Geriatric Diseases

Introduction to cardiovascular disease.- Cardiac failure in the elderly.- Cardiac arrhythmias in the elderly.- Infective endocarditis in the elderly.- Coronary heart disease in the elderly.- Valvular heart disease in the elderly.- Hypertension in the elderly.- Peripheral arterial disease in the elderly.- Introduction to respiratory diseases.- Pneumonia in the elderly.- Chronic obstructive airway disease.- Chronic asthma.- Carcinoma of the lung.- Pulmonary embolism.- Introduction to the gastrointestinal system.- Oesophagus and oesophageal disorders.- Peptic ulcer.- Colorectal cancer.- Inflammatory bowel disease in older adults.- Introduction to the hepato-biliary system.- Viral hepatitis in the elderly.- Chronic liver disease in the elderly.- Ascites in the elderly.- Obstructive jaundice in the elderly.- Introduction to blood disorders.- The Anaemias.- Haematological neoplastic disorders.- Introduction to renal and lower urinary tract disorders.- Glomerular disease in the elderly.- Renovascular disease.- Acute renal failure.- Chronic renal failure.- Prostate gland and related disorders.- Sexuality sexual dysfunction in the elderly.- Introduction to chronic neurological disorders.- Pasrkinson's disease,Secondary Parkinsons and Parkinson plus syndromes.- Multisystem atrophy.- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.- Multiple sclerosis.- Polyneuropathy.- Epilepsy in the elderly.- Disorders in neuromuscular transmission.- Introduction to metabolic bone disorders.- Osteoporosis.- Osteomalacia.- Osteoporotic fractures and management.- Paget's disease.- Introduction to endocrine disorders.- Diabetes Mellitus.- Thyroid disorders.- Hyperparathyroidism.- Introduction to electrolyte and mineral metabolism disorders.- Sodium metabolism.- Potassium metabolism.- Calcium metabolism.- Introduction to the musculo-skeletal system.- Neck pain (Cervical).- Low back pain (Lumbosacral).- Shoulder pain.- Hip pain.- Knee pain.- Introduction to arthritides.- Rheumatoid Arthritis.- Polymyalgia

Nages Nagaratnam, MD, OAM FRACP,FRCPA,FRCP,FACC,FCCP is Clinical Associate Professor at the Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney and Conjoint Associate Professor in the School of Medicine, College of Health and Science at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. He graduated and obtained the Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Ceylon and was for many years Consultant Physician in Internal Medicine in Sri Lanka and Senior Physician at the General Hospital, Colombo, the premier teaching hospital. He is a founding Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka and was President Section A of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science. In Australia he was Consultant Physician in Geriatric and Internal Medicine at the Blacktown-Mount Druitt and Westmead Hospitals. He has an almost lifelong commitment to the training and guiding the careers of generation of young doctors. He has authored more than 200 scientific publications in both national and international journals. His interests spanned themes from many fields of medicine with continuous clinical research over several years. In the last two decades his interests are in geriatrics, rehabilitation, stroke and stroke rehabilitation.

Kujan Nagaratnam MBBS (UNSW), FRACP graduated in Medicine from the University of New South Wales in 1988. He did his internal medical training and Advanced Training in Geriatric Medicine and Stroke Medicine at Westmead and Royal Prince Alfred Hospitals, Sydney. He obtained his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in 1997. He held Senior Staff Specialist appointments in General, Geriatric Medicine and Stroke Medicine at Westmead Hospital and Blacktown- Mt Druitt Hospitals until 2012. He is also Visiting Consultant Physician at The Norwest Private and Westmead Private Hospitals in Sydney. He is currently the Chairman and Head of the Department of Geriatric Medicine and Stroke Medicine, Norwest