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Coronary Heart Disease Risk Assessment and Prevention: Current State of the Art
Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, FACC, FAHA
Eliot Corday Professor in Cardiovascular Medicine and Science
Director, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center
Co-Director, UCLA Preventative Cardiology Program
Co-Chief of Clinical Cardiology
UCLA Division of Cardiology
David Geffen School of Medicine;
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

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Keynote Address — The Evolution and Transmission of Antibiotic Resistance: How Can We Manage this Public Health Threat?
Jean Patel, PhD, D(ABMM)
Deputy Director, Office of Antimicrobial Resistance
National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

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New Medications in the Management of Diabetes in Adults
Anne Peters, MD
Director, USC Westside Center for Diabetes
Director, Comprehensive Diabetes Center
Roybal Community Medical Center;
Professor of Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Beverly Hills, California

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Physician Burnout: The Epidemic of Severely Stressed Physicians
Tait D. Shanafelt, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Program on Physician Well-being
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

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The Role of Genetic Testing for Cancer Susceptibility
Rebecca Sutphen, MD, FACMG
Professor of Genetics
The Morsani College of Medicine
University of South Florida;
President and Chief Medical Officer,
Informed Medical Decisions, Inc.
Tampa, Florida

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Rheumatoid Arthritis: Are We Making Progress in Managing this Autoimmune Disease?
Michael H. Weisman, MD
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA;
Chair and Director, Division of Rheumatology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

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Medication Nonadherence: Are There Effective Interventions that Can Address this Costly, Preventable and Potentially Deadly Behavior?
Leah L. Zullig, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Health Services Researcher
Durham Veterans Affairs Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care
Adjunct Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Durham, North Carolina

 

Conference Planning Committee

Sarah Chart, RN
Senior Director
OptumHealth Education

Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Activity Manager
OptumHealth Education

Anne M. Sendaydiego, PharmD
AMS Consulting, LLC
Louisville, Kentucky

V. Silverstein, MD
Eagle Creek Medical Communications
Durham, North Carolina