Thursday, May 1, 2008

11:30 am - 7:00 pm

SCMA Registration - Open

11:45 am - 12:30 pm

SCMA Board of Trustees Luncheon

12:30 pm - 4:30 pm

SCMA Board of Trustees Meeting

1:00 pm - 5:45 pm

SCMA Plenary Session: “What’s New In...”*
Topics include: Disclosure of Adverse Events; Regional Health Information Organizations and Health Information Exchange; SC College of Pharmacy’s Academic Detailing Project; Eating Right to Stay Alive; Traumatic Brain Injury in SC; What’s New in Superbugs; Recognition and Treatment of Delirium Tremens; Cardiac PET Imaging

3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Exhibitor Set-Up

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Alliance Registration and Wine/Cheese Reception

Friday, May 2, 2008

7:00 am – 6:00 pm

SCMA Registration - Open

7:00 am – 7:50 am

SCMA Board of Trustees and Past Presidents’ Breakfast

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Specialty Society Delegates Meeting

7:00 am – 8:00 am

SCMA Young Physicians Section House of Delegates and Breakfast

7:50 am – 11:30 am

SCMA House of Delegates

10:00 am – 10:45 am

Alliance County Celebration and Awards Presentation

10:00 am – 11:30 am

SC Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Association Board of Directors Meeting

10:00 am – 12:30 pm

SC Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Association Registration

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

SCMA Litigation Center

11:30 am – 1:30 pm

Senior Medical Leadership Council

12:30 pm – 1:45 pm

SCMA Seminar: “New Drug Update for Primary Care 2008”*
Topic: New Drug Update

12:30 pm – 5:00 pm

SC Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Association Symposium*
Topics include: Does Physical Activity Reduce the Cardiometabolic Risk Associated with Obesity; Women and Heart Disease; Outcomes or Performance, Are They the Same? Round Table Topics: (Attendees will be able to attend one round table.) Establishing Evidenced-Based Nutrition Goals; Exercise is Medicine; The Power of Influence

12:45 pm – 5:45 pm

SC Dermatological Association Scientific Session, Luncheon, and Business Meeting*
Topics include:Treatment Interactions; Psoriasis: Challenging Cases; Tattoos, Body Piercing, and Skin Adornments; Diffuse Alopecia Update - Diagnosis and Management

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

SCMA President's Seminar: “A National Health Care Policy – Universal Access, Not Universal Payer”*
Topics include:Achieving a High Performance Health System in the US; BCBSA’s Pathway to Covering America

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

SCMA Foundation Board Meeting

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

SCMA Reference Committee Meetings (Specific room assignments will appear in Delegates Handbook)

2:30 pm – 5:00 pm

SCMA Bioethics Committee Scientific Session*
Topics include: Culture and the Physician–Patient Relationship; Public Health and the Physician–Patient Relationship; History of the Physician–Patient Relationship; Primary Care vs. Specialized Care and the Physician–Patient Relationship

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

SCMA Reference Committee Meetings
(Specific room assignments will appear in Delegates Handbook)

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

SCMA Reception Honoring Delegates, Alternates, Speakers & Exhibitors (All Registrants Welcome)

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

USC School of Medicine Alumni and Faculty Reception

6:00 pm – 6:45 pm

SC Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee Meetings

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

SC Gastroenterology Association Reception

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Wine tasting at the Gallery at Old Fort Pub**

6:45 pm – 8:30 pm

SC Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Executive Committee Meeting

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

SC Dermatological Association Networking Reception

7:30 pm – 10:00 pm

SC Gastroenterology Association Dinner

Saturday, May 3, 2008

7:00 am – 2:00 pm

SCMA Registration - Open

7:00 am – 7:45 am

SC Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Association Continental Breakfast

7:30 am – 8:00 am

SC Dermatological Association Continental Breakfast

7:45 am – 12:30 pm

SC Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Association Symposium*
Topics include: Clinical Strategies for Disease Management with Patients with Chronic Pulmonary Diseases; Current Concepts on Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization; Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Treatment Update; How Can I Get My Patients to Become and Stay More Physically Active?; Take Time to Laugh & Prevent Hardening of the Attitudes

8:00 am – 10:00 am

SC Society of Pathologists Business Meeting and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Third Annual SCMA Residents and Students Scientific Poster Presentations

8:00 am – 12:15 pm

SC Dermatological Association Scientific Session*
Topics Include: Continuous Quality Improvement; Topical Treatment of Psoriasis; Electronic Medical Records: 2014 or Bust?; Fractional Resurfacing – Separating Realities from Hype and Marketing from Science

8:00 am – 12:15 pm

SC Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Scientific Session*
Topics include: Tics in Children; Practical Pediatric Urology; Common Central Nervous System Infections in Children; EMR/HER: From Basics to Implementation

8:00 am – 12:45 pm

SC Gastroenterology Association Scientific Session and Business Meeting*
Topics include: Preventive Strategies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Update on Therapy; A 2020 Vision of Endoscopy; Flat Adenomas; Case of Jaundice During Pregnancy; A Liver Abscess that Wasn’t

8:30 am - 10:30 am

SCMA Seminar* "The State of Trauma Care in South Carolina"
Topics Include: Emergency Surgery; State of Trauma Care in South Carolina

9:30 am – 11:00 am

MEDPAC Board Meeting

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

South Carolina Society of Pathologists Scientific Session*
Topics include:Molecular Diagnostics; The Laboratory’s Role in Detection and Prevention of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Acute Care Hospitals

10:45 am - 12:30 pm

SCMA Seminar*
Topic: Medical Malpractice in South Carolina

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

SCMA Practice Management Services, Inc. Board Meeting

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

SCMA Young Physicians/Residents/Students Luncheon

2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Business Meeting of the SCMA Medical Student Section

2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Alliance House of Delegates

6:00 p.m – 6:30 pm

SCMA Cocktails

6:30 pm – 7:00 pm

SCMA Presidential Inauguration Ceremony

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

SCMA Presidents’ Gala Reception

Sunday, May 4, 2008

7:00 am – 10:30 am

SCMA Registration - Open

7:30 am – 8:30 am

SCMA Board of Trustees Continental Breakfast

7:30 am – 8:30 am

Editorial Board Breakfast Meeting

8:30 am – 12:00 pm

SCMA House of Delegates

12:00 p.m – 1:00 pm

SCMA Board of Trustees Reorganization Meeting

*This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Please note that times and topics are subject to change.
**Preregistration and a $35 per person fee is required for the Gallery at Old Fort Pub Wine Tasting; and, the registration deadline is March 31, 2008.