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2009
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Jan - 2009
 
28 January 2009 - 07:15 PM To 08:15 PM
PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY TRENDS
Topics & Speakers
 




 


Speaker Dona Constantine.


Sponsor: CAP-MPT


January 28th, 2009


At the Rupee Room


1170 North Tustin Ave

Orange, CA 92867

(714) 771-9898


 


 



PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY TRENDS -


MANAGEMENT OF THE RISKS IN MEDICAL PRACTICE

 

 

 

 

Course Objectives

 

 

 

1.    Discuss trends of medical liability

2.    Identify common characteristics among physicians named in medical liability claims

3.    Identify the type of patient care allegations most frequently resulting in payment

4.    Discuss the vital need for integration of the physician-patient relationship with the informed consent process

5.    Identify high risk patient care issues common in physician practices

6.    Describe the role the medical record, and good documentation, plays in the physician’s defense, throughout the litigation process.

 


   
Location :

1170 North Tustin Ave Orange, CA 92867

  Phone:(714) 771-9898
 
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Contacts Smita Tandon
imascpresident@yahoo.com
Phone : 7142411777
   
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14 January 2009 - 07:00 PM To 08:30 PM
Executive Committee Meeting for January
Topics & Speakers
 

January Meeting at the Tandoor.


Please email agenda items to imascpresident@yahoo.com.


Please have your assigned task reports available.


Don't forget to work on getting sponsors for every CME and annual event of the year.


Thanks

   
Location :

Tandoor Cuisine of India 1132 E Katella Ave Orange, CA 92867

  Phone:(714) 538-2234ý
 
  More Details/Attachment
 
Contacts Smita Tandon
imascpresident@yahoo.com
Phone : 7142411777
   
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7 January 2009 - 07:00 PM To 08:30 PM
Board of Trustees Meeting
Topics & Speakers
 

First Board of Trustees Meeting.


Please send your agenda items to Dr Sudeep Kuckreja.

   
Location :

The Rupee Room 1170 North Tustin Ave Orange, CA 92867

  Phone:(714) 771-9898
 
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Contacts Sudeep Kuckreja
sudeepmd@yahoo.com
Phone : 714-585-1920
   
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Feb - 2009
 
25 February 2009 - 07:45 PM To 08:15 PM
Nplate (romiplostim) for Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) and ITP in Pregnancy
Topics & Speakers
 

“Nplate (romiplostim) for Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)”

Speaker: Todd Gadberry, PharmD

Clinical Research Pharmacist, Alta Bates Summit Comprehensive Cancer Center, Berkeley, California


"Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy"

Lalita Pandit, MD

 Rupee Room Restaurant & Banquet

1170 N. Tustin St

Orange, CA 92867

Tel: 714-771-9898

 

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Reception ~ 6:30pm

Dinner & Lecture ~ 7:00pm

   
Location :

Rupee Room Restaurant & Banquet 1170 N. Tustin St Orange, CA 92867

  Phone:714-771-9898
 
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Contacts Smita Tandon
imascpresident@yahoo.com
Phone : 7142411777
   
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Mar - 2009
 
25 March 2009 - 07:15 PM To 08:00 PM
Innovative Surgical Techniques for the Treatment of Low Back Pain
Topics & Speakers
 

Innovative Surgical Techniques for the Treatment of Low Back Pain

 

Clinical Indications, Safety and Efficacy of MIS Strategies

 

Presented by

Gowriharan “Ty” Thaiyananthan, M.D.

Co-Director, Comprehensive Spine Program, UC Irvine Medical Center, Neurosurgery

 

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

6:30pm Reception

7:00pm Dinner and Lecture

 

1132 E Katella Ave

Orange, CA 92867

(714) 538-2234

   
Location :

1132 E Katella Ave Orange, CA 92867

  Phone:(714) 538-2234
 
  More Details/Attachment
 
Contacts Smita Tandon
imascpresident@yahoo.com
Phone : 714-241-1777
   
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Apr - 2009
 
29 April 2009 - 07:00 PM To 09:00 PM
Medical Management of Chronic Low Back Pain
Topics & Speakers
 

Chronic Low Back Pain and its Management


by


Dharmesh S. Mehta, MD

Diplomate, American Board of Pain Medicine

Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology


Objectives :



  1. Statistics relating to Chronic Low Back Pain

  2. Etiology and Patho-Physiology of Chronic Low Back Pain

  3. Interventional Management

  4. Minimally Invasive Techniques for Pain Management


  5. New advances in the management of Chronic Low Back Pain
    April 29th, 2009 at 7 pm



   
Location :

Tandoor Restaurant 1132 E Katella Ave Orange, CA 92867

  Phone:714 538-2234
 
  More Details/Attachment
 
Contacts Smita Tandon, MD
imascpresident@yahoo.com
Phone : 714 241 1777
   
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May - 2009
 
27 May 2009 - 07:00 PM To 08:30 PM
Dietary Control of Alzheimer's Disease and Update in Breast Imaging
Topics & Speakers
 

Diet and Alzheimer's Disease


“IN ALL OUR YEARS TOGETHER, I SAW MY UNLCLE CRY ONLY ONCE. OLLIE DEVELOPED ALZEIMER’S AND HAD TO BE MOVED TO A NURSING HOME. FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AFTERWARD, SHE KNEW WHO SHE WAS FOR A FEW MINUTES A DAY. DURING THE THOSE LUCID INTERVALS, SHE WOULD CALL BUDDY AND SAY, “OREN, HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME INTHIS PLACE AFTER FIFTY-YEARS OF MARRIAGE? COME GET ME RIGHT NOW.” HE WOULD DUTIFULLY DRIVE OVER TO SEE HER, BUT THE TIME HE GOT THERE SHE WOULD BE LOST AGAIN IN THE MISTS OF THE DISEASE AND DIDN’T KNOW HIM.”

             Excerpt from the Book,  “My Life”   Author,  Bill Clinton

  

 

                                                                                  ALZHEIMER’S DIET  TO PREVENT ALZHEIMER’S  DISEASE

                                                                                                                      SPEAKER

                                                                                                              SUNDAR RAJ MD

                                                                                                 

 

MD Degree University of Mysore, India. 1970

Diploma Ear Nose & Throat Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons, London. 1976

Internship & Residency, Loyola Universty, Strich School of Medicine 1980

Diplomate American Board of Family Practice 1980, Recert. 1986

Board Eligible, American Board of Emergency Medicine 1989 (Total of Five Thousand Hours in Seven Emergency Rooms)

 

Past Chairman, Qaulity Assurance Committee, Humana Hospital Chicago

Past Delegate, Chicago Medical Society.

Past Member, Physicians Review Committee, Chicago Medical Society

Past Member, Continuing Medical Education Committee Sunrise Hospital, Las Vegas.

Past Member: Continuing Medical Education Committee American College of Emergency  Physicians Chicago.

Past Member, Quality Assurance Committee, Sunrise Hospital, Las Vegas

   
Location :

Tandoor 1132 E Katella Ave Orange, CA 92867

  Phone:(714) 538-2234
 
  More Details/Attachment
 
Contacts Smita Tandon, MD
imascpresident@yahoo.com
Phone : 7142411777
   
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Jun - 2009
 
24 June 2009 - 07:00 PM To 09:00 PM
June 24th 2009 CME Program
Topics & Speakers
 


 


June 24th, 2009 CME


 

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Speaker: Farhouch Berdjis, MD

 

Hereditary Cancer Screening

Speaker: Katrina Lowstuter, MS, CGC

Regional Medical Specialist




Date: June 24th, 2009

 

Auxiliary Program: "Ten Commandments of a Successful Marriage" by Dr Priya Parpiani



LOCATION: TANDOOR Restaurant



Tandoor Restaurant 

1132 E Katella Ave

Orange, CA 92867


(714) 538-2234

 



Time 6.30 PM

 

   
Location :

Tandoor Restaurant 1132 E Katella Ave Orange, CA 92867

  Phone:(714) 538-2234
 
  More Details/Attachment
 
Contacts Smita Tandon, MD
imascpresident@yahoo.com
Phone : 714-241-1777
   
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Aug - 2009
 
2 August 2009 - 01:00 PM To 01:00 PM
Cruise 2009 CME
Topics & Speakers
 

Updates in Medicine

   
Location :

Celebrity Century

  Phone:714 2411777
 
  More Details/Attachment
 
Contacts Smita Tandon MD

Phone :
   
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Sep - 2009
 
30 September 2009 - 07:00 PM To 09:00 PM
Updates on Cancer - September 30th 2009
Topics & Speakers
 

Educational Program for September 30th


 



ASCO Biomarkers Update:


Integrated Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine for Breast, Lung and Colorectal Cancers


Speakers: Jeffrey Ross, MD and Lalita Pandit, MD


Targeting VEGF in Metastatic Colorectal: An Overview of Avastin


Speaker: Syma Iqbal, MD


Healthcare Reform


Speaker: CMA President Dev GnanaDev, M.D.


Location:


TANDOOR  RESTAURANT



 1132 E Katella Ave

Orange, CA 92867

(714) 538-2234


 


Time:6.30-9 PM



 








   
Location :

TANDOOR RESTAURANT 1132 E Katella Ave Orange, CA 92867

  Phone:(714) 538-2234
 
  More Details/Attachment
 
Contacts Smita Tandon, MD
imascpresident@yahoo.com
Phone : 714 241 1777
   
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Oct - 2009
 
31 October 2009 - 08:00 AM To 01:00 PM
Annual Convention 2009 Day I
Topics & Speakers
 











Saturday, October 31, 2009


PLAZA AB


8.00AM  -  Welcome/Introduction


Sri Iyengar, MD Moderator


 


*8.05 AM  Changing Perception of Reversibility and the Treatment of COPD”


Warner Carr, M.D.


 


8.35 AM  “Chronic Low Back Pain” 


Dharmesh Mehta, M.D.


 


9.05 AM  Oral Cancer: Changing Outcomes Micro Vascular Surgery to Nanotechnology” 


Uttam Sinha, M.D.


 


*9. 35AM   Misguided Wisdom: Living the Best life you can Today”


Mr. Gurdayal Singh


*Do not qualify for CME credit


 


10.05AM to 10.25 AM - Coffee Break


  


*10.30 AM  “Osteoporosis in East Indian Population”


Karen Campbell, Pharm. D


 


11.00 AM  Recent Advances in Spinal Surgery


Nitin Bhatia, M.D.


 


11.30 AM   Advances in Robotic Urology”


Monish Aron, M.D


 


12.00 Noon “Advances in Breast Cancer Therapy: From Genome to Treatment”


Debu Tripathy, M.D.


 


12.30 LUNCH BREAK


 


Lunch Key-Note Address  Business of Medicine - Health Care Today”


Alpesh Amin, M.D., Physician of the Year 2009 Award Recipient


 


*The activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the bylaws of the IMASC and in compliance with the IMQ/CMA CME accreditation standards. The Physician attending this CME activity may claim up to8 Hrs. of category “1” credit awards of AMA Physicians Recognition Award.


 



Faculty


 





Sri Iyengar., B.Sc., M.D., FRCSC, FACS


Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon.


CME Chair.


 


Manoj Shah., M.D., FCCP


Director and Prof. Pediatric Gastroenterology, Loma Linda University


CME Co-Chair.


 


Alpesh Amin, MD, MBA, FACP, FHM

Professor & Chairman, Department of Medicine

Executive Director, Hospitalist Program

University of California, Irvine




Monish Aron, M.D., M.Ch., F.R.C.S.


Professor of Clinical Urology


Co-Director, Robotic Surgery & Advanced Laparoscopy


Institute of Urology


Keck School of Medicine


University of Southern California, Los Angeles


 


Nitin N. Bhatia, M.D., F.A.C.S.


Chief, Spine Service


Co-Director, UC Irvine Comprehensive Spine Program


Residency Program Director


Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery


University of California, Irvine


 


Warner Carr, M.D.


Associate Medical Director


Southern California Research Center


Mission Viejo, CA


 


Karen L. Chan-Campbell, Pharm.D.


Regional Scientific Manager


Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc.


 


Harish Hosalkar MD

Attending Orthopedic Surgeon

Co-Director of International Center for Pediatric Hip Disorders

Director Hip Research Program

Pediatric Hip and Trauma Specialist

AO-North America Faculty for Pediatric Orthopedic Traumatology, Rady Children's Hospital, UCSD


 


Uttam K. Sinha, MS, MD, FACS

Associate Professor, Chief and Residency Program Director

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Keck School of Medicine


University of Southern California, Los Angeles


 


Debu Tripathy, M.D.


Professor of Medicine


Co-Leader, Women’s Cancer Program


University of Southern California


USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center



 


 


Sponsors


 


Thanks for the Generous Contributions from the Following:


 


Merck Educational Grants


Astra Zeneca


Proctor and Gamble


CAP-MPT


Kaplan Medical


Merck Pharmaceuticals


Balaji Rao of Waddell and Reed


Orthovita


Montclair Hospital


Glenwood Systems


Caremore Medical


Glaxo Smith Kline


Medtronics


Vitas Healthcare Group


Globus Medical


American Express


Sage Point Advisors


Patrick Schlaf of Aflac


 


 


 


 

   
Location :

Sheraton Park Hotel, 1855 S. Harbor Boulevard, CA 92802

  Phone:714-740-4162
 
  More Details/Attachment
 
Contacts Smita Tandon, MD
imascpresident@yahoo.com
Phone : 714-241-1777
   
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