Internal Medicine Topics

Charlene LePane, DO, MSPH, FASGE, FACG, FACOI Related Seminars and Products

Physician

AventHealth

Charlene LePane, DO, MSPH, FASGE, FACG, FACOI, began her career as a nurse, then completed her BS at Auburn University in 1998. She earned a MSPH from UAB in 1999 with her thesis concentration in Epidemiology. She graduated from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences as a DO in 2004 and completed her Internal Medicine residency at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, where she served as Chief Resident. She subsequently served as Chief Fellow during her Gastroenterology fellowship at St. John Oakland-Macomb Hospital in Michigan. She is dual board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. She has published multiple studies in peer-reviewed scientific journals. She remains active as a trustee with the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association, where she previously served as District 3 President. She is a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI), the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG). She serves on the Board of Directors for the ACOI and gives of her time on several committees for the ACOI. Dr. LePane is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine for UCF College of Medicine, LECOM, NSU-KPCOM and KCU and is passionate about training and education. She works for AdventHealth Medical Group in Celebration, FL as a gastroenterologist and a Director of Medicine Specialties for the group. Her enthusiasm for campus leadership are demonstrated by serving as Assistant Chief of Staff as well as a Provider Specialist Trainer and Champion for Epic. She is currently enrolled in an MBA program with Health Service Administration focus at Barry University and has a particular interest in Health Care Informatics. In her spare time, she runs marathons, volunteers for local charities, travels and spends time with her wife and family in Central Florida.

Charlene LePane, DO, MSPH, FASGE, FACG, FACOI, has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Dr. LePane can be reached at clepane@hotmail.com.

Carol E. Kirila, DO, FACOI Related Seminars and Products

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

Kansas City University - COM

Dr. Carol Kirila is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician who graduated from KCU College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed a rotating internship in Jefferson City, Missouri followed by her Internal Medicine residency with the UMKC School of Medicine at St. Luke's Hospital and Truman Medical Center. She is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists. Dr. Kirila is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in the Department of Primary Care at KCU in the College of Osteopathic Medicine. She also serves as the Chair of the Medical Advisory Board for the National Kidney Foundation of Western Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma and is a member of the NKF Health Equity Committee.

Dr. Kirila discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

She can be reached at ckirila@kansascity.edu or at 816.654.7394

Andrew Lupo, MD Related Seminars and Products

Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology Fellow

Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City

Cynthia Delgado, MD, FNKF Related Seminars and Products

Associate Professor, Associate Chief of Nephrology-Clinical Operations

Department of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco VA Medical Center

Cynthia Delgado MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine with the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (SFVAHS) and University of California, San Francisco. She is the Associate Chief of Nephrology for clinical operations and the Director of the Dialysis Program for San Francisco Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. She is the Chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee for the American Society of Nephrology and served as the co-chair of the NKF-ASN Task Force on Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Disease. She is a recognized international expert on functional status, frailty, body composition, quality of life and related outcomes among individuals with chronic kidney disease.

Dr. Delgado disclosures that her research is a result of work supported with the resources and the use of facilities at the San Francisco VA Healthcare System, and Glaxo Smith Kline and is part of the GUIDE-US Anemia Council Scientific Advisory Board. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated by the CME Planning Committee. 

Dr. Delgado can be reached at cynthia.delgado@ucsf.edu.