Getting Men Healthier - A Physician's Playbook
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
8:00 AM
Welcome and Introductions
Ronald W. Dunlap, MD
President, Massachusetts Medical Society
Robert E. Braitman, MD
Chair, Massachusetts Medical Society Committee on Men's Health
8:15 AM
The Play of Chance: The Rise of Medical Evidence (.pdf, 46 pages, 8,654 KB)
Jeffrey Drazen, MD
Editor-in-Chief, The New England Journal of Medicine
9:00 AM
Current Trends in Aortic Syndromes (.pdf, 25 pages, 2,806 KB)
Torrin P. Fitton, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA
9:45 AM
When Doctor's Don't Listen (.pdf, 9 pages, 183 KB)
Joshua Kosowsky, MD
Clinical Director of the Emergency Department, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Author, When Doctor's Don't Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests
10:30 AM - Break
10:45 AM
Exercise is Medicine: How to Get You and Your Patients Moving (.pdf, 29 pages, 997 KB)
Edward Phillips, MD, FACSM
Founder and Director, The Institute of Lifestyle Medicine
Department of Physician Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Director of Outpatient Medical Services, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
11:30 AM
What Clinicians should know about Bariatric Surgery Complications (.pdf, 31 pages, 4,011 KB)
Dmitry Nepomnayshy, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
Staff Surgeon, Director, Surgical Simulation, Lahey Clinic Center for Professional Development, Burlington, MA
12:15 PM
Evaluating Injuries of the Knee, and Shoulder (.pdf, 48 pages, 7,083 KB)
Eric Berkson, MD
Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Sports Performance Center, Boston, MA
1:00 PM - Luncheon
1:45 PM - Presentation of the 2013 MMS Award in Men's Health
2:00 PM - The Demise of Mr. Homo sapiens (.pdf, 32 pages, 2,029 KB)
Bruce B. Campbell, MD
Chair, Department of Executive Health, Lahey Clinic, Burlington
Vice Chair, MMS Committee on Men's Health
2:30 PM
The Conversation Project (.pdf, 14 pages, 1,106 KB)
Harvey Freishtat, Esq. and Jessica McCanon, MD
Director, The Conversation Project
3:15 PM
Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Aging Men (.pdf, 46 pages, 4,560 KB)
Shahin Tabatabaei, MD
Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
4:00 PM
The PSA Controversy: Defining It, Discussing It, and Coping With It (.pdf, 15 pages, 1,304 KB)
Alan Edelstein, MD
Hematologist/Oncologiest, Winchester Medical Associates, Winchester, MA
Peter Tiffany, MD
Urologic Oncologist, Mystic Valley Urology, Stoneham, MA
Adam Feldman, MD, MPH
Urologic Oncologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
4:45 PM
Wrap Up and Next Steps
5:00 PM - Adjourn
