Diabetes and Its Complications

November 2–4, 2023 Presented in a Live Streaming Program

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Key takeaways to expect:

Sessions led by master clinicians

Learn comprehensive updates for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes comorbidities and complications

Highest Rated CME

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Earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and ECMECs®

Enhance your skills and knowledge while earning CME

Updates, guidance, and best practices to optimize care for patients with diabetes

Designed for

Internists
Family Physicians
Hospitalists
Endocrinologists
Geriatricians
Nurse Practicioners
Physician Assistants
Certified Diabetes Educators

Learning objective:

Identify methods to improve the efficacy of lifestyle interventions in the treatment of diabetes and related conditions and address methods to initiate these interventions efficiently and effectively.
Identify how pathophysiologic components of type 1 and type 2 diabetes relate to diabetes comorbidities and impact glycemic treatment design.
Describe the clinical implications of evidence-based treatment guidelines from recognized expert organizations for the selection, initiation, and advancement of newer pharmacologic and technologic treatments for diabetes to optimize the efficacy and safety of glycemic control.
Recognize strategies to address diabetes-related comorbidities and complications based on an updated knowledge of evolving treatment advances.
Identify and then recognize strategies to overcome barriers to optimizing care of diabetes and its comorbidities which emanate from patients, providers, and practice systems issues.
Recognize methods to utilize the implications of cardiovascular outcomes trials of antidiabetes medications and evolving methods to prevent, diagnose, and treat cardiovascular disease for people with diabetes.

Conference Schedule

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

7:45 AM

Introduction and Welcome: A Collective Call to Action

COMPREHENSIVE APPROACHES TO OBESITY: BLUNTING ITS IMPACT

8:00 AM	Exercise: Quick and Effective In-Office Risk Assessment and Personalized “Perscription” Strategies¹ Edward M. Phillips, MD
8:30 AM	State-of-the-Art Nutritional Approaches to Weight Management: One Size Does Not Fit All¹ Jody Dushay, MD, MMSc
9:00 AM	Question and Answer Session
9:10 AM	Break and Guided Meditation³
9:25 AM	Physiology of Exercise Roeland J. Middelbeek, MD
9:55 AM	Complementary and Alternative Medicines for Diabetes and Obesity Frank J. Domino, MD
10:25 AM	Question and Answer Session
10:35 AM	Break
10:45 AM	Pharmacologic Management of Obesity: When. What. How.¹² Osama Hamdy, MD, PhD, FACE
11:30 AM	Surgical Treatment of Obesity: Techniques and Outcomes¹ Souheil W. Adra, MD
12:00 PM	Question and Answer Session
12:10 PM	Lunch Break
1:00 PM	Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis: Assessing Severity and Optimizing Management Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, FRCP (London)
1:45 PM	Question-and-Answer Session

SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND DIABETES

1:50 PM	Optimal Management of Hypertension in People with Diabetes² Melanie P. Hoenig, MD
2:35 PM	Optimal Management of Dyslipidemia in People with Diabetes² Om P. Ganda, MBBS, MD
3:20 PM	Question-and-Answer Session
3:30 PM	Break and Rejuvenation Exercises³
3:45 PM	Common Cardiovascular Tests and Their Optimal Interpretation Michael C. Gavin, MD, MPH, FACC
4:10 PM	Diabetes and Heart Failure: Update on Management² A. Reshad Garan, MD, MS, FACC
4:50 PM	Break
5:00 PM	Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes and Chronic Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Diabetes² Donald E. Cutlip, MD
5:35 PM	Panel Discussion: Cardiovascular Care in People with Diabetes Arthur Reshad Garan, MD, MS, FACC Michael C. Gavin, MD, MPH, FACC Donald E. Cutlip, MD

Note: Program changes/substitutions may be made without notice. To view the most up-to-date agenda, please visit the course website. ¹Qualifies for Risk Management Credits ²Qualifies for Pharmacology Credit ³Optional Wellness Activity

Friday, November 3, 2023

UPDATES ON THE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES

7:45 AM	Beyond Metformin: Navigating and Applying the New Guidelines and Reducing Cardiovascular Risk¹² Martin J. Abrahamson, MD, FACP
8:35 AM	Question-and-Answer Session
8:40 AM	Newer Insulins and How to Use Them: A Comprehensive Primer² Richard S. Beaser, MD
9:30 AM	Question-and-Answer Session
9:35 AM	Break and Guided Meditation³
9:50 AM	The Use of Devices for Diabetes Management¹² Anne Peters, MD
10:35 AM	Question-and-Answer Session
10:50 AM	Break

SPECIAL WORKSHOP: CHALLENGING CASES IN GLYCEMIC CONTROL

11:00 AM	Challenges in Optimizing Glycemic Control: An Interactive Session² Martin J. Abrahamson, MD, FACP Gillian Arathuzik, RD, LDN, CDCES Richard S. Beaser, MD Erin K. Martin, RN, CDCES Alissa R. Segal, PharmD, CDCES, CDTC, FCCP
12:15 AM	Q&A: Medical Management of Diabetes² Faculty
12:30 PM	Lunch Break
1:20 PM	KEYNOTE: Microbiome (the Second Human Genome): What Shapes It and How It Shapes Us Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, FRCP (London)
2:05 PM	Question-and-Answer Session

SPECIAL SITUATIONS

2:10 PM	The Challenges of Inpatient Diabetes Management and Transition to Outpatient Care¹² Lyle D. Mitzner, MD
2:50 PM	Question-and-Answer Session
2:55 PM	Break and Rejuvenation Exercises³
3:10 PM	Managing Diabetes in the Elderly – Individualizing Care¹² Medha N. Munshi, MD
3:50 PM	Care for Pregnant Women and Women Planning to Become Pregnant: Screening, Risk Mitigation, Treatment, Patient Education¹² Florence M. Brown, MD
4:30 PM	Question-and-Answer Session
4:40 PM	Break
4:45 PM	Disparities in Diabetes Care¹ Leonor Fernandez, MD
5:25 PM	Question-and-Answer Session

Note: Program changes/substitutions may be made without notice. To view the most up-to-date agenda, please visit the course website. ¹Qualifies for Risk Management Credits ²Qualifies for Pharmacology Credit ³Optional Wellness Activity

Saturday, November 4, 2023

7:45 AM	Multidisciplinary Case Workshop and Panel Discussion Martin J. Abrahamson, MD, FACP Richard S. Beaser, MD Melanie Hoenig, MD Robert C. Stanton, MD Om P. Ganda, MD, MBBS Donald E. Cutlip, MD
9:00 AM	Question-and-Answer Session
9:15 AM	Break and Guided Meditation³
9:30 AM	Diabetes and Bone Health Harold N. Rosen, MD
10:00 AM	Future Therapies for Diabetes¹² Alan Moses, MD
10:45 AM	Question-and-Answer Session
11:00 AM	Break

MICROVASCULAR DISEASE AND DIABETES

11:10 AM	Treating Retinopathy: Optimizing the Impact of Recent Advances Deborah K. Schlossman, MD
11:45 AM	Treatment of Renal Disease: Guidance to Blunt the Impact and Slow the Progression² Robert C. Stanton, MD
12:30 PM	Question-and-Answer Session
12:40 PM	Lunch Break

THE DIABETIC FOOT

1:20 PM	Evaluating and Treating Neuropathies of Diabetes: 2023 Updates Patricia E. Greenstein, MD
2:00 PM	The Foot: Damage Prevention and Treatment Options¹ John M. Giurini, DPM
2:30 PM	Break and Rejuvenation Exercises³
2:45 PM	Peripheral Vascular Disease: Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Management² David R. Campbell, MD, FRCS, FACS
3:15 PM	Question-and-Answer Session

SPECIAL SESSION

3:25 PM

Indispensable Tips for Incorporating Updates into Clinical Practice, and Closing Remarks

Faculty

Note: Program changes/substitutions may be made without notice. To view the most up-to-date agenda, please visit the course website. ¹Qualifies for Risk Management Credits ²Qualifies for Pharmacology Credit ³Optional Wellness Activity

Course Directors

Martin J. Abrahamson, MD, FACP

Associate Professor of Medicine — Harvard Medical School Co-Director — Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Continuing Education

Richard S. Beaser, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine — Harvard Medical School Medical Director — Joslin Continuing Medical Education Senior Staff Physician — Joslin Diabetes Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP (London)

Professor of Medicine — Harvard Medical School Editor-in-Chief — UpToDate, Hepatology Section Co-Director – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Continuing Education

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Fees are shown in USD. The course will be presented in its entirety and includes real-time audience-response questions and interactive Q&A sessions allowing you to pose specific questions to our expert faculty via online chat.
All livestream sessions are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and ABIM MOC points, as well as other relevant CME credits.

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