In an effort provide high quality and easily accessible CME and to support our current contractual initiatives with the payers, NEQCA & Tufts Medical Center have created a platform for clinically relevant topics in primary care. These sessions are not currently mandated, but strongly recommended, and will be held on the 2nd & 4th Thursday of each month beginning 9/14/2006. The web cast sessions are jointly-sponsored by Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center.

 

Scheduled Time

12:00 pm – 12:10 pm call-in/login to web cast

12:10 pm – 1:15 pm web cast session

Archives available for 90 days following web cast

 

2006 DATES               TOPICS  

       

Sept 14, 2006  Carotid surgery in the New Millennium                                                 

William Mackey MD Surgeon in Chief TNEMC, Chief Vascular Surgery TNEMC

Benjamin Andrews Professor and Chairman TUSM

 

Sept 28, 2006  Advances in treatment of Herniated Disc Disease                                  

James Kryzanski MD, Assistant Professor TUSM, Department of Neurosurgery

TNEMC

 

October 12, 2006  Cervical and Lumbar Radiculopathy for the Primary Care Physician       

Simcha Weller MD Assistant Professor TUSM, Chief, Neurosurgical Spine

Service Department of Neurosurgery TNEMC

 

October 26, 2006  Advances in Bariatric Surgery       

Scott Shikora MD Assistant Professor TUSM, Department of Surgery TNEMC

  

November 9, 2006  Contemporary Management of Patients with CHF                               

Marvin Konstam MD Professor TUSM, Chief Division of Cardiology TNEMC

 

December 14, 2006  Colorectal Cancer Screening Advances and Updates                          

Douglas Janowski MD Assistant Professor TUSM, Chief Endoscopy Service,

GI division Tufts Medical Center

 

December 28, 2006  Approach to the patient with abnormal LFTs  

Richard Roher MD Associate Professor TUSM  Chief Division of Transplant

Surgery Tufts Medical Center And staff of the GI division Tufts Medical Center

  

January 11, 2007  Viral Hepatitis: A, B, C and delta

Richard Roher MD Associate Professor TUSM  Chief Division of Transplant

Surgery Tufts Medical Center  And staff of the GI division Tufts Medical Center

 

January 25, 2007  Pain Management   

Wilfred Hynes MD  Assistant Professor TUSM, Department of Anesthesia Tufts Medical Center

                                                                     

February 8, 2007  Evaluation and Prevention of Heart Disease in Women   

Ayan Patel MD Assistant Professor TUSM, Associate Director Cardiovascular Imaging

and Hemodynamics, Division of Cardiology Tufts Medical Center

 

February 22, 2007  Evaluation and Management of Atrial Fibrillation     

N.A. Estes MD, Professor TUSM, Director, Cardiac Arrhythmia Center Tufts Medical Center And staff of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Center

 

March 8, 2007  Evaluation and Management of Syncope

N.A. Estes MD, Professor TUSM, Director, Cardiac Arrhythmia Center Tufts Medical Center And staff of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Center

 

March 22, 2007  Prediction and Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death 

N.A. Estes MD, Professor TUSM, Director, Cardiac Arrhythmia Center Tufts Medical Center And staff of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Center           

 

April 12, 2007  Venous Thromboembolism: New Paradigms in Treatment                       

Stanley Nasraway MD, Associate Professor TUSM, Director Surgical Intensive

Care Unit, Tufts Medical Center

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential

Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

through the joint sponsorship of Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM)

and Tufts Medical Center. TUSM is accredited by the ACCME to

provide continuing medical education for physicians.

  

TUSM designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 category 1 credit

toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim

only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.   

  

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