“Civic Engagement Through Community Services”

CMEProgram

APPNA40th Annual Convention

July 5-9, 2017Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel, Florida

CME Organizing Committee

Amedco designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity has been planned and im-plemented in accordance with the ac-creditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Amedco and Association of Physicians of Pakistani De-cent of North America. Amedco is accred-ited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Co-ChairIrfan Aslam, MD

CME Speakers

Co-ChairIrfan Imami, MD

For More information please contact:

APPNA6414 South Cass AvenueWestmont, IL 60559-3209

USA

Phone: +1 (630) 968-8585Fax 1: (630) 968-8677Fax 2: (630) 981-5229

E-mail: cme@appna.org

Dr. Saad Usmani Chief, Plasma Cell Disorders; Director, Clinical Research in Hematologic MalignanciesDepartment of Hematologic Oncol-ogy & Blood Disorders

Dr. Nadia Malik Consultant Radiation Oncologist American Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Dr. Saleem Islam Professor and Division ChiefPediatric SurgeryUniversity of Florida

Dr. Arif Asif Chair: Department of MedicineProfessor of MedicineJersey Shore University Medical CenterSeton Hall-Hackensack-Meridian School of Medicine

Dr. Shazia Beg Assistant ProfessorRheumatologyUniversity of Central FloridaCollege of Medicine

Dr. Asim Shah ProfessorDepartment of Community and Family Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

Dr. Raheel Khawaja Raheela A. Khawaja MDClinical Associate Professor of Internal medicineThe Ohio State University Medical Center

Dr. Rizwan KhalidInterventional Cardiologist Associate Professor Kansas City university of Medicine

Dr. Saqib Masroor Vice Chair Dept Of SurgeryCardio thoracic Surgery Aventura Hospital and Medical Center

Dr. Rizwan Sohail Associate Professor of Medicine Infectious Diseases Mayo Clinic , College Of Medicine

Dr. Ghaus MalikVice Chair Dept of Neurosurgery Henry Ford Hospital

Dr. Nizam Ahmed Professor of Neurology University of Alberta, Canada

Dr. Adeel ButtProfessor MedicineProfessor of Healthcare Policy & ResearchWeill Cornell Medical College

Dr. Robert HawesMedical DirectorFlorida Hospital Institute for Minimally Invasive TherapyProfessor of Internal Medicine,University of Central Florida College of Medicine

Dr. Javaid Sheikh Dean and Professor Weill Cornell Medical College

“Civic Engagement Through Community Services”

DAY 1: THURSDAY JULY 6, 2017 7:00-7:30 Breakfast Opening Remarks Irfan Aslam, MD & Irfan Imami, MD Chairs CME Committee

Welcome Sajid Chaudhary, MD President APPNA 2017

Aniq Shaikh, MD Chair Host Committee, APPNA Convention

7:30-8:15 Changing Paradigm in the Treatment of Structural Heart Disease M. Rizwan Khalid, MD, Christi Hospital

8:15-9:00 Left Atrial Appendage and the Risk of Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrilltion Saqib Masroor, MD Florida Heart & Vascular Care

9:00-9:45 Cardiac Device Infections: State-of-the-Heart M. Rizwan Sohail, MD Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine

9:45-10:30 CVAs and Brain Aneurysms Neurosurgery Ghaus Malik, MD - Henry Ford Hospital

10:30-10:45CoffeeBreak

10:45-11:30 Epilepsy Care Experiences From Pakistan/Canadian Collaboration Nizam Ahmed, MD - University of Alberta

11:30-12:30 Lunch

12:30-2:00 Merit Neurology

DAY 2: FRIDAY JULY 7, 2017 7:30 Breakfast

8:00-8:45 Hepatitis & Newer Treatment Modalities Adeel Butt, MD - University of Pittsburgh

8:45-9:30 Endoscopic Management of Pancreatobiliary Diseases - ERCP & EUS Robert Hawes, MD - Florida Hospital

9:30-10:15 Innovations in Medical Education Javaid Sheikh, MD - Cornell University

10:15-10:30CoffeeBreak

10:30-11:15 Breast Diseases - Oncology Saad Usmani, MD Carolinas Healthcare System

11:15-12:00 New Paradigms in Radiation Oncology Nadia Malik, MD - Cornell University

12:00-1:00 Lunch

DAY 3: SATURDAY JULY 8, 20177:30 Breakfast

8:00-8:45 Pediatric Trauma Saleem Islam, MD - University of Florida

8:45-9:30 Renal Diseases & Hypertension Arif Asif, MD Jersey Shore University Medical Center

9:30-10:15 Rheumatologic Diseases Shazia Bég, MD - University of Central Florida

10:15-10:30CoffeeBreak

10:30-11:15 Depression in Health Care Providers Asim Shah, MD - Baylor College of Medicine

11:15-12:00 New Guidelines for Managing Thyroid Nodules&DifferentiatedThyroidCancer in Adults Raheel Khawaja, MD - Ohio State University

1:00-2:00 Avoiding Medicare Fraud: A Road Map for Physicians

2:00-3:00 YPC Presentations

Participants can claim MOC points for ABIM at the end of the activity