Powering Up Your Practice: The Latest Internal Medicine Updates 2026
This course offers Live (in-person) and Livestream (virtual) attendance options

Course Directors and Committee Members: Jennifer Lin, M.D., John P. Martin, M.D., Sanjeev Nanda, M.D., Lasonya T. Natividad, APRN, C.M.P. M.S.N., Hannah M. Regal, R.N., Kim H. Tran, M.D., and Marcia R. Venegas Pont, M.D.
March 1 - 4, 2026 - Hilton San Diego Bayfront - San Diego, California

Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente have joined forces to provide practice guidelines for healthcare professionals in various fields of internal medicine. The course, featuring faculty from both institutions, aims to give attendees the latest updates in internal medicine.
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| Registration Fee(s) | |
|---|---|
| M.D., D.O., Ph.D. | $975 | 
| Allied Health, NP, PA, Retirees | $900 | 
Target Audience
This course is intended for physicians, NPs, PAs, and nurses who work in internal medicine subspecialties, family medicine, and other primary care settings
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Identify strategies regarding evaluation and management of obesity medications.
- Apply clinical reasoning to uncommon manifestation of common neurology problems around dementia.
Attendance at any Mayo Clinic course does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught in this course.
| Powering Up Your Practice: The Latest Internal Medicine Updates 2026  | |
| Sunday, March 1, 2026  | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Welcome and Course Overview | 
| 1:15 p.m. | Nutrition, Exercise and Lifestyle   | 
| 2:00 p.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 2:05 p.m. | Obesity management  | 
| 2:50 p.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 2:55 p.m. | Urogynecology tips for the PCP TBD | 
| 3:40 p.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 3:45 p.m. | Transgender Medicine Update Caroline J. Davidege-Pitts, MD | 
| 4:30 p.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 4:35 p.m. | What does this mean for your practice: Summary of today’s talks Bright Thilagar, MD | 
| 4:45 p.m. | Adjourn | 
| Monday, March 2, 2026 | |
| 6:30 a.m. | Registration & Breakfast with the Experts Moderators: Dr. Sanjeev Nanda and Dr. Marcia Venegas Pont | 
| 7:15 a.m. | Integrating AI into clinical practice: Evidence, Applications and Implications Chris R. Stephenson, MD | 
| 8:00 a.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 8:05 a.m. | Airway Diseases in Adults: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Recommendations Vivek Iyer, M.D. | 
| 8:50 a.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 8:55 a.m. | Break | 
| 9:10 a.m. | Standard of Care in Cardiology: Heart Failure, Electrophysiology, and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: What Every Internist Should Know in 2026 Jeffrey B. Geske, M.D | 
| 9:55 a.m. | Question and Answer Moderators: Dr. Jennifer Lin, Dr. John P. Martin, Dr. Kim-Huong Tran | 
| 10:00 a.m. | Updates in Vascular Medicine Robert D. McBane, II, M.D. | 
| 10:45 a.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 10:50 a.m. | Sleep Medicine: Standard of care and updates in the management of OSA and Insomnia Mithri Junna, M.D | 
| 11:35 a.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 11:40 a.m. | Break | 
| 12:00 p.m. | TBD | 
| 12:45 p.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 12:50 p.m. | Protect, Prevent, Prepared: The role of vaccines in modern medicine 45 TBD | 
| 1:35 p.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 1:40 p.m. | What does this mean for your practice: Summary of today’s talks Bright Thilagar, MD | 
| 1:50 p.m. | Adjourn | 
| Tuesday, March 3, 2026 | |
| 6:00 a.m. | Breakfast with the Experts Moderators: Dr. Sanjeev Nanda and Dr. Marcia Venegas Pont | 
| 7:00 a.m. | Updates that matter: Literature you can use in the clinic-Publications and Guidelines Jayson Szosteck, MD | 
| 7:45 a.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 7:50 a.m. | Managing Rheumatologuc Disease: Biologics and Standard of Care Steven Lee, M.D. | 
| 8:35 a.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 8:40 a.m. | Updates in Hospital Medicine TBD | 
| 9:25 a.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 9:30 a.m. | Break | 
| 9:45 a.m. | Movement disorder, Memory decline: Standard of Care and Pharmacologic Management TBD | 
| 10:30 a.m. | Question and Answer Moderators: Dr. Jennifer Lin, Dr. John P. Martin, Dr. Kim-Huong Tran | 
| 10:35 a.m. | Standard of Care: MGUS and other common hematologic conditions Joselle M. Cook, M.B.B.S. | 
| 11:20 a.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 11:25 a.m. | Break | 
| 11:40 a.m. | Cancer survivorship: Management recommendations for the PCP Samantha Siegel, MD | 
| 12:25 p.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 12:30 p.m. | Breast Cancer in High-Risk populations: Identification, Risk reduction and Early Detection Christine Klassen, MD | 
| 1:15 p.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 1:20 p.m. | What does this mean for your practice: Summary of today’s talks Bright Thilagar, MD | 
| 1:30 p.m. | Adjourn | 
| Wednesday, March 4, 2026 | |
| 6:00 a.m. | Breakfast with the Experts Moderators: Dr. Sanjeev Nanda and Dr. Marcia Venegas Pont | 
| 7:00 a.m. | PMR/Regenerative Medicine perles Robert J. Nied, M.D. | 
| 7:45 a.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 7:50 a.m. | Radiology tips for the PCP Avinash K. Nehra, M.D. | 
| 8:35 a.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 8:40 a.m. | Break | 
| 8:55 a.m. | GI Perles. Liver disease Sahil Khanna, MBBS, MS | 
| 9:40 a.m. | Break | 
| 9:45 a.m. | Allergy Standard of Care: Rhinitis, Sinusitis, and Urticaria Gerald Volchek, M.D. | 
| 10:30 a.m. | Question and Answer Moderators: Dr. Jennifer Lin, Dr. John P. Martin, Dr. Kim-Huong Tran | 
| 10:35 a.m. | Preventive Medicine 45 Jay Adusumalli, M.D. | 
| 11:20 a.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 11:25 a.m. | Break | 
| 11:35 a.m. | TBD TBD | 
| 12:20 p.m. | Question and Answer | 
| 12:25 p.m. | What does this mean for your practice: Summary of today’s talks Bright Thilagar, MD | 
All travel and lodging expenses are the sole responsibility of the individual registrant.
Powering Up Your Practice
March 1-4, 2026
All times noted are Pacific Time
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Moderators: Dr. Sanjeev Nanda – Dr. Marcia Venegas Pont
1: 00p.m. Welcome and Course Overview
1:15 p.m. Nutrition, Exercise and Lifestyle
Laura D Rhaney., M.D
2:00 p.m. Question and Answer
2:05 p.m. Obesity management
Dr. Haitham S. Abu-Lebdeh
2:50 Question and Answer
2:55 p.m. Urogynecology tips for the PCP
Emanuel C. Trabuco, MD
3:40 p.m. Question and Answer
3:45 p.m. Transgender Medicine Update
Caroline J. Davidege-PItts, MD
4:30p.m. Question and Answer
4:35 p.m. What does this mean for your practice: Summary of today’s talks
Bright Thilagar, MD
4:45 p.m. Adjourn
Monday, March 2, 2026
6:00 a.m. Breakfast with the experts and Registration
Moderators: Dr. Sanjeev Nanda – Dr. Marcia Venegas Pont
7:15 a.m. Integrating AI into clinical practice: Evidence, Applications and Implications
Chris R. Stephenson, MD
8:00 a.m. Question and Answer
8:05 a.m. Airway Diseases in Adults: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Recommendations
Vivek Iyer, M.D.
8:50 a.m. Question and Answer
8:55 a.m. Break
9:10 a.m. Standard of Care in Cardiology: What Every Internist Should Know in 2026
Jeffrey B. Geske, M.D
9:55 a.m. Question and Answer
Moderators: Dr. Jennifer Lin, Dr. John P. Martin, Dr. Kim-Huong Tran
10:00 a.m. Updates in Vascular Medicine
Robert D. McBane, II, M.D.
10:45 a.m. Question and Answer
10:50 a.m. Sleep Medicine: Standard of care and updates in the management of OSA and Insomnia
Eric J. Olson, MD
11:35 a.m. Question and Answers
11:40 a.m. Break
12:00 p.m. From clues to cure: A clinical case deconstructed
John P. Martin, MD Timothy Hsieh, M.D.
12:45 a.m. Question and Answer
12:50 p.m. Protect, Prevent, Prepared: The role of vaccines in modern medicine
Mary Jo Kasten, MD
1:35 pm. Question and Answer
1:40-1:50 What does this mean for your practice: Summary of today’s talks
Bright Thilagar, MD
1:50 Adjourn
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
6:00 a.m. Breakfast with the experts
Moderators: Dr. Sanjeev Nanda – Dr. Marcia Venegas Pont
7:00 a.m. Updates that matter: Literature you can use in the clinic-Publications and Guidelines
Jayson Szosteck, MD
7:45 a.m. Question and Answer
7:50 a.m. Managing Rheumatologuc Disease: Biologics and Standard of Care
Steven Lee, M.D.
8:35 a.m. Question and Answer
8:40 a.m. Updates in Hospital Medicine
Deanne T. Kashiwagi, MD
9:25 a.m. Question and Answer
9:30 a.m. Break
9:45 a.m. Movement disorder, Memory decline: Standard of Care and Pharmacologic Management
Sarah E. Berini, M.D.
10:30 a.m. Question and Answer
Moderators: Dr. Jennifer Lin, Dr. John P. Martin, Dr. Kim-Huong Tran
10:35 a.m. Standard of Care: MGUS and other common hematologic conditions
Joselle M. Cook, M.B.B.S.
11:20 a.m. Question and Answer
11:25 p.m. Break
11:40 a.m. Cancer survivorship: Management recommendations for the PCP
Samantha Siegel, MD
12:25 p.m. Question and Answer
12:30 p.m. Breast Cancer in High-Risk populations: Identification, Risk reduction and Early Detection
Christine Klassen, MD
1:15 p.m. Question and Answer
1:20 p.m. What does this mean for your practice: Summary of today’s talks
Bright Thilagar, MD
1:30 Adjourn
Wednesday, March 4,2026
6:00 a.m. Breakfast with the experts
Moderators: Dr. Sanjeev Nanda – Dr. Marcia Venegas Pont
7:00 a.m. PMR/Regenerative Medicine perles
Robert J. Nied, M.D.
7:45 a.m. Question and Answer
7:50 a.m. Radiology tips for the PCP
Avinash K. Nehra, M.D.
8:35 a.m. Question and Answer
8:40 a.m. Break
8:55 a.m. GI Perles. Liver disease
Sahil Khanna, MBBS, MS
9:40 a.m. Question and Answer
9:45 a.m. Allergy Standard of Care: Rhinitis, Sinusitis
Gerald Volchek, Allergy
10:30 a.m. Question and Answer
Moderators: Dr. Jennifer Lin, Dr. John P. Martin, Dr. Kim-Huong Tran
10:35 a.m. Preventive Medicine
Jay Adusumalli, M.D.
11:20 a.m. Question and Answer
11:25 am Break
11:35 p.m. Geriatrics updates
Darryl S. Chutka, MD
12:20 p.m. Question and Answer
12:25 p.m What does this mean for your practice: Summary of today’s talks
Bright Thilagar, MD
Cross Cultural Communication
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CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY BILL 1195 - Cultural and Linguistic Competency.
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In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Statement(s):
AMA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 22.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ANCC
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this activity for a maximum of 22.50 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. IPCE
IPCE
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 22.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Other Healthcare Professionals:
A record of attendance will be provided to all registrants for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies or other professional associations.
| Day | Credit(s) | 
|---|---|
| Sunday | 4.00 | 
| Monday | 6.50 | 
| Tuesday | 6.50 | 
| Wednesday | 5.50 | 
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Available Credit
- 22.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 22.50 ANCC
- 22.50 Attendance
- 22.50 IPCE
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| M.D., D.O., Ph.D. | $975 | 
| Allied Health, NP, PA, Retirees | $900 | 
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