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    Alumni Association Announces “Art of Medicine” Continuing Ed Conference

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    The St. Georgeโ€™s University School of Medicine Alumni Association (SOMAA) invite SGU graduates and all medical professionals to its annual “Art of Medicine” continuing medical education (CME) conference in Grenada from March 9-12, 2020.

    According to SOMAA President Bruce Bonanno, MD ’83, SOMAA president, its goal is to further harvest physiciansโ€™ passion for medicine, on the island that, for many, is where it all began.

    โ€œThis conference welcomes doctors to reconnect with their profession, to build upon the foundation theyโ€™ve already created, and for SGU graduates, to get back to their roots,โ€ said Dr. Bonanno, an emergency medicine physician based in New Jersey.

    The four-day event features presentations from experts on a wide variety of fields, with several discussions led by SGU alumni. They include:

    • ย โ€œHematologic Disease in Older Peopleโ€ โ€“ Shannon Oโ€™Connor, MD ’05
    • โ€œHeadache: Itโ€™s All In Your Headโ€ โ€“ Paul Mathew, MD ’05
    • โ€œHypoxia โ€“ When Seconds Matterโ€ โ€“ Pierre Moeser, MD ’83
    • โ€œMaintenance of Certification: Reform or Reboot?โ€ โ€“ Paul Mathew, MD ’05
    • โ€œMonoclonal Antibody Use in Rheumatic Diseasesโ€ โ€“ Pierre Moeser, MD ’83
    • โ€œDecoding the Alphabet Soup of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)โ€ โ€“ Nirav Shah, MD ’02
    • โ€œAll About Goutโ€ โ€“ Suneet Grewal, MD ’08
    • โ€œGenetic Diseases in Cancerโ€ โ€“ Shannon Oโ€™Connor, MD ’05
    • โ€œHepatitis is a Cureโ€ โ€“ย George Gartin, MD
    • โ€œPsoriatic Arthritisโ€ โ€“ Suneet Grewal, MD ’08
    • โ€œHow to Have a Baby Without Having Sex: New Frontiers in Reproductionโ€ โ€“ Samuel Jacobs, MD ’82
    • โ€œAcute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Where Are We Now?โ€ โ€“ Nirav Shah, MD ’02
    • โ€œNutrition in Chronic Diseaseโ€ โ€“ Taraneh Soleymani, MD ’07
    • โ€œObesity Treatment โ€“ How Far Have We Come?โ€ โ€“ Sunil Daniel, MD ’07
    • โ€œNon-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)โ€ โ€“ย George Gartin, MD

    Conference participants are eligible to receive 16 CME credits certified by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). In addition to the discussion schedule, visitors can enjoy a full slate of leisure activities, including campus tours, dinner at the University Club, catamaran cruises, and more.

    โ€œEach year, we have added more and more to the continuing medical education conference in Grenada,โ€ said Dr. Bonanno. โ€œWe encourage all alumni to take advantage of this opportunity to learn and to once again enjoy this beautiful island.โ€

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