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Objectives:
Identify gastrointestinal disorders that are amenable to treatment endoscopically and understand the advancements in endoscopic treatments of gastrointestinal disorders
Understand recent trends in substance abuse disorders and delineate a future vision to address this public health substance abuse problem
Understand current Surgical Oncology procedures to detect causes, treatment and prevention of cancer to include advances in robotic procedures
To understand current guidelines for infection control practices and precautions for drug resistant microbes in today’s hospitalized setting.
Define obesity, how it is measured, review its pathophysiology, and why metabolic adaptation makes permanent weight loss so difficult.

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* 1. Full Name

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* 2. Email Address

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* 3. Credit Type

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* 4. Are you affiliated with Penn Highlands Healthcare

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* 5. How are you attending this conference?

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* 6. Presenter: Shyam Thakkar, MD

Title: Advances in Endoscopic Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders

Can small gastrointestinal tumors be resected endoscopically?

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* 7. Will anticoagulation be a contraindication for endoscopic surgery?

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* 8. Presenter: Scott Cook, MD

Title: New & Future Trends in Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Do community based prevention programs work presently?

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* 9. Recurrence rate of substance use disorders is same for chronic illnesses like diabetes and asthma?

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* 10. Presenter: Clarence Lin, MD & Zachary Senders, MD

Title: Advances in Surgical Oncology including Robotics

Robotic technique uses small incisions and 3D images that can be magnified up to 10 times their actual size

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* 11. Patient’s recovery from robotic surgery feel slightly less pain than conventional surgery.

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* 12. Presenter: Clinton Cooper, MD

Title: Infection Control Post Covid: Real World Applications and Results

What infection control precautions are recommended by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the American Hospital Association (AHA), and The Joint Commission for a hospitalized patient with a MRSA infection or colonization?

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* 13. What percent of hospitalized settings adhere to strict contact precautions for all patients with MRSA colonization or infections?

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* 14. Presenter: Sandra Sobel, MD

Title: Treat Obesity First: How Treating Obesity Improves Metabolic Health

Objective: Define obesity, how it is measured, review its pathophysiology, and why metabolic adaptation makes permanent weight loss so difficult

List three satiety hormones and what occurs to their plasma concentration with significant weight loss

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* 15. List three medical conditions that improve with as much as 5% weight loss

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