Quality: Raising the Bar- Implications for Performance
Francis Solano, MD, discusses the shift in medicine from volume-based health care to a system based on quality metrics, cost, and value. MORE >
Medication- Induced Diabetes Mellitus
Michelle Griffith, MD, provides an overview of three categories of drugs that are associated with an increased prevalence of diabetes, discusses the risk of diabetes mellitus for different agents within each group, and reviews known mechanisms and treatment considerations in this recent CME presentation. MORE >
Obesity: What Really Works: Bariatric Surgery Update
Anita Courcoulas, MD, provides an overview of the growth of bariatric surgery and discusses the outcomes associated with the major approaches to the surgery. Adolescent bariatric surgery and metabolic surgeries are also addressed. MORE >
Controversies in Glycemic Control: Treat to Target Management of Diabetes
Treat to target management of type 2 diabetes patients is the topic of this CME presentation by UPMC endocrinologist, Mary Korytkowski, MD. MORE >
Inpatient Management of Diabetic Foot Disorders
Join foot and ankle surgeon Dane Wukich, MD, for a presentation on the management of diabetic foot disorders in the hospital setting. The presentation begins with a recent case study of a 63 year-old male with diabetes who presents with a foot wound. MORE >
Strategy and Techniques of Minimally Invasive Parathyroid Surgery
Surgeon Sally E. Carty, MD, focuses on the diagnosis and management of primary hyperparathyroidism in this presentation. Dr. Carty also explores video-assisted parathyroid exploration and cervical block anesthesia. MORE >
Thyroid Cancer Research: Targeting Methods, Treatment Outcomes, and Clinical Trials
This course is selected presentations from UPMC's Third Annual Advanced Topics in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. Surgeons take on topics related to thyroid cancer and research. MORE >