PENSACOLA — The 15th Annual Best Clinical Practice Symposium is set.
Designed for internists, family practitioners, geriatricians, nurses, nursing-home administrators, social workers and allied-healthcare professionals, it focuses on adult patient care.
Registration and breakfast are at 7:15 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16 at the Sacred Heart Hospital's Conference Center on Ninth Avenue in Pensacola.
Subjects presented include antibiotic stewardship, population health management, palliative care, benefits of early diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy, enhanced recovery after surgery, benign proctologic disorders, and movement disorders.
The event is jointly sponsored by The Medical Educational Council of Pensacola, Sacred Heart Senior Services and Sacred Heart Health System.
The symposium's faculty includes:
●Dr. Issa Ephtimios, Sacred Heart infectious disease specialist
●Dr. Jennifer Dulin, Sacred Heart palliative care specialist
●Dr. T. Joseph Dennie, Jr., an orthopedic surgeon on the Sacred Heart Medical Staff
●Dr. Charles Wolff, Sacred Heart neurosurgeon
●Dr. John Myers, ophthalmologist, Retina Specialty Institute, and a member of the Sacred Heart Medical Staff
●Dr. Joseph E. Bornstein, colorectal surgeon, Providence Surgical Specialties, Mobile, Ala.
●Dr. Jordan B. Asher, chief clinical officer/chief innovation officer, MissionPoint Health Partners, Nashville, Tenn.
To register, or for more information on cost and education credits, call 850-477-4956 or visit MECOP at www.mecop.org.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Registration under way for Northwest Florida adult clinical care symposium