Powering Up Your Practice: The Latest Internal Medicine Updates 2026

San Diego, CA US
March 1, 2026 to March 4, 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

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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.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 22.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
  • 22.50 ANCC
  • 22.50 Attendance
  • 22.50 IPCE
Event starts: 
03/01/2026 - 1:00pm
Event ends: 
03/04/2026 - 12:35pm

Powering Up Your Practice: The Latest Internal Medicine Updates 2026 
San Diego, CA   
All times noted are Pacific Time 

Sunday, March 1, 2026 
Moderators: Dr. Sanjeev Nanda and Dr. Marcia Venegas Pont 

1:00 p.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 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 

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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

 

 

 

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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.

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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
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.

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Monday6.50
Tuesday6.50
Wednesday5.50

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  • 22.50 ANCC
  • 22.50 Attendance
  • 22.50 IPCE
 
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