Harvard Updates in General Internal Medicine for Specialists 2025 (Videos + Slides)

📅 Dates: January 27–31, 2025
📍 Location: Boston, MA or Live Online
🎥 Access: All sessions are recorded and available on-demand

🔍 Program Overview

Harvard Medical School presents a premier CME course tailored for specialists seeking the latest updates in general internal medicine and key specialties. With insights from over 30 fields of medicine and surgery, this event provides:

✅ Practical updates
✅ Expert-guided strategies
✅ Evidence-based clinical recommendations

Whether you’re a cardiologist, psychiatrist, surgeon, or hospitalist, this program equips you with essential knowledge to enhance patient care across disciplines.

📌 What You’ll Learn

• Innovations in diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension
• Up-to-date therapies in cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, oncology, and neurology
• Clinical pearls in sleep medicine, orthopedics, and cognitive decline
• Case-based strategies for comorbidity management
• Guidelines on genetic testing, anticoagulation, and cancer screening
• Patient-centered care addressing obesity, menopause, and osteoporosis
• Insights into climate change and healthcare disparities

🧠 Topics Include

• Ischemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure
• Chronic lung diseases (asthma, COPD)
• GI disorders and liver disease
• Stroke prevention and cognitive health
• Endocrine updates (diabetes, thyroid, menopause)
• Cancer care (breast, colon, prostate, lung)
• Renal medicine, sleep disorders, obesity, headache, allergy
• Orthopedic concerns and musculoskeletal pain

Renowned Harvard Medical School faculty and guest experts deliver course sessions. Each lecture focuses on peer-to-peer learning with actionable takeaways to improve clinical decision-making.

Monday, Jan 27

• Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease – Dr. Eric Isselbacher
• Hypertension Management – Dr. Ksenia Blinnikova
• Stroke Updates – Dr. Mariel Kozberg
• Genetic Testing – Dr. David Einstein

Tuesday, Jan 28

• Renal Medicine – Dr. David Steele
• Diabetes for Subspecialists – Dr. David Nathan
• Asthma – Dr. Nancy Lange-Vaidya
• Anticoagulation – Dr. Rachel Rosovsky

Wednesday, Jan 29

• Obesity – Dr. Jane Sillman
• Outpatient Infections – Dr. Kristen Hysell
• Headaches – Dr. Angeliki Vgontzas
• Osteoporosis – Dr. Sharon Chou

Thursday, Jan 30

• Dementia & Alzheimer’s – Dr. Andrew Budson
• Breast Cancer – Dr. Michelle Specht
• Opioid Use Disorder – Dr. Ellie Grossman
• Allergy Updates – Dr. Anna Wolfson

Friday, Jan 31

• Menopause – Dr. Deborah Kwolek
• Thyroid Disorders – Dr. Gilbert Daniels
• Climate & Health – Dr. Wynne Armand
• Lower Back Pain – Dr. Dana Kotler

• Specialists in psychiatry, cardiology, oncology, neurology, anesthesiology, and more
• Physicians seeking comprehensive internal medicine updates
• Hospitalists, GPs, and subspecialists aiming to stay current with evolving standards of care

• Stay current with cross-specialty clinical advances
• Improve diagnostic and treatment strategies
• Enhance patient outcomes with evidence-based care