管家婆心水论坛

2025 Maryland Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting

Friday, January 24 & Saturday, January 25, 2025
Turf Valley Resort & Conference Center | Ellicott City, MD

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2025 Maryland Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting

Clinical Internal Medicine - Our Enlarging Role in Patient Care

Live events are changing, and 管家婆心水论坛 is helping lead the way with the ability to learn, network, and engage like never before!

  • Presented both live and virtually January 24 - 25, 2025, ACP's MD Chapter is pleased to offer a safe meeting space to earn CME/MOC, recharge, and engage with one another. Sessions will be held live at the Turf Valley Resort & Conference Center, Ellicott City Maryland as well as through exclusive virtual keynote and education sessions.
  • Learn, Connect, and Engage in Person or from Home or Office Attend or tune in to exclusive live, interactive sessions with your local Chapter colleagues. Regardless of location, you can engage with each other to discuss topics important to you and your community, both professionally and socially.
  • These flexible options provide access to top-notch education, help you connect with each other, and learn about ways to get involved with your Chapter. This Meeting will help you meet your needs as a physician and help you provide the best care for your patients using the latest knowledge.
Colleen Christmas, MD, FACP
ACP Governor, Maryland Chapter

Meeting Highlights
  • A I in Primary Care Practices
  • Clinical Reasoning
  • Derm Emergencies in the Clinic
  • Updates in Pain Management, Atrial Fib, HIV PrEP & DoxyPEP, Screening for Prostate Cancer
  • Confusion in a Hospitalized Patient
  • Story Slams, Student Corner & Speed Mentoring Breakfast
  • Wellness Breakout Sessions & Doctors Dilemma
  • Keynote speaker Dr. Mukta Panda, nationally recognized wellness champion to speak at Friday session, Saturday Student corner and Wellness workshop
Program Committee
  • Ali Afrookteh, MD, MACP, Co-chair
  • Stephen D. Sisson, MD, MACP, Co-chair
  • Melvin Blanchard, MD, MACP
  • Marie-Alberte Boursiquot, MD, FACP
  • Julie Chen, MD, FACP
  • R. Dobbin Chow, MD, MBA, MACP
  • Colleen Christmas, MD, FACP
  • Janaki Deepak, MBBS, FACP
  • Nidi Goel, MD
  • Christopher Haas, MD, FACP
  • Erica Johnson, MD, FACP
  • Steven Kravet, MD, FACP
  • Mary M. Newman, MD, MACP
  • Asha Thomas, MD, FACP

8.75 CME & MOC Available

Release Date: January 25, 2025
Termination Date: January 25, 2026

The 管家婆心水论坛 is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The 管家婆心水论坛 designates this other activity (live component and enduring component) for a maximum of 8.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 8.75 medical knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credit claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Agenda

Friday, January 24

Time Session
11:25-11:30 AM Moderator
Stephen D. Sisson, MD, MACP
11:30 AM-Noon Business Meeting
Colleen Christmas, MD, FACP
Noon-12:40 PM Weight Loss Interventions When Cost is a Concern
Jyotsna Ghosh, MD
12:40-1:20 PM Embracing Cultural Humility in Healthcare: Strategies for Inclusive and Compassionate Care
Mukta Panda, MD, MACP,FRCP-London
1:20-1:35 PM BREAK
1:35-2:15 PM AI In Primary Care Practices
Diane Pressman, MD
2:15-2:55 PM Pain Management & Opioids
Christelle Samen, MD
2:55 PM MODERATOR
Erica N. Johnson, MD, FACP
2:55-3:35 PM Dementia Care Basics for the Primary Care Physician
Stephanie Nothelle, MD
3:35-3:45 PM BREAK
3:45-4:25 PM Anemia in the Elderly
Zhuoyan Li, MD
4:25-5:05 PM New Developments in Afib
Sean C. Beinart, MD, MSCR, FHRS, FACC
5:05-5:45 PM Update in HIV PrEP and DoxyPEP
Todd Gleeson, MD, MPH, FACP
5:45 PM Adjourn
6:00 PM

Awards Presentation & Reception

Theodore E. Woodward Award for Medical Education
Samuel P. Asper Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine
Mary Betty Stevens Award for Clinical Research
Mackowiak Student Achievement Award
Outstanding Hospitalist Award
Early Career Physicians Diversity & Inclusion Award
Mid Career Physician Award
Dr. Mary Newsman Advocacy Award
Volunteerism Award

Saturday, January 25

Time Session
7:00-8:00 AM Speed Mentoring Breakfast
8:00-8:05 AM MODERATOR
Aseem Sood, MD
8:05-8:10 AM Story Slam
8:10-8:50 AM Derm Emergencies in the Clinic
E. (Ellen) Nikki Pritchett, MD, MPH
8:50-9:00 AM 2024 1st Place Research Poster Winner
Mariah M. Bilalaga, MBBS
9:00-9:10 AM 2024 1st Place Clinical Vignette Poster Winner
Lisa Abraham, MD
9:10-9:50 AM Screening & Evaluation for Elevated PSA & Possible Cancer - The Internist Viewpoint
R. Dobbin Chow, MD, MBA, MACP
9:50-10:30 AM Confusion in a Hospitalized Patient
Shaista U. Ahmed, MBBS, MPH, FACP
10:00-11:00 AM Student Corner at CM
10:30-10:40 AM BREAK
10:40 AM MODERATOR
Ali Afrookteh, MD, MACP
10:40-10:45 AM Story Slam
10:45-11:25 AM Clinical Reasoning
Daniel J. Brotman, MD, FACP, MHIM
John Woller, MD
11:25 AM-12:15 PM Navigating Through Palliative & Hospice Care
Lauren Berninger, DO, MBE
Asha Thomas, MD, FACP
12:15 PM Lunch
1:15-2:45 PM Wellness & Advocacy Workshops (In-Person Only)
Hari Devkota, MD, FACP
Mukta Panda, MD, MACP, FRCP-London
Stanley Liu, MD, FACC
1:15-5:00 PM Doctors Dilemma
Janaki Deepak, MBBS, FACP

The Karis Home for Women and Children

The Karis Home is the women and children鈥檚 division of the Baltimore Rescue Mission. The term 鈥淜aris Home鈥 means 鈥淕race Home.鈥 鈥淜aris鈥 is the Greek word for 鈥済race.鈥 It is in operation to provide emergency short-term help for homeless women and children. We provide food, clothing, shelter, showers, and a one-hour gospel service each evening. There is no charge for the ladies and children to use the facilities. They are permitted to stay for thirty consecutive nights. If more time is needed, we are able to give an extension on a case-by-case evaluation.

ITEMS TO BRING: Used or new clothes for children and adults (washed and in good condition); Slippers; Toothpaste; Coats, New underwear and socks for children and adults.

DROP OFF: A large box will be located at the registration table for you to drop off these items.

We appreciate any items that you can bring for this wonderful charity!

MD ACP Volunteerism Committee

Maryland Chapter Registration

Categories Registration Rates
ACP Member $150
ACP Resident/Fellow Member $0
ACP Medical Student Member $0
ACP Affiliate Member $75
Nonmember Physician $200
Nonmember Resident $0
Nonmember Medical Student $0
Nonmember Allied Health Professional $75

Questions? If you have trouble registering online, please contact Member and Product Support at 800-ACP-1915 or direct at 215-351-2600 (M-F, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. ET).

FAQ

Registration Information

Registration fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, all scientific sessions and materials, and CME documentation.

Members whose dues were not paid for the current fiscal year will receive the nonmember registration rate.

Meeting Handouts

To help us go "green" we are making our presentations available online only. They will be posted on the Chapter Web site by 2/15/2025.

Can I follow along on social media?

Yes, follow/like the MD Chapter through the meeting on social media! Use the hashtag #IMProud.

What does registration include?

Registration fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, all scientific sessions and materials, and CME documentation.

I cannot access my account

If you have any difficulty accessing your ACP account, you can reset your username and password. You can do so by clicking on the MyACP link at the top of the ACP web site. If you require additional assistance, please contact us (M-F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET) via web chat or call 800-ACP-1915 or 215-351-2600 or via e-mail at help@acponline.org

I do not have an ACPonline account

Nonmembers are advised to use their e-mail address as their username when creating a password. If you require additional assistance, please contact us (M-F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET) via web chat or call 800-ACP-1915 or 215-351-2600 or via e-mail at help@acponline.org

Hotel Accommodations

We have reserved a block of rooms at the following rates until January 2, 2025. When making your reservation, be sure to mention that you will be attending the ACP MD Chapter meeting. The rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis, so make your reservation as early as possible by calling the hotel directly at 4104651500.

Single/Double: $125.00
Turf Valley Resort & Conference Center
2700 Turf Valley Road
Ellicott City, Maryland 21042

Will this meeting be recorded?

The meeting will be recorded and available for playback for one year.

MyACP Account

If you have any difficulty accessing your MyACP account, you can reset your username and password. You can do so by clicking on the MyACP link at the top of the ACP web site. Nonmembers are advised to use their e-mail address as their username when creating a password. If you require additional assistance, please contact us (M-F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET) via web chat or call 800-ACP-1915 or 215-351-2600 or via e-mail at help@acponline.org

Participant Photography

As a participant in the chapter meeting, your photograph may be taken as a focus or background subject, to be used in chapter communications. If you would not like your photo taken, please inform chapter staff.

ACP Chapters Meeting Code of Conduct

ACP is a community that values collegiality, respect for patients and each other, and medicine鈥檚 standards of ethics and professionalism. ACP members are guided by the content and spirit of the ACP Pledge and by their commitment to the ethics of medicine, including those in the ACP Ethics Manual.  鈥淧hysicians鈥 conduct as professionals and as individuals should merit the respect of the community.鈥 

ACP expects members, staff, and others who participate in events and activities involving ACP to treat others as you would like to be treated 鈥 with courtesy, respect for differences, and in ways that appropriately represent the profession of internal medicine. As set forth in ACP鈥檚 Anti-Harassment Policy, ACP does not tolerate any form of harassment, including intimidation, hostility, or other unwelcome and offensive communication or treatment.

If you experience or observe harassing, inappropriate or otherwise unprofessional behavior, or you have concerns about how you have been treated by an ACP member or staff or anyone else at an ACP meeting or event, you may report the incident to acpevents@acponline.org or call 215 351-7750.

The chapter reserves the right to take any action deemed necessary and appropriate; including immediate removal from the meeting without warning or refund, in response to any incident of unacceptable behavior, and the chapter reserves the right to prohibit attendance at any future meeting, virtually or in person.

For other questions about the chapter meeting, contact Maryellen Woodward at 410-926-4096 or mew4work@aol.com.

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