Course Description CME Advisory Committee General Information Faculty

Friday, November 8th, 2002

0745 Registration Desk Opens
Continental Breakfast

0820 Welcome and Introduction
Chair: Albert Yeung
Co-Chair: George Hunter

Infectious Disease

0830 Treatment of skin and soft tissue infection
Ameeta Singh

0900 Human and animal bites - vicious!
Stephen Shafran

0930 Evidence-based management of common URTIs
Stan Houston

1000 Update on Hepatitis C therapy
Mark Joffe

1030 Discussion

1045 Refreshment Break

Neurology

1115 When to use the newer anti-epileptic drugs?
Donald Gross

1145 Please stop that essential tremor!
Wayne Martin

1215 Can multiple sclerosis be cured?
Mary Lou Myles

1245 Discussion

1300 Lunch

Cardiovascular Prevention

1400 Are all statins equally effective in
Cardiovascular disease prevention?
Ross Tsuyuki

1430 Fibrates in perspective
T. K. Lee

1500 Cardiovascular complications of recreational
and illicit drugs
Theodore Fenske

1530 Refreshment Break

Miscellaneous

1600 When is grapefruit juice hazardous?
Tammy Bungard

1630 Are you ready for your botox shots?
Gordon Searles

1700 Adjourn

Saturday, November 9th, 2002

0800 Registration Desk Opens
Continental Breakfast

Diseases of the Mind

0830 Benzodiazepines - key lessons of past 20 years
Lorne Warneke

0900 How to select an antidepressant in children
David Shih

0930 Antidepressant therapy and sexual dysfunction
David Wong

1000 Are anticholinesterase inhibitors worth the
money in treating dementia?
Katherine Lechelt

1030 Discussion

1045 Refreshment Break

Can you Teach an Old Dog New Tricks?

1115 ß-adrenergic blockers
Thomas Wilson

1145 Methadone
Anna Taube

1215 Progestins
Peggy Sagle

1245 Discussion

1300 Lunch

Miscellaneous

1400 Treatment of ITP
Arnold Voth

1430 New comers to the CPS
Karen Horon

1500 Adjourn