Sri Lanka Medical Association of North America –
Western Region
Scientific Sessions
the Tiffany room at the Biltmore Hotel
Los Angeles, California
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Moderator
Deepthi Jayasekara, MD, Director Infection Control, San Dimas & Citrus Valley Hospitals Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Western University,
Pomona and Touro University Medical School
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00am
Lecture Topic: Personalized Medicine for Breast Cancer. It is a new day! Speaker: Christy Russell, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, USC & Director, Breast Cancer USC/Norris Cancer Hospital
9:05 – 9:35am
Lecture Topic: Breaking up with Opioids
Speaker: Janaka Sarachandra, MD Department of Psychiatry, University of Arizona
9:35 -10:10am
Lecture Topic: “Zika”, Ebola, Chikungunya & What else?
Speaker: Paul Holtom, MD Professor of Medicine & Orthopedics, Chief Epidemiologist, USC-LA County Hospital, Los Angeles
10:10-10:20am
Q & A for the Speaker Panel
10:20-10:40am
Break
10:45-11:15am
Keynote
Keynote Speaker – Sarath Gunatilake, MD, Dr. PH
Lecture Topic: The Mystery of Chronic Kidney Disease Among Farmers in Sri Lanka:The Toxico- logical Evidence & the Burden of Proof
Sarath Gunatilake, MD, Dr. PH, Professor, California State University, Long Beach
11:15-11:45pm
Lecture Topic: Immunization Update
Speaker: Deepthi Jayasekera, MD, Consultant Infectious Diseases, Chair Infection Control, San Dimas & Citrus Valley Hospitals
11:45-12:20pm
Lecture Topic: Novel Therapies in the treatment of Multiple Myeloma
Speaker: James Berenson, MD, Medical & Scientific Director, Institute of Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research, Los Angeles
12:20-12:50pm
Lecture Topic: Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Scope of the problem
Speaker: Christina Economides, MD Director STEMI receiving center, Director Women’s Cardiovascular Disease, Good Samaritan Hospital/Cedar Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
12:50-1:00pm
Lecture Topic:"A Unique Case”- A large rapidly growing periorbital tumor: A case presentation.
Speaker: Joe Wijayanayagam, MD, Ophthalmologist (Oculoplastics), Corner Brook, Canada
1:00-1:15pm
Q & A for the Speaker Panel
**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.**
