Schedule
23rd Annual Virginia Geriatrics Society (VGS) Conference
VIRGINIA GERIATRICS SOCIETY
CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE 2012
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Friday
7:00 Registration, breakfast, Exhibits
7:45 Welcoming Remarks
8:00 Where Do You Draw the Line? Abuse and Neglect in the Elderly
Julie McConnell, JD (University of Richmond), Jeannie Jennings Beidler, BSW
9:00 Principles and Practices of Elder Law
Paul Izzo, Esq
Thompson McMullan, Richmond, VA
10:00 Morning Break & Exhibits
10:15 Is It Alzheimer’s? When the Diagnosis Matters
Peter Boling, MD (VCU)
11:15 Going Down the Wrong Way? Addressing Swallowing Disorders
Woody Beach, ST (VCU)
12:15 Lunch symposium: Don’t Through Mama from The Train: Ensuring Safe Transitions Between Sites of Care
Pam Parsons, NP, PhD, Patricia Slattum, PharmD, Peter Boling MD (VCU)
1:45 Prepped and Ready? Pre-Operative Care of the Older Patient
Sarah Hobgood, MD (VCU)
Tom Lynch, Pharm D (EVMS)
4:00 Wracked with Rheumatism
Lenore Buckley, MD (VCU)
5:00 Exercise: The Fountain of Youth?
Robert Palmer, MD (EVMS)
6:00 Adjourn
6:30 Reception & Exhibits – featuring The Hampton Players
7:15 Dinner – Tough Old Bird: Frailty Amongst Our Elders:
John Morley, MD (St. Louis University)
8:30 VGS Business Meeting
9:00 Adjourn for Day
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Saturday
7:00 Breakfast & Exhibits
7:45 Statins in the Water?
Frank Zieve, MD (VCU/VAMC)
8:45 How Sweet Is That? Managing Diabetes in Long Term Care and Other Settings
John Morley, MD (St. Louis University)
9:45 Morning Break & Exhibit
10:00 When to Stop: Best Geriatric Screening Practices
Hollis Day, MD (University of Pittsburgh)
11:00 COPD Intervention Updates
Y. Michael Shim, MD (UVA)
12:00 Lunch Symposium: Medications for Geriatric Patients – A 2011 “Geropardy!” Update
Meredith Bremer, MD (VCU/VAMC)
1:30 Keeping Things Under Control: Current Treatments for Bowel and Bladder Continence
Nathan Guerette, MD, FACOG, FAAFP (The Female Pelvic Medicine Institute of Virginia)
2:30 Irritable Bowels? The Ins and Outs of Digestive Medicine in the Elderly
Jay Kuemmerle, MD (VCU)
3:30 Adjourn for Day
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6:00 VCU Department of Gerontology 2012 Spring SymposiumHeavy Hors d’oeuvres, awards to 2011-2012 grads/distinguished alumni & community partners-Key Note Speaker (cost to attend)
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Sunday
7:00 Breakfast
7:45 A Rational Approach to Rashes: Common Geriatric Dermatologic Look-A-Likes
Kimberly Salkey, MD (EVMS)
8:45 Skin Breakdown? Balms, Bandages and Best Practices
George Taler, MD (Washington Hospital Center)
9:45 Morning Break
10:00 Smoothing the Synapses: Drugs, Devices and Movement Disorders:
Matthew Boyce, MD (Neurological Associates of Richmond)
Edward Oldfield, MD (EVMS)
12:00 Adjourn Meeting
