Sri Lanka Medical Association of North America –
Western Region
Scientific Sessions
Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Moderator
Deepthi Jayasekara, MD, Director Infection Control, San Dimas and Citrus Valley Hospitals
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:05am
Lecture Topic: Lung Cancer - Screening and Diagnosis
Speaker: Panch Jeyakumar, MD, Associate Clinical Professor – Department Pulmonary Medicine, University of California, Irvine.
9:05 – 9:40am
Lecture Topic: Emerging Technology in Structural Cardiology
Speaker: Rasi Wickramasinghe, MD, Fellow, Interventional Cardiology, University of Pennsylvania.
9:40 -10:15am
Lecture Topic: Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections
Speaker: Paul Holtom, MD, Professor of Medicine and Orthopedics, USC, Los Angeles.
10:15-10:30am
Q & A for the Speaker Panel
10:30-10:45am
Break
10:45-11:25am
Keynote
Lecture Topic: “What’s New in Myeloma”
Keynote Speaker: James Berenson, MD, Director, Institute of Myeloma and Bone Cancer Research
Introduced by Sarath Gunatilake, MD, Dr. PH Professor, California State University, Long Beach
11:25-12:00pm
Lecture Topic: Advances in Management of Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
Speaker: Vaji Dharmasena, MD, OB-GYN Kaiser, San Jose
12:00-12:30pm
Lecture Topic: Advances in Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer
Speaker: Jason Samarasena, MD (Canada) Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, UC Irvine
12:30-12:45pm
Q & A for the Speaker Panel
12:45 pm
Adjourn
**Citrus Valley Medical Center is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Citrus Valley Medical Center takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of the CME activity. All faculty participating in Category I activities will disclose to the audience any real or apparent conflicts of interest related to the content of their presentation. Citrus Valley Medical Center designates this live CME activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category I credit. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This credit may be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.**