Timely recognition and optimal treatment of the many life-threatening digestive disorders to be reviewed at this conference remain challenging in clinical practice, thereby presenting the risk of delayed recognition and effective treatment. These challenges are met with state-of-the-art laboratory testing and diagnostic imaging, transplantation and other surgical interventions, and adjunctive or independent medical therapies. Medical therapies...

Pancreatic cysts are being detected with increasing frequency due to advances, and rising use of, imaging technology. A recent study suggests that only 2% of cysts are malignant at diagnosis. Clinicians are faced with the task of identifying those cysts with high malignant potential as early as possible while limiting unnecessary surgery. Current guidelines take a very cautious approach that result in unnecessary morbidity. Newer testing modal...

HIMSS16 registration is now closed. Check back in August 2016 for HIMSS17 registration information. The 2016 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, February 29 - March 4, 2016 in Las Vegas, brings together 40,000+ health IT professionals, clinicians, executives and vendors from around the world. Exceptional education, world-class speakers, cutting-edge health IT products and powerful networking are hallmarks of this industry-leading confere...

Military Healthcare 2015 is designed to help the medical stakeholders across the DoD achieve the next level of efficiency in health care throughout the United States and the World. We will examine and explore critical focus areas such as combat medicine, healthcare delivery, medical education, public health, and cutting medical research and development – all in effort to ensure our military medical capabilities are pursuing excellence.Do...

As the maternal age is increasing and the American population is becoming more obese, the number of pregnancies complicated by diabetes and obesity also is increasing. The 14th Annual Meeting of the Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group of North America serves as a vehicle for the dissemination of data, gathered through collaboration among basic, translational and clinical researchers and research centers, both nationally and internationally. This...

This timely one-day conference is intended to provide new evidence-based strategies for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment, including many newly approved biologic therapies and surgery of common arthritic, rheumatic and autoimmune diseases. Local experts and renowned invited speakers, nationally known for their clinical and clinical research achievements, will provide state of the art summaries. In addition to lectures with questions and...

Thisone-day educational symposium will examine kidney and pancreas transplantation with a special emphasis on the multidisciplinary approach in pre and post transplant care. In addition, the conference will provide updates on clinical trials in kidney transplantation and immunosuppressive therapies, offer insight on complex post-transplant issues, and focus on the care of waitlisted patients and those with a failing allograft. Furthermore, liv...

This interdisciplinary, one-day conference will provide a clinical update on the biology, therapeutic modalities and management decision making in patients with kidney and bladder (urothelial) cancers. Engaging didactic lectures will present current science, ongoing clinical trials and future research directions including many revolutionary advances in multi-disciplinary management approaches to patients with early stage, high risk, and metast...

This one-day program is designed to provide clinicians with a review of selected topics in present day management of patients with cardiac arrhythmias, emphasizing new advances in the field and incorporating current guidelines and evidence-based principles of practice. The format will incorporate didactic lectures as well as case management studies and panel discussions with experts in the field. Learning Objectives Compare and contrast the ri...

This educational symposium will update the medical community on state-of-the-art care of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) while focusing on the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of this rare and complicated disease. Renowned guest speakers and distinguished faculty from MedStar Health and Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center will discuss the significant roles of targeted therapies, the use of organ-sp...