NOTS (Northern Ohio Trauma System) Trauma Symposium

When: Sept. 30 (7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Oct. 1 (7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.)

Where: Intercontinental Hotel, 9801 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland

What: Collaboration between The MetroHealth System and Cleveland Clinic Hospitals. Keynote speaker is Dr. Regina Benjamin, U.S. Surgeon General. Breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack provided. CMEs, CEUs will be available/

Cost: $50 for physicians, $25 for all others

For more information: Call 216-778-2266 or email chawkins1@metrohealth.org

11th Annual Perinatal Center Conference: “Preparing for Obstetric Emergencies: A Practical Approach’’

When: Oct. 5, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Registration begins 7:30)

Where: MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland

What: Guest speakers will include Matthew Hoffman, MD, Obstetrics-Gynecology, Medical Group of Christiana Care; and Honor Wolfe, MD, Obstetrics-Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina.
CME (6.0 AMA PRA category 1 credits) and contact hours (3.08 for a.m. session, 6.16 for both a.m. and p.m. sessions) available

Cost: $190 for physicians, $100 for nurses (all day price); $125 for physicians, $75 for nurses (morning session), does not include lunch; $75 for physicians; $40 for nurses (afternoon session, simulators), does not include lunch

For more information: Call 216-778-5498 or visit www.metrohealth.org/perinatal

Newest Solutions for Cardiac Problems

When: Oct. 13, Noon to 5:30 p.m.

Where: Embassy Suites - Rockside, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence

What: This course, presented by MetroHealth’s Heart & Vascular Center, is specifically designed for busy internal and family medicine, emergency room, other physicians, and nurse practitioners. It covers the most common cardiovascular conditions in a practical manner as well as state-of-the-art overviews by nationally recognized experts. Speakers include Leslie W. Miller, MD, Chief of Cardiology, University of South Florida, and Daniel Robinson, PhD, Philosophy Faculty, University of Oxford, Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, Georgetown University. Course directors are MetroHealth’s Catherine Fallick, MD, Heart Failure Cardiology, and Kathleen Quealy, MD, Interventional Cardiology.
5.0 in CME, CEU credits available

Cost: $40

For more information: Call Holly Bennett at 216-778-3925 or visit www.metrohealth.org/heart

Aqui Se Habla Espanol: Medical Spanish Content and Skills

When: Oct. 22 and 29

Where: MetroHealth Medical Center’s Rammelkamp Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland

What: Increasingly, health care providers need Spanish language skills to provide appropriate care to their patients. In order to help meet this need, the Hispanic Health Committee of the Hispanic Roundtable of Cuyahoga County will offer a two-day workshop on medical Spanish content and skills. The first day will focus on doing an intake and taking medical history. The second day will have 90-minute workshops on Spanish for infancy and early childhood, mental health, nutrition, OB/GYN, diabetes and other topics. CEUs will be provided. Participants should already have intermediate Spanish conversational skills, but it is open to all.

For more information: Call Mary Jo Tadsen at 216-698-8938 or email mtadsen@helpmegrow.org.