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Lecturer: Sharon Best, PA-C, MHS
Learn how to interpret brain MRIs. Even if you don't work in the speciality of dementia, this lecture will help all providers improve their skills in interpreting MR brain imaging. Sharon will guide you with tips and tricks to recognize as you cross sulci and move through different lobes. You will also learn to recognize common areas mentioned in radiology reports and improve your skills to recognize various deep brain structures.
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Lecturer: Sharon Best, PA-C, MHS
Learn to interpret MRIs and PET Scans in patients with dementia. This lecture is a sequel to Sharon's "MRI Interpretation for Dementia - ANATOMY". However, even if you missed the former lecture, you will be able to easily follow this discussion. Sharon will discuss common dementia syndromes and correlate the history, physical exam, cognitive testing, MRI findings and PET scan imaging to support the different diagnoses.
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Lecturer: Sharon Best, PA-C, MHS
During this lecture you will learn to recognize the root criteria required to make a diagnosis of Primary Progressive Aphasia. You will also learn to recognize criteria required to correctly diagnosis each of the different variants, ie: Semantic (svPPA), Logopenic (lvPPA) and Non-Fluent/Agrammatic (nfPPA). Focus will be placed on bedside testing, MR Imaging and FDG PET interpretation through case studies.
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Lecturer: Brianna Morgan, MSN, CRNP
Brianna discusses how people over 65 need quality healthcare, but the system is not well equipped to meet their unique needs.
This presentation will review the 4Ms Framework of Age-Friendly Healthcare. Brianna will demonstrate age-friendly assessment through clinical vignettes, report evidence-based tools that can be used to assess the 4Ms in clinical care and describe evidence-based interventions that should be employed in the care of older adults.
Lecturer: Donna Avanecean, DNP, ARNP
Glioblastoma is the most common malignant primary brain tumor in adults. This lecture will explore diagnosis and management. Common symptoms of GBM include: headache, vomiting and seizures. Most patients require initial surgery combined with adjuvant postoperative radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Even with maximal therapy, glioblastoma has a high rate of recurrence and poor overall survival in most patients.
Lecturer: Jacqueline Cristini, PA, MMSc
Join Jacqueline as she discusses Deep Brain Stimulation surgery. DBS is safe and effective and continues to be an underutilized intervention for symptom control in patients with Parkinson’s Disease, Essential Tremor and Dystonia. Deep Brain Stimulation has been shown to improve patients' symptoms and their quality of life. Technological advances have improved programming, electrode placement and also allow for a quick recovery time.
Lecturer: Rick Kennedy, PA-C, M
Join Rick Kennedy, PA-C, CEO and clinical provider at the Center for Vascular Medicine in Greenbelt, MD https://www.cvmus.com/
During this lecture Rick will discuss the common causes of pelvic pain with a focus on those causes of a vascular origin.
Rick will review diagnosis, imaging, treatment options and health maintenance for Pelvic Congestion Syndrome, May Thurner Syndrome and Iliac Venous Outflow Obstruction.
Lecturer: Kelly Brandt, ARNP
Enjoy one of our most popular lectures.
Kelly Brandt, ARNP is a Neurology movement NP specialist from Wausau, WI. During this lecture Kelly will explore the key differences between the clinical syndrome of Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease and Essential Tremor, which will improve competence and confidence in the provider in making correct diagnoses for each of these conditions, which are so often misdiagnosed in a primary care setting.
Lecturer: Alicia Duyvejonck, DNP
Alicia is one of our most sought after APP2APP Trainers. Please join her as she discusses what Headache specialists want their colleagues to know. Over 31 million Americans live with migraine , and roughly one half of them receive an incorrect diagnosis; thus, inadequate treatment. Join Alicia as she discusses migraine pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment options which have proven successful in her patient care setting.
Lecturer: Avanecean, DNP, ARNP
Lecturer: Donna Avanecean, DNP, ARNP
Lecturer: Karen Tillotson, DHSc, PA-C
Lecturer: LouAnn Kendall, DNP, ACNP
Lecturer: Aliza Ben-Zacharia, PhD, DNP
Lecturer: LouAnn Kendall DNP, ACNP
Lecturer: Cigdem Gali, MSPA , PA-C
Join Cigdem expert injector and owner and founder of GaliDerm https://www.galiderm.com/ while she discusses the Basics of Botox injections. Cigdem will explain the use of neuromodulators such as Botox, Xeomin, Jeuveau and Dysport commonly used in aesthetic dermatology
Lecturer: Michelle Dean, PA-C
Love working with cancer patients? Please join Michelle Dean, PA-C from Sacramento California who has worked primarily in oncology as an APP for eighteen years. Michelle has held APP Leadership positions at MD Anderson in Houston, Tx and Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fl. Michelle will discuss what sort of roles APPs perform in the field of Oncology.
Lecturer: Lauren Massimo, PhD, CRNP
Do you have a loved one who is suffering from dementia? Almost everyone does. Join Lauren Massimo to learn about
Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) s. She will discuss how to recognize common presenting signs and symptoms to help you differentiate between diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases in the clinical setting.
Lecturer: Ledy Ochoa, PA-C, MS
Ledy has been practicing pediatric dermatology for the last eight years at the Children's Skin Center in Miami, Fl.
During this lecture, she will discuss how to differentiate among the more common skin conditions seen in children, and treatment options which have proven effective in her practice.
Ledy presents images of some of her more interesting and challenging cases, which have been shared with permission of her patients'/parents'.
Lecturer: Alicia Duyvejonck, DNP
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Lecturer: Jo Ellen Lee, CRNP, MSN
Lecturer: Matthew Best, MD
Lecturer: James Sean Gorman, MD
Lecturer: Dennis Rivenburgh, PA-C
Lecturer: Sharon Best, PA-C
Lecturer: Alpha Journal PA-C, MS
Lecturer: Feroza Thompson, PA-C
Lecturer: Sara L Wolfson, APRN-NP
Lecturer: Chris M. Pries, ARNP
Lecturer: Jong-Mi Lee, FNP
Lecturer: Sharon Best, PA-C
Contact Sharon Best, PA-C @ stbest8@gmail.com
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