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James Ehrlich, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Atherotech, Inc; Founder, Colorado Heart and Body Imaging, Denver, Colorado; Medical Director, Heart Check Washington DC, Clinical Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine (endocrinology), University of Colorado School of Medicine; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine; and President, Society for Responsible Preventive Imaging.

Wayne L. Peters, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and Assistant Clinical Professor of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Medical Director, HealthMark LLC and Director of Clinical Preventive Medicine, Colorado Heart and Body Imaging, Denver, Colorado.

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Target Audience

Primary Care Physicians, Internists, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners

Program Purpose / Objectives

The purpose of this CME activity is to introduce new clinical paradigms, novel early detection technologies, and sophisticated laboratory tests for the prevention and management of a wide range of important medical problems. Coronary disease, cancer, sleep apnea, hypertension, dementia, osteoporosis, erectile dysfunction, and diabetes are among the diseases considered with a view towards noninvasive diagnosis and cost effective preventive care.

Preliminary Objectives for Activity:
"At the conclusion of this CME activity, participants should be able to:"
--Incorporate broad-based preventive medicine principles from “A to Z” into an office practice
--Identify and appropriately treat blood cholesterol abnormalities to prevent CHD events in patients at intermediate to high risk for CHD
--Apply standard of care lifestyle and pharmacologic guidelines to treat individuals with blood pressure elevations
--Provide dementia-prevention guidelines and early treatment to patients in an office practice
--Deliver travel medicine advice to international travelers
--Diagnose and appropriately treat male patients with decreased bone density
--Comfortably diagnose and treat bipolar disease in a primary care setting
--Discuss the full spectrum of metabolic syndrome and why it is important for the primary care physician to maintain a high level of awareness
--Appreciate how to integrate the results of coronary calcification imaging into conventional risk factor assessment
--Review the roles and limitations of emerging imaging and physiologic tests in preventive cardiology
--Develop a practical understanding of the unique aspects of heart disease in women
--Consider sleep apnea in patients with hypertension, cardiovascular disease and diabetes and learn the value of recognition and treatment in younger individuals with non-classic signs
--Develop an appreciation of the roles and limitations of all colon cancer screening options and where CT colonography fits
--Individualize therapy based upon sophisticated lipoprotein analysis and new measures of inflammation

Accreditation: Continuing Education, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Designation: Continuing Education, Inc. designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Contact Hours: Continuing Education, Inc., is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Georgia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

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Conference Sessions generally take place during the days at Sea (depends on program and itinerary) so that conflict with any Ports of Call or evening entertainment is minimized.

(A Convenient Calendar to Check Your Dates)

DATE	PORT OF CALL	ARRIVE	DEPART
Sat Jan 15	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	-	5:00pm
Sun Jan 16	Cruising at Sea Lectures 9:00am - 12:00pm, 1:00 - 5:00pm	-	-
Mon Jan 17	Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos	7:00am	3:00pm
Tue Jan 18	San Juan, Puerto Rico Lectures 9:00am - 12:00pm	1:00pm	11:00pm
Wed Jan 19	St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.	8:00am	5:00pm
Thu Jan 20	Cruising at Sea Lectures 1:00pm - 5:00pm	-	-
Fri Jan 21	Half Moon Cay, Bahamas Tender required	8:00am	4:00pm
Sat Jan 22	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	7:00am	-

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