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Iris Cantor-UCLA Women's Health
CME Credited Case Conference Schedule

Every Monday, 12:15 to 1 p.m.
Iris Cantor-UCLA Women's Health Center Case Conference.
All interested clinicians are welcome.
For information, call x 49838
100 Medical Plaza, Suite 250

As of January 2003, case conferences will be held 2-3 times a month, on Mondays.
Schedule

 

Click here for the 2006 Case Conference Schedule

Click here for the 2005 Case Conference Schedule, January - May
Click here for the 2004 Case Conference Schedule


We regret we are no longer able to offer videos of the conferences for viewing online.

CASE CONFERENCE for 2007

January 2007

        1       HOLIDAY
        15      HOLIDAY
        29      Mary Hardy, MD          “Integrative Approaches to Cancer Care Through The Continuum”
                  Anne Coscarelli, PhD

February

        12      Dr. Lawrence Bassett    Updates In Breast Imaging      
        26      Dr. John Fitzgerald     "Using Informed Decision Making for Knee Replacement Surgery."

March

        5       Ric McGill              PACS In-Service
       
April

         2       Dr. Patricia Ganz       “Introducing the VITA Program: Vital Information and Tailored Assessments for Cancer                         Survivors”

        16      Dr. Carolyn Crandall    “ACP Update: Women’s Health” -- Dr. Janet Pregler              

May

         7       Dr. Michael Irwin       “Behavior: A Sixth Vital Sign in Cancer Survivors”

        21      Dr. Lawrence Bassett

June
                       
        4       Dr. Cheryl Hoffman

        18      Dr. Baldeep Singh       “Use of the PEC form to improve compliance with recommendations for diabetes care"   

July                                           
        23      Dr. Anna Chirra Thinprep Update: Part I                        
                                               
August  no cc scheduled                                
                                               
September                                              
        17      Dr. Sara Hurvitz        “Management of Early Breast Cancer: Implications of Recent Data”                               
        24      Dr. Anna Chirra Thinprep Update: Part II                               
                                               
October                                        
        1       Dr. Sireesha Battula    “Ankle and Hind Foot Injuries in Women”                        
                                        
November                                               
        26      Dr. Pregler     Breast Cancer and the PCP                              
                                               
December        no cc scheduled                                

Case Conferences Prior to 2004
2003
December
1 Dr. Mina Ma
 Hypertension: Jnc7
15 Dr. Carolyn Crandall
 Menopause Symptoms in Breast Cancer Survivors
November
3 Dr. Angela Chen
 Medical Abortion
24 Dr. Anna Chirra
 TBD
October
6   Holiday
27 Dr. Holly
Middlekariff 		Cardiac Disease in Women: Dispelling the Myths
September
8 Dr. Camelia Davtyan The role of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in treating obesity
22 Dr. Jodi Friedman Pap Smear Guidelines
August
4 Dr. Julie Ma Shoulder Pain in Primary Care
18 Dr. Janet Pregler CDC's DES Update: An Internist's perspective
July
7 Dr. Carolyn Crandall Work up for Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis
21 Dr. Annapoorna Chirra Culturally Competent Care in Women's Health
June
2 Dr. Mina Ma Androgen insufficiency in females: The Princeton Consensus Statement
9 Sherry Goldman, RN
Importance of Identifying “High Risk” Women and the Services Available at the Breast Center
16 Dr. Patricia Ganz Breast Cancer- New Trials beginning at UCLA
May
5 Dr. Susan Charette Medication Issues in the Older Patients
12 Dr. Christine Kohler-Ekstrand
Muscular Skeletal Injuries in Females
19 Dr. Patricia Ganz Breast Cancer- New Trials beginning at UCLA
26   Holiday
April
7 Susan Rosenberg, MN, RN, CNS STAR*D
14   no case conference
21 Dr. Bob Baravarian Ankle Disorders
28 Dr. Vivian Burt Sexual Dysfunction Associated with Anitdepressants
March
3 Arimie Raluca, M.D. Update Cardiac Disease in Women
10 Richard Johnson, M.D. Obesity in Women
17 Michele Hamilton, M.D. Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPX) in Internal Medicine and Cardiology
24   Holiday
31  
February
3 Edith Flores, MD and Matthew Conolly Pain Management in the Non-cancer Patient
24 Richard Johnson, M.D. Obesity in Women
January
6 Ma, Mina Small Pox Update
20   Holiday
27 Eda Gorbis, Ph.D. Obsessive Compulsive Disease and Women’s Health
2002
December
3 Dr Carolyn Crandall Hormone Replacement therapy for Primary Prevention
9 Dr. Janet Pregler A Controlled Trial of a Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Vaccine
16 Dr. Elizabeth Whiteman To be announced
23 Dr. Susan Charette  cancelled
30 Dr. Anna Chirra cancelled
November
4 Alicia Trocker
 Nutrition Intervention
11
Holiday
18 Dr Carlos Gracia The State of Minimally Invasive Surgery
25   Cancelled
October
7
 Dr. Janet Pregler New AHRQ Guidelines on Osteoporosis: Implications for Clinical Practice
14 Dr. Pejman Cohan Hyperprolactinemia
21 Dr. Edith Flores Primary Care of Sickle Cell
28 Dr. Andrew Woo MS: Update
September
2
Holiday
9 Dr Camelia Davtyan Hormonal Contraception:  Do antibiotics lower efficacy?
16 Cancelled Holiday
23 Dr Pejman Cohan  Hyperprolactinemia   
30 Dr Jodi Friedman To be announced
August
26 Dr. Susan Charette
 Geriatric Update
19 Dr. Janet Pregler
 Breast Cancer and the Primary Physician, an Update
12
Cancelled
5 Dr. Elizabeth Whiteman
 Vitamin B 12 Deficiency
July
22 Dr Shikha Bose Clinical Significance of Atypical Endometrial Cells in Pap Smears
15 Dr Raluca Arimie Updates in Cardiology
8
 Dr Helena Chang Core Biopsy vs. FNA
1 Dr  Stanley Korenman PCOS
June
24 Dr Carolyn Crandall New Menopause Guidelines/New Benefits of Estrogen Therapy
17 Dr Angela Ruman Endometriosis
10 Dr Susan Charette Alzheimer's Disease
6 Dr Stefani Takahashi Cutaneous Drug Reactions
May
27 Holiday  
20 Dr Janet Pregler Hormone Update: Estrogen and Heart Disease, Testosterone
13 Dr Becky Wade Obesity
6 Dr Julie Ma Vitamin Supplements: What should you recommend?
April
29 Dr Jodi Friedman Update on New Controversies RE: Mammography Screening
22 Dr Carolyn Crandall The Risk-Benefit Profile of Commonly Used Herbal Therapies
15 Dr Camelia Davtyan Update on Contraception
8 Dr Hal Yee Fatty Liver
1 Dr Edith Flores Gastric Bypass Patients
March
25   holiday
18 Dr Babak Bavarian The General Practitioner's Guide to Common Foot and Ankle Disorders
11 Dr. Carolyn Crandall Risk Factors for Osteoporosis
4 Dr Laura Nathan Management of Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
February
25 Dr. Lobsang Rapgay Fibromyalgia: A Mind Body Approach
18
holiday
11 Dr. Charette and Robin Clark Palliative Care and Hospice Services
4 Dr. Ben Ansell Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women
January
28 Dr. Karol Watson Antioxidants and Fish Oil: What you need to know
21
holiday
14 Dr. Becky Wade Estrogen
7 Dr. Elizabeth Whiteman Pain in Elderly Patients
2001
December
31
holiday
24
holiday
17 Dr. Carolyn Sachs Domestic Violence
10 Dr. Babak Baravarian Advances in Foot and Ankle Surgery
3 Dr. Edith Flores To be announced
November
26 Dr. Ahn Kieu Hirsutism.
19 Dr. Camellia Davtyan The Science of Stress
12 Holiday
5 Dr. Edith Flores Smoking Cessation
October
29 Julie Ma, MD Drug Therapy for Breast Feeding Women
22 Janet Pregler, MD NCEP III: Interpreting New Cholesterol Guideline from a Women's Health Perspective
15 Zeba Vanek,MD TheTherapeutic Use of the Botulinum Toxins
8 Felice Miller, Ph.D Maximizing Satisfaction at work and at home: Challenging and Changing Stress Producing Thinking
1 Karen Duvall,MD The Use of Nipple Aspiration and Ductal Lavage in the Detection of Breast Cancer .
September
24 Dr. Carolyn Crandall Estrogen in Women with Heart Disease
17 Dr. Carolyn Crandall Side Effects of Breast Cancer
10 Dr. Laura Berman Female Sexual Dysfunction.
3   Holiday
August
27 Andrew Woo, MD Diagnosis and Treatment of Headache and Migraine.
20 Gary Rosenberg, MD Common Foot and Ankle Disorders for Primary Care Physicians Part II
13 Hugh Gelabert, M.D. Management of Varicose Veins, Part II
6 Ahn Kieu, MD Hyperprolatinemia
July
30 Lobsang Rapgay, MD Fibromyalgia: A Mind Body Medicine Approach cancelled
233 Janet Pregler, MD Alternative Treatments of Menopause.
16 Carolyn Crandall, MD Case Discussion.
9 Andrea Rapkin, M.D. Diagnosis and Treatment of PMDD.
2 Hugh Gelabert, MD Management of Varicose Veins
June
25 Carolyn Crandall, MD Combination Pharmacotherapy for Osteoporosis.
18 Sammy Saab, MD Primary Biliary Cirrhosis.
11 Carolyn Crandall, MD New Osteoporosis Guidelines.
4 Curley Bonds, MD Treatment Strategies for Depression and Anxiety in Primary Care.
May
28 Holiday
21 Ravi Dave, MD Women and Heart Disease
14 Steven Castellon, PhD Cognitive Functioning Following Treatment for Breast Cancer.
7 Janet Pregler, MD Hormone Replacement Therapy and Ovarian Cancer
April
30 Stefani Takahashi, MD Dermatology for the Primary Care Physician, Part II
23 Cindy Burt, Occupational Therapist Occupational Therapy Evaluation and Ergonomic Evaluation.
19 Barbara Vickery, MD and Mark Pippenger, MD Detection of Dementia in Primary Care:
9 Sondra Vazirani, MD Post-operative Atrial Fibrillation
2 Paul Beaule, MD Hip Pain in the Young Adult: Diagnosis and Treatment Options
March
26 Administrative Holiday
19 Sammy Saab, MD Hepatitis C.
12 Camelia Davtyan, MD Women's Health Issues in Patients with Rheumatic Disease.
5 Ahn Kieu, MD Graves Disease.

February
26 Gary Rosenberg, MD Common Foot and Ankle Disorders for the Primary Care Physician
12 Stephanie Takahashi, MD Dermatology for the Primary Care Physician
5 Jodi Friedman, MD Women's Health Literature Update


January

29 Stanley Korenman Looking at Libido and Sexual Dysfunction in Women.
22 Dr Teng
8 Dr. Felice Miller Challenging and Changing Stress Producing Thinking

2000

December

11 Hyunah Poa, MD A Case of Extra Pulmonary TB: A Review of Side Effects of TB Drugs and their use in Pregnancy and Lactation.
4 Camelia Davtyan, MD RU 486: A Practical Review

November

27 Anna Chirra, MD Uterine Embolization.
20 Shikka Bose, MD Significance of Benign Endometrial Cell in Pap Smears of Post-Menopausal Women.
13 Edith Flores, MD Primary Care of the HIV Patient.
6 Janet Pregler, MD Update in Screening.

October

30 Jodi Friedman, MD Alosetron and IBS in Women.
23 Anh Kieu, MD Alternative Medicine
16 Angela Ruman, MD Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
9 cancelled
2 Natalie Rasgon, MD ERT in Treatment of Depression in Peri and Postmenopausal Women.

September
25		 Susan Peterson Patellofemoral Condition.

18		 Hyunah Poa Drugs for the Cold and Flu Season.
11 Drs. Teresa Seeman, Gail Greendale & Deborah Kado HRT, Cortisol and Memory:

August

28 Anna Chirra, M.D. Urinary Tract Infections in Women.
21 Carolyn Crandall, M.D. Emerging Hormone Replacement Options
14 Janet Pregler, M.D. Alternative Approaches to the Treatment of Menopause
7 Edith Flores, M.D. Migraine Medications

July
31 Patricia Ganz, M.D. Strategies to Prevent Breast Cancer