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All programs are held for Medical Staff at Kishwaukee Community Hospital in Murphy Center A/B and are videoconferenced live to Valley West Community Hospital (Rooom NC), beginning at noon, unless otherwise indicated. For further information, contact Krishna P. Reddy, M.D., MBA, CME Director at KCH, or Kristin Goff at (815) 756-1521, Ext. 153440.

CME program archives

Date Program Schedule
October 23, 2007

“HIPAA in the Doctor’s Office”
) Discuss the provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
2) Discuss how to create and enforce compliance policies in the medical office practice setting.

Heather Fields, JD & Tiffany Roepsch, JD – Attorneys at Law
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Grantor: None
October 30, 2007

“Chronic Kidney Diseases: The Provider Toolkit”
1) Discuss the clinical action plan for chronic kidney disease.
2) Identify the estimated glomerular filtration rates for clinical use.
3) Discuss hypertensive treatment algorithms I and II.
4) Discuss the diabetes treatment algorithm – mild, moderate, and severe – for Type 2 Diabetes.

James Stim, M.D. – Nephrologist
Rockford Nephrology – Rockford, Illinois
Grantor: None

November 6, 2007 “Epilepsy”
1) Discuss the current trends in the management of epilepsy.

Michaél Macken, M.D. – Assistant Professor of Neurology, Director Intra-operative Neuromonitoring Service, and Director of Ambulatory Neurology Services
Loyola University Medical Center & Stritch School of Medicine – Maywood, Illinois
This program is made possible in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Cyberonics.

November 14, 2007 Oncology Grand Rounds
 Topics: To Be Announced
November 20, 2007 “The Last Year in Congestive Heart Failure”
1) Discuss the progress in the management of congestive heart failure in the last year.

2) Discuss advances in understanding the natural history of diastolic heart failure.

Paul Vaitkus, M.D. – Cardiologist and Associate Professor of Medicine
Midwest Heart Specialists, SwedishAmerican Hospital, and University of Illinois – Rockford, Illinois
This program is made possible in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Schering-Plough Corporation.
November 27, 2007 “Travel Medicine”
1) Discuss exposure to infectious diseases indigenous to respective countries.
2) Describe pre-travel preventive care.


Andrew Urban, M.D. – Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Wisconsin Medical School – Madison, Wisconsin
Grantor: None

December 4, 2007  “Capsule Endoscopy”

John Prabhakar, M.D. – Retired General SurgeonKishwaukee Community Hospital and Rochelle Community Hospital
December 11, 2007 “Inflammatory Bowel Disease”

1) Discuss disease management strategies in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.Laura Harrell, M.D. – Assistant Professor of MedicineUniversity of Chicago – Chicago, Illinois

This program is made possible in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.
December 12, 2007 Oncology Grand Rounds

Topics:  To Be Announced
December 18, 2007 “Management of Tuberculosis”

1) Discuss the pathogenesis of mycobacterium tuberculosis and its impact.

2) Describe the current concepts in the management of tuberculosis.  

Dennis Maki, M.D. – Head of the Infectious Disease SectionUniversity of Wisconsin Medical School – Madison, Wisconsin

Grantor:  None  

Illinois State Medical Society LogoKishwaukee Health System is accredited by the Illinois State Medical Society to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

KHS designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending. The AAFP invites comments on any activity that has been approved for AAFP credit. Please forward your comments on the quality of this activity to cmecomment@aafp.org.

A fee of $10.00 for each program will be assessed for guest physicians (non-dues-paying physicians) if a certificate of attendance is required.
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