7th Annual Rocky Mountain Geriatrics Conference

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"Updates in Geriatrics:  Crossing Disciplines and Distance"
Conference Schedule for September 2-4, 2009

* Download final conference brochure with comprehensive details about conference and presentation topics.

  Wednesday, September 2nd

Time Topic or Event
Speaker         
1400-1600 Registration                                     
 
1600 Current State of Healthcare Reform
David N. Sundwall, MD
1700 National Directions in Rural Health Byron D. Bair, MD, MBA
1800-1930 Meet-n-Greet Reception                                         
     
  Thursday, September 3rd
 
0700 Breakfast Buffet  
0800 Diagnosis of Dementia: Differentiating Between
Alzheimer's, DLB, FTD, etc.
Norm Foster, MD
0900 Geriatric Hypertension Mark Supiano, MD
1000 Break  
1015 Challenges of a New Frontier: Aging With HIV Kristen Ries, MD
1115 Stroke Management/Tele-Stroke Jennifer Majersik, MD
1215 Lunch (provided)  
1300 Exercise and Aging Walter Wray, PhD
1400 Breakouts or panel  
  1.  Stroke Management/Anticoagulation Philip A. Kithas, MD
  2. Telehealth Technologies Denny Lordan, NRTRC
  3. Chronic Disease Self Management Program Dee Dee Lobato, UDOH
  4. Aging and Fat: Obvious - Not So Obvious Depots and Impact Robin L. Marcus, PT, PhD, OCS
1500 Break                                                 
1515 Addressing Substance Abuse Issues in Older Adults: Innovative Approaches for Assessment and Treatment in Rural Settings Patrick Dulin, PhD
1615 Medication Appropriateness, Prevention of Adverse Drug Events Peter Kaboli, MD
1715 Adjourn  
 
 
 
  Friday, September 4th  
0700 Breakfast buffet  
0800 Informatics Solutions for Improving the Care of Rural Older Adults David W. Bates, MD, MSc
0900 The Successes and Challenges of Delivering PACE in Rural Areas
The P.A.C.E. Panel
1000 Break  
1015 Breakouts or Panel  
  1. Stroke Management/Anticoagulation Philip A. Kithas, MD
  2. Telehealth Technologies Denny Lordan, NRTRC
  3. Chronic Disease Self Management Program Dee Dee Lobato, UDOH
  4. Aging and Fat: Obvious - Not So Obvious Depots and Impact Robin L. Marcus, PT, PhD, OCS
1115 Exceptional Human Longevity Kenneth Smith, PhD
1215 Lunch (provided)  
1300 Genetics in the VA and Application to the Elderly Laurence J. Meyer, MD, PhD
1345 Elder Driving Issues - Provider and Human Factors - Rural Access David Strayer, PhD
1430 Summary and Evaluation  
1500  Adjourn  

* Times and faculty assignments subject to change.