convention committee

  • Alex Thomas MD
    (AKMG President)
  • Joseph Mathew MD
    (Convention Chair)
  • John Abraham MD
    (Honorary Chair)
  • Kurian Abraham DDS
    (Convention Patron)
  • Thomas P Mathew MD
    (Souvenir Committee Chair)
  • Dheeraj Kamalam MD
    (President AKMG New York Chapter)
  • Ramachandran Nair MD
    (Literary Committee Chair)
  • Ashalatha Nair MD
    (Chair Sports Committee)

CME - Convention 2015, Philadelphia

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify the key medical issues that evolve through the life cycle.
  • Describe the innovations in obesity/weight loss and metabolic health. 
  • Recognize the issues related to bone health with aging.
  • Analyze dental care and implications of health.

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    Accreditation Statement for CME: LifeBridge Health is accredited by MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    Designation Statement: LifeBridge Health designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
       
       

    Asha Thomas Geevarghese MD - FACP, FACE

    Associate Director - Internal Medicine Residency Program, Asst. Prof. of Medicine.

    Johns Hopkins school of Medicine
    Division chief, Endocrinology
    Sinai Hospital Baltimore, MD

    Abdulla Ghori MD

    Chair - Graduate Medical Education, Vice Chair - Pediatrics
    Associate Professor of Pediatrics,

    Case Western Reserve University MetroHealth Medical Center,
    Cleveland, OH

    CME Agenda - 2015 Annual Meeting

    		 
    Saturday, September  5, 2015  
    8:00 am – 8:45 am Bone Health: The Prevention-Surgery Spectrum   John Alexander Abraham, MD
    8:45 am – 9:30 am Diabetes: From Safety to Care Abraham Thomas, MD
    9:30 am –10:15 am   Nutritional Complications of Bariatric Surgical Procedures C.S. Pitchumoni, MD
    10:15 am – 10:30 am  Break  
    10:30 am – 12:30 pm

    An Evidence Based Walk through the Life Cycle

    Madhuri Jaswant, MD: OB-GYN
    Abdulla Ghori, MD: Pediatrics
    Radhakrishnan Kadakka, MD: Nutrition, Obesity
    Jaya Unnithan, MD: Adult Preventive Care
    Venkit Iyer, MD: Medical Role of Yoga in Health
    Najeeb Osman, MD: Cardiac Health
    Hari Parameswaran, MD: Cancer and End-of-Life Issues
    Rajesh Tampi, MD: Mental Health

    		Abdulla Ghori, MD - Moderator
    Sunday, September 6, 2015  
    8:00 am – 8:30 am Emerging Concepts in Orthopedic Oncology:
    The Kerala Experience     
    		Bhaskar Subin Sugath, MD
    8:30 am - 9:00 am Resident/Fellow Clinical and Research Updates Anita Thomas, MD
    Nina George, MD
    9:00 am – 9:45 am Transforming Life through Liver Transplantation Sunil K. Geevarghese, MD
    9:45 am -10:15 am Break  
    10:15 am – 11:00 am Dementia: Opportunities and Challenges
    		 Rajesh Tampi, MD
    11:00 am – 12:00 pm 

    Dental Forum
    Dental Care and Health

    Endodontics: All You Need to Know

    Ranjini Pillai, DDS

    Saju George, DDS
    12:00 pm – 12:45 pm  Update in Pulmonary Hypertension Stephen Mathai, MD

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