The Penn Advanced Limb Preservation Symposium 2023 will include lectures from national experts on topics relevant to the care of patients with critical limb ischemia. The conference includes topics such as advanced endovascular techniques, cutting edge approaches in soft tissue and bony reconstruction, and best practices in nonoperative care. This day and a half conference features lectures as well as case-based education, and cross-specialty discussions about the optimal approach to sp...

The purpose of this educational activity is to teach relevant care providers about in-hospital care of cardiac arrest patients, most specifically post-arrest care, including the use of therapeutic hypothermia, cardiac catheterization, internal cardiac defibrillator (ICD) consideration, and advanced ICU care. A key goal is to help each learner discover an integrated, multidisciplinary system of both cardiac arrest and post-cardiac arrest care, through hands-on experience with various cooling meth...

Care of adult patients with hematologic or oncologic malignancies is increasingly complex. Hospice and palliative care clinicians are asked to care for them earlier in the course of care, based on evidence that early palliative care improves survival, symptoms, mood, cost, and patient and caregiver satisfaction. To ensure success of upstream involvement, clinicians must be equipped to competently care for these patients and “speak the language” of the hematologist/oncologist and radiation oncolo...

This course will provide current approaches to caring for and improving the lives of patients with pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary embolism. Experts in the field who provide care for these patients at large specialty centers will present at this course which will be highly interactive with attendees.This activity has been designed for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, respiratory therapists, nurses, residents, fellows, students who may encounter patients with pulmonary ...

This is a recurring multi-disciplinary tumor board to review thyroid cancer and thyroid neoplasm cases and provide team-based management recommendations.

This is a biweekly conference (2nd and 4th Monday) in which Movement Disorders Neurologists, Neurosurgeons, Psychiatrists, Nurse Practitioners, and fellows, together with Neuropsychologists, will review surgical movement disorders cases. Surgical options discussed will include unilateral or bilateral deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus, globus pallidus interna, or ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus, or MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy. Patient characteristics incl...

Foundations of Culinary Medicine is structured to educate medical providers about the importance of healthy food and nutrition, while giving them the skills and tools by which they can assist their patients (as well as themselves) lead healthier lives. The focus will be on non-infectious chronic diseases with particular attention to cultural competence and practical applications. Each 15-minute didactic lecture is followed by a cooking demonstration by Vetri Community Partnership chefs and nutri...

Identify major sources of morbidity and mortality in cardiovascular practice; Emphasize prevention, new techniques, and contemporary methods. Review statistics of caseloads/complications for cardiovascular surgery and interventional cardiology at PPMC and make recommendations to be forwarded to the QA committee for care.

This planned every other month series is directed towards providing an update for medical assistants, nurses, APPs and pharmacists on commonly encountered diagnoses and conditions in the ambulatory setting with a focus on a multidiciplinary approach to management.

The ACTIONetwork provides bimonthly leadership training for community and academically based primary care providers(physicians, nurses, and PAs) and social workers that brings content experts from Penn Medicine and CHOP to address relevant and contemporary issues in delivering care to medically underserved patient populations. Sessions take place through live online sessions covering both clinical care and health administration leadership. Participants will apply and report back on the applicati...