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Virtual Family Medicine Conference Features Nationally Known Speakers

Family Medicine Update with Tobacco & Disease Update, October 26 - 29, 2021

Dariush Mozaffarian, M.D., Dr.P.H., a national expert on how healthy eating fits within healthcare, spoke on “food as medicine” at UAMS’ 25th Annual Family Medicine Update with Free Tobacco & Disease Symposium Oct. 26 – 29. The cardiologist and dean at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy said Americans have grown so sick in the past 30 years that half the adult population is pre-diabetic or diabetic. The UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine’s Community Health and Education Division hosted the conference with more than 200 healthcare providers viewing.

Mozaffarian said medically tailored meals for those chronically ill or food insecure patients would reduce hospitalizations, ER visits and nursing home admissions. He also encouraged providers to prescribe produce and suggested that medical accreditation standards should include nutrition education.

Screen shot from the online event shows a bar chart and other information.
Dariush Mozaffarian, M.D., Dr.P.H., said an estimated 63.5% of all hospitalizations due to COVID-19 could have been avoided if the patients were metabolically healthy.

Another highlight was colorectal cancer screening with Keith Winfrey, M.D., MPH, chief medical officer with the New Orleans East Louisiana Community Health Center. He explained how colorectal cancer screenings jumped from three percent to 80 percent in his clinic with evidence-based interventions such as using patient navigators and documenting and tracking screenings in the EHR. The key is to implement with the healthcare system rather than individual providers.

Team members who planned the event include Alysia Dubriske, M.Ed., Marybeth Curtis, RN, BSN, Colleen Lassiter and Andrea Hooten, MBA, along with Leesa Freasier, M.Ed. and Matt Mitchell, B.S.

Other presenters included these UAMS clinicians and faculty:
Sarah Ashby, Pharm.D., MPH — opioids and drug abuse
Pilar Murphy, Pharm.D., MPH – cardiovascular and diabetic trials
Mitesh Lotia, M.D. – Huntington’s Disease
Ellen Rail-Wilkerson, PD, and Peggy Healy, LCSW – confronting stigma
Jason Muesse, M.D. — integrating tobacco cessation into practice and lung cancer screening
Manish Joshi, M.D. – COPD and acute lung issues
Anand Venkata, M.D. – tobacco and vaping in Arkansas
Misty Virmani, M.D. – nicotine in pregnancy and breastfeeding

Speakers equip attendees with tools and information at Family Medicine Update 2021

Experts updated the audience on topics such as colorectal cancer screening, breastfeeding and nicotine and diabetes. Click images to see captions.

Mobile CT Screening Coming soon to you from UAMS (April 2022)
Mobile CT Screening Coming soon to you from UAMS (April 2022)
Thoracic surgeon Jason Muesse, M.D., is excited about the new mobile CT screening unit that will be able to reach areas of Arkansas that are under-served.
Summary of EBIs and PDSAs including provider reminders & feedback.
Summary of EBIs and PDSAs including provider reminders & feedback.
Keith Winfrey, M.D., MPH, lays out how his clinic was able to scale from 3% colorectal cancer screening rate to 80%.
Dr. Jose Romero describes the Delta variant.
Dr. Jose Romero describes the Delta variant.
Jose Romero, M.D., Secretary of Health, discussed the latest variants and vaccines for COVID-19.
Pilar Murphy, Pharm.D., talks about Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Pilar Murphy, Pharm.D., talks about Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Pilar Murphy, Pharm.D., MPH, says T2DM is predicted to affect 10.7% of adults globally by 2045.
skin rash that looks like a tree eliminated best with erythromycin for 2 weeks.
skin rash that looks like a tree eliminated best with erythromycin for 2 weeks.
Dermatologist Andrea Mabry, M.D., said this rash typically looks like a Bob Ross tree painting, and the best treatment is erythromycin for two weeks.
Biomechanics of nicotine intoxication in utero
Biomechanics of nicotine intoxication in utero
Infants of smoking moms have higher levels of cotinine in their urine than adult passive smokers.
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