Internal Medicine:
Innovations and New Practices 2026
- Continuing Education
Internal Medicine: Innovations and New Practices 2026 provides an intensive review of advances in internal medicine along with guidance on how to incorporate these new developments into your practice. Drawing upon real-life cases, it is designed and led by Harvard Medical School’s clinical faculty—leaders in their respective fields—who are instrumental in bringing these innovations into everyday clinical practice.
- Live Online
This program uses state-of-the-art streaming technology to present sessions online in real time. Participants can attend from any location, and can interact with faculty via live chat.
Additionally, all sessions will be recorded and made available to participants for online viewing for 60 days after the end of the course.
All live streaming and recorded sessions are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and other relevant credits. (Note: Evaluations must be completed within 30 days in order to receive CME credit.)
$1,395 Save with early registration
This is the early registration tuition for physicians.
For tuition for other medical professionals, please see the full table below.
Fee increases to $1,495 after
Continuing Education
Earn up to:
» 33.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
» 33.00 ABIM MOC points
» 33.00 ECME Credits®
» 12.00 credits of Risk Management Study, including 0.75 credit of Opioid Education and Pain Management Training
» Commensurate credits through the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
5 Days
This 5-day course provides a comprehensive update of the most important changes now impacting Internal Medicine.
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Overview
The State of the Art in Internal Medicine
Innovations and New Practices in Internal Medicine 2026 is a live online course, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.
This program provides a comprehensive update of the most important changes now impacting Internal Medicine and guidance on how to incorporate these changes into your clinical practice to improve patient outcomes.
Practical, Fast-Paced, Online Education
This live streaming educational experience is fast paced, relevant to the current healthcare environment, and draws upon real-life cases. The course is designed and led by Harvard Medical School’s clinical faculty who are leaders in their respective fields and are instrumental in bringing these novel developments to clinical medicine. It offers updates and advances in diagnostic and treatment approaches, covering the broad spectrum of internal medicine specialties:
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Pulmonology
- Oncology
- Dermatology
- Addiction Medicine
- Endocrinology
- Geriatrics
- Rheumatology
- Gastroenterology
- Neurology
- Infectious Diseases
- Nephrology
- Allergy/Immunology
- Women’s Health
- Psychiatry
Guidance to Improve Diagnosis, Treatment, and Clinical Outcomes
Highlights of this program include:
- Comprehensive updates on new anticoagulants and their antidotes
- Algorithms for the use of diabetes medications
- Update on technologic aids for diabetes management
- Care of transgender and gender diverse patients
- Medical and surgical therapy for obesity management
- Latest developments on the use of SGLT-2 inhibitors in heart failure
- Update in menopause management
- Advances in percutaneous aortic and mitral valve therapies
- Current and future role of AI in medicine
- Exercise for health 2026
- Novel therapies for lipid management
- Up-to-date guidance for management of opioid use disorder
- Optimal management of irritable bowel syndrome
- Reevaluating the role of race in medicine
- The latest in cancer screening
- Emerging therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and depression
- Best practices for responsible antibiotic use
- Update in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)
- What's new in vaccines for 2026
New in 2026: Longevity Symposium
Monday Afternoon, 2:45-5:30 pm
Geriatricians Dr. Julia Lowenthal and Dr. Jay Luthar, together with national experts in aging research and clinical practice, lead a symposium dedicated to the principles of longevity medicine:
- Aging biomarkers
- Aging and the cardiovascular system
- Clinical applications
- Integrating longevity strategies into practice
- Case-based discussion
In addition to being live streamed, all sessions will be recorded and placed in the online course library, enabling registrants to view them at their convenience. Recordings will be available for viewing for 60 days after the conclusion of the course. All live streaming and recorded sessions are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and other relevant credits. (Note: Evaluations must be completed within 30 days in order to receive CME credit.)
Developed and Offered By:
Continuing Education courses are developed by faculty from Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals and accredited by Harvard Medical School. This course is offered by Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Schedule
This program is among the highest-rated Harvard Medical School CME courses.
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
Please note that program changes/substitutions may be made without notice.
Monday, May 11, 2026
Welcome Remarks
Dr. Colleen Monaghan
8:50-9:00 am
Treatment of Heart Failure in 2026
Dr. Anju Nohria
9:00-9:45 am
Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy
Dr. Athanasios Bikas
9:45-10:30 am
Q & A
10:30-10:35 am
Break
10:35-10:45 am
Diabetes Technologies
Dr. Nadine Palermo
10:45-11:30 am
Update in MASLD
Dr. Valerie Lin
11:30 am-12:15 pm
Break
12:15-1:00 pm
Hot Topics in Infectious Diseases
Dr. Sarah Hammond
1:00-1:45 pm
Topic TBD
1:45-2:30 pm
Q & A
2:30-2:35 pm
Break
2:35-2:45 pm
Longevity Symposium
Moderators: Drs. Julia Loewenthal and Jay Luthar
Longevity Overview
Dr. Julia Loewenthal
2:45-3:15 pm
Longevity Keynote
Dr. Louise Aronson
3:15-3:45 pm
Aging Biomarkers
Dr. Lewis Lipsitz
3:45-4:15 pm
Aging and the Cardiovascular System
Dr. Ami Bhatt
4:15-4:45 pm
Case-Based Discussion
Drs. Julia Loewenthal and Jay Luthar
4:45-5:30 pm
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Morning Announcements
Dr. Ole-Petter Hamnvik
8:50-9:00 am
Update in Rheumatology
Dr. Eli Miloslavsky
9:00-9:45 am
Update in Menopause Management
9:45-10:30 am
Q & A
10:30-10:35 am
Break
10:35-10:45 am
The Truth Behind Cannabis Use
Dr. Jordan Tishler
10:45-11:30 am
Update in Geriatrics: The Latest Studies and Their Clinical Relevance
Dr. Suzanne Salamon
11:30 am-12:15 pm
Break
12:15-1:00 pm
Advances in Gout and Crystal Deposition Disease
Dr. Sara Tedeschi
1:00-1:45 pm
Management of Ischemic Heart Disease and Lipids
1:45-2:30 pm
Q & A
2:30-2:35 pm
Break
2:35-2:45 pm
Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Headache
Dr. Carolyn Bernstein
2:45-3:30 pm
Clinical Cases in Dermatology
Dr. Adam Lipworth
3:30-4:15 pm
Cancer Screening Cases
Dr. Leigh H. Simmons
4:15-5:00 pm
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Morning Announcements
Dr. Colleen Monaghan
8:50-9:00 am
Responsible Use of Antibiotics
Dr. Paul Sax
9:00-9:45 am
Advancing Patient Equity in Medicine
Dr. Bram Wispelwey
9:45-10:30 am
Q & A
10:30-10:35 am
Break
10:35-10:45 am
Depression and Anxiety
Dr. David Kroll
10:45-11:30 am
What’s New in Vaccines
Dr. Daniel Solomon
11:30 am-12:15 pm
12:15-1:00 pm
Diabetes Management: New Drugs, Approaches, and Guidlelines
Dr. Marie McDonnell
1:00-1:45 pm
Best Practices for Preoperative Evaluation
Dr. Adam Schaffer
1:45-2:30 pm
Q & A
2:30-2:35 pm
Break
2:35-2:45 pm
Update in COPD
Dr. Craig Hersh
2:45-3:30 pm
Atrial Fibrillation
Dr. Paul Zei
3:30-4:15 pm
Percutaneous Approaches to Valvular Disease
4:15-5:00 pm
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Morning Announcements
Dr. Ole-Petter Hamnvik
8:50-9:00 am
Updates in Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders: GERD, Barrett’s Esophagus, and H. pylori
Dr. Molly Perencevich
9:00-9:45 am
Update in Kidney Disease
Dr. John Kevin Tucker
9:45-10:30 am
Q&A
10:30-10:35 am
Break
10:35-10:45 am
Gynecologic Cancer Screening
Dr. Colleen Feltmate
10:45-11:30 am
Dietary Approaches to Obesity Management
Dr. Chika Anekwe
11:30 am-12:15 pm
Break
12:15-1:00 pm
Primary Aldosteronism
Dr. Anand Vaidya
1:00-1:45 pm
Update in Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
Dr. Gad A. Marshall
1:45-2:30 pm
Q&A
2:30-2:35 pm
Break
2:35-2:45 pm
What's New in Obesity Medications, Devices, and Procedures
Dr. Jaime Almandoz
2:45-3:30 pm
Update on STIs, PrEP, and Doxy PEP
Dr. Kevin Ard
3:30-4:15 pm
AI and Chat GPT
Dr. Rebecca Mishuris
4:15-5:00 pm
Friday, May 15, 2026
Morning Announcements
Dr. Colleen Monaghan
8:50-9:00 am
Exercise for Health: What's New in 2026
Dr. Meagan Wasfy
9:00-9:45 am
What’s New in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Dr. Kyle Staller
9:45-10:30 am
Q&A
10:30-10:35 am
Break
10:35-10:45 am
Management of Opioid Use Disorder
Dr. Joji Suzuki
10:45-11:30 am
Thrombosis and Anticoagulation
Dr. Gregory Piazza
11:30 am-12:15 pm
Break
12:15-1:00 pm
Stroke Management in 2026
Dr. Alexis Roy
1:00-1:45 pm
Best Practices in Hypertension Management
Dr. Romela Petrosyan
1:45-2:30 pm
Climate Change in Medicine
Dr. Caren Solomon
2:30-3:15 pm
Wrap Up/Closing Remarks
Course Directors
3:15-3:30 pm
Optimized for Distance Learning
The 2026 program has been optimized for distance learning.
In addition to being live streamed, all sessions and Q & A discussions will be recorded and made available to participants for online viewing for 60 days after the end of the course. This on-demand archive will permit those in different time zones or who have scheduling conflicts to avoid missing out on any sessions that are important to them. In addition, participants can review sessions to reinforce key learning points.
All live streaming and recorded sessions are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and other relevant credits. (Note: Evaluations must be completed within 30 days in order to receive CME credit.)
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Review and interpret up-to-date literature relevant to clinical practice
- Apply current/recommended guidelines in clinical practice
- Perform up-to-date techniques to diagnose complex clinical problems
- Identify/integrate current therapeutic options for specific disorders
- Deliver equitable care with respect to race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, sexual preference, and gender orientation
Faculty
Course Directors
Ole-Petter ("OP") Hamnvik
MB BCh BAO, MMSc
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Program Director, Endocrinology Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Education Editor, NEJM Group
- Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical
- Associate Medical Director, Brigham and Women's Primary Care
- Associate Program Director, Harvard Medicine-Pediatrics Residency, Brigham and Women's and Boston Children's Hospitals
Longevity Symposium Moderators
Julia V. Loewenthal
MD
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Division of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Jay R. Luthar
MD
- Instructor in Medicine, Part-time, Harvard Medical School
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Founder, Lutanen Health
Chika V. Anekwe, MD, MPH, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Preventative Medicine and Public Health, Obesity and Medicine; MGH Weight Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Kevin L. Ard, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Carolyn A. Bernstein, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Athanasios Bikas, MD, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief of Endocrinology, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital; Associate Physician, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sharon H. Chou, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Colleen M. Feltmate, MD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Sarah P. Hammond, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Craig P. Hersh, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Elliot Israel, MD, MSc (Hon), Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Tara K. Iyer, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Division of Women’s Health, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Neeraj Kohli, MD, MBA, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Part-time, Harvard Medical School; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Medical Director, Boston Urogyn
David S. Kroll, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Lewis Lipsitz, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief Academic Officer, Hebrew SeniorLife; Director, Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research
Adam D. Lipworth, MD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Part-time, Harvard Medical School; Division Chair, Dermatology and Director, Lahey Skin Infection Program, Beth Israel Lahey Health
Gad A. Marshall, MD, Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Director of Clinical Trials, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital
Marie E. McDonnell, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Diabetes Section, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Department of Medicine; Director, Brigham and Women’s Diabetes Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Eli M. Miloslavsky MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Morgan Zinsser Director of Post-Principal Clinical Experience (PCE) Phase, Harvard Medical School; Firm Chief, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Associate Program Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program, Co-Director Vasculitis and Glomerulonephritis Center, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Rebecca G. Mishuris, MD, MS, MPH, Lecturer on Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief Medical Information Officer and VP, Mass General Brigham
Anju Nohria, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Nadine E. Palermo, DO, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Director, Acute Diabetes Care, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Molly L. Perencevich, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Program Director, Gastroenterology/Hepatology Fellowship; Associate Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Romela Petrosyan, MD, FACP, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Gregory Piazza, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director, Vascular Medicine Section; Staff Physician, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Alexis T. Roy, MD, MSc, Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Director of Acute Stroke Services, Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Suzanne E. Salamon, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Chief, Clinical Geriatrics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Paul E. Sax, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Clinical Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Adam C. Schaffer, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Part-time; Lecturer on Health Care Policy, Part-time, Harvard Medical School; Associate Physician, Hospital Medicine Unit, Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Departments of Medicine and Health Care Policy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Benjamin M. Scirica, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Senior Investigator, TIMI Study Group, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Pinak B. Shah, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory; Section Chief, Interventional Cardiology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Leigh H. Simmons, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Medical Director, MGH Health Decision Sciences Center; Associate Physician, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Caren G. Solomon, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Senior Deputy Editor at the New England Journal of Medicine; Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Daniel A. Solomon, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Kyle D. Staller, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director, GI Mobility Laboratory, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Joji Suzuki, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Director, Division of Addiction Psychiatry and Director of Addictions Education, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Sara K. Tedeschi, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director, Fast-Track Clinic for Giant Cell Arteritis; Head, Crystal-Induced Arthritic Diseases, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
John Kevin Tucker, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Nephrologist, Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Anand Vaidya, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mass General Brigham
Meagan M. Wasfy, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Bram Wispelwey, MD, MS, MPH, Instructor in Medicine, Part-time, Harvard Medical School; Instructor in Medicine, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Division of Global Health Equity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Paul C. Zei, MD, PhD, FHRS, FACC, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director, Clinical Atrial Fibrillation Program, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Jaime Almandoz, MD, MBA, MRCPI, FTOS, Medical Director, Weight Wellness Program, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Internal Medicine Subspecialties Clinic, Dallas, TX
Louise Aronson, MD, MFA, Professor Emeritus and Geriatrician, University of California, San Franciso, CA
Ami Bhatt, MD, Chief Innovation Officer, American College of Cardiology
M. Valerie Lin, MD, Transplant Hepatologist, Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Diseases, Department of Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
Jordan Tishler, MD, President, Association of Cannabinoid Specialists
Course Fees
Fee Disclaimer
Registrations for Harvard Medical School CME programs are made via our secure online registration system. At the end of the registration process, a $10 non-refundable processing fee will be added to your registration.
Upon receipt of your paid registration, an email confirmation will be sent to you. Be sure to include an email address that you check frequently. Your email address is used for critical information, including registration
| Role | Course Fee | Early Registration Course Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Physician (MD/DO) | $1,495.00 | $1,395.00 |
| Nurse (RN/APRN) | $1,395.00 | $1,295.00 |
| PA | $1,395.00 | $1,295.00 |
| Resident/Fellow | $1,395.00 | $1,295.00 |
| Allied Health Professional / Other | $1,395.00 | $1,295.00 |
Your tuition includes a complete online syllabus.
All sessions will be recorded as they are live streamed and placed in the online course video library, so that registrants can review them at their convenience. The video library will be available for 60 days after the end of the course.