Please join us for Grand Rounds on Tuesday, November 5^th  as we welcome, Dr David Larson from Stanford University, speaking on "Building an Institution-wide QI Program."  

DATE:

Tuesday, November 5

12 PM – 1 PM

*JMC - 1-603-2&3 Community & Med Ed Cntr*

LECTURE:

"Building an Institution-wide QI Program"

PRESENTER:

David B. Larson, MD, MBA

Associate Professor of Pediatric Radiology

Vice Chair of Education and Clinical Operations

Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine

As we celebrate Women in Medicine (WIM) month, we have planned a special Grand Rounds on Tuesday, October 15^st.  Ms Anita Busquets will speak on "Broadening our Impact Through Negotiation" (abstract and objectives below).

DATE:

Tuesday, October 15

*11:30-12 PM Welcome Reception with lite lunch

*12-1 PM - Lecture

Moores Cancer Center - Goldberg Auditorium

LECTURE:

"Broadening our Impact Through Negotiation"

PRESENTER:

Anita Busquets

Biotechnology Management Consultants

Abstract

Whatever our expertise or affiliation, we have all experienced intense scrutiny.  With or without established track records, we must “prove ourselves up.”  We earn our place at the table with each new assignment, project or interaction.  In order to make an impact and get what we want and need, we must plan for five key negotiating challenges – gather intelligence, seek the backing of key players, know the resources available, get buy-in, then visibly make a difference.

Learning Objectives

• Information leads to informed decisions - gather intelligence
• Know who is influential - seek backing of  key players
• Resources are your currency – know what you need and have available
• Create momentum – get buy-in
• When you make a difference make sure your contributions are recognized 

Please join us for Grand Rounds on Tuesday, October 1^st as Sean M Tutton, MD, FSIR delivers an informative lecture, "Building a New Pillar in your Cancer Center: Interventional Palliative Care" (abstract and objectives below).

DATE:

Tuesday, October 1

7:30-8:30 AM

Moores Cancer Center - Goldberg Auditorium

LECTURE:

"Building a New Pillar in your Cancer Center: Interventional Palliative Care"

PRESENTER:

Sean M Tutton, MD, FSIR

Professor and Division Head, Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Medical College of Wisconsin

Abstract

Palliative Care is increasingly recognized as fundamental service in the comprehensive care of cancer and chronic life-threatening diseases. The field of Hospice and Palliative Care has experienced rapid growth in the last decade as medicine and society recognize the need for symptom management, focused care of the chronically ill and dying patient, and a dignified death. Minimally invasive interventional therapies offer a significant opportunity in reducing common symptoms of pain, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, visceral obstruction in these patients.

Radiologists and Interventionalists can play a key role by partnering with palliative care in raising awareness of, and providing cost-effective image guided palliative therapies. At MCW, we have formed a long-standing partnership with our palliative care team and have seen a steady growth in the therapies provided.  Interventional Palliative Care now represents a distinct and branded service in our cancer center seeing patients in clinic, providing nerve blocks and ablations, tumor ablations, drainage and venting tubes, vertebral augmentation, and osteoplasty. We are one of few institutions to offer hybrid orthopedic stabilization and fixation procedures in pelvic metastasis patients. These services and procedures will be reviewed. We have incorporated formal palliative care rotations for our trainees, and lectures in Palliative care and IR, respectively, which have been a differentiator in our ability to recruit trainees and faculty.

The creation of a dedicated Palliative IR service with Intentional fellow training, collaboration, and faculty expertise have resulted in a robust service, significant revenue growth, and Cancer Center recognition.

Learning Objectives

1. The learner will be able to verbalize the philosophy of Hospice and Palliative care and treatment goals in chronically ill and cancer patients.
2. The learner will be able to provide examples of image guided therapies that radiologists and Interventionalists can provide in the palliative patient.
3. The learner will be able to recognize the positive impact these services have on patients, the radiology department through faculty specialization, collaboration, revenue, research, and the institution’s cancer center through differentiated services.

Please join us for Grand Rounds on Tuesday, September 17^th as our very own, Donald Resnick, MD delivers an informative lecture, "Bone and Cartilage Injury: Traumatic Chondral, Osteochondral, and Subchondral Failure" (abstract and objectives below).

DATE:

Tuesday, September 17

7:30-8:30 AM

Moores Cancer Center - Goldberg Auditorium

LECTURE:

"Bone and Cartilage Injury: Traumatic Chondral, Osteochondral, and Subchondral Failure"

PRESENTER:

Donald L Resnick M.D

Professor Emeritus

Department of Radiology

University of California, San Diego

ABSTRACT:

Based on an understanding of the morphology and biomechanics of the cartilage and subchondral bone, basic injury patterns will be reviewed emphasizing their appearance using MR imaging. The collagen framework of the articular cartilage will be highlighted in an attempt to explain how traumatic loading of the chondral surface leads to forces that are transmitted to the subchondral bone plate and subjacent bone. Wolff’s law will also be detailed. Precise definitions will be introduced for such entities as chondral delamination, chondral flaps, chondral and bone fragments, chondral defects,  chondral fractures, bone contusions, osteochondral fractures, and subchondral fractures.  

OBJECTIVES:

1. To review in detail the collagen architecture of articular cartilage
2. To delineate each of the many traumatic injuries that affect the cartilage, subchondral bone plate, and/or subchondral bone and to illustrate how these injuries are displayed on MR images
3. To introduce the proper terminology that should be employed when describing these injuries on MR images as well as images derived from other diagnostic techniques

Please join us for Grand Rounds on Tuesday, September 3^rd  as Peter Chang, MD delivers an informative lecture, “Practical Guide to Deep Learning Artificial Intelligence in Radiology” (abstract and objectives below).

DATE:

Tuesday, September 3

12-1 PM (note NEW time)

Moores Cancer Center - Goldberg Auditorium

LECTURE:

Practical Guide to Deep Learning Artificial Intelligence in Radiology

PRESENTER:

Peter D. Chang, MD 

Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Department of Radiological Sciences

Co-Director, Center for Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Medicine (CAIDM)

University of California, Irvine

ABSTRACT:

In this talk, participants will gain a practical understanding of the requisite background theory and steps for getting started in deep learning artificial intelligence for medical imaging. The lecture will begin with a survey of popular types of deep learning including standard convolutional neural networks, recurrent neural networks, adversarial networks and reinforcement learning, with an emphasis on identifying key problems in radiology that these techniques can be used to solve. Subsequently we will examine the standard life cycle of algorithm development---including data aggregation, curation, algorithm design, validation and clinical integration---as well as the common hardware and software tools used in the field. Finally we will highlight upcoming projects and initiatives spanning the UC campuses and beyond including opportunities for research collaboration as well as multi-institutional clinical integration.

OBJECTIVES:

(1) Describe the different types of deep learning algorithms and how they may be applied to various medical imaging applications

(2) Gain an understanding of the typical life cycle of deep learning algorithm development including commonly used tools in the field

(3) Recognize the opportunities for collaboration across the UC campuses and beyond

Please join us for Grand Rounds on Tuesday, August 20th as Julie Bykowski and Paul Murphy deliver an informative lecture, “Dashboards and Data about Radiology Performance” (abstract and objectives below).

Lecture: 

Dashboards and Data about Radiology Performance 

Date:

Tuesday, August 20

7:30-8:30 AM (note NEW later start time)

Moores Cancer Center - Goldberg Auditorium

Co-presenters: 

Paul Murphy, MD, PhD

Vice Chair, Information Technology, UC San Diego Radiology

Julie Bykowski, MD

Professor, Department of Radiology, UC San Diego Radiology

Objectives:

- Orient Radiology clinical faculty and trainees to Tableau and dashboards currently being developed based on imaging data

- Use of case examples to review issues around data extraction, data display, and interpretation

- Discuss other metrics/measures for future dashboard development and goals of tracking/displaying that information

Abstract:

Data is collected about all parts of the Radiology process, from study order through payment, and extracted in different ways to measure performance, identify problems, and provide context for decisions around staffing, growth, compensation and work expectations. While academic Radiologists are often well versed in interpreting clinical data and scientific reports, there is often a lack of instruction and understanding about the analysis and interpretation of data about their actual practice. UCSD has migrated to Tableau for a variety of dashboards to allow summary display and drill-down ability, and the Radiology department has started to develop Radiology-specific reports. This session orients the faculty and housestaff to dashboards in development with examples including turnaround time, report authorship (faculty independent vs supervising trainee), and order realization (ordered vs performed) as well as awareness on data points being collected about Radiology. The goals include faculty and trainees being able to understand and effectively communicate limitations of dashboards, and broader engagement regarding areas for future data display.

Priti Balchandani, PhD from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is visiting San Diego and will deliver an outstanding lecture on the future of 7T for Radiology, Thursday, August 15. 

Lecture: 

Ultrahigh Field (7T) Multi-Modal Brain Imaging for Surgical Treatment

Thursday, August 15

5:30 PM     

ACTRI Auditorium

Presented by: 

Priti Balchandani, PhD

Associate Professor, Radiology and Neuroscience

Director of Advanced Neuroimaging Research 

Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Abstract

There is surprisingly low adoption of high-resolution, multi-modal neuroimaging in the operating room. It is necessary to bridge the gap between advanced imaging and surgical care. This talk will focus on two examples for which more advanced MRI, employing multiple modalities and ultrahigh field (7T) MRI scanners, could substantially improve planning and guidance of surgery: epilepsy and tumors of the skull base. In epilepsy, invasive methods are currently used to identify abnormal areas of the brain for surgical targeting, when these could be replaced with improved, non-invasive MRI techniques to reveal subtle focal abnormalities and lesion boundaries. For tumors of the skull base, patients may be candidates for less invasive surgical methods such as endoscopic endonasal approaches, however high resolution MRI is critical to provide clear visualization of adjacent or encased vessels and nerves, in order to avoid complications. Application to other skull base pathologies such as trigeminal neuralgia will also be briefly discussed.

Bio

Dr. Priti Balchandani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology and Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She also serves as the Director of the The Advanced Neuroimaging Research Program (ANRP) at the Translational and Molecular imaging institute. The mission of ANRP is to develop novel imaging technologies and apply them to diagnosis, treatment and surgical planning for a wide range of diseases, including epilepsy, brain tumors, psychiatric illnesses, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury. For her primary research, Dr. Balchandani leads a team of scientists to devise creative engineering methods to overcome some of the main limitations of magnetic resonance imaging at high magnetic fields, thereby enabling high‐resolution whole‐brain anatomical, spectroscopic and diffusion imaging as well as unlocking new contrast mechanisms and sources of signal. These techniques are ultimately applied to improve diagnosis, treatment and surgical planning for a wide range of neurological diseases and disorders. Some clinical areas of focus for Dr. Balchandani’s team are: improved localization of epileptogenic foci; imaging to reveal the neurobiology of depression; and development of imaging methods to better guide neurosurgical resection of brain tumors. Dr. Balchandani received her BASc in computer engineering at the University of Waterloo in Canada and her PhD in electrical engineering at Stanford University.

12 PM Grand Rounds

Hello all,

Please join us for Grand Rounds on Tuesday, August 6th as Dr Sherry Huang delivers an informative lecture about Health Care in 2025, preparing our learners and ourselves for what’s to come.

Lecture: 

"Health Care in 2025 - How to Prepare our Learners and Ourselves”

Date:

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

12-1 PM (note NEW start time)

Moores Cancer Center - Goldberg Auditorium

Presented by: 

Sherry C. Huang, MD

Associate Dean and DIO

Professor of Pediatrics

Office of Graduate Medical Education

UCSD School of Medicine

We hope you will be able to attend.

Please join us for Grand Rounds on Tuesday, July 16^th as our Department Chair, Dr Alexander Norbash, and Executive Vice Chair, Dr Christine Chung deliver an informative lecture about the state of the Department.

Lecture: 

UCSD Radiology - Where we were, Where we are, Where we are going... 

Date:

Tuesday, July 16

7:30-8:30 AM (note later start time)

Moores Cancer Center - Goldberg Auditorium

Co-presenters: 

Alexander Norbash, MD, MS

Professor and Chair, UC San Diego Radiology

Christine Chung, MD

Professor and Executive Vice-Chair, UC San Diego Radiology

We hope you will be able to attend.

Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD from Indiana University is visiting San Diego and has graciously offered to deliver two outstanding lectures on Monday, July 8.  We hope you will be able to attend.

Lectures: 

8 am      The McDonaldization of Radiology

9 am      Hellish mismatch that leads to burnout

Presented by: 

Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD

Chancellor's Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies

Indiana University

Monday, July 8

8-10 am

Moores Cancer Center

Goldberg Auditorium

Bio

Richard Gunderman is Chancellor's Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies at Indiana University. He is also John A Campbell Professor of Radiology and in 2019-20 also serves as Bicentennial Professor.

He received his AB Summa Cum Laude from Wabash College; MD and PhD (Committee on Social Thought) with honors from the University of Chicago; and MPH from Indiana University. He was a Chancellor Scholar of the Federal Republic of Germany and received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Garrett Theological Seminary at Northwestern University.

He is a ten-time recipient of the Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award, and in 2015 received the Indiana University School of Medicine's inaugural Inspirational Educator Award. Dr. Gunderman was named the 2008 Outstanding Educator by the Radiological Society of North America, the 2011 American Roentgen Ray Society Berlin Scholar in Professionalism, and the 2012 Distinguished Educator of the American Roentgen Ray Society. In 2012, he received the Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Award for Teaching Excellence, the top teaching award from the Association of American Medical Colleges. In 2013, he was the Spinoza Professor at the University of Amsterdam.

Gunderman serves on numerous boards, including Christian Theological Seminary and Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society. He is the faculty advisor to over a dozen student interest groups, honorary organizations, and annual service events.

Gunderman is the author of more than 700 articles and has published 12 books, including "We Make a Life by What We Give" (Indiana University, 2008), "X-ray Vision" (Oxford University, 2013), "Essential Radiology" (3rd edition, Thieme, 2014), and "We Come to Life with Those We Serve" (Indiana University, 2017). Published in 2019 are "Pediatric Imaging" and "Tesla." He has delivered over 700 keynote addresses, named lectures, and grand rounds presentations.

Please join us for an informative Radiology Grand Rounds, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2019 from 7:00 - 8:00 am at **Moores Cancer Center, Goldberg Auditorium** 

Topic: 

Healthcare in the Era of Trump – How UC San Diego Health is Working with Government and Community Partners to Navigate During Turbulent Times

Co-presenters:

Zachary Schlagel

Director of Government Affairs

UC San Diego Health

David Mier

Director of Community Affairs

UC San Diego Health

Please join us for an informative Radiology Grand Rounds, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2019 from 7:00 - 8:00 am at **Moores Cancer Center, Goldberg Auditorium** 

Topic: 

“Financial Literacy:  Things I wish I knew when I was a resident”

Presented by: 

Christopher Friend MD, MBA

Interventional Radiology

San Diego VA & UCSD

Tuesday, June 4

7 am | Moores CC, Goldberg Auditorium

Please join us for an informative Radiology Grand Rounds, MONDAY, May 20, 2019 from 7:00 - 8:00 am at **Moores Cancer Center, Goldberg Auditorium**  YES, it’s MONDAY, instead of Tuesday this month.

Topic: 

“Cerebral perfusion imaging with arterial spin labeling (ASL) MRI: Techniques and Clinical Application”

Presented by: 

Div Bolar, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

UC San Diego

Please join us for an informative Radiology Grand Rounds, Tuesday, April 2, 2019 from 7:00 - 8:00 am at **Moores Cancer Center, Goldberg Auditorium**

Topic: 

"AI in Radiology - a Practitioners Perspective"

Presented by: 

Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology

MGH/Harvard Medical School

Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer is the Director of the QTIM lab and the Center for Machine Learning at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center  for Biomedical Imaging and an Associate Professor of Radiology at MGH/Harvard Medical School. She earned a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Bombay, India, an MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MS in Biomedical Informatics from Oregon Health and Science University. Her areas of research interest include medical image analysis, machine learning and artificial intelligence for applications in radiology, oncology and ophthalmology. Her lab has been actively working in the theory and applications of deep learning to clinical problems in ophthalmology, oncology and radiology.

Abstract:

Artificial intelligence is poised to transform healthcare and radiology. The democratization of AI is putting powerful tools into the hands of almost anyone with an interest, access to data and computational resources. We will begin with a brief discussion of the most common types of machine learning used in radiology with links to specific applications. We will review deep learning architectures and training strategies. Next, we will cover challenges faced in training and deploying these models in the clinical workflow. Research to address the challenges and limitations of the current methods will be discussed next. We will conclude with a hands on demo of deep learning for two applications.

Learning Objectives:

a. What are the types of machine learning that are commonly used in radiology?

b. What are some applications of deep learning in radiology?

c. What are some challenges and limitations of deep learning methods?

d. What are new research areas in machine learning?

e. Hands-on introduction to deep learning

Please join us for an informative Radiology Grand Rounds, Tuesday, March 19, 2019 from 7:00 - 8:00 am at **Moores Cancer Center, Goldberg Auditorium**

Topic: 

" The Evolving Role of the Interventional Radiologist in the Treatment of The Obese Patient"

Presented by: 

Clifford R. Weiss, MD FSIR

Medical Director, Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design

Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering

Director of Interventional Radiology Research

Johns Hopkins University

Abstract:

The number of people classified as obese, defined by the World Health Organization as having a body mass index ≥30, has been rising since the 1980s. Obesity is associated with comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. The current treatment paradigm emphasizes lifestyle modifications, including diet and exercise; however this approach produces only modest weight loss for many patients. When lifestyle modifications fail, the current "gold standard" therapy for obesity is bariatric surgery, including Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, duodenal switch, and placement of an adjustable gastric band. Though effective, bariatric surgery can have severe short- and long-term complications, and is not performed is most patients. To fill the major gap in invasiveness between lifestyle modification and surgery, patients can now receive a host of pharmacotherapies and minimally invasive endoscopic techniques to treat obesity. Recently, interventional radiologists have also gained the potential to treat these patients using minimally invasive image guided techniques.  These have great promise, and may prove to be another tool in the toolbelt used to treat the obese patient.

Learning Objective:

Understand the impact of the obesity epidemic on patients and healthcare systems Understand the variety of therapies that are available to the obese patient Understand Interventional Radiology’s potential role in the treatment of the obese patient

Please join us for an informative Radiology Grand Rounds, Tuesday, March 5, 2019 from 7:00 - 8:00 am at **Moores Cancer Center, Goldberg Auditorium**

Topic: 

"From Innovation to Adoption: Policy and Research Considerations"

Presented by: 

Zeke Silva III, MD, FACR, FSIR, RCC

ACR Commission on Economics Chairman; Adjunct Professor (UT Health-San Antonio)

Medical Director of Radiology - Methodist Texsan Hospital, and Methodist Ambulatory & Surgical Hospital

Ezequiel “Zeke” Silva III, MD, FACR, FSIR, RCC, is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. He completed medical school and residency at Baylor College of Medicine before pursuing a fellowship in vascular and interventional radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dr. Silva is the chairman of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Commission on Economics and is a founding board member of the Neiman Health Policy Institute. He serves on the ACR Board of Chancellors, ACR Budget and Finance Committee and represents the ACR as Co-Chair of the CMS Acumen Clinical Subcommittee on Peripheral Vascular Disease. He is also a member of the AMA/Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) and Co-Chair of the AMA Digital Medicine Payment Advisory Group (DMPAG).

Dr. Silva serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the American College of Radiology for which he authored the standing column “Reimbursement Rounds” from 2010 to 2016. He previously served as the chairman of economics for the Society of Interventional Radiology and editor of the Interventional Radiology Coding Guide. He served on the board of the Radiology Coding Certification Board for five years and is Immediate Past President of the Texas Radiological Society.

His clinical interests include oncology imaging and interventions.

Abstract:

Radiology has a proven history of bringing innovation to the forefront of patient care. This success has been driven by the strength of our research, clinical practice and policy decisions. In this talk, Dr. Silva will discuss specific actions which have enabled radiology's success but also point out past shortcomings. Today, radiology remains well positioned by is clearly being impacted by several large health care trends heightening our need for purposeful strategy, sound philosophy and purposeful actions.

Learning Objectives:

- Discuss radiology's historical role in innovation

- Ponder strategic actions which will enable continued success going forward

- Propose a framework to navigate statutes, regulations, and sub-regulations for the betterment of our profession

Please join us for an informative Radiology Grand Rounds, Tuesday, February 19, 2019 from 7:00 - 8:00 am at **Moores Cancer Center, Goldberg Auditorium**

Topic: 

“The Power of Microbubbles: The Past, Present and Future of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound”

Presented by: 

Yuko Kono, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Clinical Professor of Radiology

University of California, San Diego

Dr. Kono is a Clinical Professor of Medicine and Clinical Professor of Radiology at University of California, San Diego.

She is a transplant hepatologist and runs HCC clinic and liver cancer tumor board. 

Her academic work has focused on the diagnosis and management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) especially the use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), for which she is a nationally and internationally known expert. Dr. Kono has been a national leader in promoting the use of CEUS for HCC. She is the chair of the LI-RADS CEUS working group and a member of board of directors for ICUS (International Contrast Ultrasound Society. 

Abstract: 

Ultrasound contrast agents have been approved for radiology imaging world-wide for many years, but it has been only for 3 years in the United States since its first approval of CEUS for liver imaging. It is a rapidly progressing imaging field. CEUS has many unique advantages and differences from CT and MRI. History of CEUS, how microbubbles are imaged, current use, indications, and the future of CEUS will be discussed. 

Learning Objectives:

- Know what is CEUS and how it works

- Describe main indications of CEUS

- Describe advantages and disadvantages of CEUS, differences of CEUS from CT/MRI

- Know CEUS LI-RADS and its difference from CT/MRI LI-RADS

Please join us for an informative Radiology Grand Rounds, Tuesday, February 5, 2019 from 7:00 - 8:00 am at **Moores Cancer Center, Goldberg Auditorium**

Topic: 

“Gadolinium Retention: Should We Worry?”

Presented by: 

Howard A. Rowley, M.D.

Joseph Sackett Professor of Radiology

Professor of Radiology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery

University of Wisconsin

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe mechanisms and distribution of gadolinium retention in the body
2. Be familiar with regulatory updates and advisories
3. Evaluate current recommendations and future directions

Please join us for an informative Radiology Grand Rounds, Tuesday, January 15, 2019 from 7:00 - 8:00 am at **Moores Cancer Center, Goldberg Auditorium**

Topic: 

Aging and Inactivity: Staying Healthy in Sedentary Jobs

Presented by: 

Kenneth Vitale, MD FAAPMR

Sports Medicine, PM&R

Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

University of California San Diego

Abstract:

Health care spending in US projected to reach $4.2 trillion by 2016 (CDC, 2011), with 70-90% of all health care costs stemming from preventable lifestyle-related diseases. It is estimated that 80% of all heart disease, type 2 DM, and stroke could be prevented if Americans engaged in more physical activity, stopped smoking, maintained healthier diet (CDC, 2011). Regular physical activity clearly reduces the risk of cardiometabolic disease, numerous cancers, enhancing bone health, muscle strength and mental health (USDHHS, 2008). However, most Americans, including physicians, are often physically inactive throughout the work day. Physical inactivity is the major public health problem of our time, however most physicians fail to even mention exercise to their patients. This talk summarizes the harmful effects of physical inactivity & the current barriers to physical activity counseling, and provides clinicians the tools to properly perform risk stratification, evaluate fitness level, and provide an exercise prescription.

Learning Objectives:

1. Learn health risks of inactivity 

2. How to determine your own cardiac risk 

3. How to self-evaluate your own fitness level 

4. How to write yourself an individualized Exercise Prescription

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