June 2009
Carr Auditorium, 12:00 - 1:00 pm

June 2	Ventricular Function Matters Ann Bolger, MD William Watt Kerr Professor of Clinical Medicine Division of Cardiology, SFGH, UCSF
June 9	Achieving Universal Access to Health Care: Healthy San Francisco Mitch Katz, MD MPH Director, SF Dept of Public Health; Clinical professor Medicine & Epidemiology, UCSF Review research on the negative health consequences of not having insurance. Identify reasons why prior attempts at providing universal health insurance in the United States have failed. Describe features that facilitate achievement of universal health coverage on the local level.
June 16	Debate: Should Physician Aid in Dying be Legalized? Doug White*, MD Robert Brody**, MD Joseph Dunn***, MD * Assistant Professor University of California, San Francisco Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine UCSF Director, Clinical Ethics Core UCSF ** Clinical Professor, Dept of Medicine, and Dept of Family and Community Medicine *** Joseph Dunn, Esq., Chief Executive Officer, California Medical Association to understand the arguments for and against legalizing physician aid in dying as a public policy
June 23	Update on Osteoporosis Steve Harris, MD Clinical professor of Medicine, UCSF Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism The relationships among bone density, age, previous fracture and future The effects of calcium, vitamin D, estrogen, calcitonin, raloxifene, alendronate, ibandronate, zoledronic acid and PTH upon bone The advantages and disadvantages of different treatment agents The advantages and disadvantages of a Òdrug holidayÓÑstopping treatment of years The new treatment agents likely to be available within the next couple of Upon completion of this program, participants will understand the rational pharmacological agents for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.
June 26	PRIMARY CARE: Sustainable Food Sarah Janssen, MD
June 30	Heroin in Brown, Black and White: Trends and Medical Consequences Dan Ciccarone MD, MPH Co-Director, UCSF Foundations of Patient Care Course Associate Professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine, Step 2 Family and Community Medicine University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine; Associate Professor, Anthropology, History and Social Medicine University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Discuss the distribution of different types and qualities of heroin throughout the United States Discuss market trends in heroin quality, including price and purity Discuss the medical consequences of use of different types of heroin, as well as the public health implications of increasing heroin quality over time

 

The speaker(s) declare that neither they nor any immediate family have financial or other arrangements with the manufacturers of any pharmaceutical products or medical devices discussed in this CME activity. The speaker(s) indicate that they do not intend to discuss investigational or off label use of pharmaceutical products or medical devices.

UCSF is accredited b the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians and allied health care professionals. -- CME credit is one hour.

No commercial support was received for this CME activity.