The course provides lectures and live panel discussion about major areas of interest in comprehensive otolaryngology. The target audience will be advanced practice practitioners, family practice physicians, pediatricians, and urgent care providers.

Neonatal and perinatal medicine continues to undergo dramatic change. This is brought about by scientific and clinical factors which enable us to care for increasingly complex diseases using new technology and treatment options. Practitioners in neonatology are challenged to keep up-to-date on clinical issues as well as the current research that will influence future change. This Annual Neonatology Symposium is designed to offer attendees practical, take-home information that addresses curren...

We will be discussing journal articles relating to Gender Affirming Care from numerous specialty services including: primary care (hormone therapy), Surgical subspecialties (plastic and reconstructive surgery, urology, gynecology, general surgery), Social supports/social work, multi-disciplinary planning for a successful LGBTQ+ center. The journal club is geared for any clinical or non-clinical member of the Gender Affirming Team.

This series is a case-based presentation including pathophysiology review, pharmacology review, presentation of evidence-based guidelines and review of diagnostic testing.

This Continuing Education activity is targeted to the broad multidisciplinary team who care for children with cancer and blood disorders, including physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, psychosocial providers, among others. Attendees from each discipline will learn alongside one another and build a better understanding of ethical issues that occur in caring for this patient population. There will be dedicated time in each session to discuss how to improve collaborative efforts to improve comm...

This meeting is meant to serve as an internal review committee managing safety issues in the perioperative arena. These include review of patient harm events, veritas reports, medication errors,etc. In addition, our group is committed to supporting quality improvement projects throughout the perioperative space from attendings, nurse leaders/staff, residents and fellows to improve our care of children. The group is attended by representatives from surgery and anesthesia, both physicians and nu...

Pediatric specific trauma resuscitations are reviewed by the staff and by the individuals involved in a particular case for learning and quality purposes only. In a monthly resuscitation review conference, actual footage is presented to the trauma team members, specific aspects of a resuscitation are critiqued, and supplemental didactic information is presented. Digital recording allows analysis of: 1) priorities during the resuscitation; 2) cognitive integration of the workup by the team leade...

VA Thoracic Tumor Board is a multidisciplinary tumor board intended for patient management discussion regarding the optimal care of selected complex patients with confirmed or suspected thoracic malignancy or metastatic disease. Discussions focus on optimal management and work up of patients including quality care, NCCN standards, and standard of care therapy as well as personalized cancer therapy as indicated. Offered Mondays from 4:00 to 5:00 pm.

Ambulatory monitoring of patients with heart failure is undergoing paradigm shift. Several new devices and technologies are available and tested to improve outcomes of heart failure patients using ambulatory monitoring. In this series, we aim to discuss the principles of appropriate patient selection and ambulatory management of heart failure patients using implantable devices. In addition, the session will also focus on developing program building skills, including appropriate and efficient uti...

This series will focus on increasing knowledge related to topics applicable to the healthcare professionals serving the Childrens and Womens Clinics.