Hematology

7:00 - 7:35 AM Benign Hematology  
Cheryl D. Kovalski, DO, FACOI  
In this session, you'll: 

• Learn to appropriately work-up and treat iron, B12 & folate deficiencies
• Learn the differentials between microcytic, normocytic and macrocytic anemias and appropriate work-up.
• Learn the differentials of hemolytic anemias.

7:40 - 8:05 AM Disorders of Hemostasis  
Cheryl D. Kovalski, DO, FACOI  
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Be able to differentiate between von Willebrands and Hemophilia
• Understand the appropriate treatment of thrombotic events
• Know the differential of thrombocytopenia

8:10 - 8:40 AM Leukemia and Lymphoma  
Cheryl D. Kovalski, DO, FACOI  
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Be able to know the differences between the 3 grades of nonHodgkin lymphoma
• Understand the staging of lymphoma
• Understand the difference between nonHodgkin lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma

8:45 - 9:10 AM Myelodysplastic Syndrome & Plasma Cell Dyscrasias  
Cheryl D. Kovalski, DO, FACOI  
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Be able to appropriate place myelodysplastic syndrome as a differential in patients being worked up for anemia and pancytopenia.
• Understand the difference between MGUS and multiple myeloma.
• Understand the differential in myeloproliferative disorders.

9:15 - 9:45 AM Clinical Oncology, Physical Diagnosis, Systemic Manifestations, Chemotherapy  
Kevin P. Hubbard, DO, MACOI  
In this session, you'll learn how to

• Refresh the attendee’s knowledge of clinical oncologic concepts.
• Discuss concepts in the evaluation of patients with suspected malignancies.
• Review current information regarding anti-cancer therapies, and their toxicities.

Oncology

9:50 - 10:10 AM Oncology Palliative Care Session  
Kevin P. Hubbard, DO, MACOI  
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Refresh the attendee’s knowledge of clinical oncologic concepts.
• Discuss concepts in the evaluation of patients with suspected malignancies.
• Review current information regarding anti-cancer therapies, and their toxicities.

10:15 - 10:45 AM Basic Oncology, Markers, Genes  
Kevin P. Hubbard, DO, MACOI  
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Refresh the attendee’s knowledge of clinical oncologic concepts.
• Discuss concepts in the evaluation of patients with suspected malignancies.
• Review current information regarding anti-cancer therapies, and their toxicities.

10:50 - 11:20 AM Cancer in Men-Prostate, Testes and Kidney  
Kevin P. Hubbard, DO, MACOI  
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Refresh the attendee’s knowledge of common male cancers.
• Discuss concepts in the management of patients with these malignancies.
• Review current information regarding relevant anti-cancer therapies, and their toxicities.

11:25 - 11:55 AM Cancer in Women - Breast, Uterus and Ovary  
Kevin P. Hubbard, DO, MACOI  
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Refresh the attendee’s knowledge of common female cancers.
• Discuss concepts in the management of patients with these malignancies.
• Review current information regarding relevant anti-cancer therapies, and their toxicities.

11:55 - 12:55 PM Lunch Break

Gastroenterology

12:55 - 1:25 PM Disease of the Esophagus  
Catherine A. Kerschen, DO, FACOI  
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Identify basic information concerning esophageal diseases
• Recognize diagnostic evaluation for esophageal diseases
• Recall treatment options for esophageal disease

1:30 - 2:15 PM Liver Diseases  
Catherine A. Kerschen, DO, FACOI  
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Identify basic information concerning liver diseases
• Recognize diagnostic evaluation for liver diseases
• Recall treatment options for liver disease

2:20 - 2:50 PM Disease of the Small Intestine  
Catherine A. Kerschen, DO, FACOI  
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Identify basic information concerning small bowel diseases
• Recognize diagnostic evaluation for small bowel diseases
• Recall treatment options for small bowel disease

2:55 - 3:25 PM GI Surgery Review: Indications and Complications – What to Look For  
Catherine A. Kerschen, DO, FACOI  
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Identify the recommendations for GERD surgery.
• Describe GI complications of various surgeries.
• Review presentation, risks, and treatment for post-op ileus.

3:30 - 4:00 PM Disease of the Pancreas  
Lindsey Negash, DO  
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Describe and instruct about the diseases normal afflicting the pancreas
• Differentiate diseases in the pancreas from one another and prescribe specific treatment for them.
• Show the connection between the pancreas and other organs and the inner-functioning between them.

4:05 - 4:40 PM Disease of the Stomach  
Lindsey Negash, DO  
In this session, you'll:

• Discuss and understand pathology and treatment of disease of the stomach
• Discuss the difference in diagnosis of diseases of the stomach
• Learn how to evaluate and examine a patient with a stomach complaint

4:45 - 5:15 PM Disease of the Colon  
Lindsey Negash, DO  
In this session, you'll learn how: 

• To describe and familiarize with an array of pathology that can affect the colon.
• To demonstrate how to differentiate diseases of the colon and diagnose them.
• To discuss treatment of said diseases and how to take care of patents with these afflictions.

5:25 - 5:55 PM Cancer of the GI Tract, Liver and Pancreas  
Lindsey Negash, DO  
In this session, you'll learn how:

• To discuss the various malignancies that can arise in the G.I. tract.
• To review the best methods of diagnosis of cancer in the GI tract.
• To list and discuss the risk macros for various malignancies of the GI tract.

Rheumatology

7:00 - 7:30 AM Rheumatoid Arthritis
Robert L. DiGiovanni, DO, FACOI

7:35 - 8:05 AM Gout and Pseudogout-Crystal Arthropathies
Howard L. Feinberg, DO, MACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Understand the cause of gout
• Understand the causes of hyperuricemia
• Learn how to identify CPPD

8:10 - 8:40 AM Spondyloarthropathies and Reactive Arthritis
Robert L. DiGiovanni, DO, FACOI

8:45 - 9:15 AM Scleroderma, Lupus and Dermatomyositis
Howard L. Feinberg, DO, MACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Understand the current diagnostic criteria for SLE
• Understand the diagnostic criteria for PSS
• Understand the approach to Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

9:20 - 9:45 AM Vasculitides and Osteoarthritis
Robert L. DiGiovanni, DO, FACOI

9:50 - 10:10 AM Osteomyelitis, Septic Arthritis, Lyme Arthritis, Rheumatic Fever & AID Arthritis
Howard L. Feinberg, DO, MACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Understand the diagnosis of Rheumatic fever
• Learn the common causes and routes of transmission of joit infections
• Develop a basic understanding of Lyme disease

10:15 - 10:30 AM Joint Fluid Analysis
Drs. Feinberg and DiGiovanni
In this session, you'll:

• Learn the group types of synovial fluid
• Learn the types of disease seen in the different types of synovial fluid
• Learn the appearance of different inclusions found in synovial fluid

Infectious Diseases

10:35 - 11:05 AM Clinical Microbiology
Gerald W. Blackburn, DO, MACOI

11:10 -11:40 AM Hemorrhagic Fevers and Fevers of Unknown Origin
MarkAlain Dery DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll:

• Be familiar with the knowledge that persons with Ebola virus disease usually have an abrupt onset of nonspecific symptoms and signs.
• Comprehend that serologic tests are the main methods for diagnosis.
• Recognize the minimum diagnostic evaluation for fevers of unknown origin.

11:45 AM - 12:25 PM Lunch Lecture: Medicine for the Boards
Scott L. Spradlin, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn:

• Overview of Common Labs and Procedures as well as Surgical Risk Assessment
• USPTF/Choosing Wisely Guidelines
• Clinical Case Studies for the Board Preparation

12:30 - 12:55 PM CNS Infections
MarkAlain Dery, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn:

• Be familiar that the major causes of community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults in developed countries.
• Recognize that the diagnosis of a patient with aseptic meningitis may be difficult to make.
• Understand that risk factors for spinal epidural abscesses.

1:00 - 1:30 PM Endocarditis & Prophylaxis; Infectious GI Diseases
Gerald W. Blackburn, DO, MACOI

1:35 - 2:10 PM Pneumonia & TB
MarkAlain Dery DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn:

• Recognize the common clinical features of community acquired pneumonia.
• Comprehend that most initial treatment regimens for community-acquired pneumonia.
• Recognize that pulmonary complications of TB include hemoptysis, pneumothorax, bronchiectasis, extensive pulmonary destruction (including pulmonary gangrene), malignancy, venous thromboembolism, and chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.

2:15 - 2:45 PM HIV/AIDS
Gerald W. Blackburn, DO, MACOI

Allergy/Immunology

2:50 - 3:20 PM Clinical Basis of the Immune Response and the Compliment Cascade
Bryan L. Martin, DO, MACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Provide a framework for the evaluation of primary immune deficieinces that may affect adults.
• Review the elements of the innate immune response and what disease states may occur secondary to defects in the innate immune response.
• Understand how adaptive immunity differs from innate immunity understand how to clinically evaluate the adaptive immune response.

3:25 - 3:50 PM Systemic Allergic Disorders, Immunodeficiency and Immunoglobulin Disorders
Brian L. Martin, DO, MACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Both recognize and differentiate anaphylaxis from vasovagal reactions.
• Understand and be prepared to utilize the new guidelines for the treatment for anaphylaxis.
• Know the mechanisms and treatments of both anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions.

3:55 - 4:25 PM Allergic Skin Disorders and HAE
Brian L. Martin, DO, MACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Review the recognition and treatment of allergic skin disorders, to include urticaria and angioedema.
• Review the recognition and treatment of allergic skin disorders, to include Hereditary angioedema
• Review the recognition and treatment of allergic skin disorders, to include atopic dermatitis and allergic contact dermatitis.

4:30 - 5:05 PM Asthma
Jonathan M. Horbal, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll:

• Learn the Asthma Guidelines EPR 3 vs EPR 4
• Be able to classify asthma severity Be able to determine asthma control
• Be able to successfully treat asthma Be able to improve patient outcomes

5:10 - 5:40 PM Sinusitis, Rhinitis
Jonathan M. Horbal, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Understand rhinitis and how to classify it, review the difference between allergic and non-allergic rhinitis, review current guidelines for treating sinusitis, and review chronic sinusitis and how to approach

5:45 - 6:05 PM Food Allergies
Jonathan M. Horbal, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Review common food reactions, understand paradigm shift in food allergy thoughts, understand the proper testing modalities for food testing, and review common food allergy mimickers.

6:10 - 6:40 PM Antibiotic Hypersensitivity Diagnosis & Management Strategies
Jonathan M. Horbal, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Review hypersensitivity reactions, review common cases for each hypersensitivity class, understand basic pathophysiology of drug reactions, and review skin presentations of drug reactions

Pulmonary Diseases

7:00 - 7:50 AM Respiratory Failure, Ventilator Therapy and PFT
Neveen Malik, DO
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Identify the pathophysiology of COPD and Asthma
• Understand the approach to treatment of COPD and Asthma

• Understand the clinical presentation of patients with obstructive lung disease

   

7:55 - 8:30 AM Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
Amita Vasoya, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Identify the pathophysiology of COPD and Asthma.
• Understand the approach to treatment of COPD and Asthma.
• Understand the clinical presentation of patients with obstructive lung disease.

8:35 - 9:05 AM Restrictive Lung Disease
Neveen Malik, DO

9:10 - 9:30 AM Lung Cancer and Paraneoplastic Syndromes
Amita Vasoya, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Understand the classification of lung cancer
• Understand the clinical presentation, treatment, and prognosis for the different types of lung cancer
• Identify the most common paraneoplastic syndromes

9:35 - 10:10 AM Pulmonary Thromboembolism
Neveen Malik, DO

10:15 - 10:40 AM Unknown PFTs, Chest X-rays
Amita Vasoya, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll:

• Learn the basic approach to reading common chest images
• Identify common chest imaging abnormalities
• Be able to form a differential diagnosis when evaluating a chest xray

10:45 - 11:25 AM Sleep Medicine Case Studies
Timothy J. Barreiro, DO, FACOI

11:30 - 12:10 PM Critical Care Case Studies
Timothy J. Barreiro, DO, FACOI

12:10 - 1:00 PM Lunch Break

Endocrinology

1:00 - 1:40 PM Parathyroid Disease; Calcium Metabolism; Osteoporosis
Jack L. Snitzer, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Discuss diagnosis and management of loss of bone density.
• Discuss causes and treatment of hypercalcemia.
• Discussed causes and treatment of hypocalcemia.

1:45 - 2:10 PM Pituitary and Related Disorders
Jack L. Snitzer, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Discuss pituitary tumors, diagnosis, and treatment.
• Discuss adrenal insufficiency diagnosis and treatment.
• Discuss Cushing disease diagnosis and treatment.

2:15 - 3:15 PM Endocrine Pancreas; Diabetes Mellitus; Metabolic Syndrome
Jack L. Snitzer, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Discuss appropriate screening and diagnosis of diabetes mellitus.
• Discuss the appropriate consideration of insulin pump therapy and continuous glucose monitors (CGM) in patients with diabetes.
• Discuss appropriate usage and adjustment of MDI (multiple daily injections) of insulin in patients with diabetes.

3:20 - 3:55 PM Disease of the Adrenals and Gonads
John R. Sutton, DO, MACOI

4:00 - 4:25 PM Disease of the Thyroid
John R. Sutton, DO, MACOI

4:30 - 5:25 PM Interactive Identification Optic Fundi and Endocrine Physical Findings
John R. Sutton, DO, MACOI

Cardiology

7:00 - 7:35 AM Acute Coronary Syndromes
Robert Bender, DO, FACOI

7:40 - 8:40 AM Valvular and Congenital Heart Disease
Robert Bender, DO, FACOI

8:45 - 9:15 AM Diagnosis of Peripheral Arterial Diseases
Robert Bender, DO, FACOI

9:20 - 9:45 AM Arrhythmias and Conduction Disorders
Robert J. Chilton, DO, MACOI

9:50 - 10:10 AM Management of Chronic Coronary Syndromes
Robert J. Chilton, DO, MACOI

10:50 - 11:20 AM Congestive Heart Failure
Christopher J. Sciamanna, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Define, classify and stage heart failure
• Discuss guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)
• Discuss treatment for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
• Management of hospitalized patients and recognizing Stage D (advanced) heart failure

10:50 - 11:20 AM Cardiac Risk Factors and Noninvasive Cardiac Diagnosis-ECG, Echo, et al
Christopher J. Sciamanna, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Review risk factors for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD)
• Assess ASCVD risk and when to initiate statin therapy
• Review when to get and which stress test to use
• ECG must-knows
• Echo must-knows

11:25 - 12:05 PM Cardiomyopathies
Christopher J. Sciamanna, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Define and review classification of cardiomyopathy
• Discuss pathophysiology and clinical features of specific etiologies causing cardiomyopathy (focus on HCM, cardiac amyloid, myocarditis, stress CMP)
• Discuss treatment of specific cardiomyopathies

12:05 - 1:00 PM Lunch Break

Nephrology

1:00 - 1:30 PM Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease
Mark D. Baldwin, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Be able to differentiate the categories and subcategories of AKI
• Be able to differentiate the features acute vs chronic kidney disease
• Discuss treatments for AKI including fluid management and indications for dialysis

1:35 - 2:00 PM Tubulointerstitial Disease
Mark D. Baldwin, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll:

• Compare and contrast the key clinical and diagnostic features of glomerular vs tubulointerstitial diseases
• Describe the renal manifestations of multiple myeloma
• Discuss the pathophysiology and treatment of hypercalcemia of malignancy

2:05 - 2:45 PM Glomerulonephritis-Diagnosis and Management
John E. Prior, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to: 

• Understand the clinical approach to proliferative glomerulonephritis
• Understand the value of renal biopsy
• Understand the workup for hematuria

2:50 - 3:40 PM Case Studies of Electrolyte Disorders
Mark D. Baldwin, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Discuss the key diagnostic features of Syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion and appropriate treatments
• Explain the the key diagnostic features of central and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus and appropriate treatments
• Identify the key diagnostic features of Gitelman's and Bartter's syndromes

3:45 - 4:15 PM Case Studies of Acid/Base Disorders
John E. Prior, DO, FACOI
In session, you'll learn how to:

• Understand the approach to gapped metabolic acidosis
• Understand the use of the urine anion gap
• Understand the diagnosis and treatment approach to metabolic alkalosis

4:20 - 4:50 PM Hypertension
John E. Prior, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Understand of guideline based treatment for hypertension
• Understand the place of the SPRINT Trial in relation to hypertension treatment goals
• Understand the workup for hypertension

General Medicine

7:00 - 7:30 AM Acute and Chronic Neuropathies: Diagnosis and Management
Scott L. Spradlin, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn:

• How to work up an Acute Neuropathy for the Boards
• How to work up and diagnose a Polyneuropathy for the boards
• How to recognize and diagnose a mononeuropathy multiplex for the boards

7:35 - 8:00 AM The Role of Genetic Testing and Counseling for the General Internist
Robert T. Hasty, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Diagnose selected genetic conditions.
• Anticipate selected conditions based upon patients’ genetics disorders.
• Correlate genetic inheritance with selected conditions.

8:05 - 8:40 AM Headache, Motor Disorders and Amyotrophias
Scott L. Spradlin, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn:

• Overview of Headaches and Treatment for the Boards
• Review of Parkinson's, Seizures, and Motor Disorders for the Boards
• Overview of Myopathies and Treatments for the Boards

8:45 - 9:15 AM Nutritional Disorders and Their Management
Robert T. Hasty, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Educate patients on appropriate diets tailored to their comorbid conditions.
• Prevent exacerbations of selected conditions by prescribing appropriate diets.
• Improve patients’ health outcomes by choosing selected diets.

9:20 - 10:20 AM Cutaneous Manifestations of Systemic Disease 1&2
Molly Menser, DO

10:25 - 11:05 AM Diagnosis of Stroke & Multiple Sclerosis
Scott L. Spradlin, DO, FACOI
In this session, you'll learn about:

• General Overview of Types of Strokes for the Boards
• General Overview of Multiple Sclerosis for the Boards
• Clinical Stratification for Neurological Board Cases

11:10 - 11:55 AM Urology Update
Joel Abbott, DO
In this session, you'll learn about:

• Understand the concepts pertaining to and the pathophysiology behind prostate enlargement and declining bladder function.
• Understand the management algorithm for overactive bladder and urinary incontinence in the female patient
• Improve your interpretation of the serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) test.

11:55 AM - 12:00 PM Final Questions and Wrap Up
Dr. Hubbard and Spradlin