Saturday February 23, 2008
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.	REGISTRATION
Saturday February 23, 2008 Ninth Scientific Session Moderators Dr. Monique Ford (US) Dr. Paul Scott (JA)
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Coronary Atherosclerosis: Can we prevent it, reverse it or at least halt its progression Dr. Thomas Tilbury Mayo Clinic
9:00 a.m. -9:30 a.m.	Diabetes Mellitus and Coronary Artery Disease Dr. Robert Frye Mayo Clinic
9:30 a.m. -10:00 a.m.	Infective Endocarditis Update Dr. Rowlens Melduni Mayo Clinic
10:00 a.m. -10:30 a.m.	Management of Pulmonary Embolism Dr. Raymond Shields Mayo Clinic
10:30 a.m. -10:45 a.m.	Panel Questions
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	COFFEE BREAK
	Saturday February 23, 2008 Tenth Scientific Session Moderators Dr. Marshaleen Henriques Forsythe (US) Dr. Althea East-Innis (JA)	Saturday February 23, 2008 Eleventh Scientific Session Moderators Dr. Eva Lewis-Fuller (JA) Dr. Ernest Pate (JA)	Saturday February 23, 2008 Twelfth Scientific Session Moderators Dr. Pierre-John Holmes (US) Dr. Trevor Murphy (JA)
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	SLE - The Jamaican Experience Prof. Monica Smikle University of the West Indies Prof. Everard Barton University of the West Indies	Health Economics and Strategic Planning for Public Health Dr. Amparo Gordillo PAHO/WHO	Peptic Ulcer Disease Dr. Tom Mangan Mayo Clinic
11:30 a.m. - 12 noon	Collagen Vascular Disease/SLE Dr Steven Ytterberg Mayo Clinic	The Ministry of Health Mitigation Response to Hurricane Disasters Dr. Marion Bullock-Ducasse Ministry of Health, Jamaica	Autoimmune Hepatitis Dr. Lewis Roberts Mayo Clinic
12 noon - 12:30 p.m.	Obstructive Sleep Apnea Dr. Timothy Morgenthaler Mayo Clinic	The Emerging Challenges to Public Health and Strategies to Combat Them Dr. Paul Allwood University of Minnesota	Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH/Fatty Liver Disease) Dr. Charmaine Stewart Mayo Clinic Dr. Vandana Nehra Mayo Clinic
12:30 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.	Panel Questions	Panel Questions	Panel Questions
12.45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	LUNCH

Saturday

February 23, 2008

Thirteenth Scientific Session

Moderators

Dr. Kevin Larsen (US)

Dr. Michael Boyne (JA)

Saturday

February 23, 2008

Fourteenth Scientific Session

Moderators

Dr. B. Waine Kong (US)

Dr. Ladi Doonquah (JA)

Saturday

February 23, 2008

Fifteenth Scientific Session

Moderators

Richard Phidd (US)

Prof. Everard Barton (JA)

1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Management of HIV in Jamaica

Dr. Kevin Harvey

University of the West Indies

Dr. Tanya Clarke

University of the West Indies

Tropical Non Viral Infections

Dr. John Lindo

University of the West Indies

Dr. Paul Brown

University of the West Indies

Renal Failure in Jamaican Children

Dr. Maolynne Miller

University of the West Indies

Dr. Adedamola Soyibo

University of the West Indies

2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

21^st Century Management of HIV

Dr Zelalem Temesgen

Mayo Clinic

Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

Dr. Dennis L. Stevens

VA Medical Center

Boise, ID

Progress of Chronic Kidney Disease and New Treatments

Dr. Gerald Schulman

Vanderbilt University

2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Tuberculosis, A Historical Perspective - Where are we now?

Dr. Mikael Tulloch - Reid

University of the West Indies

Cervical Cancer & HPV - The Local Experience

Prof. Horace Fletcher

University of the West Indies

Renal Transplant Outcomes: How Can We Prolong the Magic?

Dr. Anthony Langone

Vanderbilt University

3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Pediatric Tuberculosis

Dr. Stacene Maroushek

Hennepin County Medical Center

University of Minnesota

Spectrum Of CRP Confluent and Reticulated Popularlomatosis In Jamaica

Dr. Michael Fitz-Henley

University of the West Indies

To Err is Human; Medical errors in Medicine

Prof. Joseph Murphy

Mayo Clinic

3.45 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.

Panel Questions

The Advancements in Medicine 2008 Conference Dinner & Dance Gala

Sunset Jamaica Grande

Keynote Speaker: Hon. Bruce Golding

Prime Minister of Jamaica

Entertainment by: The Bare Essentials Band

Saturday, February 23, 2008

6:30 p.m. til Midnight

Proceeds to benefit OSDJ Medical Outreach in Jamaica

and the

Barry Wint Memorial Fund

For information on how to obtain tickets contact:

Carol Humphrey

carol.humphrey@uwimona.edu.jm

876-927-1701

Wayland Richards

osdj@aol.com

612-508-9813