Join us at CEU 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, CA

CEU: September 30 - October 2
Board Review: September 28 - 29
Thyroid Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Self Assessment Module Session: September 29
Practice Management Workshop: September 30
Thyroid Hands-on Workshop: October 2

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Program Information

Clinical Endocrinology Update: September 30 - October 2, 2010
Join colleagues for the premier professional education conference in Los Angeles, CA. CEU is three-day conference on the most current endocrine standard of care that includes state-of-the-art lectures, meet-the-professor sessions, panel discussions and year-in-review sessions. The program will offer attendees the opportunity to learn from nationally recognized faculty in a highly interactive environment.

• CEU Program Agenda (PDF)
• CEU Brochure (PDF)

Endocrine Board Review Course: September 28-29
This two-day interactive workshop provides an intensive review of the key areas covered by the ABIM blueprint for the subspecialty exam in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism. If you are an endocrine fellow preparing to sit for the ABIM Board Examination, practicing physician looking to recertify or simply seeking an intensive knowledge assessment, you can't afford to miss it. Get further details about this course.

• Endocrine Board Review Program Agenda (PDF)
• Endocrine Board Review Brochure (PDF)

CEU 2010 CMES Ancillary Symposia

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I. Case-Based Discussions of Growth Hormone Deficiency and Transitional Care

September 29, 7:00 – 8:30 PM (registration/meal service 6:30 – 7:00 PM)

Program Director: Laurence Katznelson, MD

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants will be able to: 1) recognize the differences in the clinical and diagnostic features of pediatric versus adult growth hormone deficiency cases; 2) describe the transition of patients from adolescent to adult care; 3) re-assess GH status in transitional adolescent patients to avoid adverse changes in body composition and bone density; 4) optimize GH replacement and dosing and monitoring in deficient adult patients to minimize cardiovascular risk; and 5) apply GHD and improve patient outcomes through continued monitoring of patient care.

• Transitional Care: Re-assessing GH Deficiency in Adolescents on GH Replacement Therapy
• Benefits and Risks of Treating Childhood GH Deficiency during the Transition Period
  

II. Current Quandaries and Advances in Fracture Prediction and Osteoporosis Therapy

October 1, 7:00 - 9:30 (registration/meal service 6:30 - 7:00)

Program Director: Dennis M. Black, PhD

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants will be able to: 1) discuss the relative merits of approaches to determining individualized fracture risk; 2) identify current advances and controversies on antiresorptive therapy and their impact on clinical care; 3) evaluate the role of RANK-L in bone metabolism and osteoporosis therapy.

NEW! Thyroid MOC Self Assessment Module Live Learning Session: September 29, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Earn 2 CME credits while reviewing this module with an expert faculty. Participants will review questions from Thyroid MOC – A Self Assessment Module, a case-based tool containing 25 practice-related questions on thyroid-related disorders. This module has been approved by the ABIM's MOC program and can prepare you for the recertification exam in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism. Participants in the Live Learning Session may purchase the module and earn up to 10 MOC points in self-assessment of medical knowledge.

NEW! Practice Management Workshop: September 30, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
The business of running an endocrine practice is more complicated than ever! Stay current in these important topics:

• Medicare Audits: what you need to know
• Coding for Maximum Reimbursement
• Update in Coding & Billing in Diabetes Care

Thyroid Ultrasound Introductory Workshop: October 2, 5:30 - 9:30 PM
Ultrasonography is a critical skill in today’s endocrine practice. This four-hour course is designed to introduce participants to the use of ultrasound in the diagnosis of thyroid nodules and perform ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspirations. Earn CME credits toward Endocrine Certification in Neck Ultrasound (ECNU). The workshop covers the following lectures.
Introductory lectures:

• Physics of Ultrasound
• Ultrasound of Thyroid Nodules
• Ultrasound of Diffuse Thyroid Disorders
• Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration