IAPA Spring CME 2012 CME will be held March 24 & 25, 2012 

Up to 11 Hours of Category 1 pre-approved CME

Wedeberg Conference Center, which is located on the ground floor of Memorial Medical Center, main entrance building, 701 North First Street, Springfield, IL.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.     Managing the Difficult Wound
Linda McKenna, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Memorial Medical Center, Memorial Ostomy & Wound Services, Springfield, IL

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.    Update on Anticoagulant Therapies
Frank Aguirre, MD, FACC, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Cardiology, SIU School of Medicine, Prairie Heart Consultants, Springfield, IL

10:15 a.m.  – 11:15 a.m.   Common Anorectal Disorders:  Diagnosis and Treatment
James Thiele, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Springfield, Clinic, Departments of Colon & Rectal Surgery,

11:15 a.m.  – 12:15 p.m.     Contraception:  Finding the Right Choice for our Patients
Erica Nelson, MD, Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Chief, Division of Obstetric & Gynecology, SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL

1:00 p.m.  – 2:00 p.m.          Why Weight?
Erin Paris,  MHS, RD, LDN, BC-ADM, CDE, Dietician, Nutritionist, ObesityHelp, Springfield, IL

2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.           Brain Trauma
Devin Vikram Amin, M.D., PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Neurosurgery, SIU School Of Medicine, Springfield, IL

3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.          Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Reuben Bueno, MD, Associate Professor, Program Director, Division of Plastic Surgery,  Institute For Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL

Sunday, March 25, 2012

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.        Neck Pain
Per Freitag, MD, PhD, FACS, Associate Professor, Division of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL

9:00 a.m.  – 10:00 a.m.        Dementia and Alzheimer Disease
Tom Ala, MD,  Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, Department of Neurology, SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL

10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.     Urology Potpourri
Tobias Köhler, M.D., M.P.H.,  Assistant Professor of Surgery – Division of Urology: Andrology
SIU Division of Urology Residency Program Director, Chief, Division of Male Infertility, SIU Fertility and IVF Center, SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.        Understanding Multiple Myeloma as a Primary Care Provider
Cheri Kelly, PA-C, MS, Assistant Professor, SIU PA Program, Carbondale, IL; Murphysboro Health Center, Murphysboro, IL