surgical Management of Spinal Primary and Metastatic Tumors
• Surgical Management of Spinal Degenerative Disc and Joint Disease including Instrumented Fusion
• Surgical Treatment of Spinal Deformity
• Evaluation and Treatment of Low Back Pain with Radiculopathy

Richard S. Zimmerman, M.D.

• Carotid Occlusive Disease
• Cerebrovascular Disease
• Epilepsy Surgery
• Skull Base Tumors/Surgery
• Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia

Jeffrey L. Cornella, M.D.

• Female Urinary Stress Incontinence
• Genitourinary Fistulas
• Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy
• Sacral Implant for Urinary Incontinence
• Surgical Treatment of Vaginal Prolapse

Javier F. Magrina, M.D.

• Abnormal Pap Smear
• Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques in Gynecology
• Genitourinary Fistulas
• HPV Update
• Laparoscopic Pelvic and Aortic Lymphadenectomy
• Laparoscopic Radical Hysterectomy and Lymphadenectomy
• Pelvic and Extrapelvic Endometriosis
• Techniques of Vaginal Hysterectomy
• Vaginal Prolapse Repair

R. Stuart Fowler, M.D.

• Abdominal Wall Myalgia: A Commonly Overlooked Diagnosis for Pelvic Pain
• Differential Diagnosis of Menopausal Symptoms
• HRT: Tailoring Treatment to Avoid Side Effects
• Low Libido: The Differential and Use of Testosterone
• Selecting the Appropriate OCP for Specific Clinical Situations
• Sensitivity and Technique of Endometrial Sampling
• Video Tour of Six Plus Types of Vaginitis
• Vulvar Dermatoses: Tips on Topical Corticosteroids
• Vulvodynia: Hypocontactant Vulvar Therapy

John P. Creasman, M.D.

• Alternative Medicine and Ophthalmology
• Common Eye Problems
• Dealing With Difficult Patients
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Macular Degeneration
• Recognition and Triage of Eye Emergencies

Steven J. Hattrup, M.D.

• Rotator Cuff Disease
• Shoulder Instability
• Upper Extremity Major Joint Replacement

Kevin J. Renfree, M.D.

• Athletic Injuries of the Upper Extremity
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Complex Trauma of the Upper Extremity
• Peripheral Nerve Disorders
• Rheumatoid Reconstruction of the Hand and Wrist
• Wrist Instability

Stephen F. Bansberg, M.D.

• Clinical Use of Botulinum Toxin
• Reconstruction, Functional, and Aesthetic Nasal Surgery
• Sinusitis
• Surgery for Snoring and Sleep Apnea

David M. Barrs, M.D.

• Dizziness: Evaluation and Treatment
• Hearing Loss: Treatment from Medicines to Surgery to Hearing Aids and Implants
• Surgery for Chronic Ear Disease and Cholesteatoma

Michael L. Hinni, M.D.

• Laser Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer
• Microscopic Sinus Surgery
• Salivary Gland Tumors
• Surgical Oncology of the Head and Neck
• Thyroid Surgery
• Voice Disorders and Phonosurgery

Max L. Wertz, M.D.

• Medical Ear, Nose and Throat

Diane G. Hammitt, Ph.D.

• Advances in Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART)
• Anonymous Oocyte Donation and Embryo Donation
• Assisted Reproductive Technology Statistics-Success Rates for Various Treatments, Infertility Diagnoses, and Age Groups
• Infertility Diagnosis and Treatment
• Multifetal Gestation With Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART)
• New Treatments for Male-factor Infertility
• Oocyte, Sperm and Embryo Cryopreservation

David C. Mulligan, M.D.

• Evaluation and Treatment Options
• Hepatic and Biliary Malignancies and Benign Lesions
• Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury FoIIowing Liver Transplantation
• Live Donor Surgery - Liver, Kidney
• Pancreatic Neoplasms - Evaluation and Management
• Transplantation - Liver, Kidney, Pancreas

Paul E. Andrews, M.D.

• BPH
• Continent Neobladder Reconstructive Surgery
• Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Nerve-Sparing Surgery for Prostate and Bladder Cancer
• Stone Disease
• Urologic Oncology

Murray S. Feldstein, M.D.

• Evaluation of Hematuria
• Practical Approach to Male Sexual Problems

Terry Henges PA-C

• Penile and Scrotal Disorders
• Urinary Tract Infections
  

Donald E. Novicki, M.D.

• The use and abuse of PSA

Scott K. Swanson, M.D.

• Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy: "Not Just TURP Anymore"
• Continent Urinary Diversion for Benign and Malignant Conditions
• Genitourinary Prosthetics
• Impotence: Evaluation, Medical and Surgical Treatments
• Incontinence: Evaluation and Treatment of Simple and Complex Conditions Treated Medically and Surgically
• Interstitial Cystitis: A Review
• Prostate Cancer: Evaluation, Diagnosis, Treatment, Controversy
• Ureteral Injuries: Prevention, Evaluation, and Treatment
• Urinary Fistula
• Urinary Stones in Pregnancy
• Urinary Tract in Pregnancy

Richard J. Fowl, M.D.

• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
• Carotid Surgery - Stroke Prevention
• Dialysis Access
• Endovascular Surgery
• Lower Extremity Arterial Reconstructive Surgery
• Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory Exams
• Peripheral Arterial Aneurysms
• Renovascular Hypertension

William M. Stone, M.D.

• Aortic Aneurysmal Disease
• Carotid Occlusive Disease: Risks of Stroke
• Endovascular or Minimally Invasive Vascular Surgery
• Lower Extremity Arterial Occlusive Disease
• Mesenteric and Renal Vascular Disease