Internal Medicine

Location: Dolby Ballroom

Session Co-Chairs: Emil Avanes, MD, Arman F. Karapetyan, MD, PhD, Silva Karchikian, MD

13:30 General Medicine Practices for Hepatitis B cme
Sammy Saab, MD, MPH, AGAF
14:15 Therapeutic Hypothermia: A Life Saver in Critically Ill Patients
Edmond Derderyan, MD, CCS, CPC
14:35 Myths and Misconceptions About Hospice and Palliative Care
Elena Sagayan, MD, MPH, SACOG
14:45 Choking From Obstruction in the Airway
Hrach Khudatyan, MD
14:55 Question and Answer Session / Panel Discussion
15:15 Coffee Break
15:30 Optimization of Radiation Protection in Pediatric CT: A Lamp Waiting to be Lit!
Ankur Pandey, MD
15:40 Triple Phase Helical CT in Focal Liver Lesions
Ankur Pandey, MD
15:50 Role of Oxoferrin in Promotion of Primary Wound Healing
Pallavi Pandey, MD
16:00 Myths and Misconceptions About Hospice and Palliative Care
Alen Voskanian, MD, FAAHPM, AAHIVS
16:20 1F7 Cross-reactive Idiotype Expression on Antiviral Antibodies in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus
Infection
Marine Hovsepyan, MD, PhD
16:30 Nutrition Misinformation and Its Effects
Vazgen Yaghoubian, PhD, RD
16:45 From Medical Thermometers to Neuroprosthetics – a World of Regulation
Marina Guevrekian, PhD
17:00 Question and Answer Session / Panel Discussion