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Wilmington, DE 19803-8158
phone: (302) 479-5515   |  fax: (302) 479-5518

Last Update 18 January 2008

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2008 Winter-Spring Lecture Series

In partnership with St. Francis Hospital and the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Christiana Care Health System

Includes lunchtime (12 noon- 1:30pm) and evening (6:30-8pm) lectures

And something new for 2008:

First Annual Mental Health Symposium

Thursday, February 28, 2008

8am-12 to noon

Program Chair: Hugh Bonner III, M.D..

 
January 9
Registration Form
H. George Decherney Lecture

12 Noon

St. Francis Hospital

 

VESICOURETERAL REFLUX IN CHILDREN:  DIAGNOSIS, EVALUATION, AND TREATMENT

T. Ernesto Figueroa, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Urology, Jefferson Medical College; Division Chief of Urology, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children


January 23
Registration Form

6:30pm

Christiana Hospital


ANNE SHANE BADER LECTURE:

WHAT HAPPENS TO HEART FAILURE PATIENTS BETWEEN ADMISSIONS – THE BRIDGING ROLE OF FAMILY PRACTICE

Mitchell T. Saltzberg, M.D., Medical Director of Heart Failure, Christiana Hospital, Christiana Care Health Services


February 13
Registration Form

12 Noon

St. Francis Hospital

 

HIV UPDATE

Susan Szabo, M.D., Medical Director, HIV Program, Christiana Care Health Services




February 28
Registration Form

6:00-8:30pm

Cavaliers Country Club


FIRST ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM:

THE FIFTEEN MINUTE HOUR FIFTEEN YEARS LATER

Joseph A. Lieberman, M.D., MPH, Past Chair, Dept. of Family and Community Medicine, Christiana Care Health Services

 

MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS

Gerard Gallucci, M.D., MHS, Medical Director, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, DE Health and Social Services

 

TIPS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISES

Renata J. Henry, M.Ed., Director, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, DE Health and Social Services

No charge for thr Mental Health Symposium, but  registration is required.  Register online at www.christianacare.org under Events and Classes or                    call 302-479-5515.


March 12
Registration Form

12 Noon

St. Francis Hospital


HEAD AND NECK CANCERS:  RISK FACTORS, EVALUATION, AND TREATMENT

Charles J. Schneider, M.D., Medical Oncology and Hematology, Helen Graham Cancer Center, Christiana Care Health Services



March 26
Registration Form

6:30pm

Christiana Hospital


UPDATE ON STROKE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION

Anthony Munson, M.D., Neurology, Christiana Care Health Services




April 9

Registration Form

12 Noon

St. Francis Hospital

 


THE NEW ASTHMA GUIDELINES:  HOW DO THEY AFFECT MY PATIENT CARE?

Katherine A. King, M.D., Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children



April 23
Registration Form

6:30pm

Christiana Hospital


HOSPITALIST MEDICINE

Virginia U. Collier, M.D., F.A.C.P., Hugh R. Sharp, Jr. Chair of Medicine, Christiana Care Health System



February 9
Registration Form

12 Noon

St. Francis Hospital

 

MANAGEMENT OF DYSLIPIDEMIA:  AN EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH

Nelson J. Chen, M.D., Neasha Merritt, M.D., Chukwudi E. Nwodo, M.D., St. Francis Family Practice Residency Program

 

locationS AND TIMES:

January 9, February 13, March 12, April 9, and May 14:

St. Francis Hospital Conference Center, Room 136, 7th and Clayton Streets, Wilmington, DE

12 Noon – 1:30 p.m. (Buffet lunch beginning at 11:30 a.m.)

 

January 23, March 26, and April 23:

Room 1100, Christiana Hospital, Newark, DE

6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (Buffet dinner beginning at 6 o’clock)

 

February 28, Mental Health Symposium:

Cavaliers Country Club, 100 Addison Drive, Newark, DE

 

COURSE FEES:

$100.00           DAFP members – entire series

$120.00           Non-DAFP member physicians -- entire series

$  80.00           Nurses, physician assistants – entire series

$  15.00           Individual lectures for physicians, nurses, PAs and others not registered for the entire series

                        (No charge for Family Medicine Residents but RSVP is necessary.)

Exception:  There is no charge for the Mental Health Symposium, but you must pre-register.

 

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT FOR CME FACULTY

It is the policy of the American Academy of Family Physicians to comply with the ACCME Guidelines for Commercial Support of Continuing Medical Education.  According to AAFP Policy, all relationships between speakers and proprietary entities producing health care goods or services consumed by or, or used on, patients must be disclosed to course/program participants as well as unapproved or investigational uses of products or devices.

Delaware Academy of Family Physicians
Beverly Dieffenbach, Executive Director

P.O. Box 8158

Wilmington, DE 19803-8158
phone: (302) 479-5515   |  fax: (302) 479-5518
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