Cleveland Clinic CME Newsletter: January 2009

Dear Colleague,

Cleveland Clinic CME - Celebrating 75 years of Excellence in Continuing Medical Education

We hope that you had a good and safe holiday. As would be expected the Cleveland Clinic has a full roster of live and online CME waiting for you in 2009. Over the next few months we have Cardiology courses, Anesthesiology courses, Neurology courses and many more.

Over the next month we will also be rolling out 20+ online CME activities to add to our current roster of 120+ complimentary online CME.

With all of this going on we hope you can join us for this exciting year for CME.

Cleveland Clinic CME
Celebrating 75 years of Excellence in Continuing Medical Education

This newsletter provides information for the next 3 months. Click the dates below to explore live CME events not yet covered.
May 2009	June 2009	July 2009	August 2009	September 2009

Hysterectomy: Redefining Minimally Invasive
Jan. 30- Feb. 2, 2009 \| Harbor Beach Marriott, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Audience:	•	Obstetricians, gynecologists and providers of women's healthcare.
Accreditation:	•	23.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
	•	The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has assigned 23 cognate credits to this program.
	•	CEU Contact Hours (23.25)
		www.ccfcme.org

Diastology & New Echo Technologies Summit Featuring: Heart Valve Disease and Contrast Echo Mini-Symposia
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Hotel Accommodations \| Event PDF \| Refer A Friend
Feb. 4-7, 2009 \| Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Center & Spa, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Audience:	•	Cardiologists, Sonographers, Nurses, Cardiology fellows, and other healthcare professionals interested in diastology, new echocardiographic technologies, contrast echocardiography, and heart valve disease.
Accreditation:	•	20.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/Echo08

4th Annual Perioperative Medicine Summit 2009
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Hotel Accommodations \| Event PDF \| Refer A Friend
Feb. 5-7, 2009 \| Eden Roc Resort, Miami Beach, Florida
Audience:	•	Internists, hospitalists, family practitioners, anesthesiologists, physician assistants, certified nurse anesthetists, nurse practioners and allied health professionals engaged in management of the perioperative patient.
Accreditation:	•	20.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/PeriopMed08

Case Studies in Epilepsy Surgery
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Event PDF
Feb. 9-11, 2009 \| Silvertree Hotel and Snowmass Conference Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
Audience:	•	Neurologists, neurosurgeons, and other healthcare professionals entrusted with the care of those with epilepsy.
Accreditation:	•	15.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/CaseStudies08

20th International Colorectal Disease Symposium: ACDS 2009
Feb. 12-14, 2009 \| Harbor Beach Marriott, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Audience:	•	Colorectal surgeons, general surgeons, gastroenterologists, laparoscopic surgeons, enterostomal therapists, colorectal/GI nurses.
		www.ccfcme.org

20th International Colorectal Disease Symposium: Endorectal Ultrasonography Course
Feb. 11, 2009 \| Cleveland Clinic Florida Jagelman Conference Center, Weston, Florida
Audience:	•	Colorectal surgeons, general surgeons, gastroenterologists, laparoscopic surgeons, enterostomal therapists, colorectal/GI nurses.
		www.ccfcme.org

20th International Colorectal Disease Symposium: Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM) Hands-on Workshop
Feb. 15, 2009 \| Harbor Beach Marriott, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Audience:	•	Colorectal surgeons, general surgeons, gastroenterologists, laparoscopic surgeons, enterostomal therapists, colorectal/GI nurses.
		www.ccfcme.org

Endoscopic Natural Orifice Surgery Workshop in conjunction with the Surgery of the Foregut Symposium
Feb. 15, 2009 \| David G. Jagelman MD Conference Center, Weston, Florida
Audience:	•	General surgeons, laparoscopic surgeons, bariatric surgeons, surgical fellows, residents, nurses and allied health professionals.
		www.ccfcme.org

Surgery of the Foregut Symposium in conjunction with the Surgery of the Foregut Symposium
Feb. 15-18, 2009 \| The Biltmore Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Audience:	•	General surgeons, laparoscopic surgeons, bariatric surgeons, surgical fellows, residents, nurses and allied health professionals.
		www.ccfcme.org

3rd Annual International Symposium on Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Event PDF
Feb. 20-22, 2009 \| Disney's Grand Flordian Resort & Spa, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Audience:	•	Radiation Oncologists, Neurosurgeons, Medical Physicists, Neuro-Oncologists, Medical Oncologists, Spine Surgeons and Neurologists.
Accreditation:	•	11 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/Stereotactic09

Inaugral Women's Sport Health Update: Fitness, Injury and Bone Health
Overview \| Objectives \| Event PDF
Feb. 21, 2009 \| Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Audience:	•	Primary Care Physicians, Sports Medicine/Rehabilitation Providers
Accreditation:	•	7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/WomensSportHealth09

11th Annual Pain Management Symposium
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Hotel Accommodations \| Event PDF \| Refer A Friend
Feb. 28 - Mar. 4, 2009 \| Hyatt Regency Bonaventure, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Audience:	•	Practitioners and health care professionals who seek the latest developments in pain medicine, anesthesia providers, interventional pain specialists, orthopaedic and spine surgeons, primary care physicians, physical therapists, physician assistants, and nurses who are interested in the practice of pain management.
Accreditation:	•	23.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/Pain08

Palliative Medicine & Supportive Oncology 2009
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Hotel Accommodations \| Event PDF \| Refer A Friend
Mar. 5-7, 2009 \| Hyatt Regency Bonaventure, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Audience:	•	Professionals with interests in Hematology/Oncology, Supportive Oncology, Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Family Practice, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Accreditation:	•	15.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/PM2009

3rd Annual Innovations in Ophthalmology
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Hotel Accommodations \| Event PDF \| Refer A Friend
Mar. 16-19, 2009 \| Ocean Reef Club, Key Largo, Florida
Audience:	•	Ophthalmologists
Accreditation:	•	20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/Eye11

Comprehensive Anesthesiology Review
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Event PDF
Mar. 28-Apr. 2, 2009 \| InterContinental Hotel & Bank of America Conference Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Audience:	•	Anesthesiology residents preparing for certifying examinations, physicians in practice, and certified nurse anesthetists who desire a comprehensive review of the specialty. The course is also available to student nurse anesthetists who are preparing for their certification examination.
Accreditation:	•	57.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/AnesReview09

The 6th International Human Peroxidase Meeting
Overview \| Objectives \| Agenda \| Faculty \| Hotel Accommodations \| Event PDF \| Refer A Friend
Apr. 19-22, 2009 \| Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Audience:	•	Physician scientists / clinical investigators and basic researchers alike interested in the general fields related to mammalian heme peroxidases and their role in human health and disease.
Accreditation:	•	15.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM
		www.ccfcme.org/HumanPeroxidase09

Save-The-Date

Find out about Cleveland Clinic CME courses coming up in 2009. Provide your email address and receive instant notification when important course information becomes available online.
Apr. 4	Update on the Management of Adrenal Disease and Lesions	Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
Apr. 18	Thoracic Malignancies 2009: Up for Debate	Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
May 1	May Day	Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
May 1	Cancer Survivorship	Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
May 14	Lead Management 2009: HRS Guidelines and Case Based Implementation	Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
May 28-30	Single Port Laparoscopy, NOTES® and Endoluminal Surgery: A Multi-Disciplinary and Collaborative Summit	Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
June 14-19	21st Annual Intensive Review of Internal Medicine	Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
June 24-25	Pulmonary Summit	Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH