Northern Michigan Family Medicine Update 

Join us for the 48th Annual Northern Michigan Summer Conference, being held at beautiful Shanty Creek, near Bellaire, Michigan. 

The objective of this course is to update primary care practicioners on a variety of current issues in the diagnosis and treatment of clinical problems commonly ecountered in the daily practice of adult and pediatric medicine.

This years course will address various topics in each of the following areas:

• Cancer Screening
• Nutrition Updates
• Urology
• Neuromuscular Disorders
• Low Back Pain
• Dermatology
• Practice Management
• Quality Improvement

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Program Schedule

Monday, June 18

7:00 am  Registration

7:45 am  Welcome - - Joel Heidelbaugh, MD

8:00 am  Updated on Cancer Screening - - Mack Ruffin, MD

8:55 am  Prostate Cancer Screening: The Urology Perspective - - John Hollingsworth, MD

9:30 am  Screening Strategies for Luncg Cancer - - Mack Ruffin, MD

10:05 am  BREAK

10:20 am  Metabolic Workup  for Renal Stones - - John Hollingsworth, MD

10:55 am  Adult Vaccine Update - - Mack Ruffin, MD

11:30 am  Management of Acute Renal Colic - - John Hollingworth, MD

12:30 pm  Session Adjourns

Tuesday, June 19

7:30 am  Continental Breakfast

8:00 am  Nutrition Guideline Update - - Amy Locke, MD

8:55 am  Evaluation of Microscopic Hematuria - - John Hollingsworth, MD

9:30 am  HPV Vaccine and Screening - - Mack Ruffin, MD

10:05 am  BREAK

10:20 am  Case Studies in Nutrition - - Amy Locke, MD

10:55 am  Update on Benighn Procstatic Hypertrophy - - John Hollingsworth, MD

11:30 am  Genetic Screening for Common Disease - - Mack Ruffin, MD

12:05 pm  Question and Answer Session

12:30 pm  Session Adjourns

Wednesday, June 20

7:30 am  Continental Breakfast  

8:00 am  Atopic Dermatitis - - Yolanda Helfrich, MD

8:55 am  Integrative Medicine Approach to Wellness - - Amy Locke, MD

9:30 am  Rosacea Update - - Lisa Maier, MD

10:05 am  BREAK

10:20 am  Integrative Medicine Approaches to Diabetes - - Amy Locke, MD

10:55 am  Approach to Patient with the Aging Skin - - Yolanda Helfrich, MD

11:30 am  Update on Contraception - - Amy Locke, MD

12:05 pm  Question and Answer Session

12:30 pm  Session Adjourns

Thursday, June 21

7:30 am  Continental Breakfast

8:00 am  Evidence - Based Quality Monitoring - - Grant Greenberg, MD

8:55  am  Common Neuromuscular Disorders in a Primary Care Practice - - Anthony Chiodo, MD

9:30 am  Important Dermatologic Issues for the Family Physician - - Yolanda Helfrich, MD

10:05 am  BREAK

10:20 am  Day - to Day Process Improvement: A Brief Primer - - Grant Greenburg, MD

10:55 am  Myofascial Pain and Trigger Point Injections - - Anthony Chiodo, MD

11:30 am  Acne Update: Diagnosis and Treatment - - Lisa Maier, MD

12:05 pm Question and Answer Session

12:30 am  Session Adjourns

Friday, June 22

7:30 am  Continental Breakfast

8:00 am  Acute Management of Low Back Pain - - Anthony Chiodo, MD

8:55 am  Implementation of Guidelines into Clinical Practice - - Grant Greenberg, MD

9:30 am  Surgical and Interventional Spine: When to Refer and When to be Wary - - Anthony Chiodo, MD

10:05 am  BREAK

10:20 am  Measuring Clinical Performance - - Grant Greenberg, MD

10:55 am  Opioid Management and Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain - - Anthony Chiodo, MD

11:30 am  Drug Shortages: Impact on Primary Care - - Grant Greenberg, MD

12:05 pm  Closing Remarks/Question and Answer Session

 

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