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Overland Park, Kansas
November 3-5, 2011
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About the Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society

The Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society is a regional professional medical society whose activities are devoted entirely to continuing medical education. Membership is open to physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in all medical specialties. Founded in 1923, the Society is thought to be one of the oldest postgraduate medical education organizations west of the Mississippi. The Society is completely independent and has no affiliation with any area medical schools or hospitals. The Board of Directors is composed of physicians from all areas of Kansas City who practice at many different hospitals.

The purpose of the society is to encourage scientific investigation and the application of medical research to medical practice by promoting and participating in the development of continuing medical education conferences for physicians engaged in the practice of medicine. The Society fosters the development of clinical expertise in medicine by encouraging physicians to share knowledge and experience and to hold an Annual Clinical Conference devoted to topics of interest to physicians in clinical practice.



Membership Types


Membership Classifications: There shall be three (3) classes of membership in the Society: active members, associate members, and honorary members.


Active Membership

A physician shall be eligible for active membership provided he/she is a graduate of a medical college approved and accredited by the American Medical Association or a graduate of an osteopathic college approved and accredited by the American Osteopathic Association and is licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the state in which he/she practices.


Active members shall have the right to vote and to take part in all meetings of members of the Society. They shall be eligible to serve on committees and to hold office. They shall pay annual dues as shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.


Associate Membership

A Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant shall be eligible for associate membership provided he/she is a graduate of a Nurse Practitioner's program or Physician Assistant's program accredited by these respective accreditation boards and licensed to practice their professions in the state in which they practice.


Associate members shall have the right to vote and to take part in all meetings of members of the Society. They shall be eligible to serve on committees, but will be unable to hold office. They shall pay annual dues as shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.


Honorary Membership

A physician shall be eligible for honorary membership under any one of the following circumstances: (1) He/she attains the age of sixty-five years and has been an active member of the Society for ten consecutive years; (2) He/she serves thirty years as an active member of the Society; (3) He/she ceases to engage in the practice of medicine for reasons of ill health, retirement, or other justifiable causes and has been an active member of the Society for ten consecutive years; (4) He/she is elected to this classification by the Board of Directors in recognition of his outstanding qualifications, professional accomplishments, or distinguished service.


Honorary membership shall automatically be offered to each active member in the fiscal year in which he/she qualifies as specified herein. He/she shall have the privilege of accepting honorary membership or maintaining active status.


Honorary members shall pay no dues. They shall have the rights and privileges of active members except they shall not have the right to vote or to hold office. They may be requested from time to time to pay the reasonable cost of participation in social activities such as luncheon tickets or other fees.


Membership Applications


Active Membership Application: Physicians (M.D./D.O.)
Associate Membership Application: Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants

Online Dues Payment Option

One-time Dues Payment
KCSWCS Membership Dues
  • Officers

  • Jennifer L. Brown, M.D.
    President

  • Michael J. Waxman, M.D.
    President-Elect

  • David S. McKinsey, M.D.
    Immediate Past President

  • Christopher D. Koenig, M.D
    Past Director of Clinics

  • Michael J. Connor, M.D.
    Director of Clinics

  • Shadrach Smith, MD
    Director of Clinics Elect

  • Raghavendra B. Adiga, M.D.
    Associate Director of Clinics

  • Steve H. Waxman, M.D.
    Vice President / Secretary

  • Shadrach Smith, M.D.
    Treasurer

  • Ruth Smerchek
    Executive Director
  • Board of Directors


  • Elizabeth V. Dang, M.D., FACC

  • Robert E. Golder, M.D.

  • Mark Kahler, M.D.

  • Lynne E. Kallenbach, M.D.

  • David A. McCormick, M.D.

  • Anne K. Sly, M.D.

NOTE: NEW ADDRESS, AS OF 4/1/11


Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society
9229 Ward Parkway, Suite 280
Kansas City, MO 64114

(816) 523-3383
(816) 523-3393 fax

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89th Annual Fall Clinical Conference

Program Information

November 3-5, 2011
Overland Park Marriott Hotel, 10800 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210
(913) 451-8000

*Online registration is now closed; please register on-site at the meeting.
The registration table opens at 7am on Thursday, November 3rd.

Important Note: The Thursday dinner meeting has reached seating capacity.
If you register for this event, you will be placed on the waiting list.

89th Annual Fall Clinical Conference

Program Agenda

November 3-5, 2011
Overland Park Marriott Hotel, 10800 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210
(913) 451-8000

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Breakfast Seminars - 8:00 - 8:45 AM(Breakfast 7:30 - 8:00)

Jeffrey Wald, MD Food Allergy: Separating Fact From Fiction
Richard Muther, MD Cardiovascular Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease
Konoy Mandal, MD Impulse Control Disorders: Leap Before You Look



Symposia: 9:00 AM - 12:20 PM Break: 10:30-10:50

Nephrology Symposium
Chair: Arnold M. Chonko, MD


9:00 Colonel Howard Cushner, MD Nephrolithiasis
9:45 Mario Zarama, MD Metabolic Implications of Hyperuricemia
10:50 Joseph Lee, DO Management of Chronic Kidney Disease
11:35 Christopher LeBrun, MD Management of Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease

Cardiology Symposium
Chair: Kit B. Powers, MD


9:00 Peter Tadros, MD State of the Art Treatment of Aortic Stenosis
& George "Trip" Zorn, MD
9:45 James O'Keefe, MD Cardiovascular Prevention in the Land of Oz
10:50 Steven Obermeuller, MD Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
11:35 Brian Friedman, MD Acute Coronary Syndromes



Luncheon 12:30 - 1:50 PM
Wilfred Arnold, PhD The Chemistry of Vincent van Gogh



Symposia: 2:00-5:15 PM Break 3:30-3:45

Hematology/Oncology Symposium
Chair: Larry Corum, MD


2:00 Kelly Rhodes-Stark, MD Early Stage Breast Cancer: Identifying Candidates for Breast Conservation and Short Course Irradiation (Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation - APBI)
2:45 Gary Doolittle, MD Melanoma Update
3:45 Steve Waxman, JD, MD Urologic Cancer Update: New Approaches to GU Malignancies
4:30 Larry Corum, MD Beyond Heparin and Warfarin: A Tour of New Anticoagulants


Neurology Symposium
Chair: James Appelbaum, MD


2:00 James Appelbaum, MD Update in Multiple Sclerosis
2:45 Jay Zwibelman, MD Update on Headache Treatments
3:45 Richard Barohn, MD Update on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
4:30 Steven Arkin, MD Acute Stroke



Dinner CME: 7:00 - 8:00 PM
Limited Enrollment

Hereford House, Towne Ctr. Dr. | Service Starts at 6:45 PM
7:00 Thaju Salam, MD Implantable Cardiac Devices: Now and Future
Friday, November 4, 2011

Breakfast Seminars - 8:00 - 8:45 AM(Breakfast 7:30 - 8:00)

Michael Sokol, MD The Incidental Thyroid Nodule
Alan Bauman, MD Primary Care Eye Review
Peter Holt, MD Geriatrics Update



Symposia: 9:00 AM - 12:20 PM Break: 10:30-10:50

Pediatrics/Adolescent Medicine Symposium
Chair: Wayne Moore, MD, PhD


9:00 Mark Clements, MD, PhD Altering the Course of Type 1 Diabetes
9:45 Wayne Moore, MD, PhD Growth & Growth Hormone
10:50 Naim Mitre, MD Current Approach to the Diagnosis & Treatment of Thyroid Nodules in Children and Adolescents
11:35 M.H. "Tony" Zink, MD, PhD Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young Athlete


Pulmonary Symposium
Chair: Patrick Perkins, MD


9:00 Timothy Smith, MD Asthma Update
9:45 LTC William Frey, MD Sleep 101
10:50 Michelle M. Haines, MD ECMO
11:35 Patrick Perkins, MD Non-Pharmacologic Treatment of COPD



Luncheon 12:30 - 1:50 PM
Moya Peterson, PhD, RN, APRN The History of Army Nurses of the 77th Evacuation Hospital in WWII



Symposia: 2:00-5:15 PM Break 3:30-3:45

Infectious Disease Symposium
Chair: Glenn Mackay, MD


2:00 Stephen Waller, MD Human and Animal Bite Infections
2:45 Himal Bajracharya, MD The Evolution and Treatment of MRSA
3:45 Glenn Mackay, MD Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
4:30 Symposium Presenters Panel Q&A: Infectious Diseases


Behavioral Sciences Symposium
Chair: Jan Campbell, MD


2:00 Steven Gutstein, PhD Understanding Autism as a Disorder of Dynamic Intelligence
2:45 Steven Gutstein, PhD RDI in 2011: Readiness, Mindful Guiding and The Dynamic Curriculum
3:45 Teresa Long, MD Chronic Pain Management: Opiates in the Mix
4:30 Jan Campbell, MD Opioids: When Pain Becomes Addiction
Saturday, November 5, 2011

Breakfast & Annual Business Meeting: 7:30 - 8:00 AM


Quick & Pertinent Updates in Rheumatology: 8:15 AM - 12:05 PM Break 10:30-10:35
Moderator: Christopher Koenig, MD
8:15 Ronald Ceruti, Jr., MD Update on Wegener's Granulomatosis
9:00 Kevin Latinis, MD B Cell Therapy in Rheumatic Disease
9:45 David Kaplan, MD Dermatologic Manifestations of Rheumatic Disease
10:35 Christopher Koenig, MD Advances in the Management of Gout
11:10 Leland Graves, MD Osteoporosis Controversies


Meeting Adjourns: 12:05

89th Annual Fall Clinical Conference

Program Faculty

November 3-5, 2011
Overland Park Marriott Hotel, 10800 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210
(913) 451-8000

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Visiting Faculty:


Greater Kansas City Faculty


Program Planners

Course Director:
Christopher D. Koenig, MD

KCSWCS Officers:
President: David S. McKinsey, MD
President-Elect: Jennifer L. Brown, MD
Vice President/Secretary & Past Director of Clinics: Michael J. Waxman, MD
Treasurer & Associate Director of Clinics: Shadrach Smith, MD
Director of Clinics: Christopher D. Koenig, MD
Director of Clinics-Elect: Michael J. Connor, MD
Past President: Lillard G. Ashley, MD

KCSWCS Board of Directors:
Michael J. Connor, MD
David A. McCormick, MD
Olevia M. Pitts, MD
Lynne E. Kallenbach, MD
Anne K. Sly, MD
Steve W.H. Waxman, MD, JD

Executive Director
Sonora S. Thigpen

Johnson County Community College
Penny Shaffer, RN, Program Director
Disclosure of Faculty and Provider Relationships
All faculty and planning committee members who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity. Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place. Faculty also will disclose any off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentation. Disclosure of these relevant financial relationships will be published in course materials so those participants in the activity may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentation.

89th Annual Fall Clinical Conference

Objectives & Accreditation

November 3-5, 2011
Overland Park Marriott Hotel, 10800 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210
(913) 451-8000

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Course Description & Objectives:

This program is designed to provide specific information concerning recent developments in the diagnosis and management of medical, surgical and psychological problems encountered by health care professionals in their daily care of patients. This program is open to physicians in all specialties, physician assistants, nurses, medical students, and allied health professionals. Faculty who are both clinically and academically orientated will address relevant issues and provide valuable information and insight into situations commonly presented to physicians and mid-level providers. This will be performed using case-based learning and didactic lectures with time for questions and answers.


Upon completion of the relevant topics/symposia, participants should be able to:

  • Nephrology: Recognize the common causes of calcium kidney stones and how these different causes are treated; review the new data on the relationship of 24 hour urine volume, calcium, citrate, and oxalate excretion, and the risk of stone disease; describe how dietary calcium influences the risk of calcium kidney stones. Recognize the importance of early management for chronic kidney disease; assess the risks that chronic kidney disease (CKD) adds to a patient's overall level of health; appropriately manage the stages of CKD and the pathology that occurs as CKD progresses. Recognize the association that exists between hyperuricemia and the development of hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes. Review the data relating to the target hemoglobin level for patients with anemia due to renal disease; review the safety and efficacy of erythropoietic stimulating agents as used for the treatment of anemia related to CKD.
  • Cardiology: Utilize diagnostic modalities to assess severe aortic stenosis; define the current medical and surgical management of aortic stenosis; and discuss state-of-the-art minimally invasive treatment of aortic stenosis. Gain awareness of the changing face of preventative cardiology, and new and future directions for preventative cardiac risk factor modification; recognize the importance of vitamin D in cardiovascular health; be aware of the correct guidelines and dosage levels for vitamin D to consistently monitor patients as a cardiovascular tool; recommend the correct diet and lifestyle changes necessary for cardiovascular health and prevention of cardiovascular diseases; recognize the importance of telomeres, diet, exercise, and stress on health and well being not only for cardiovascular health but other diseases as well. Understand the current state of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation, and emerging techniques for management of stroke risk associated with this dysrhythmia. Discuss strategies for management of acute coronary syndromes; review current accepted guidelines, as well as evolving recommendations. Describe different rhythm management devices; review indications for different devices; and review pacing indications for CHF.
  • Luncheon Lectures: Discuss the biochemistry of gene synthesis, recognize the symptoms of acute intermittent porphyria; and discuss the interface of the sciences and the humanities. Appreciate the sacrifices of nurses made in WW II; and recognize at least two battles that the 77th Evacuation Hospital participated in.
  • Neurology: Discuss diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis. Discuss the treatment approach to headaches, determine when to use a daily preventative, and select an appropriate treatment option for headaches. Review the pathophysiology and treatment implications in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Describe new techniques and treatments for the patient with acute stroke.
  • Hematology/Oncology: Review the rational of breast conservation for early stage breast cancer; discuss the role of radiation in breast conservation; and discuss new techniques for short course radiation in breast conservation. Discuss the latest treatment options for melanoma. Review clinical practice guidelines on kidney cancer management; review clinical practice guidelines on bladder cancer management; and review clinical practice guidelines on prostate cancer management. Discuss new anticoagulant treatment options; and discuss strategies to incorporate clinical guidelines and quality measures into patient care to optimize outcomes of anticoagulation therapy.
  • Friday Breakfast Seminars: Recognize the prevalence of incidental thyroid nodules; recognize the risk of malignancy in incidental thyroid nodules; and develop a diagnostic approach for patients with incidental thyroid nodules.
  • Pediatrics/Adolescent Medicine: Describe recent changes in the epidemiology of type 1 diabetes; predict the risk of new onset type 1 diabetes based on antibody type and number; and describe the TrialNet and its role in identifying individuals at risk for new onset type 1 diabetes. List the current FDA approved indications for growth hormone in children and adolescents; describe the potential for late complications associated with growth hormone therapy; and describe the phenotype of adult growth hormone deficiency. Describe recent changes in the epidemiology of thyroid nodules/cancer in children; state the best screening test for thyroid disease in children and adolescents; describe the effects that new guidelines for management of thyroid nodules in children will have on follow-up in adulthood. Discuss most common cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes; review current pre-participation guidelines; discuss the role of ECG and echocardiography in the pre-participation screening of young athletes.
  • Behavioral Sciences: Recognize the central role of deficits in Experience-Based Knowledge, in limiting the functioning of individuals with Autism; discuss the critical role of the Guiding Relationship in the development of Experience-Based Dynamic Intelligence; and become familiar with a multi-stage developmental sequence including assessment, obstacle reduction, readiness and guide training, used by the RDI Program. Perform a basic assessment of pain; discuss various medication strategies for chronic pain; and review the basics of chronic prescriptions of opiates for pain. Review possible predictors and risk factors for opioid addiction in pain patients, strategies to monitor potential emerging addiction among patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain disorders, and management options when addiction behaviors become problematic.
  • Infectious Diseases: Review the most common pathogens associated with human and animal bite infections; Recognize when to appropriately treat human and animal bite infections and what the preferred antimicrobial agents are when choosing empiric therapy; and recognize the presentation and pathogenesis of rabies infections. Describe how MRSA has evolved over time and appropriately treat various MRSA infections. Review the microbiology of skin infections and how to approach treatment.
  • Saturday Morning Pertinent Updates (Rheumatology): Recognize the limitations of ANCA serologies in Wegener's Vasculitis assessment; appreciate evolving approaches to Wegener's disease activity assessment; and evaluate new treatment approaches to initial and relapsing Wegener's disease. Recognize the effects on immune system of B-cell based biologic drugs to promote positive outcomes for rheumatic patients. Identify common skin conditions observed in rheumatic disease; and learn initial treatment strategies for the management of common rheumatic associated cutaneous problems. Recognize the role of genetics and environment in the development of hyperuricemia; understand evolving concepts of urate metabolism and inflammation and the relationship to new management options. Appropriately choose patients for bisphosphonate treatment; choose appropriate length of treatment; recognize the risk of ONJ and atypical fractures of the femur; and understand how to recognize these complications clinically.
Objectives will be updated as necessary. A complete listing will be provided in the program syllabus.

Accreditation

Physicians: The Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society is accredited by the Missouri State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 20.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This program is eligible for credit under Category 2A of the American Osteopathic Association's CME Program.

This Live activity, 89th Annual Fall Clinical Conference, with a beginning date of November 3, 2011, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 18.25 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses: The Department for Health and Human Services at Johnson County Community College is approved as a provider of continuing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for a maximum of 24.0 contact hours applicable for RN and LPN relicensure. Kansas State Board of Nursing Approved Provider Number: LT 0027-049. Hours will be awarded for documented attendance only.

89th Annual Fall Clinical Conference

Exhibitor Information

Exhibits show November 3-4, 2011

Overland Park Marriott Hotel, 10800 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210
(913) 451-8000

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Exhibit Prospectus | Exhibitor Application | Tentative Floor Plan

Displays: Six foot table top display tables will be available for rental. A limited number of tables are available and in previous years the space has all been sold prior to the meeting.

Fee: $1,500 per table.

Display Hours: Thursday & Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Registration: 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily.

Space Assignment: Space will be allotted in accordance with (1) the number of years a firm has supported the Fall Conference and (2) the order in which the request for space, with payment, is received.

Previous Attendance:
2010: Physicians: 381; Allied Personnel: 79 Total: 460
2009: Physicians: 417; Allied Personnel: 95 Total: 512
2008: Physicians: 418; Allied Personnel: 88 Total: 506

Attendance by Specialty: 40% Family Practice, 20% Internal Medicine, 6% General Surgery, 34% Other Specialties

Program Brochure: In order to list a firm as a contributor in the final program brochure, an intent to display form must be received by July 1, 2011. Copies of last year's brochure are available upon request.

Symposia: Nephrology; Cardiology; Neurology; Hematology/Oncology; Pediatrics; Pulmonology; Behavioral Sciences; and Infectious Diseases.

Payment/Tax I.D. Number: 44-0309060
Please make check payable to: Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society.

Contact:
Sonora S. Thigpen, Executive Director
Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society
9229 Ward Parkway, Suite 280
Kansas City, MO 64114

Phone: 816-523-3383
Fax: 816-523-3393
Email: info@kcswcs.org

89th Annual Fall Clinical Conference

Lodging Information

November 3-5, 2011
Overland Park Marriott Hotel, 10800 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210
1-913-451-8000

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Hotel Reservations:
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Overland Park Marriott Hotel at the rate of $124/single or double, plus applicable tax for November 3-5, 2011. This room block expires at 5:00 PM Central on October 12, 2011. After that date, reservations will be accepted at the available Overland Park Marriott corporate rate. For reservations: call 800-228-9290 or 913-451-8000; (ask for the Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society rate) or visit the hotel website at http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/mciop?groupCode=scsscsa&app=resvlink&fromDate=11/2/11&toDate=11/6/11

Check in time is after 3:00 p.m. and checkout time is 12:00 noon. This luxury Overland Park hotel has recently completed a $20 million transformation which includes spacious new guest rooms highlighted by connectivity panels, flat screen TVs and granite bathrooms. It also features a posh lounge and sushi bar, as well as Marriott's newest $3.5 million M.I. Greatroom lobby concept. The hotel offers an indoor-outdoor pool/whirlpool and fitness center. For your dining pleasure, the Marriott offers Epicure, for a casual atmosphere and wide variety of American fare, Nikko's Japanese Steak House, and Starbucks. High speed internet access is available in guest rooms and public areas.