GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF AGING

• Physiology of Aging
  Scott L. Mader, MD
  
• Longevity Extension? Mechanisms to Delay Aging
  Steven Charles Castle, MD
  

• Pharmacokinetic Considerations in the Elderly
  Bradley R. Williams, PharmD, FASCP, CGP
• Palliative Care in the Older Patient
  Kenneth E. Rosenfeld, MD
  

APPROACH TO THE ELDERLY PATIENT

• Quality Improvement/ Controversies in Long-Term Care: Paradigm Shift, Innovations, and Controversies in Long-Term Care
  Dan Osterweil, MD, FACP, CMD
  
• Endocrine Disorders in Older Persons
  Jane E. Weinreb, MD
  

• Falls: Assessment and Management
  Laurence Z. Rubenstein, MD, MPH, FACP
  
• Geriatric Rehabilitation
  Kenneth Brummel-Smith, MD

INTERACTIVE SESSIONS

• Podiatry in Practice
  Alan M. Singer, DPM

• Case Studies in Geriatric Pharmacotherapy
  Timothy W. Cutler, PharmD, CGP

COMMON DISEASES

• Infections in Older Persons
  Dean C. Norman, MD
  
• Geriatric Rheumatology: Vasculitis, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Gout
  Bevra H. Hahn, MD
  
• Musculoskeletal Pain and Common Orthopaedic Problems in the Elderly
  Basil B. Clyman, MD, FACP, FACR
  
• Geriatric Frailty: Update and Current Controversies
  Catherine A. Sarkisian, MD, MSPH
  

• Treatment of Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  Shawkat Dhanani, MD, MPH
  
• Management of Atrial Fibrillation
  Zenaida Feliciano, MD
  
• Update in the Management of Heart Failure
  Freny Vaghaiwalla Mody, MD
  
• Hematologic Disease in the Elderly
  Michael H. Rosove, MD

INTERACTIVE SESSIONS

• Breast Cancer: Update 2010
  Janet P. Pregler, MD
  

• Medication Use and Federal Quality of Care Regulations in SNF’s
  Edmond M. Yee, PharmD

GERIATRIC SYNDROMES

• Osteoporosis: An Overview
  Carolyn J. Crandall, MD, MS, FACP
  
• Pearls and Pitfalls in the Pharmacologic Management of Pain in the Elderly
  Susan L. Charette, MD
  
• Assessing Pressure Ulcers
  Barbara M. Bates-Jensen, PhD, RN, MN, CWOCN
  

• Managing Pressure Ulcers
  Barbara M. Bates-Jensen, PhD, RN, MN, CWOCN
• Urinary Incontinence
  Michelle S. Eslami, MD
  
• Vision Loss in the Elderly
  David Sarraf, MD

SPECIAL TOPICS

• Geriatric Dermatology
  Jennifer C. Haley, MD
  
• Office-Based Geriatric Assessment: A Practical Approach
  Alison A. Moore, MD, MPH
  

• Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  Pejman Cohan, MD
  
• Prostate Disease in Older Men
  Carol J. Bennett, MD

INTERACTIVE SESSIONS

• Case Study Focus: Parkinson’s Disease
  Jack J. Chen, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, CGP
  

• Hypertension in Older Adults
  Betty J. Dong, PharmD, FCCP

GERIATRIC NEUROLOGY | PSYCHIATRY

• The Spectrum of Cognitive Function: Does This Patient Have Dementia?
  Joshua Chodosh, MD, MSHS
  
• Pharmacological Treatment Across Dementia Syndromes
  John M. Ringman, MD, MS
  
• Psychiatric and Behavioral Symptoms in Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias
  L. Jaime Fitten, MD
  
• Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease in the Geriatric Population
  Emad S. Farag, MD
  
• Ischemic Stroke: Treatment and Prevention
  Doojin Kim, MD
  

• Arthur Cherkin Memorial Award Lecture: GWAS and Beyond: Risk Loci, Biological
  Candidates and Biomarkers
  Richard Mayeux, MD, MSc
  
• Sleep Problems in Older People
  Cathy A. Alessi, MD
  
• Spectrum of Depressive Illnesses
  Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA
  
• Treatment of Late-life Depression: A Case-Based Approach
  Randall T. Espinoza, MD, MPH

INTERACTIVE SESSIONS

• Substance Abuse in the Older Patient
  Aaron H. Kaufman, MD
  

• Anxiety Disorders in the Elderly
  J. Randy Mervis, MD

BONUS AUDIO LECTURES

• Board Review A for Physicians
  Basil B. Clyman MD, FACP, FACR and Linda Sohn, MD, MPH
  
• Board Review B for Physicians
  Mira H. Cantrell, MD and Nancy Weintraub, MD
  

• Board Review C for Physicians
  L. Jaime Fitten, MD

Guest Faculty

Richard Mayeux, MD, MSc
Director and Gertrude H. Sergievsky Professor of Neurology
Psychiatry and Epidemiology, Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center
Co-director, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York

Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences;
Chief of Psychiatry
Director, IMPACT Coordinating Center
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

Bradley R. Williams, PharmD, FASCP, CGP
Professor, Clinical Pharmacy and Clinical Gerontology
Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
University of Southern California School of Pharmacy
Los Angeles, California

Edmond M. Yee, PharmD
Pharmacy Director, California State University
Los Angeles, California

UCLA Faculty

Randall T. Espinoza, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry
and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program
Medical Director, ECT Program
Associate Director, UCLA Center on Aging

Emad S. Farag, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Movement Disorders Program
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Zenaida Feliciano, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory
Director, Arrhythmia Service
Director, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Cardiology Clinics
Associate Director, UCLA/VA Fellowship in
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System,
West Los Angeles

L. Jaime Fitten, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Director, Geriatric Psychiatry
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda

Bevra H. Hahn, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Rheumatology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Aaron H. Kaufman, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Doojin Kim, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Director, Santa Monica-UCLA Stroke Program and
Cerebral Blood Flow Laboratory

J. Randy Mervis, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Chief, Geropsychiatry Consultation Services
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda

Freny Vaghaiwalla Mody, MD
Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Chief, Division of Cardiology
VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, West Los Angeles

Alison A. Moore, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine/Geriatric Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Dean C. Norman, MD
Professor of Medicine/Geriatric Medicine
Chief of Staff, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System,
West Los Angeles

Dan Osterweil, MD, FACP, CMD
Clinical Professor of Medicine/Geriatric Medicine
Associate Director, Multi-campus Program in
Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Medical Director, S+AGE at Sherman Oaks Hospital
and Health System

Janet P. Pregler, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, Iris Cantor-UCLA Women's Health Center
Director, UCLA National Center of Excellence in Women's Health

John M. Ringman, MD, MS
Assistant Director, Mary S. Easton Center for
Alzheimer's Disease Research
Associate Clinical Professor
UCLA Department of Neurology

Kenneth E. Rosenfeld, MD
Director, Veterans Integrated Palliative Program
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles

Michael H. Rosove, MD
Clinical Professor and Physician
Division of Hematology/Oncology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Laurence Z. Rubenstein, MD, MPH, FACP
Professor of Medicine/Geriatric Medicine
Associate Director, Multicampus Program in
Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Deputy Director, Geriatric Research, Education
and Clinical Center (GRECC)
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda

Catherine A. Sarkisian, MD, MSPH
Associate Professor of Medicine/Geriatric Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Staff Physician, Geriatric Research, Education
and Clinical Center (GRECC)
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles

David Sarraf, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
Jules Stein Eye Institute

Alan M. Singer, DPM
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Linda Sohn, MD, MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine/Geriatric
Medicine; Associate Director, Sepulveda Nursing
Home Care Unit, VA Greater Los Angeles
Healthcare System, Sepulveda

Jane E. Weinreb, MD
Chief, Diabetes Program, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Program Director for Endocrinology
Diabetes and Metabolism
Cedars Sinai Medical Center-VA Greater Los Angeles Program
Clinical Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Nancy Weintraub, MD
Chief, Geriatric Medical Education, Sepulveda
Academic Nursing Home; Associate Clinical Professor
of Medicine/Geriatric Medicine; Staff Physician,
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center
(GRECC), VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System,
Sepulveda; Director, VA-UCLA Geriatric Medicine
Fellowship Program

Scott I. Zeitlin, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor-Voluntary of Urology and
Ob/Gyn; Staff Urologist, VA Greater Los Angeles
Healthcare System