Advances in Aging Lecture & Geriatrics Grand Rounds with U of A’s Joy Bulger Beck, MD, MS

Presented by the University of Arizona Center on Aging and the Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the U of A College of Medicine – Tucson:

Advances in Aging Research Lecture Series
and Geriatric Grand Rounds

— CME credit provided by the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson

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“Menopause in the Golden Years: Safe and Effective Management of Persistent Symptoms”

Presenter

Joy Bulger Beck, MD, MS
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine (GGP)
Director, Transition to Residency Bootcamp, College of Medicine – Tucson

This month’s lecture will be followed by an interprofessional panel discussion that will include Mindy J. Fain, MD, the Anne & Alden Hart Endowed Chair in Medicine, chief of the GGP Division, and director, U of A Center on Aging and Arizona Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program; the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy’s Jeannie Lee, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, FASHP, AGSF; and U of A College of Nursing’s Cheryl Lacasse, PhD, RN, AOCNS.

Noon to 1 p.m., Monday, March 9, 2026

This virtual lecture will be broadcast by a livestream web link:
https://streaming.biocom.arizona.edu/streaming/31100/event

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the current medical guidance on when hormone therapy should be started, as well as the importance of shared decision-making on potential risks and benefits when hormone therapy is continued in the later years.
2. Review the nonhormonal treatment options available for ongoing menopausal hot flashes in older women.
3. Recognize the effective and safe treatment options for vaginal and urinary symptoms of menopause (genitourinary syndrome of menopause).

Flyer for this event: Advances in Aging_03.09.26_flyer_Bulger-Beck.pdf

Accreditation Statement

The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of one 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosures

All faculty members, CME planning committee members and the CME office reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with commercial interests that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.

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Special Sponsor: The mission of the Arizona Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (AZ-GWEP) is to provide the best possible care through an interprofessional approach to individual, system, community and population-level education, training and models of care innovations.

The Advances in Aging Research Lecture Series, also known as Geriatric Grand Rounds, is free and open to the public, particularly clinicians in the community with a professional interest in learning and earning continuing medical education credits (CMEs).