AOA's Annual Convention Focuses on Osteopathic Medicine Leading the Way in Comprehensive Care

8/29/2002

From: Mike Campea of the American Osteopathic Assn (AOA), 800-621-1773, ext. 8043, or 312-202-8043

News Advisory:

The osteopathic medical profession will convene October 7-11 in Las Vegas for the American Osteopathic Association's (AOA) 107th Annual Convention and Scientific Seminar. The sessions focus on topics -- including aging, environmental factors in chronic diseases, nutrition, and exercise -- that will help osteopathic physicians (D.O.s) lead the way in comprehensive care. The meeting will be held in the Las Vegas Convention Center.

With 14 osteopathic specialty colleges offering seminars and a research conference highlighting studies and presentations, the convention is the premier educational and networking event for the profession. James Carney, an award-winning political journalist, will kick off the meeting on Tuesday, October 8. Carney has covered politics and the U.S. Congress for Time magazine since 1988. He has covered the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of Russian and other former republics as independent states.

Seminars conducted during the week include (note: programs are subject to change):

-- Academy of Osteopathy: How to Take Care of that Pain in the Neck.

-- Addiction Medicine: Women and Addiction -- What is the Gender Difference?; Pain and Returning to Work; Treatment of Pain in Patients with an Addiction.

-- Allergy and Immunology: Allergist's Role in Homeland Defense, Clinical Considerations in the Use of Vaccines for Biodefense.

-- Conventionwide: Minority Health Program's The Population Perspective: Eliminating Disparities in Health Care; A Look at a Continent in Crisis -- Effects of HIV/AIDS Crisis on Physical and Emotional Well-Being in Africa.

-- Dermatology: Cutaneous Manifestations of Biological Terrorism; Cosmetic Procedures and their Complications; Cat Scratch Disease: A Case Presentation.

-- Emergency Physicians: Pediatric Trauma: Not Just Banged-Up Little Adults; September 11, 2001: The View from Medical Command; Bioterrorism in the New Millenium.

-- Family Medicine: Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women -- Advances in Science and Options for Care; Faces of Diabetes; Organ Donation and Transplantation; Alternative Therapy for Advanced Diseases; Spine: Treating the Most Common Pain Complaint.

-- Neurology and Psychiatry: Depression and Arthritis; Migraine; Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment and Arthritis.

-- Occupational and Preventive Medicine: Common Injuries: Treating Them Efficiently; Healthy Swimming: Preventing Recreational Water Illnesses.

-- Pediatricians: HIV in Pregnancy; Pediatric Eczema; Pediatric Asthma; Common Pediatric Sports Injuries (Football).

-- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Low Back Pain and the Worker; Traumatic Brain Injury at Work.

-- Rheumatology: Fibromyalgia; Avoiding Arthritis in Sports Injuries. Sclerotherapeutic Pain Management: Hip and Knee-Rebuild or Replace?

-- Sports Medicine: Asthma: From Adolescents to Athletes; Pediatric Sports Rehabilitation.

-- Research Conference: Osteopathic Manipulation Increases Active Range of Motion and Gait Parameters in Osteoarthritis; Differences in the Evaluation and Treatment of Neck and Back Pain Among Osteopathic and Allopathic Family Physicians

Convention attendees receive Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for attending the presentations and exhibits. D.O.s are required to earn 150 CME credit hours every three years to maintain AOA membership.

The AOA represents approximately 47,000 D.O.s, promotes public health, encourages scientific research, serves as the primary certifying body for D.O.s, and is the accrediting agency for all osteopathic medical schools and health care facilities.

NOTE: There is no registration fee for reporters attending the convention and advance registration is not required, but it is highly recommended. Reporters with editorial credentials may check in at the press room, which will be operational throughout the meeting. The AOA's public relations division can arrange on-site interviews with physicians and AOA leaders. You can register for this meeting by calling Mary Ann M. Pagaduan at 800-621-1773, ext. 8040 or fax the enclosed registration form to 312-202-8340.