August 7-9, 2020 Chose which option at registration |
Part One is a workshop utilizing a scientific literature review of HRT, case presentations, then case management requiring audience participation, an approach designed to help physicians successfully and knowledgeably treat their age management patients. The first day is a literature review of the importance of optimizing hormones for both men and women. The second day involves diagnosing, prescribing, monitoring, and adjusting dosing based on patient’s symptoms and lab tests. The Part I course is designed to provide the nuts and bolts of hormone replacement therapy. You’ll learn about monitoring and troubleshooting HRT through literature presentations, case studies, and open discussions. * This course tends to sell out please register for the course before securing airfare to ensure you have a seat at the event. |
7:15 - 8:00 AM |
Registration |
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8:00 - 10:00 AM |
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10:00 - 10:15 AM | BREAK | |
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM |
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12:15 - 1:15 PM | Lunch | |
1:15 - 4:00 PM |
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4:00 - 4:15 PM | BREAK | |
4:15 - 5:30 PM |
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5:30 - 6:00 PM | Question and Answer |
7:30 - 8:00 AM | Registration | |
8:00 - 9:00 AM |
Melatonin, DHEA and Pregnenolone: All Hormones Provide Health Benefits • Melatonin: The great sleep and immune enhancer • Treatment & prevention for cancer, HTN, migraines • Administration & monitoring: How much is enough? • DHEA: How DHEA improves health and longevity. • DHEA: How to prescribe, monitor, and adjust for maximum benefit • A literature review supporting optimal levels • Side effects and use of spironolactone • Pregnenolone: The mother of all sex hormones. • Memory enhancer? And what about cancer? • A literature review of these hormones • Administration, monitoring and adjusting Speaker: Dr. Neal Rouzier |
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9:00 - 10:30 AM |
Menopause: Estrogen & Progesterone Are Absolutely Necessary for Health & Well-being • Natural vs. synthetic estrogen; risk vs. benefit – a literature review of types of estrogens • Health benefits and feel-good benefits of HRT • Don’t fear it: The most recent consensus and timing is everything • Informed consent for stopping HRT and harm of hormone deprivation • What types of estrogen: How, what, where, why? • ACOG and NAMS: no study to show efficacy of BHRT – wrong! • Doses, monitoring levels, adjusting, selection: What works best and when • The importance of serum monitoring • Transdermal vs. oral: Benefits and harm of each • Does age make a difference? Does timing make a difference? Understanding MMP • Indication and contraindications: Problems with synthetic vs. bioidentical vs. compounded • New evidence that contradicts the conclusions of the WHI Trial and HERS • Different strategies for managing PMS, peri-menopause, menopause, bleeding, problems, side effects and complications = no man’s land Speaker: Dr. Neal Rouzier |
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10:30 - 11:00 AM |
Progesterone: Just as Important as Estrogen • Absolutely necessary in ALL women at whatever age • A literature review: There is not one negative study • Protection against breast cancer, uterine cancer, heart disease • MP ≠ MPA, natural vs. synthetic, safe vs. unsafe • If some is good, more is better? Absolutely • Dosing, monitoring, adjusting, and the importance of optimization • Serum vs. saliva testing and harm of inadequate dosing Speaker: Dr. Neal Rouzier |
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11:00 - 11:15 AM | BREAK | |
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM |
Thyroid: Why Patients Demand It • The most misunderstood and ignored hormone • Thyroid test is normal but symptoms persist. So now what? • Types of hypothyroidism and which ones you miss • Does your patient need their thyroid to be optimal? You bet! • Understanding lab values • What is responsible for low thyroid symptoms when TSH is normal? • Types of thyroid hormones, dosing, monitoring, adjusting • Treatment of fatigue: Treat the TSH or Free T3 or the patient? • Endocrine viewpoint (labs) vs. patient perspective (symptoms) • Signs and symptoms of sub-optimal thyroid replacement and treatment • Literature support for optimization: Treat the labs or the patient? • Improvement of health and well-being through optimization • The consequences of low normal Free T3 as per JAMA Speaker: Dr. Neal Rouzier |
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12:15 - 1:15 PM |
Working Lunch Break: Setting Up My Preventive Medicine Practice - What Works and What Doesn’t • Outline, worksheet, forms, letters and consents • How to bill • Different types of programs • Necessary equipment • Evaluating pharmacies and laboratories • Products and services • Everything you will need to know before starting Monday morning Speaker: Carolyn Rouzier |
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1:15 - 2:15 PM |
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2:15 - 3:15 PM |
Summary & Review • Interesting cases • HRT indications, contra-indications, risks, benefits • Side effects, problems, complications • Dosing & adjustment of various types of HRT with lab reference comparisons • Cautions, suggestions, things to do, and mistakes to avoid Speaker: Dr. Neal Rouzier |
3:15 - 3:30 PM | Break |
3:30 - 5:30 PM |
Case Management: Why did you prescribe hormones if the levels were normal? • Administration and appropriate dosing • The nuts & bolts for practicing HRT correctly: Everything you should know • Administration and appropriate dosing • Monitoring the patient and adjustment for optimization • Proper case management, problems and complications • Mistakes to avoid • Lab interpretation & lab comparisons • Different optimal levels for different laboratories Speaker: Dr. Neal Rouzier |
5:30 - 6:00 PM | Question and Answer |
7:30 - 8:00 AM | Registration | |
8:00 - 10:00 AM |
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10:00 - 10:15 AM | BREAK | |
10:15 - 11:15 AM |
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11:15 AM - 12:15 PM |
100 Written Questions and Answers with Discussion Speaker: Dr. Neal Rouzier |
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12:00 - 2:00 PM | ADJOURN |
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