Updates in General Internal Medicine for Specialists
- Continuing Education
Enhance your clinical expertise with General Medicine Specialists, a unique course that delivers expert-led updates across a wide range of medical topics beyond your specialty. Choose from in-person or virtual participation and enjoy flexible, on-demand access designed to fit your schedule.
- Live Online or In Person
This course is taught in-person or online.
Additionally, all sessions will be recorded and made available to participants for online viewing for 11 months after the end of the course.
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Overview
Updates in General Internal Medicine for Specialists provides comprehensive, evidence-based reviews of the most important recent advances for specialists looking to strengthen their clinical foundation and remain current in the rapidly evolving landscape of adult medicine. As sub-specialization deepens and patient complexity grows, clinicians are routinely called upon to manage conditions outside their original scope of training. Led by nationally and internationally recognized Harvard Medical School faculty, our engaging live sessions leave ample time for Q&A and deliver clear and actional insights you can apply immediately. Updates in General Medicine for Specialists focus on high-impact, cross-cutting conditions encountered in everyday care. Core areas include cardiometabolic disease, diabetes and obesity management, atrial fibrillation, heart failure, hypertension, stroke prevention, chronic kidney and liver disease, infectious disease, and perioperative medicine. Additional sessions address cognitive impairment, care of older adults, women’s health, menopause, preventive care, and the clinical integration of artificial intelligence and digital health tools.
Updates in General Medicine for Specialists attract a diverse national and international audience of physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants spanning multiple disciplines. Participants consistently report increased confidence in managing conditions outside their primary field and greater clarity in complex clinical scenarios.
Offered in a flexible hybrid format, the course allows participants to attend in person at the beautiful Fairmont Copley Hotel in Boston or virtually through a fully interactive online experience. Closed captioning and multilingual translation enhance accessibility for a global audience. All sessions are recorded and available on demand for 11 months. With more than 55 hours of CME credit, including risk management credits, this course enables many participants to fulfill their annual CME and MOC requirements in a single, high-value experience.
Learning Objectives
- Apply current, evidence-based guidelines to the diagnosis and management of common medical conditions, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, chronic kidney and liver disease, sleep disorders, and women’s health conditions.
- Integrate evidence-based advances from multiple specialties into clinical decision-making to improve patient outcomes.
- Interpret specialty-specific management strategies, including the rationale for diagnostic approaches and therapeutic choices across disciplines.
- Evaluate the clinical applications and limitations of artificial intelligence in medicine, including its role in diagnostics, risk prediction, and workflow optimization.
- Implement best practices in preventive care, screening, and health promotion, particularly for older adults, and patients with multimorbidity.
- Assess the clinical utility and appropriate use of emerging diagnostic and screening tests, including evolving thresholds for established testing.
- Manage complex patients by identifying comorbid conditions and anticipating interactions among therapies prescribed across specialties.
- Apply focused physical examination techniques relevant to general medical practice, including musculoskeletal assessment.
- Incorporate clinically validated innovations into practice to enhance patient care and outcomes.
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 Massachusetts General Hospital.
Schedule
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
Monday, January 25, 2027
Course Introduction
7:50-8:00 am
Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease: Treatment Choices in 2027
8:00-8:55 am
Break
8:55-9:00 am
Update in Renal Medicine
9:00-9:55 am
Break
9:55-10:10 am
Ophthalmology in Primary Care
10:10-11:05 am
Break
11:05-11:10 am
Diseases of the Foregut: Update from the Upper GI Tract
11:10 am-12:05 pm
Lunch Break
12:05-1:05 pm
Workshop A
1:05-2:00 pm
A1: Community Acquired Pneumonia
1:05-2:00 pm
A2: What to do now to Prevent Dementia
1:05-2:00 pm
Break
2:00-2:05 pm
Workshop B
2:05-3:00 pm
B1: Opioid Use Disorder
2:05-3:00 pm
B2: Principles of Care for the Older Adult
2:05-3:00 pm
Break
3:00-3:15 pm
Workshop C
3:15-4:10 pm
C1: Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases
3:15-4:10 pm
C2: Women's Health: Hormone Therapy for Treatment and Prevention
3:15-4:10 pm
Break
4:10-4:15 pm
Workshop D
4:15-5:10 pm
D1: Frequently Asked Questions in Hematology: A Case-Based Approach
4:15-5:10 pm
D2: Updates in Stroke Prevention and Treatment
4:15-5:10 pm
Tuesday, January 26, 2027
Pulmonary Nodules: What A Specialists Needs to Know
8:00-8:55 am
Break
8:55-9:00 am
Diabetes: An Update for Sub-Specialist
9:00-9:55 am
Break
9:55-10:10 am
Update on Anticoagulants and Venous Thromboembolism
10:10-11:05 am
Break
11:05-11:10 am
Hyperlipidemia 2027
11:10 am-12:05 pm
Lunch Break with Optional Exercise Session (12:15-12:45) with Elizabeth Dellaporta (non-CME)
12:05-1:05 pm
Workshop E
1:05-2:00 pm
E1: Autonomic Medicine
1:05-2:00 pm
E2: Principles of General Medicine
1:05-2:00 pm
Workshop F
2:05-3:00 pm
F1: New Practices for Managing Osteoporosis and Reducing Fractures
2:05-3:00 pm
F2: Anxiety and Depression
2:05-3:00 pm
Break
3:00-3:15 pm
Workshop G
3:15-4:10 pm
G1: Using AI to Optimize the EHR Experience for Clinicians
3:15-4:10 pm
G2: Overview of Sleep Medicine
3:15-4:10 pm
Break
4:10-4:15 pm
Workshop H
4:15-5:10 pm
H1: Pre and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV and STIs
4:15-5:10 pm
H2: Case Studies in Reproductive Endocrinology
4:15-5:10 pm
Wednesday, January 27, 2027
Neuropathy: What You Should Know
8:00-8:55 am
Break
8:55-9:00 am
Review & Updates in Hypertension Management
9:00-9:55 am
Break
9:55-10:10 am
Prostate Cancer-Screening and Beyond: Disparities, Therapy, Medical Malpractice Avoidance and Advances
10:10-11:05 am
Break
11:05-11:10 am
Atrial Fibrillation
11:10 am-12:05 pm
Lunch Break
12:05-1:05 pm
Workshop I
1:05-2:00 pm
I1: Genetic Testing for Cancer Risk
1:05-2:00 pm
I2: Managing Obesity (approved for ABLM credits)
1:05-2:00 pm
Break
2:00-2:05 pm
Workshop J
2:05-3:00 pm
J1: Updates in Addressing Headaches
2:05-3:00 pm
J2: Intermittent Fasting and Circadian Rhythms: Does When You Eat Matter? (approved for ABLM credits)
2:05-3:00 pm
Break
3:00-3:15 pm
Workshop K
3:15-4:10 pm
K1: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
3:15-4:10 pm
K2: Common Outpatient Infections: Current Treatment Recommendations
3:15-4:10 pm
Break
4:10-4:15 pm
Workshop L
4:15-5:10 pm
L1: Health Equity in Clinical Care
4:15-5:10 pm
L2: Emergency Care for Specialists
4:15-5:10 pm
Thursday, January 28, 2027
Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia: Update 2026
8:00-8:55 am
Break
8:55-9:00 am
Infectious and Metabolic Liver Disease
9:00-9:55 am
Break
9:55-10:10 am
2027 Heart Failure Update for Subspecialists
10:10-11:05 am
Break
11:05-11:10 am
Breast Cancer: Current Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment
11:10 am-12:05 pm
Lunch Break with Optional Meditation Session (12:15-12:45) with Mahmooda Qureshi, MD (non-CME)
12:05-1:05 pm
Treating Tobacco Use: Optimizing for Enduring Outcomes
1:05-2:00 pm
Break
2:00-2:05 pm
Hormone Therapy Clinical Cases
2:05-3:00 pm
Break
3:00-3:15 pm
Updates in Allergy: What to Know in 2027
3:15-4:10 pm
Break
4:10-4:15 pm
Supplements Safety: Exploring the risks and 'high-risk' supplements your patients are using (without telling you)
4:15-5:10 pm
Friday, January 29, 2027
AI in Medicine: Ready for Primetime
8:00-8:55 am
Break
8:55-9:00 am
Thyroid Problems Encountered by Specialists
9:00-9:55 am
Break
9:55-10:10 am
Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist, Hand Pain: Diagnosis and Management
10:10-11:05 am
Break
11:05-11:10 am
Lower Back Pain Advanced Evaluations and Treatment for Specialists
11:10 am-12:05 pm
Lunch Break
12:05-1:05 pm
Asthma: Advanced Management for Non-Pulmonologists
1:05-2:00 pm
Break
2:00-2:05 pm
GLP-1s New Approaches to Cardiometabolic Health
2:05-3:00 pm
Pre-Recorded Self Study:
3:00-3:05 pm
Pre-Recorded Self Study: A: ID_New and Emerging Viruses
3:05-4:00 pm
Pre-Recorded Self Study: B: Lifestyle Medicine for Clinical Impact
4:00-4:55 pm
Pre-Recorded Self Study: C: Dermatology for the Generalists
4:55-5:50 pm
Pre-Recorded Self Study: D: 10 Best Practices for Specialists
5:50-6:45 pm
Pre-Recorded Self Study: E: Transgender Care
6:45-7:40 pm
Pre-Recorded Self Study: F: Tuberculosis
7:40-8:35 pm
Pre-recorded Sessions
Pre-recorded sessions will be available once the course begins.
| A: ID_New and Emerging Viruses | Martin S. Hirsch |
| B: 10 Best Practices for Specialists | Frank Domino |
| C: Lifestyle Medicine: Prescribing Health | Beth Frates |
| D: Opioid Use Disorder: From Recognition to Treatment | Ellie Grossman |
| E: Peripheral Vascular Disease for all Specialities | Christopher Kwolek |
| F: Genetic Testing for Cancer Risk | David Einstein |
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Ranked among the highest-rated Harvard Medical School CME courses, past participants consistently report that this program has inspired and improved their clinical practice and outcomes. Here are some comments from recent attendees:
"This is a sincerely GREAT course—I just want to sign up again!!"
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"The delivery of the speakers was exceptional: they were warm, entertaining, easy to understand, and excellent with questions."
"This course is the best I have ever attended anywhere in terms of true benefit to my practice and true benefit to me personally.”
"I can now better manage my patients with chronic conditions."
"Every area of the course has led to changes in my practice."
"I have attended innumerable CME offerings. Very few faculties could be held on par with this one and no institution has so consistently presented faculty that hold complex audiences ... to the end."
Faculty
Harvard Medical School Continuing Education attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in this course, you’ll have access to outstanding course directors and faculty.
Course Leadership
Deborah Kwolek, MD, FACP, FAMWA, MSCP
Course Director
- Associate Physician, Mass General Brigham
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Primary Care Physician and Menopause Consultant, Mass General Brigham
- Director of Harvard CME Courses – Primary Care Medicine +Updates in General Medicine for Specialists + Women’s Health & Menopause
Aaron F. Mann
MD | Course Director
- Instructor in Medicine, Part-time, Harvard Medical School
- Primary Care Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brookside Community Health Center
- Director, Updates in General Medicine for Specialists Course
Ksenia Blinnikova
MD, MPH, diplABOM, diplABLM, MSCP | Course Co-Director
- Instructor, Harvard Medical School
- Primary Care Physician, Mass General Brigham, Bulfinch Medical Group
- Co-Director, Updates in General Medicine for Specialists Course
Veasna Ngoun, APC
Course Administrator
- Manager of Harvard CME Courses – Updates in General Medicine for Specialists + Women’s Health & Menopause + Primary Care Medicine
- Special Projects Administrator, Sylvie Ratelle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center of New England, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Kevin Ard, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Co-Clinical Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital
Ami Bhatt, MD, FACC
Chief Innovation Officer, American College of Cardiology; Former Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chair, FDA Digital Health Advisory Committee; Cofounder, Elevate Leadership Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Lou Ann Bruno-Murtha, DO, FSHEA, FIDSA
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Senior Medical Director of Infection Prevention & Control
Division Chief, Infectious Diseases, Cambridge Health Alliance
Andrew Budson, MD
Lecturer in Neurology, Part-time, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
Chief, Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System
Director of Education, Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Sharon Chou, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Physician, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Raymond Chung, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Mass General Brigham
Zhou Family Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Pieter Cohen, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Internist, Cambridge Health Alliance
Gilbert Daniels, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
James Howard Means Endowed Chair in Thyroid Disease; Co-Director, Thyroid Associates
Medical Director Endocrine Tumor Center, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Akshay Desai, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Madeline DeWane, MD
Instructor in Dermatology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Inpatient Follow-Up Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital
Frank J. Domino, MD
Professor and the Pre-doctoral Education Director for the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School
Christopher Doughty, MD
Assistant Professor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Associate Program Director, Mass General Brigham Neurology Residency Program
David Einstein, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Disease Group Leader, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Genitourinary Medical Oncology
Mina Farahani, MD, MS
Ophthalmologist, Cornea and Anterior Segment Specialist, Spindel Eye Associates
Angela Frank, MD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Pulmonary Nodule Clinic
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Elizabeth Frates, MD
Associate Professor, Part Time, Harvard Medical School
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Lifestyle Medicine, Coaching, and Consulting
Immediate Past President, American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Marc Garnick, MD
Gorman Brothers Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Editor In Chief, Harvard Medical School Report on Prostate Diseases
Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing
Oncologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Co-Director, BIDMC/BWH/CRICO course on Mitigating Malpractice Vulnerabilities in Primary Care
Thomas Gill, MD
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
Chairman of Orthopedics Surgery, Steward Healthcare Network
Sports Medicine Fellowship Director, New England Baptist Hospital
Director, Boston Sports Medicine and Research institute
Reza Hosseini Ghomi, MD, MSE
Faculty, Department of Neurology, University of Washington
Ellie Grossman, MD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director for Primary Care / Behavioral Health Integration, Cambridge Health Alliance
Ole-Petter Hamnvik, MB, BCh, BAO
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Edwin Kevin Heist, MD, PhD, FACC, FHRS
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Cardiac EP Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
David A. Hirsh, MD
Director of the Harvard Medical School Academy Fellowship in Medical Education, Harvard Medical School
PCE Director and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education, Cambridge Health Alliance
Martin Hirsch, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Senior Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Kristen Hysell, MD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Physician, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital
Eric Isselbacher, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, MGH Thoracic Aortic Center
Edmund N. Ansin Endowed Chair in Healthcare Transformation
Scott Kinlay, MBBS, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief of Cardiology, VA Boston Healthcare System
Physician Scientist, Massachusetts General Brigham Hospital
Dana Kotler, MD
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Attending Psychiatrist, Spaulding Rehabilitation Network and Newton-Wellesley Hospital Director, Cycling Medicine Program, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Mariel Kozberg, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Vascular Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
David Kroll, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Christopher Kwolek, MD
Lecturer on Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Nancy Lange-Vaidya, MD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program;Associate Director, Pulmonary Function Testing Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Deborah S. Lee, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Melissa McNeil, MD
Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator, The Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
Josh Metlay, MD, PHD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
Peter L. Gross, MD Chair in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
James Mojica, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Clinical Director and Vice Chief, MGH Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
MGB Distinguished Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Medical Director, The Sleep Center at Spaulding
David M. Nathan, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Founder, Diabetes Center
Director, Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Walter O'Donnell, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Human Innovation in Clinical Care
Director, Bronchiectasis and Cough Program
Nancy Rigotti, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Tobacco Research & Treatment Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Nathaniel Robbins, MD
Assistant Professor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Small Fiber and Autonomic Neurology, Mass General / Brigham
Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Neurodiagnostic Autonomic Laboratory
Rachel Rosovsky, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Thrombosis Research, Division of Hematology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Co-Chair, Thrombosis Committee, Massachusetts General Hospital
Jennifer Siegel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
C. Christopher Smith, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Vice-Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Michelle Specht, MD
Associate Professor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Director of the Avon Breast Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Kyle Staller, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, GI Motility Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital
David Steele, MD, MBChB
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Clinical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital, Nephrology Division
David Sykes, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Hematology, MGB Cancer Center
Carrie Tibbles, MD
Vice Chair for Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Director, Graduate Medical Education, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
David Y. Ting, MD, FACP, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Fmr. Chief Medical Information Officer, Massachusetts General Physicians Organization
Angeliki Vgontzas, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Neurologist, Graham Headache Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Anna Wolfson, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Quality and Safety Director and Assistant Clinical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Allergy and Immunology
Featured Speakers
Ami Bhatt
MD, FACC
- Chief Innovation Officer, American College of Cardiology; Former Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Chair, FDA Digital Health Advisory Committee; Cofounder, Elevate Leadership Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Lecturer in Neurology, Part-time, Harvard Medical School
- Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
- Chief, Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System
- Director of Education, Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
David Ting
MD
- Chief Medical Information Officer, Massachusetts General Physicians Organization
- Co-Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Innovation in Digital HealthCare
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Elizabeth Frates
MD, FACLM, DipABLM
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Director of Lifestyle Medicine and Wellness, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Director of Wellness Programming, Stroke Institute for Research and Recovery, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
- President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine
David W. Bates
MD, MSc
- Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Co-Director, Center of Artificial Intelligence in the Learning Healthcare System (CAIBILS), Mass General Brigham, Inc.
Joshua Metlay
MD, PHD
- Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
- Peter L. Gross, MD Chair in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
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We are committed to providing you with an exceptional experience, whether you join us live or attend virtually. If you are able to come to Boston, we will be delighted to meet you in person and host you for delicious and healthy meals and beverages during the course, and for a special evening reception. Tours of Harvard medical facilities and local attractions can be coordinated with the concierge.
All in person sessions will be held at:
Fairmont Copley Hotel
138 St James Ave
Boston, MA 02116
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