The 4th Annual Internal Medicine in Primary Care Conference is designed to update primary care clinicians in rapidly changing therapeutic areas. The emphasis is on practical and useful information for clinical practice
Celebrity Solstice
7-Night Alaska Cruise Conference
Round-trip Seattle, Washington
August 02 - 09, 2019
20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
Course Fees:
$725 for Physicians
$650 for Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses & Others
(The conference tuition does not include the cost of the cruise)
Earn a total of 35 CME credits with our Special Alaska Cruise CME Offer! Attend the 4th Annual Internal Medicine in Primary Care Conference (20 CME Credits) and you will receive a FREE online 15 credit CME course from CME365.*
*Offer valid only for participants who attend all days of the live 4th Annual Internal Medicine in Primary Care Conference. Access to the online CME course will be sent to registrants after they have attended and successfully completed the live conference.
The online CME course is not transferable. This offer is not valid if you cancel your registration or are a no show at the live conference.
IMPORTANT NOTE: All conferees, their families, and guests must book their cruise within the University at Sea® meeting group through University at Sea® at 800-926-3775 or by registering online. This ensures our company can provide conference services and complimentary social amenities to all meeting participants and their guests. Thank you for your cooperation.
Faculty
David A. Khan, MD
Program Director, Allergy & Immunology Fellowship Program
Professor of Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
David A. Khan, MD, is Professor of Internal Medicine & Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He is the Training Program Director for the Allergy & Immunology fellowship program at Southwestern.
Dr. Khan is a Past President of the Texas Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Society and is a member of the Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters for Allergy & Immunology. Dr. Khan received his medical degree from the University of Illinois. After completing an Internal Medicine residency at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona he went on to fellowship training in Allergy & Immunology at the Mayo Clinic. His research interests include drug allergy, mood disorders in asthma, rush immunotherapy, and treatment of refractory chronic urticaria.
Anita L. Nelson, MD
Professor and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology
David Geffen School of Medicine Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Program Director, Women's Health Care Teams
Western University of Health Sciences
Torrance, CA
Anita L. Nelson, MD, is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of OB-GYN at the David Geffin School of Medicine at UCLA, voluntary Clinical Professor of OB-GYN at USC School of Medicine and Professor and Chair of the Department of OB-GYN at Western University Health Sciences. She worked at Harbor-UCLA for 30 years as Chief of Women's Healthcare Programs, where she was Medical Director for over two decades the largest women's nurse practitioner education program in the country.
She continues to work with Los Angeles BioMedical Research Institute overseeing small clinics and the California Family Health Council as Medical Director of the research division. Her areas of interest are contraception, menopause, infection, and menstrual disorders. She has participated in more than $55 million dollars of funded research for the NIH and commercial entities and has authored over 200 articles for professional journals. Anita is a senior author of Contraceptive Technology, is a member of the editorial boards of Contraception, Contraceptive Technology Update, Contraception and Reproductive Medicine and AJOG and is a reviewer for many other journals. She lectures frequently at national and international conferences and is often interviewed by the media as an expert and as an advocate.
Jay H. Shubrook, DO, FAAFP, FACOFP
Professor, Director of Clinical Research
Touro University California
Vallejo, CA
Jay Shubrook, DO FAAFP, FACOFP, is a Family Physician and Fellowship trained Diabetologist. He is currently a Professor at Touro University California. He also serves as the Director of Clinical Research and the Director of Diabetes Services. He has been doing diabetes work exclusively for 15 years.
He is the Associate Editor for the JAOA and Clinical Diabetes. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of the American Family Physician. He serves on the Global Advisory Board for Springer/Nature Diabetes website called Medicine Matters- Diabetes. He is the immediate past Chair of the Primary Care Advisory Board of the American Diabetes Association.
He oversees a large Diabetes Prevention Program network. His research interests focus on early intervention for type 2 diabetes. His professional goals are to better train the primary care workforce to manage diabetes.
Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD
Director, UCLA Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Health Program
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, CA
Karol E. Watson, MD is the Chair of the Council on Aspirin for Health and Prevention, is a Professor of Medicine/Cardiology and a board-certified, full-time cardiologist at the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and she holds the John C. Mazziotta Term Chair in Medicine.
In 2017 Dr. Watson was named Cardiologist of the Year, by the California chapter of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). Dr. Watson received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University, her Medical Degree from Harvard Medical School, magna cum laude, and her PhD in Physiology from UCLA.
Currently, Dr. Watson is director of the UCLA Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Health Program at UCLA, Co-Director of the UCLA Program in Preventative Cardiology, and director of the UCLA Fellowship Program in Cardiovascular Diseases. She is also a Principal Investigator for several large NIH studies, and serves on several NIH Steering committees.
She is currently chair of the Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology Devices Panel of the Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Watson is past Vice President for the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC); and immediate past chairperson of the scientific advisory board for Womenheart, -the largest national organization for women living with heart disease.
Dr. Watson's more than 100 publications and presentations have addressed many subjects including prevention of heart disease, vascular calcification, hormone replacement therapy, the metabolic syndrome, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and. cardiovascular disease in African Americans.
Our staff can assist you with all your travel arrangements.
Target Audience
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and other allied healthcare professionals
Program Purpose / Objectives
Agenda:
Time
Agenda
Speaker
FRIDAY August 2, 2019
12:00 - 1:00pm
BOARD: Seattle, WA
1:00 - 3:00pm
Conference sign-in/ Registration and material pickup (Conference Center)
4:00pm
SAIL
SATURDAY August 3, 2019 - At Sea All Day
7:30 - 8:30am
Ten Things to Make Diabetes Visits More Effective
J. Shubrook, DO
8:30 - 9:30am
Primary Care Management of Type 2 Diabetes
J. Shubrook, DO
9:30 - 9:45am
BREAK
9:45 - 10:45am
Biology and Treatment Of Menopause Symptoms
A. Nelson, MD
10:45 - 11:45am
Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention
A. Nelson, MD
11:45am - 1:00pm
LUNCH
1:00 - 2:00pm
Preventing stroke in Atrial Fibrillation: Focus on the New Anticoagulants
K. Watson, MD
2:00 - 3:00pm
Statin Intolerance: Practical Pearls for Management
K. Watson, MD
3:00 - 3:15pm
BREAK
3:15 - 4:15pm
Drug Allergy Cases and Management
D. Khan, MD
4:15 - 5:15pm
Anaphylaxis:Separating Fact From Fiction
D. Khan, MD
SUNDAY August 4, 2019
7:00am - 4:00pm
Ketchikan, Alaska
MONDAY August 5, 2019
6:00am - 10:00am
Tracy Arm Fjords & Glacier
1:30pm - 10:00pm
Juneau, Alaska
TUESDAY August 6, 2019
7:00am - 6:00pm
Skagway, Alaska
6:30pm - 10:30pm
Alaska Inside Passage
WEDNESDAY August 7, 2019 - At Sea All Day
7:30 - 8:30am
Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention
A. Nelson, MD
8:30 - 9:30am
Contraception for Women with Medical Conditions
A. Nelson, MD
9:30 - 9:45am
BREAK
9:45 - 10:45am
Allergic Rhinitis: The Old, The New, and The Confusing
D. Khan, MD
10:45 - 11:45am
Asthma Management: From Inhalers to Biologics
D. Khan, MD
11:45am - 1:00pm
LUNCH
1:00 - 2:00pm
Outpatient Management of Heart Failure
K. Watson, MD
2:00 - 3:00pm
Heart Disease in Women: Sex Matters
K. Watson, MD
3:00 - 3:15pm
BREAK
3:15 - 4:15pm
How to Navigate the Maze of Diabetes Medications
J. Shubrook, DO
4:15 - 5:15pm
Preventing Progression from Prediabetes to T2DM: What is the Evidence on Lifestyle and Pharmacologic Therapy
J. Shubrook, DO
THURSDAY August 8, 2019
8:00am - 9:00am
Cardiovascular Cases
K. Watson, MD
9:00am - 10:00am
Type 2 Diabetes Cases
J. Shubrook, DO
10:00 - 10:15am
BREAK
10:15 - 11:15am
Allergy and Asthma Cases
D. Khan, MD
11:15am - 12:15pm
Case Studies in Women's Reproductive Health
A. Nelson, MD
5:30pm - 11:59pm
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
FRIDAY August 9, 2019
6:00am
Port of Arrival: Seattle, WA
Conference Sessions generally take place on days at sea (as itinerary allows), giving you plenty of time to enjoy your meals, evenings and ports of call with your companion, family and friends.
Questions? Call us at 800-422-0711.
We can assist you with all your travel arrangements. We'd be happy to help you plan your flights, hotels or tours before and/or after your cruise conference.
Cruise Itinerary
DATE
PORT OF CALL
ARRIVE
DEPART
Fri Aug 02
Seattle, Washington
-
4:00 pm
Sat Aug 03
*At Sea - Cruising
-
-
Sun Aug 04
Ketchikan, Alaska
7:00 am
4:00 pm
Mon Aug 05
Endicott Arm & Dawes Glacier
6:00 am
10:00 pm
Mon Aug 05
Juneau, Alaska
1:30 pm
10:00 pm
Tue Aug 06
Skagway, Alaska
7:00 am
6:00 pm
Tue Aug 06
Alaska Inside Passage
6:30 pm
10:30 pm
Wed Aug 07
*At Sea - Cruising
-
-
Thu Aug 08
Victoria, British Columbia
5:30 pm
11:59 pm
Fri Aug 09
Seattle, Washington
6:00 am
-
*Tentative course schedule, actual class times may differ.
Ports of Call
Seattle, Washington - The Emerald City of the Pacific Northwest, Seattle is one of America's most vibrant cities. Stroll its bustling waterfront (including Pike Place Market), visit the Space Needle, and find a great coffee-shop to enjoy in this coffee-loving city (the home of Starbucks). One of America's tech centers (Amazon and Microsoft are both headquartered here), the city is abuzz with the interesting people attracted to the opportunities to be found there. There is more than enough to see and do here to keep you busy for a day or two. If you have a little extra time, Seattle is a great place to visit.
At Sea - Cruising - Cruising
Ketchikan, Alaska - Immerse yourself in Tlingit Indian culture as you view the world's largest collection of totem poles; kayak the colorful waterfront.
Endicott Arm & Dawes Glacier - One of Alaska's lesser-known gems, Endicott Arm Fjord marks the southern edge of Fords Terror Wilderness area. As you drift through its 30 -mile-long stretch, you can't help but be awed by the sorrounding granite cliffs, mountain valleys and dozens of gushing waterfalls. Drifting icebergs, deep blue waters and a spectacular tidewater glacier only add to this natural spectacle's appeal.
Skagway, Alaska - A frontier town perfectly preserved as the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park. Gateway to the Trail of '98, which you may explore by helicopter or vintage railcar.
Victoria, British Columbia - Stroll through the charming downtown of this very British city, with its double-decker buses, turreted castles, fine British woolens, tea and china. Or, just outside the city, visit the lush flora and fauna of Butchart Gardens.
Non-US/Canadian individuals, please Click here to determine if you'll need a visa to board this cruise which visits Canada.
Our staff can assist you with all your travel arrangements.
Questions? Call us at 800-422-0711.
We can assist you with all your travel arrangements. We'd be happy to help you plan your flights, hotels or tours before and/or after your cruise conference.