Clinical Education

Welcome to the California Medical Association (CMA) Foundation’s Diabetes Quality Improvement Project Clinical Education Program.   In 2011, we will present numerous programs that are targeted to help you improve the quality of care provided to patients with diabetes.  By providing diverse educational activities that aim to increase knowledge, attitude, skills, and enhance practice performance amongst clinicians, we believe we can impact diabetes management and outcomes. 

DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Diabetes Quality Improvement Project
Clinical Education Program Webinar
Gordon L. Fung, MD, MPH, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FACP
Clinical Professor of Medicine UCSF School of Medicine
Director, Asian Heart & Vascular Center
Friday, March 25, 2011, 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

AGENDA

1. Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease: 
Gordon L. Fung, MD, MPH, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FACP (45 Minutes)

• Describe the pathophysiology and potential complications of type 2 diabetes
• Articulate the clinical significance of treating type 2 diabetes as a cardiovascular disease equivalent
• Describe how you can avoid cardiovascular complications of type 2 diabetes
• Manage diabetes to increase the use of lipid lowering medications and aspirin to prevent cardiovascular complications in appropriate patients

2. Question and Answer (15 Minutes)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This program has been planned for:
•Primary Care Physicians  
•Cardiologists  
•Endocrinologists
•Other clinicians caring for patients with type 2 diabetes

ABOUT GORDON L. FUNG, MD, MPH, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FACP

Dr. Gordon L. Fung, a cardiologist, is an expert in the treatment of heart disease with a special interest in cardiac rehabilitation, cardiovascular pharmacology, echocardiography and preventive cardiology. He is the Director of Cardiology Services at UCSF Medical Center, directs the Electrocardiography Laboratory at the medical center's Parnassus location, and is the associate director of the Non-Invasive Laboratory. Dr. Fung's research explores advances in preventive cardiology and electrocardiography.

Dr. Fung earned a master's degree in public health in hospital economics and administration at the University of California, Berkeley and a medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco. He completed an internal medicine residency and was chief resident at Highland General Hospital in Oakland. He completed a cardiology fellowship at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Martinez, Calif. In 2007, Dr.Fung was awarded a doctorate degree from the California Institute of Integral Studies in Chinese Philosophy.  He is active in the American Heart Association and has served on the association's national board of directors as well as Governor of Northern California and President of the California Chapter of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Fung is clinical professor of medicine and cardiology at UCSF.

REGISTRATION COST
This webinar is FREE for all participants

REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Please register by Thursday, March 24, 2011

REGISTER TODAY
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WEBINAR CONTACT
For information on webinar registration, please contact:
Joe Mette, Diabetes Quality Improvement Project Assistant, CMA Foundation jmette@thecmafoundation.org or (916) 779-6620

INTERNET REQUIREMENTS:
Software requirements:

PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer

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If you have any suggestions or comments, please contact Senely Navarrete, MPH, Diabetes Project Director, (916) 779-6638 or snavarrete@thecmafoundation.org