Gastroenterology for the Practitioner
	Temple University School of Medicine and American Medical Seminars, Inc. , Hyatt at Sarasota Bay, 1000 Boulevard of the Arts, Sarasota, Florida February 7-11, 2000 (8:00am-12:15pm)
	Continuing Medical Education (CME) - 14th Annual Series of Primary Care: Live presentations, accredited by ACCME (20 Hours Category 1 AMA, AAFP Prescribed, ACOG Cognates, and Category 1 ACEP), with a detailed syllabus. Also, home study courses and audio tapes available. Popular morning sessions allow participants time for study, family activities, and recreation. World famous beaches, tennis, golf, water sports, fishing; Ringling Museum, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, the Asolo Theater, Opera House, Selby Gardens, and Mote Marine Laboratory/Aquarium; less than two hours drive to Disney World, Sea World and other Florida's attractions. Day 1: The Clinical Approach to Abnormal Liver Function Tests (Scheig). Drug and Toxic Hepatitis (Scheig). The Diagnosis and Management of Dysphagia (Novak). GERD (Novak). Day 2: Acute and Chronic Viral Hepatitis (Scheig). Acute and Chronic Viral Hepatitis (cont'd) and Case Presentations (Scheig). H. pylori and Peptic Ulcer Disease - Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment (Novak). Infectious Diarrhea (Novak). Day 3: NSAIDs and GI Tract Injury (Novak). Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - Management Strategies (Novak). Chronic Hepatitis and Chronic Active Liver Disease (Scheig). Alcoholic Liver Disease and NASH (Scheig). Day 4: Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Treatment Strategies, New and Old (Novak). Acute Pancreatitis (Novak). Complications of Cirrhosis: Fluid Retention, Portosystemic Encephalopathy, Esophageal Varices, Hypersplenism, and Hepatorenal Syndrome (Scheig). Sclerosing Cholangitis, Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, and Biliary Tract Disease (Scheig). Day 5: Inherited Liver Disease: Hemochromatosis, Wilson's Disease, a-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency (Scheig). Utilizing Subspecialty Consults Including Decisions to Refer for Liver Transplantation (Scheig). AIDS - GI Manifestations (Novak). Colon Cancer - Screening (Novak). For more detailed information, please see our web site (www.amscme.com), or e-mail us (mail@amscme.com), or call us (800-325-1961; 941-388-1766), or fax us (941-365-7073), or write to: American Medical Seminars, Inc., P.O. Box 6129, Sarasota, Florida 34278-6129, USA.
	Organized by:	American Medical Seminars, Inc.
	Invited Speakers:	Robert Scheig, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, State University of New York School of Medicine at Buffalo, and Jan M. Novak, M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, State University of New York School of Medicine at Buffalo; Director, Gastroenterology Unit, Erie County Medical Center.
	Deadline for Abstracts:	N/A
	Registration:	Regular Registration: $595.00 (Non-Physician/Resident $495.00); Please note that to receive Regular Registration Rate, fees must be postmarked not less than 30 days prior to program start date. Late Registration Rate is $645.00 (Non-Physician/Resident $545.00).
	Email for Requests and Registration:	mail@amscme.com
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