CME Schedule (2009)

Partnering for Life:
Advances in Medicine Continuing Medical Education Conference

September 21-24, 2009
(Travel dates: September 18-27)

Opening Session Announcements
Schedule

• THURSDAY September 17 - SUNDAY September 20
• MONDAY September 21
• TUESDAY September 22
• WEDNESDAY September 23
• THURSDAY September 24

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Co-Sponsored by:
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons
Ghana Physicians and Surgeons Foundation
International Agency for Research on Cancer
World Gastroenterology Organization

This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 27 Prescribed credits
by the American Academy of Family Physicians

This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for the following credits
by the Ghana Medical and Dental Council:

Course Directors:
Lewis R. Roberts, MB ChB, PhD
Arden L. Aylor, MD
Gil Grimes, MD
Patrick Karikari, DDS
Michael Opong-Kusi, MD
Steven R. Ytterberg, MD

Opening Session Announcements

Workshops:

Please sign up early for these workshops either in advance of the conference through the conference website or at the registration desk. To register email Mr. Joseph Atta Amankwah, KATH at att76123@yahoo.com and copy Tricia Noreen at tnoreen@embarqmail.com. You will be notified if you are enrolled in a particular workshop. Because of participant limitations, we may not be able to honor all requests.

Cardiac Life Support Workshop Descriptions

Basic Life Support (BLS) – Adult, child and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), adult/child and infant obstructed airway, basic airway management, and use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). Includes videos, lecture and hands-on participation. Certification is offered.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) – Adult resuscitation concepts including primary and secondary assessment, electrical therapy, airway management and pulseless arrest management. Includes videos, lecture and hands-on participation. Certification is not offered.

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – Pediatric resuscitation concepts including vascular access, shock, cardiac, airway and seizure management. Includes videos, lecture and hands-on participation. Certification is not offered.

Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – Neonatal resuscitation concepts including initial assessment, stabilization and management of the newly born with an emphasis on acute airway management and vascular access issues. Include videos, lecture and hands-on participation. Certification is not offered.

Ultrasound Workshops

Basic Principles and Protocols for Ultrasound Practice – Fundamental principles of ultrasound scanning, including basic ultrasound physics and also provide standardized protocols to ensure thorough evaluation of pertinent structures in the different types of ultrasound examinations.

Obstetric and Gynecologic Ultrasound – Major components and critical skills needed for high quality obstetric and gynecologic ultrasound examinations. Suitable for new and practicing sonographers wishing to consolidate and enhance their ultrasound scanning skills.

Abdominal Ultrasound – Fundamentals of abdominal ultrasonography with supervised hands-on sonography with experienced trainers.

Alcohol Ablation of Liver Tumors – Theoretical rationale and key techniques used for safe and effective treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma using percutaneous ethanol injection.

Neck Ultrasound – Ultrasound evaluation of the thyroid, parathyroids, lymph nodes, and other neck masses.

Echocardiography – Basic principles and practice of transthoracic echocardiography, including estimation of ejection fraction, valvular structures, and regional wall motion abnormalities.

Breast Ultrasound – Use of breast ultrasound as a complement to digital breast examination and mammography to improve diagnosis and treatment of breast conditions, particularly breast cancer.

Testicular Ultrasound – Use of ultrasound for identification and evaluation of scrotal structures. Diagnostic evaluation of testicular cancer.

Vascular Ultrasound – Ultrasound examination of the vascular system, with a particular focus on the evaluation of the lower extremity veins for acute deep vein thrombosis.

Please arrive on time to each session so as to maintain the flow of the conference.

We also request that the speakers make an effort to stay on time and ideally allow a few minutes at the end of their talks for questions. This will also allow more time at the breaks for questions and interaction.

The Fourth Annual Larry Ebert and Patrick Twumasi Memorial Lecture on Spirituality and Ethics in Medicine will be held from 7-9 pm on Tuesday September 22rd in Conference Room A. This year's lecture on "Spirituality and Medicine" will be delivered by Drs. Ruth Johnson, Teresa Rummans and Philip Quanbeck, including a panel discussion with Drs. Ken Aboah, Felix Kohol and Gyikua Plange-Rhule. Refreshments will be served for informal discussion afterward. All conference attendees are welcome to attend what promises to be a very stimulating discussion.

Faculty Instructions

Most talks are scheduled for 30-45 minutes
Please plan to leave at least 5 minutes at the end for audience questions
We will be using an Audience Response System
Please add 4-5 questions to your talk for audience participation

Schedule

THURSDAY September 17
Advance team members arrive in Kumasi: Lowell Noreen, Tricia Noreen, Kathy Smith, Ann Polin

FRIDAY September 18
Travel time

SATURDAY September 19
Travel time
Arrive in Accra, Ghana Saturday Evening
Accommodation: Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (GCPS)
Arrange transportation through Tricia Noreen - tnoreen@embarqmail.com

SUNDAY September 20

MONDAY September 21

TUESDAY September 22

WEDNESDAY September 23

THURSDAY September 24

Conference Faculty

1. Ken E. K. Aboah, MB ChB (Consultant Urologist, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana)
2. Anicet K. Adoubi, MD, Cardiology, Inst de Cardiologie d'Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire
3. Bekele Afessa, MD (Associate Professor of Medicine and Consultant, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)
4. Nii Armah Adu-Aryee, MB ChB (Consultant Surgeon, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana)
5. Jeremie Agre, MD (Ophthalmologist, Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire)
6. John Amuasi, BSc, MB ChB, MPH (Head, Research and Development Unit, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana)
7. Daniel Ansong, MD (Department of Child Health, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana)
8. K. Steven Ansong, MD, MPH (Urologist, Geisinger Health System, State College, Pennsylvania, USA)
9. Joseph Atinga, RDMS (Sonographer, Kumasi, Ghana)
10. Baffour Awuah, MB ChB FCRADONC (Specialist Radiation Oncologist and Head of Department, Oncology Directorate, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana)
11. Augustina Badu-Peprah, MB ChB (Radiologist, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
12. Ebrima Bah, MD (Gambia Hepatitis Intervention Study, IARC, Gambia)
13. Alexander A. Boafo, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG, FGCPS (Maternal Fetal Medicine Division, Department of OB/GYN, Montefiore North Hospital, Affiliated with Albert Einstein Medical School, Bronx, New York, USA)
14. Kofi Boahene, MD, FACS. Assistant Professor, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Minimally Invasive Skullbase Surgery, and Microvascular Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
15. Ronna Campbell, MD (Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)
16. Norman P. Davies, MB BS (Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal & Fetal Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)
17. Francis D. Dickson, MD (Obstetrician & Gynecologist, Clinton, Maryland, USA)
18. Barbara N. Entsuah, MB ChB, Board Certified in Family Medicine (South Lake Family Health Center, Groveland, Florida USA)
19. Torsten Feldt, MD, DTM (Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany; Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana; School of Medical Sciences, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana; Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research, Kumasi, Ghana)
20. Samuel N. Forjuoh, MB ChB, MPH, Dr. PH, MD (Professor & Director of Research, Department of Family Medicine, Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Temple, Texas, USA)
21. Violet Q. Habwe, MD (Nephrologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA)
22. James Homme, MD (Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)
23. Jason Homme, MD (Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)
24. Ruth E. Johnson, MD (Professor and Consultant, Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)
25. Charity A. Kankam (Teaching Faculty and Chief, Division of Nephrology, St. Vincent Charity Hospital; Medical Director, CDC Cityview Dialysis Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
26. Michael C. Kew, MD (University of Witwatersrand, Johannesberg, South Africa)
27. Kwadwo A. Koram MB ChB, PhD (Head, Department of Epidemiology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana)
28. Isaac O. Koranteng, MB ChB, FWACS (Senior Specialist, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana)
29. Vincent Kouame, MD (Specialist in Internal Medicine and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Assistant Chief, Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Military Hospital, Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire)
30. Douglas R. LaBrecque, MD (Professor and Director, Liver Service, University of Iowa Healthcare, Iowa City, Iowa, USA; Treasurer, World Gastroenterology Organization)
31. Amelia E. Laing, MD, FACOG (Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Orrville, Ohio, USA)
32. Eileen Micah, MB ChB (Gastroenterologist, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana)
33. Douglas S. Morey (Certified Financial Planner, MTI Financial Advisors, Edina, Minnesota, USA)
34. Ndidiamaka L. Musa, MD (Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)
35. James E. Newcome, NREMT-P (Cardiac Life Support Education ACLS & PALS Program Coordinator, Gold Cross, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)
36. Marci D. Newcome, BSN, RN, CCRN (Cardiovascular Surgery/Cardiothoracic Transplant Nurse; Cardiac Life Support Instructor)
37. Josephine Ocran BSc, MB ChB, MPH (Clinical Investigator, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana)
38. T. A. Odoi (Obstetrics and Gynecology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana)
39. Cyril S. Ofori, MD, FACC (Cardiologist, The Heart Group, Wooster, Ohio, USA)
40. David Ofori-Adjei, MB, ChB, MRCP (UK), FWACP, FRCP Edin (Professor of Medicine, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Accra, Ghana; Editor-in-Chief, Ghana Medical Journal)
41. Ebenezer Okyere, MD (Psychiatrist, Toronto, Canada)
42. H. S. Opare-Addo (Obstetrics and Gynecology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana)
43. Ohene Opare-Sem, MB ChB, FACP (Chair, Directorate of Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana)
44. Michael Opong Kusi, DO (Medical Director, Morton Comprehensive Health Services, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA)
45. Stephen Opuni, MD (Director, Trauma and Orthopedics, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana)
46. Osei Bonsu (Department of Ophthalmology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana)
47. Isaac Owusu, MB ChB, FWACP (Cardiologist, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana)
48. Gyikua Plange-Rhule, MB ChB (Pediatrician, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana)
49. Ann Polin, MSRS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT (Past Program Chair, Diagnostic Ultrasound Program, Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, Washington. Currently Staff Sonographer at Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA)
50. Osei Bonsu Prempeh, MD, MPH (Department of Family Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
51. Philip A. Quanbeck II (Associate Professor and Chair of Religion, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
52. Carl C. Reading, MD (Professor of Radiology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)
53. Lewis R. Roberts, MB ChB, PhD (Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)
54. Teresa A. Rummans, MD (Professor of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)
55. Paola Sandroni, MD, PhD (Associate Professor of Neurology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)
56. Agnes M. Schipper, JD (Legal Counsel, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)
57. Bruce A. Staats, MD (Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN)
58. F. Otis Stephen, MD (Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA)
59. Luca Stocchi, MD (Colorectal Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
60. R. Thomas Tilbury, MD (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)
61. Mary Alice Trapp, BSN (Director and Trainer, Breast and Cervix Cancer Screening, The Native Web, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)
62. Vanessa G. Tseng, MD (Neurologist, ISJ Specialty Clinic, Mayo Health System, Mankato, Minnesota, USA)
63. Chinweike Ukomadu, MD, PhD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School)
64. Thaddeus Ulzen, MD (Professor and Chair of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, USA)
65. Philip D. Wendschuh, MD, FACC (Cardiologist, North Ohio Heart Center, Ohio, USA)
66. Yaw Amo Wiafe, RDMS (Sonographer, Kumasi, Ghana)
67. Priscilla Wobil, MB ChB (Pediatrician, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
68. Emma Wright, RN (Surgical RNFA, Global Foundation for Health Enhancement in Women, Clinton, Maryland, USA – Fundamentals of Minimally-Invasive Surgery)
69. Mary Yeboah-Afihene, MB ChB (Gastroenterologist, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana)
70. Steven R. Ytterberg, MD (Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)

Conference Support Personnel

1. Jeannie Byer (Equipment and Supplies Coordinator)
2. Rick Lien (AV Recording)
3. Lowell Noreen (Conference Administrator; A/V Coordinator)
4. Tricia Noreen (Administrative Coordinator)
5. Tom Petersen
6. Kathy Tilbury (Conference and Workshop Coordinator)
7. Arturo Tobar (Workshop Coordinator)
8. Sara Tobar (French Translation)

Local Organizing Team

1. Richard Adanu
2. Joseph Amankwah
3. Cudjoe Amenyah
4. Charles Antwi
5. Abraham Brew-Sam (Computer Laboratory Setup)
6. Patrick Karikari
7. Amerley Ollenu
8. Hetty Gariba
9. Ohene Opare-Sem
10. Mary Yeboah-Afihene