Columbia University 32nd Annual Internal Medicine Update & Intensive Review 2026 – ABIM Board Review

Columbia’s 32nd Annual Internal Medicine Update & Intensive Review brings the major medical specialties into a five-day review for clinical practice and ABIM examination preparation. The June 8–12, 2026 virtual program moves from cardiology and neurology to endocrine, gastrointestinal, renal, pulmonary and infectious disease topics, then hematology, oncology and rheumatology. It also includes geriatrics, palliative care, perioperative medicine and other issues faced by internists and hospitalists. The material is relevant to practicing clinicians as well as residents and fellows reviewing broad internal medicine knowledge. The full daily outline and learning objectives are retained below without repeating the syllabus in separate promotional sections.

Package scope: This listing concerns educational files associated with the original virtual conference. It does not include conference registration, publisher account access or ABIM MOC points.

Complete Course Topics

Day 1 – June 8, 2026: Cardiology & Neurology

1. Arrhythmia Management: Best Practices
2. Noninvasive Testing in CVD: Case-Based Approach
3. Syncope
4. Valvular Disease: Modern Management
5. Telemedicine During the Pandemic & Beyond
6. Treatment of Common & Rare Lipid Disorders
7. Acute Coronary Syndromes: STEMI
8. Cardiac Amyloidosis: From Diagnosis to Therapy
9. Acute Coronary Syndromes: Non-STEMI
10. Aortic Aneurysms
11. Heart Failure Management for the Internist
12. Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome
13. Update on Alzheimer’s Disease
14. When Seconds Count: Rapid Response
15. Migraine Update: Diagnostic Criteria
16. Stroke & Neurological Emergencies
17. Acute Seizures: Diagnosis & Management
18. Perioperative Management for Medical Consultants

Day 2 – June 9, 2026: Endocrinology & Gastroenterology

1. Algorithmic Approach: Type 2 Diabetes
2. Obesity Medications: What’s New, What Works
3. Hypo, Hyper & More: Managing Thyroid Disease
4. Adrenal Disorders: What Not to Miss
5. Diagnosing & Treating Bone Disorders
6. Upper GI Disorders: Practical Office Management
7. Evaluating Lower GI Complaints in Primary Care
8. Cirrhosis 2026
9. Chronic Diarrhea: Is It Celiac or Something Else?
10. Maximizing Efficacy: IBD Treatments
11. Updates in Cholestatic Liver Disease
12. Managing GI Bleeds
13. Pancreatic Disease: When to Worry, When to Refer
14. Colorectal Cancer: Screening Updates
15. Leveling Up on MASLD
16. Musculoskeletal Medicine for the Internist
17. Opioid Use Disorder 101

Day 3 – June 10, 2026: Nephrology & General Internal Medicine

1. Practical Pearls in Hypertension Control
2. Infections of Cutaneous Significance
3. Endothelin & Aldosterone Blockade
4. A Clinical Approach to Glomerular Diseases
5. Chronic Kidney Disease
6. Male LUTS: Evaluation & Management
7. Diuretics: HF & Kidney Disease
8. Nephrolithiasis: Diagnosis & Treatment
9. Prerenal to ATN: Acute Kidney Injury
10. Disorders of Sodium & Potassium
11. When to Screen, When to Refer for Hearing Loss
12. Management of Agitation
13. Frailty, Falls, Function: Geriatric Issues
14. Resistant Hypertension
15. Delirium in Hospitalized Patients
16. Palliative Care & Chronic Disease Management
17. AI Now
18. Renal Denervation for Hypertension
19. When UTIs Don’t Go Away

Day 4 – June 11, 2026: Pulmonary & Infectious Disease

1. COPD: Practical Outpatient Management
2. Interstitial Lung Disease: How to Confirm
3. Asthma 2026: Biologics & Personalized Care
4. Long COVID: Concepts & Care Strategies
5. Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders
6. Chronic Cough: Evaluation & Treatment
7. Pulmonary Function Tests Made Simple
8. Emerging Respiratory Viral Infections
9. HIV 2026: Treatment, Prevention, Screening
10. Preventing Hospital Infections: CLABSI, CAUTI & VAP
11. Infective Endocarditis: Diagnosis & Therapy
12. Update on Travel Medicine & Vaccines
13. Community Acquired Pneumonia 2026
14. Current Concepts: STIs
15. New Drugs: Navigating Antibiotics
16. Climate Change & Human Health
17. Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Practice
18. Bleeding & Contraception: Friends or Foes
19. The Nose Knows: Sinonasal & Pulmonary Disease

Day 5 – June 12, 2026: Hematology, Oncology & Rheumatology

1. Leukemia & Related Disorders
2. Oncologic Emergencies
3. Updates on Novel Cell Therapy Approaches
4. Thromboembolic Disease & Oral Anticoagulants
5. Is Precision Medicine Ready for Prime Time?
6. Myeloma & Amyloidosis
7. Overview of Breast Cancer
8. Demystifying Lymphoma
9. When to Refer: A Guide to Leukemias
10. Lung Cancer: Screening, Diagnosis, Treatment
11. ANA to ANCA: Autoimmune Serologies
12. How to Manage Gout like a Rheumatologist
13. How to Recognize IgG4 Related Disease
14. Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) for the Internist
15. Back Pain to Spondyloarthritis Spectrum
16. Eye Disorders in Primary Care
17. Back of the Eye: Posterior Segment
18. Decoding Vasculitis
19. Lupus Update

Curriculum Note: The 92 titles above reproduce the supplied course outline. They describe educational topics and do not independently establish that all 92 are included as separate recordings in a digital product.

Learning Objectives

After reviewing the educational material, participants should be better prepared to:

1. Apply evidence-based recommendations to cardiovascular disease evaluation and management.
2. Assess neurological emergencies and common chronic neurological disorders.
3. Review contemporary treatments for diabetes, obesity, thyroid dysfunction, and metabolic diseases.
4. Diagnose and manage gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary conditions.
5. Evaluate acute and chronic kidney disease, electrolyte abnormalities, and genitourinary conditions.
6. Review pulmonary conditions and infectious disease management.
7. Recognize hematologic, oncologic, and rheumatologic disorders.
8. Integrate multidisciplinary clinical knowledge into primary care and hospital medicine.