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ISMS Annual Meeting Held
The ISMS Annual Meeting was held April 20-22. Lake County, which is known as District 1 under the Illinois State Medical Society's organizational charter, was represented by 8 delegates at the Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates at the Oak Brook Marriott Hotel. Bottom photo: Drs. Thomas Mientus, Rebecca Bergman (LCMS president), James Milam (District 1 Trustee), Clair Callan, Thomas Porter,
Piyush Vyas, Raghu Thunga, Scott Cooper (ISMS secretary-treasurer). Others who represented Lake County who are not pictured above
include Drs. Gerald Frank, Rashmikant Patel & Sean Callan.
Each District, with smaller ones being comprised of more than one county, was permitted to send one Trustee and a certain number of delegates based on membership count. During the weekend meeting, at which dozens of Resolutions submitted from around the state are debated and voted upon, and which set Society regulations and guidelines, there was discussion on some proposed reorganization of the State Medical Society.
LCMS News Briefs
• Save the date... Monday and Tuesday, September 10th and 11th for the 2012 Mini-Internship Program. Read more in the latest Director's Email.
• Workers' Comp Impairment Evaluation Seminars The Illinois State Medical Society, in conjunction with SafeWorks Illinois, is hosting seminars across the state to provide a unique understanding of the multiple components used in evaluating and assessing disability in workers' comp cases. Physicians and their staff are encouraged to attend. CME credits are available; CE credits have been applied for. Click here for all of the details.
Institute at Rosalind Franklin University
Announces Lecture Series on Resuscitation Topics
The Resusitation Institute at Rosalind Franklin University is pleased to announce the second lecture of a series focused on resuscitation topics with special emphasis on basic, translational, and clinical research. The series consists of 4 to 6 lectures annually featuring promising young investigators or established leaders in the field of resuscitation with national and international recognition. Each lecture will offer category 1 CME credit to attending physicians.
The upcoming lecture, entitled "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in 2012: New Opportunities for Translational Science," will be given by Dr. Terry Vanden Hoek, MD, on Friday, June 8, 2012 at Rosalind Franklin University. Dr. Vanden Hoek is Professor and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Vanden Hoek has received numerous awards in recognition of his outstanding resuscitation research, which focuses on injury associated with ischemia and reperfusion, particularly associated with cardiac arrest and hemorrhagic shock. Dr. Vanden Hoek has over 65 publications and he has received funding for his work from the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense Office of Naval Research.
Click here for a map and directions to the university. Parking is available on the north and south sides of the university. If you park in the south lot, enter through the main entrance on the west side of the building. The lecture will be held in the Health Sciences Building, Room 1.706.
January 31, 2012: Norovirus • The Lake County Health Department is encouraging residents to practice health measures to avoid viral acute gastroenteritis, often caused by norovirus.
Nine outbreaks were reported in Lake County in January, including eight outbreaks in long-term care facilities and one in a day care facility. There were 16 similar outbreaks in 2011, 25 in 2010 and 16 in 2009.
If you would like additional information on norovirus, please call the Health Department's Communicable Disease Program at: (847) 377-8130, or visit this online link.
The State of Illinois is enforcing some new, more stringent rules for licensure and renewal of licenses for many professionals and health care workers. Read items received from the Secretary of State very carefully. Licensure for registered nurses will require 20 hours of Continuing Education credit effective with the renewal period following the 2010-2012 two year renewal. All licensed nurses will be required to obtain proof of 20 hours worth of CE after June 1, 2010, and prior to May 31, 2012 in order to renew their licenses in 2012. CE taken before June 1, 2010 cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.
Visit the web site, www.nursing.illinois.gov/NursingCE.asp for more information. Advanced Practice Nurses holding an RN license should check with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) website for CE requirements. There are many options for qualifying courses, including some online education choices.
Volunteer for the Lake County Medical Reserve Corps.
In response to the outpouring of volunteer support in the days following September 11, 2001, the Citizen Corps. was created by the President. Citizen Corps volunteers work to make sure their families, homes, and communities are prepared in the event of terrorism, crime, and disasters of all kinds. One specialized component of this effort is the Medical Reserve Corps. [Get complete details!]
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Rebecca Bergman, MD
President
Scott Cooper, MD
Vice President
Illinois State
Medical Society
James Milam, MD
District 1 Trustee
Illinois State
Medical Society
