Las Vegas Horseshoe Resort & Casino 2023 (formerly Bally’s)
09/08/2023 - 09/10/2023
8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Where: Bally's Las Vegas Hotel & Casino
Topics include: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Endometriosis, Covid & Influenza
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Horseshoe Las Vegas Resort & Casino (formerly Bally’s)
Group rate $49 Thursday night, $139 Friday night and $199 Saturday nights single or double occupancy. Extra adult in room $30 per night. Max of 4 people in room.
www.ballyslasvegas.com
Dr. Kathleen Besinque, PharmD.,M.S.Ed., FASHP, FCSHP, FCPhA
Chapman University School of Pharmacy
Dr. Kathleen Besinque is a Professor of Pharmacy and the Director of Experiental Education at Chapman University School of Pharmacy. Her clinical practice area is community pharmacy and she specializes in women’s health and public health issues. She is actively involved at the leadership level with several professional organizations including the California Pharmacists Association, the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, the California society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
Friday September 8, 2023
POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME EMERGING OPTIONS FOR TREATMENT
ACPE# TBA
Objectives:
1. Describe the epidemiology of polycystic ovarian syndrome.
2. Review the pathophysiology of polycystic ovarian syndrome.
3. Summarize the diagnostic criteria utilized for polycystic ovarian syndrome.
4. Summarize the treatment guidelines and management options available for PCOS.
5. Communicate with patients and healthcare providers regarding management strategies including lifestyle changes and follow-up to improve outcomes.
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Saturday September 9, 2023
ENDOMETRIOSIS NEW OPTIONS & UPDATED GUIDELINES
ACPE# TBA
Objectives:
1. Review the risk factors for developing endometriosis.
2. Discuss the pathophysiology and epidemiology of endometriosis.
3. Summarize the diagnostic criteria utilized for endometriosis.
4. Summarize the treatment guidelines and management options available for endometriosis.
5. Communicate with patients and healthcare providers regarding management strategies including lifestyle changes and follow-up to improve outcomes for people with endometriosis.
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Sunday September 10, 2023
James Lewis, Pharm.D., FIDSA
University of Texas at San Antonio
Dr. James Lewis received his BPharm and Pharm.D. degrees from Washington State University and completed his PGY-2 infectious diseases residency at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio. Dr. Lewis currently serves as the infectious diseases pharmacy specialist and co-director of the antibiotic stewardship program at University Health System in San Antonio where is also an adjunct associate professor in the division of infectious diseases at the UT health sciences center. Dr. Lewis’ has published many abstracts at international meetings as well as peer reviewed papers in the areas of antifungal and antibacterial resistance as well as antibiotic stewardship. In addition he is a member of the editorial board of Clinical Microbiology Reviews and serves a serves as a reviewer for several other journals. In 2011 he was named a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
THE DUAL RESPIRATORY VIRAL THREATS OF INFLUENZA & COVID-19: CURRENT ANTIVIRAL & VACCINE OPTIONS
ACPE # TBA
Objectives:
1. Describe the differences between the viruses that cause influenza and COVID-19.
2. Discuss the available antiviral medications for influenza and COVID-19.
3. Explain the current vaccine recommendations for influenza and COVID-19 in the United States.