Columbia University Irving Medical Center Internal Medicine 2025: 31st Annual Update & Intensive Review

This course is designed to provide a comprehensive review of the most important advances that have recently been made in Internal Medicine, and to help candidates prepare for the Internal Medicine Boards or the Recertification Examination. Each of the major subspecialties will be covered including cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology, oncology, pulmonary disease, and rheumatology. Much of the material will be presented in lecture format by the best teachers and clinicians from the Columbia University Irving Medical Center. In addition, each specialty will have a case-based question and answer session using an interactive computer-based system. This system will allow you (anonymously) to test your knowledge in the different areas of medicine.

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of the course, participants will be better able to:

• Discuss the most current, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for key core competency-based topics in medicine. 
• Apply the latest knowledge & skills to daily practice.
• Identify recommendations for optimal management of many common diseases.
• Diagnose and manage problems frequently encountered in the hospital and office.
• Review state-of the art updates in the field of internal medicine.

+ Topics:

ONDAY, JUNE 9: CARDIOLOGY

7:30 Arrhythmia Management: Best Practices, Angelo B. Biviano MD, MPH

8:15

Peripheral Artery Disease: The Latest, Timothy J. Crimmins MD

8:45 Syncope, Christopher K. Migliorie MD, MS

9:15 Valvular Heart Disease, Mahesh V. Madhavan MD, MS

10:00 Q&A

10:15 Telemedicine: During the Pandemic & Beyond, Siqin Kye Ye MD, MS

10:45 Treatment of Common & Rare Lipid Disorders, Henry N. Ginsberg MD

11:30 Aortic Disease, Virendra I. Patel MD, MPH

12:00 Q&A/Working Lunch

12:30 Opioid Use Disorder 101: Effective Management, Nathaniel Kratz MD

1:00 Noninvasive Testing in CVD: A Case Based Approach, Sonia Tolani MD

1:45 Heart Failure for the Internist, Elissa Driggin MD, MS

2:30 Cardiac Surgery Update, Michael Argenziano MD

3:00 Q&A

3:15

STATE OF THE ART: Cardiac Amyloidosis, Mathew Maurer MD

4:00 Acute Coronary Syndromes: STEMI, LeRoy E. Rabbani MD

4:30 NSTEMI/Unstable Angina, Megha Prasad MD, MS

5:00 Perioperative Medicine in Non-Cardiac Surgery, Paul G. Lee MD, MPH

5:30 Q&A/Adjourn

TUESDAY, JUNE 10: ENDOCRINE & GASTROENTEROLOGY

7:30 Diarrhea, Malabsorption & Celiac Dx, Suneeta Krishnareddy MD, MS

8:15

Upper GI Motility, Sydney Pomenti MD

8:45 Lower GI Motility, William Blackett MD

9:15 Cirrhosis 2025, Alyson N. Fox MD, MSCE

10:00 Q&A

10:15 Biologics in IBD, Alexandra Gutierrez MD, MPH

10:45 Cholestatic Liver Disease, Yael R. Nobel MD, MS

11:15 Pancreatic Disorders, John M. Poneros MD

12:00 Q&A/Working Lunch

12:30 Cognitive Disorders, James M. Noble MD, MS

1:00 Management of Type 2 Diabetes, Utpal Pajvani MD, PhD

1:45 Game Changers: New Rx for Obesity, Judith Korner MD, PhD

2:30 Hypopituitarism: Diagnosis & Treatment, John Ausiello MD

3:00 Q&A

3:15

Metabolic Bone Disorders, John P. Bilezikian MD, PhD (hon)

4:00 Colorectal Cancer, Fay Kastrinos MD, MPH

4:30 Leveling Up on MASLD, Julia Wattacheril MD, MPH

5:00 Thyroid Disorders, Hyesoo Lowe MD

5:30 Q&A/Adjourn

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11: NEPHROLOGY

MINI SYMPOSIUM: RESISTANT HYPERTENSION

7:30 Resistant Hypertension 2025, Andrew S. Bomback MD, MPH

8:15

Novel Therapies: Endothelin, Aldosterone, Jai Radhakrishnan MD, MS

8:45 Catheter-Based Renal Denervation, Ajay J. Kirtane MD, MS

9:15 Q&A

9:30 A Clinical Approach to Glomerular Diseases, Gerald Appel MD

10:15 Acute Kidney Injury, Jacob Stevens MD

10:45 Disorders of Sodium & Potassium, Shayan Shirazian MD

11:15 Nutritional Assessment of the Acutely & Chronically Ill, David Seres MD

12:00 Q&A/Working Lunch

12:30 Review of Venous & Lymphatic Disease, Nicholas J. Morrissey MD

1:00

Management of Hypertension, Teena Zachariah MD

1:45

Chronic Kidney Disease, Maya Rao MD

2:30 Nephrolithiasis: Diagnosis & Treatment, Jai Radhakrishnan MD, MS

3:00 Q&A

3:15

Diuretic Therapy/Nephrotic Syndrome & HF, Eric C. Siddall MD

3:45 Geriatric Syndromes & Comorbidities, Melissa Patterson MD, MBA

4:30 Chronic Low Back Pain, George C. Christolias MD

5:00 Increasing Access to Care, Renu Maria Culas MD, MRCPsych

5:45 Dementia & Delirium, Nathallie Pokasuwan MD

6:15 Q&A/Adjourn

THURSDAY, JUNE 12: PULMONARY & INFECTIOUS DISEASE

7:30 Stroke & Neurological Emergencies, Joshua Z. Willey MD, MS

8:15

Infective Endocarditis, Benjamin Miko MD

8:45 Emerging Respiratory Viral Infections, Shauna Gunaratne MD, MPH

9:15

Dermatologic Conditions, Alexandra Coromilas MD

10:00 HIV Update, Susan Olender MD, MS

10:30 Navigating UTI’s in Women, Nuwan Gunawardhana MD

11:00 Current Concepts: STIs, Jason E. Zucker MD

11:30 Community Acquired Pneumonia, Marcus R. Pereira MD, MPH

12:00 Q&A/Working Lunch

12:30 Palliative Care, Dinaz Irani MD

1:00 STATE OF THE ART: Allergy/Immunology, Joshua Milner MD

1:45 COPD, Wilson A. Quezada MD

2:15

Sleep Related Breathing Disorders, Romina Wahab MD

2:45 Q&A

3:00 Bleeding & Contraception: Friends or Foes, Paula Castaño MD, MPH

3:45 Interstitial Lung Disease, Claire McGroder MD, MS

4:15 Asthma Update: Precision Medicine, Emily DiMango MD

4:45 Chronic Cough: Evaluation & Treatment, Charles Murphy MD

5:15

Male LUTS: Evaluation & Management, David Weiner MD

5:45 Q&A/Adjourn

FRIDAY, JUNE 13: HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY & RHEUMATOLOGY

7:30 Transformative Therapies: Sickle Cell Disease, Monica Bhatia MD

8:15 Thromboembolism & Oral Anticoagulants, Imo J. Akpan MD

8:45 Novel Applications for Cell Therapy, Markus Mapara MD

9:15

Leukemias & Related Disorders, Joseph G. Jurcic MD

10:00 Q&A

10:15 Multiple Myeloma & AL Amyloidosis, Suzanne Lentzsch MD, PhD

10:45 Clinical Ethics for the Internist, Kenneth Prager MD

11:15 Immunotherapy, Benjamin Izar MD, PhD

12:00 Q&A/Working Lunch

12:30 Advances in Rhinology, Jonathan E. Overdevest MD, PhD

1:00 Overview of Breast Cancer, Julia E. McGuinness MD, MS

1:45 Oncologic Emergencies, Meghna S. Trivedi MD, MS

2:30 Q&A

2:45 Spondyloarthritis: Axial & Peripheral, Maria Salgado MD

3:15

Rheumatoid Arthritis, Elizabeth Park MD

3:45 Ophthalmology: Posterior Segment, Hermann D. Schubert MD

4:15 Novel Therapies for Rheumatic Diseases, Jason Liebowitz MD

4:45 Migraine: Diagnosis & Management, Sarah E. Vollbracht MD, FAHS

5:15

Eye Disorders in Primary Care, Lisa Park MD

5:45 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Anca D. Askanase MD, MPH

6:15 Q&A/Adjourn

NOTE: Preliminary Schedule as of 6/12/2025. VIDEOS: All registrants will

have ONE MONTH to review lecture video recordings and claim credits.

INFO & REGISTRATION: ColumbiaMedicineCME.org

Physicians (ACCME) Credit Designation Statement Amedco LLC designates this live virtual activity for a maximum of 52.0 AM