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30th Annual Virtual Clinical Update in Geriatric Medicine–March 31 through April 1

The 30th Annual Clinical Update in Geriatric Medicine will be held virtually on March 31–April 1, 2022. Presented by the Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society—Western Division (PAGS-WD), UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Aging Institute and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Center for Continuing Education in Health Science, the conference provides an evidencebased approach to help clinicians take exceptional care of elderly patients. The virtual offering includes an outstanding agenda of lectures and panel discussions, including live question-and-answer sessions, vendor halls and opportunities to engage in conversations with speakers, exhibitors, and fellow attendees.

With the fastest-growing segment of the population comprised of individuals more than 85 years of age, this conference is a premier educational resource for healthcare professionals involved in the direct care of older people. As the recipient of the American Geriatrics Society State Achievement Award for Innovative Educational Programming, the Clinical

Daniel Forman, MD Parag Goyal, MD, MSc

Deirdre O’Neill, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Mary Tinetti, MD Lewis Lipsitz, MD

Update attracts prominent national and international lecturers and nationally renowned local faculty. Continuing Medical Education credits are available to participants.

Course Directors, Shuja Hassan, MD; Neil Resnick, MD; and Lyn Weinberg, MD, along with the planning committee, are delighted to welcome distinguished guest faculty Lewis Lipsitz, MD Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief Academic Officer and Irving and Edyth S. Usen and Family; Director of the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew Senior Life; Chief, Division of Gerontology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Gerontology

Medical Sciences. Dr. Lipsitz will present, Falls and Syncope— Red Flags.

Mary Tinetti, MD, is the Gladys Philips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics), Epidemiology, and Public Health at Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Health. Her current research and clinical focus are on clinical decision-making for older adults in the face of multiple health conditions, measuring the net benefit and harms of commonly used medications, and the importance of cross-disease universal health outcomes. Dr. Tinetti will present, Aligning Care with Patient’s Priorities.

Back by popular demand, a Geriatric Cardiology Expert Panel will be part of the agenda. Featured faculty include Parag Goyal, MD, MSc, assistant professor, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York. Dr. Goyal has joint appointments in the Division of Cardiology as a heart failure cardiologist and in the Division of General Internal Medicine as a member of the Health Services Research core faculty. Daniel Forman, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Chair, Geriatric Cardiology, UPMC, Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. Deirdre O’Neill, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada. All three physicians will participate in a live, rapid-fire question-and-answer session.

To view the complete conference agenda and details on registration, please visit: https://dom.pitt.edu/ugm/. Registration is now open! Members of the PAGS-WD receive a discount when registering. To check on your membership status, please contact Mary Ellen Muth at memuth@acms.org