Description
Weill Cornell Medical College Multidisciplinary Care of the Patient With Pituitary Disease 2021
- Include: 12 videos, size: 1.87 GB
- Target Audience: endocrinologists
- Sample video: contact me for sample video
Information:
The pituitary gland plays an enormously important role in human development, functioning, and aging. Pituitary disorders can have a profound impact on multiple organ systems, but many practitioners, including endocrinologists, may not be fully aware of the widespread impact of the pituitary gland in health and disease. This course is a comprehensive overview and discussion of the evaluation; management; and medical, surgical, and radiation treatments of pituitary disease.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
By the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Develop increased awareness of the pituitary tumors
- Describe radiological investigations of the pituitary tumors
- Interpret a visual field exam in relationship to a pituitary tumor
- Explore the neuropsychological changes in patients with pituitary disease
- Overview the treatment for hypopituitarism
- Overview the obesity management in patients with pituitary and hypothalamic disease
- Evaluate the diagnosis and medical treatment of acromegaly, Cushing disease, prolactinoma
- Analyze surgical management of pituitary macroadenomas and functional pituitary tumors
- Communicate modalities and indications of radiation treatment for pituitary tumors
TARGETED AUDIENCE
This course is intended for physicians in endocrinology, neurosurgery, internal medicine, family medicine, and general medicine, as well as physician assistants, nurse practitioners, medical students, interns, residents, fellows, and other subspecialists and allied health professionals who desire to update their medical knowledge in pituitary disease.
Topics:
- Complex Decision Making in Pituitary Adenoma Surgery.mp4
- Hypothalamic Obesity.mp4
- Imaging of Pituitary Lesions.mp4
- Impact of Endonasal Endoscopic Surgery for Functional Adenomas.mp4
- Introduction to the Pituitary Gland and Pituitary Adenomas a 2021 Update.mp4
- Medical Treatment of Functional Pituitary Adenomas The New and the Old.mp4
- Oncologic Treatments for Pituitary Tumors.mp4
- Ophthalmic Evaluation of Patients With Pituitary Disease.mp4
- Optimizing and Individualizing Treatment in Hypopituitarism.mp4
- Pituitary Disorders & Neuropsychological Assessment.mp4
- Q&A Session Multidisciplinary Care of the Patient With Pituitary Disease.mp4
- Radiation Therapy for Pituitary Adenomas.mp4
