管家婆心水论坛

2024 Texas Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting

Saturday, November 16 & Sunday, November 17, 2024
The San Luis Resort & Conference Center | Galveston

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2024 Texas Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting

Fostering Excellence in Internal Medicine

The Texas Chapter is pleased to offer a safe meeting space to learn, recharge, and facilitate face-to-face discussion with your peers, chapter leaders, and guest speakers!

Join your internal medicine colleagues at the next TXN/TXS Chapter scientific meeting November 16 - 17, 2024:

  • Earn CME credits and MOC points and connect with other internists who know your challenges and can help you find solutions.
  • Experience top-notch education from expert faculty, meet new people and connect with old friends, and learn about ways to get involved with our 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 information.

We look forward to seeing you in The San Luis Resort & Conference Center, Galveston Texas!

Roger Khetan, MD, FHM, FACP
ACP Governor, Texas Northern Chapter
Alejandro Moreno, MBBS, JD, MPH, MACP
ACP Governor, Texas Southern Chapter

Meeting Highlights
  • Advocacy Workshop
  • Doctor's Dilemma 庐 Reception 
  • Business of Medicine
  • Human Trafficking 
  • Updates in Vaccines, Heart Failure, Dermatology, Oncology, Nephrology, Asthma, A fib, Geriatrics
  • Abstract Competition
  • Awards Presentations 
  • and an update from 管家婆心水论坛 National
Program Committee
  • Roger Khetan, MD, FHM, FACP, Host Governor, ACP Texas Northern 
  • Neha Mittal, MD, FACP, Program Co-Chair
  • Lindsay Sonstein, MD, FACP, Program Co-Chair

9 CME/MOC Available

Release Date: November 17, 2024
Termination Date: November 17, 2025

Disclosure Statement

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 live activity for a maximum of 9 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 9 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

Saturday, November 16

Time Session
7:00-8:00 AM Registration & Breakfast
8:00-9:00 AM Opening Plenary - 管家婆心水论坛: Your College Working For You and With You
Isaac O. Opole, MBChB, PhD, MACP
9:00-9:15 AM Break
9:15-10:00 AM Asthma Updates
Julia Tripple, MD
Addressing Common Myths in Nephrology
Hania Kassem, MD, FASN, FNKF
10:00-10:45 AM Geriatrics
Erin Hommel, MD
Oncology
Everardo Cobos, MD, FACP
10:45-11:00 AM Break
11:00-11:30 AM Get PrEPared to End HIV
J. Patrik Hornak, MD
High-Yield Dermatology Teaching Cases: Workup and Clinical Management
Anthony W. Linfante, MD, FAAD
11:30 AM-1:20 PM ACP Business Meeting & Awards Lunch
Austin Metting, MD, FACP
Drew Payne, DO, FACP
1:30-2:15 PM Obesity Medicine
L. Maria Belalcazar, MD
Advocacy Track: Crossing the Aisle: A Legislative Dialogue with Rep. Suleman Lalani, MD (non-CME)
Representative Suleman Lalani, MD
 
2:15-3:00 PM Vaccine Updates
Megan Berman, MD, FACP
Advocacy Track: Strategies from the Trenches: Political Insights from Republican and Democratic Campaign Consultants (non-CME)
Chad Crow
3:00-3:15 PM Break
3:15-4:00 PM Updates in Heart Failure
Ajith Nair, MD, FACC, FAHA
Advocacy Track: The State of Texas Politics: A Live Podcast with Quorum's Scott Braddock (non-CME)
Scott Braddock
4:00-5:00 PM Walk with the Governor
Roger Khetan, MD, FHM, FACP
6:00-8:00 PM Welcome Reception & Doctor's Dilemma
Roger Khetan, MD, FHM, FACP
Austin Metting, MD, FACP, SFHM, DipABLM
Megan Newman, MD, FACP

Sunday, November 17

Time Session
7:00-8:00 AM Medical Student Breakfast/ IM Session
Karen Szauter, MD, MACP, FAMEE
Lindsay Sonstein, MD, FACP
Registration & Breakfast
7:00-8:30 AM Student & Resident Poster Set-up
8:00-9:00 AM From Ancient Remedy to Modern Menace: The 'Joy Plant' Through 5,000 Years of History and Turmoil, Forging a Path Toward a Healthier Future
N. Miles Farr, MD, MPH
9:00-10:00 AM Updates in Atrial Fibrillation for 2024
Wilson Lam, MD, FACP, FAAP, FACC
9:00-10:30 AM Student Oral Vignettes
Lindsay Sonstein, MD, FACP
Neha Mittal, MD, FACP
Karen Szauter, MD, MACP, FAMEE
Resident Poster Presentations
10:00-11:00 AM Identifying and Responding to Victims of Human Trafficking in a Clinical Setting
Kerri Taylor, M.S. ccc-sap
10:30 AM-Noon Resident Oral Vignettes, Student Poster Presentations
11:00-11:15 AM Break
11:15 AM-Noon Business of Medicine/Meeting Wrap-up
Roger Khetan, MD, FHM, FACP
Noon-12:30 AM Abstract Award Presentations, Closing Remarks

Texas Chapter Registration

Categories Registration Rates Late Registration - 11/8 on
ACP Member $345 $370
ACP Resident/Fellow Member $50 $75
ACP Medical Student Member $25 $50
ACP Affiliate Member $345 $370
Retired Physician Member $255 $280
Nonmember Physician $395 $420
Nonmember Resident $50 $75
Nonmember Medical Student $35 $60
Nonmember Allied Health Professional $395 $420
Military/Veterans $50 off $50 off
2024 GIMSPP Preceptors Free Free

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/MOC documentation. GIMSPP Preceptors, please contact chapter office for registration details! 

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

Meeting Handouts

There will be no meeting handouts.

Can I follow along on social media?

Yes, follow/like the TXN/TXS Chapter through the meeting on social media! Use the hashtags #IMProud #TXACP24.

  • Twitter: @Texas_ACP
  • Facebook: @TexasChapterACP
  • Instagram: @texasacp

Cancellations and Refunds

Notice of cancellation must be made in writing (fax, mail, or e-mail). Cancellations will not be accepted by telephone. Cancellations made after 10/15/2024 will result in a processing fee of $75.
Individuals who fail to attend the course (no-shows) will not be entitled to any refund.

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 November 5, 2024. 

Single/Double: $239.00
San Luis Resort, Spa & Conference Center
Click to check availability and book


Single/Double: $209.00
Hilton Galveston Island Resort
Click to check availability and book

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 Nicole Abbott at (877) 460-5880 or nicole@aminc.org.

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