Harvard Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 2026

Harvard Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 2026

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    1. Overview

    Harvard Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 2026 Harvard Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 2026 The Harvard Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 2026 course provides a comprehensive update on a wide range of topics essential for daily primary care practice. The program covers the latest evidence-based guidelines and management strategies for common acute and chronic conditions, preventive medicine, behavioral health, and specialized care considerations.

    Course Date: March 16 – 20, 2026

    Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine provides comprehensive reviews of the most important recent advances impacting primary care medicine and guidance to incorporate these changes into practice for state-of-the-art care.

    The Comprehensive 2026 Primary Care Update

    Taught live online by Harvard Medical School’s leading clinical faculty, Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine uses live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.  Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine provides comprehensive reviews of the most important recent advances impacting primary care medicine and guidance to incorporate these changes into practice for state-of-the-art care. Education is practical and results-focused, structured to help you optimize your approach to the wide array of conditions seen in primary care practice. Our lectures and workshops are designed to provide practical, case-based reviews of physical exam skills, diagnostic techniques, and the latest in disease management. All sessions are taught by nationally and internationally recognized leaders in their respective fields of medicine, and include time for audience Q&A. Speakers customize their key takeaways to our audience of busy Primary Care Practitioners, and they also share high-yield online resources for patient care.

    2026 Highlights

    This year’s lectures and workshops are fully updated with a focus on the most important clinical challenges affecting the practice of primary care medicine in 2026. Highlights are summarized below. Optimizing Your Approach to Challenging Conditions
    • Treating obesity: pharmacologic and lifestyle medicine interventions
    • Chronic kidney disease management and prevention of complications
    • Optimal chronic pain management: opioids and non-opioids
    • Updated approaches to hypertension and lipid care
    • Practical pointers for treating diabetes, including challenging cases
    • Congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, and atrial fibrillation
    • Updates on respiratory infections and pneumonia
    • Menopause management and treatment of osteoporosis
    • Treating headaches
    • Mental health conditions: depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and ADHD
    • Stroke
    • Assessing and treating tobacco, alcohol, and opiate addictions
    • Sleep disorders: insomnia and sleep apnea
    • Pre-op cardiac and pulmonary consultation
    • “Can’t-miss” diagnoses
    New Treatment Options and Guidelines
    • Breakthrough anti-obesity drugs
    • Use of diabetes medications in kidney and cardiovascular disease
    • Electrolyte cases
    • The latest COPD guidelines
    • Buprenorphine (without the waiver)
    • MASLD (formerly NAFLD) and hepatitis C
    • Top primary care articles
    • Updates in urology
    • Antibiotics in office practice
    • Update on thyroid problems
    • Common eye problems
    • Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses
    Screening and Immunizations in 2026
    • Update on adult immunizations, including new pneumonia vaccines, the RSV vaccine, and updates to COVID vaccines
    • Updates on screening for breast, colorectal, lung, cervical, and prostate cancer
    Practice Tips from World-Renowned Experts
    • Treatment of insomnia and sleep apnea
    • Diagnosis and treatment of cognitive impairment
    • Managing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and ADHD
    • Patient information handouts that are relevant to your practice, in English and Spanish
    • Resources for PCPs
    • Practical tips for billing accurately and working with health insurance companies
    Education to Improve Your Physical Exam Skills and Use of Diagnostic Tools
    • Evaluating low back pain
    • Physical examination of knee pain and hip pain
    • Physical examination of the hand, elbow, and shoulder
    • Evaluation of peripheral neuropathy
    • Dermatology updates
    • Optimal use of cardiac imaging

    2. Learning Objectives

    Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
    • Provide state-of-the-art care to patients with a wide range of general internal medicine problems
    • Support patients with obesity more effectively
    • Deliver state-of-the-art care to patients with diabetes
    • Apply up-to-date screening recommendations for colon, breast, lung, prostate, and cervical cancer
    • Provide equitable care
    • Manage chronic kidney disease and complications
    • Evaluate and treat GERD, IBS, and MASLD
    • Manage chronic pain effectively, with and without opioids
    • Use antibiotics appropriately and wisely
    • Evaluate and treat patients with coronary artery disease, afib, and congestive heart failure
    • Apply improved physical exam skills in practice
    • Apply up-to-date recommendations for respiratory infection management in the outpatient setting
    • Provide up-to-date care for menopause symptoms
    • Support patients with mental health concerns
    • Evaluate patients with dizziness and vertigo
    • Communicate effectively about end-of-life care with patients
    • Discuss lifestyle interventions to support patient wellbeing, and techniques for motivational interviewing
    • Discuss disparities in cancer diagnoses and mortality attributable to social factors

    3. Target Audience

    Best for primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who want updates on chronic disease management and preventive care.

    4. Topics

    1. 01 Headaches Angeliki Vgontzas

    2. 02 Hypertension Aaron Mann

    3. 03 Antibiotics in Office Practice Jacob Johnson

    4. 04 Respiratory Infections Paul Sax

    5. 05 Coronary Artery Disease Aeron Small

    6. 06 Hyperlipidemia Scott Kinlay

    7. 07 Diabetes Update Marie McDonnell

    8. 08 A1 – Challenging Diabetes Cases – Marie McDonnell

    9. 09 A2 – Pelvic Floor Disorders – Milena Weinstein

    10. 10 A3 – Hip Pain – Michael Beasley

    11. 11 A4 – Gynecology Cases in Primary Care – Bevin Kenney

    12. 12 B1 – Cardiac Imaging Cases – Diana Lopez

    13. 13 B2 – Neuropathic Pain Treatment – Paragi Rana

    14. 14 B3 – Motivational Interviewing – Joji Suzuki

    15. 15 B4 – Geriatric Cases – Julia Loewenthal

    16. 16 Dementia Andrew Budson

    17. 17 Resistant Hypertension Naomi Fisher

    18. 18 Colon Cancer Screening Robert Lowe

    19. 19 Breast Cancer Screening Lydia Pace

    20. 20 Hematologic Cases Robert Stern

    21. 21 Top Primary Care Articles Eve Rittenberg

    22. 22 C1 – Thyroid Cases – Sara Ahmadi

    23. 23 C2 – Pre-Operative Cardiac & Pulmonary Consultation – Adam Schaffer

    24. 24 C3 – Anxiety – Joe Tulip

    25. 25 C4 – Climate Change and Human Health – Gregg Furie

    26. 26 D1 – Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Illnesses – Daniel Solomon

    27. 27 D2 – Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care – David Bates

    28. 28 D3 – Knee Pain – Elizabeth Matzkin

    29. 29 D4 – Food and Drug Allergies – David Sloane

    30. 30 E1 – Billing Tips for PCPs – Stuart Pollack

    31. 31 E2 – Science and Practice of Healthy Eating – Katherine McManus, MS, RD, LDN

    32. 32 E3 – Electrolyte Cases – Brad Denker

    33. 33 E4 – Care for Unhoused Patients – Jennifer Brody

    34. 34 Acute Dizziness and Vertigo Kevin Kerber

    35. 35 Atrial Fibrillation Paul Zei

    36. 36 Heart Failure Cases Akshay Desai

    37. 37 Managing MASLD, Acute Hepatitis, and Compensated Cirrhosis Anna Rutherford

    38. 38 Pharmacologic Management of Depression David Kroll

    39. 39 Asthma Nancy Lange-Vaidya

    40. 40 Medical Treatment for Obesity Chioma Tomlinson, PA-C

    41. 41 F1 – Hand and Elbow Problems – Simon Talbot

    42. 42 F2 – Approach to Peripheral Neuropathy – Michael Bowley

    43. 43 F3 – Bipolar Disease and ADHD – Rachel Rosales

    44. 44 F4 – Buprenorphine 101 – Alev Atalay

    45. 45 G1 – Urology Cases – Martin Kathrins

    46. 46 G2 – PrEP and HIV – Ellen Nagami

    47. 47 G3 – Ophthalmology – Mina Farahani

    48. 48 G4 – Stroke Cases – Mariel Kozberg

    49. 49 COPD Craig Hersh

    50. 50 Cervical Cancer Screening Cristina Alexander

    51. 51 Adult Immunization Updates Daniel Solomon

    52. 52 Low Back Pain Dana Kotler

    53. 53 CKD Management John Kevin Tucker

    54. 54 Can’t-Miss Primary Care Cases Maria Yialamas

    55. 55 H1 – Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Molly Perencevich

    56. 56 H2 – Pharmacologic Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder – Salah Alrakawi

    57. 57 H3 – Primary Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients – Ole-Petter Hamnvik

    58. 58 H4 – Contraception – Kathryn Fay

    59. 59 I1 – Shoulder Pain – George Dyer

    60. 60 I2 – UTIs – Jacob Lazarus

    61. 61 I3 – Office ENT Problems – Dunia Abdul-Aziz & Alan Workman

    62. 62 I4 – End-of-Life Discussions and Advanced Care Directives – Allyson Goldberg

    63. 63 J1 – STIs – Jana Jarolimova

    64. 64 J2 – Sleep Apnea – Rohit Budhiraja

    65. 65 J3 – Rheumatology Cases – Candace Feldman

    66. 66 J4 – Care of Patients with Intellectual Disabilities – Frances (Kitty) O’Hare

    67. 67 Prostate Cancer Screening and Beyond Marc Garnick

    68. 68 Lung Cancer Screening Samuel Ash

    69. 69 Insomnia Treatment Suzanne Bertisch

    70. 70 Menopause Management Kathryn Corelli

    71. 71 Osteoporosis Sharon Chou

    72. 72 GERD and Peptic Ulcer Disease Navin Kumar

    73. 73 Dermatology Updates Sotonye Imadojemu

    74. 74 K1 – Tobacco, Vaping, and E-Cigarette Cessation – Nancy Rigotti

    75. 75 K2 – Advanced Dermatology Cases – Alexandra Charrow

    76. 76 K3 – Foot and Ankle Pain – Jeremy Smith

    77. 77 K4 – Chronic Pain Management with Opioids – James Morrill

    78. 78 L1 – Lifestyle Medicine for Patients & Their Clinicians – Elizabeth Frates

    79. 79 L2 – Outpatient Approach to DVT and PE – Gregory Piazza

    80. 80 L3 – Travel Medicine – Carolina Geadas

    81. 81 L4 – Adolescent Medicine Cases – Joshua Borus