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Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society hosts fall program November 10

The Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society – Western Division will host their annual fall program on Wednesday, November 10, 2021. It will be conducted virtually using the Jason Zoom platform, in Karlawish collaboration with the Jewish Healthcare Foundation. The program is scheduled to begin at 6:00 pm with a Vendor Showcase.

Attendees who virtually visit all vendors will be entered into a drawing to win a copy of Dr. Jason Karlawish’s book: The Problem of Alzheimer’s: How Science, Culture, and Politics turned a Rare Disease into a Crisis and What We Can Do About It.

The society is pleased to welcome physician and writer, Jason Karlawish, MD; Professor of Medicine, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, and Neurology; Co-Director, Penn Memory Center; Director, Penn Healthy Brain Research Center; Director; Outreach, Recruitment, and Retention Core of the Penn Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.

Dr. Karlawish researches and writes about issues at the intersections of bioethics, aging, and the neurosciences. He is the author of The Problem of Alzheimer’s: How Science, Culture, and Politics Turned a Rare Disease into a Crisis and What We Can Do About It* and the novel Open Wound: The Tragic Obsession of Dr. William Beaumont and has written essays for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, The Hill, and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

The program is open to members and non-members, with a nominal registration fee for guests. CME/CE credits will be offered to participants.

The society gratefully acknowledges support for the program from Presbyterian SeniorCare Network. Registration and program details will be posted on the society website at www.pagswd.org, with members receiving notification via email.

For further information, or to become a member of the society, please contact Nadine Popovich at npopovich@acms.org.

Greater Pittsburgh Diabetes Club to host hybrid fall program November 10

The Greater Pittsburgh Diabetes Club (GPDC) will host their annual fall program, in a hybrid format, on Wednesday, November 10, 2021. Attendees can participate in-person or virtually.

The in-person event will be held in the Babb Insurance Bldg., 850 Ridge Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, beginning at 6:00 pm with the popular Vendor Showcase. Dr. Anne L. Peters will be joining the meeting virtually at 7:00 pm. The meeting is open to members of the Club and non-members (guest fee will apply).

The GPDC is pleased to welcome guest speaker Anne L. Peters, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC; Director, USC Clinical Diabetes Programs. Dr. Peters will present, When to Use SGLT-2 Inhibitors and GLP-1 RA’s in the Management of Type 1 Diabetes. Thank you to the following who provided support for the program: AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Corcept Therapeutics, Novo Nordisk, Inc., Sanofi, Tandem Diabetes Care, Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Abbott, and Zealand Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Peters’ research has focused on testing new approaches for diagnosing and treating diabetes and developing systems of care to improve outcomes in diabetic populations. She has published over 200 articles, reviews, and abstracts and three books on diabetes. Dr. Peters has been an investigator on over 40 research studies and has spoken at over 400 programs throughout the US as well as internationally. She has served on many committees for the ADA and other organizations. Currently she is the chair of the Endocrine Society Committee on Diabetes Devices and is Dr. Peters on the EASD/ADA Technology Safety Committee. For more information and to register for the program, visit www.pghdiabetesclub.org. Registration is open with a fee of $15 for members and a guest fee of $40.00 (which includes 1 year of membership in the GPDC). Questions can be directed to Nadine Popovich, by email to: npopovich@acms.org or to (412) 321-5030.

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