Columbia University Irving Medical Center Internal Medicine 2025: 31st Annual Update & Intensive Review

Format: Videos + PDFs
Included: Agenda PDF

▶︎ Course Overview

This course is designed to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the most important recent advances in Internal Medicine, while also helping candidates prepare for the Internal Medicine Board Examination or Recertification Examination.

All major internal medicine subspecialties are covered, including:

• Cardiology

• Endocrinology

• Gastroenterology

• Hematology

• Infectious Disease

• Nephrology

• Neurology

• Oncology

• Pulmonary Disease

• Rheumatology

The material is presented primarily in lecture format by some of the best teachers and clinicians from Columbia University Irving Medical Center. In addition, each subspecialty includes a case-based question-and-answer session using an interactive computer-based system, allowing participants to anonymously test their knowledge across multiple domains of medicine.

 💯 Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, participants will be better able to:

• Discuss the most current, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for key core competency–based topics in internal medicine

• Apply the latest knowledge and skills to daily clinical practice

• Identify recommendations for the optimal management of common diseases

• Diagnose and manage conditions frequently encountered in both hospital and office settings

• Review state-of-the-art updates across all major fields of internal medicine

👩🏼‍💻🧑🏾‍💻 Course Topics & Daily Agenda

Monday, June 9 – Cardiology

• Arrhythmia Management: Best Practices

• Peripheral Artery Disease: The Latest Updates

• Syncope

• Valvular Heart Disease

• Telemedicine: During the Pandemic & Beyond

• Treatment of Common & Rare Lipid Disorders

• Aortic Disease

• Opioid Use Disorder: Effective Management

• Noninvasive Testing in Cardiovascular Disease (Case-Based)

• Heart Failure for the Internist

• Cardiac Surgery Update

• State of the Art: Cardiac Amyloidosis

• Acute Coronary Syndromes: STEMI & NSTEMI

• Perioperative Medicine in Non-Cardiac Surgery

• Multiple Q&A and interactive discussion sessions

Tuesday, June 10 – Endocrinology & Gastroenterology

• Diarrhea, Malabsorption, and Celiac Disease

• Upper & Lower GI Motility Disorders

• Cirrhosis 2025

• Biologics in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• Cholestatic Liver Disease

• Pancreatic Disorders

• Cognitive Disorders

• Management of Type 2 Diabetes

• New Pharmacologic Therapies for Obesity

• Hypopituitarism

• Metabolic Bone Disorders

• Colorectal Cancer

• MASLD (Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease)

• Thyroid Disorders

• Q&A and case-based discussions

Wednesday, June 11 – Nephrology

Mini-Symposium: Resistant Hypertension

• Resistant Hypertension 2025

• Novel Therapies Targeting Endothelin & Aldosterone

• Catheter-Based Renal Denervation

• Glomerular Diseases

• Acute Kidney Injury

• Sodium & Potassium Disorders

• Nutritional Assessment in Acute & Chronic Illness

• Venous & Lymphatic Disease

• Hypertension Management

• Chronic Kidney Disease

• Nephrolithiasis

• Diuretic Therapy, Nephrotic Syndrome & Heart Failure

• Geriatric Syndromes

• Chronic Low Back Pain

• Dementia & Delirium

• Q&A sessions throughout the day

Thursday, June 12 – Pulmonary & Infectious Disease

• Stroke & Neurological Emergencies

• Infective Endocarditis

• Emerging Respiratory Viral Infections

• Dermatologic Conditions

• HIV Update

• UTIs in Women

• Sexually Transmitted Infections

• Community-Acquired Pneumonia

• Palliative Care

• State of the Art: Allergy & Immunology

• COPD

• Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders

• Interstitial Lung Disease

• Asthma: Precision Medicine

• Chronic Cough

• Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

• Q&A sessions

Friday, June 13 – Hematology/Oncology & Rheumatology

• Transformative Therapies in Sickle Cell Disease

• Thromboembolism & Oral Anticoagulants

• Cell Therapy Applications

• Leukemias and Related Disorders

• Multiple Myeloma & AL Amyloidosis

• Clinical Ethics for the Internist

• Immunotherapy

• Breast Cancer Overview

• Oncologic Emergencies

• Spondyloarthritis

• Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Novel Rheumatologic Therapies

• Migraine Management

• Eye Disorders in Primary Care

• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

• Final Q&A and wrap-up