Schedule
| 7:50 AM | 8:00 AM | Introduction and Welcome |
| ONCOLOGY | ||
| 8:00 AM | 8:45 AM | Assessment and Management of Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk: An Update* Nadine M. Tung, MD |
| 8:45 AM | 9:25 AM | Prostate Cancer: An Update Marc B. Garnick, MD |
| 9:25 AM | 9:35 AM | Break |
| Keynote Lecture | ||
| 9:35 AM | 10:25 AM | Microbiome: The Second Human Genome Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, FRCP (London) |
| 10:25 AM | 11:00 AM | How We Think About and Manage Breast Cancer in 2025* Steven E. Come, MD |
| 11:00 AM | 11:15 AM | Break and Guided Meditations✻ |
| 11:15 AM | 11:55 AM | Advances in Lung Cancer: A Paradigm for Personalized Care Deepa Rangachari, MD |
| 11:55 AM | 12:35 PM | Genes, Immunology and Cancer: Past Present Future* Lowell E. Schnipper, MD |
| 12:35 PM | 1:35 PM | Lunch Break |
| 1:35 PM | 2:20 PM | Oncology: Challenging Cases with Your Participation Lowell E. Schnipper, MD |
| 2:20 PM | 2:30 PM | Oncology Q&A Lowell E. Schnipper, MD |
| 2:30 PM | 2:50 PM | Break and Rejuvenation Exercises✻ |
| Keynote Lecture | ||
| 2:50 PM | 3:35 PM | Progress in the Treatment of Diabetes and Its Complications Martin J. Abrahamson, MD, FACP |
| RHEUMATOLOGY | ||
| 3:35 PM | 4:10 PM | Rheumatoid Arthritis: What the PCP Needs to Know Francine Ton Nghiem, MD |
| 4:10 PM | 4:20 PM | Break |
| 4:20 PM | 4:55 PM | Gout: The King of Diseases Hannah K. Gendelman, MD |
| 4:55 PM | 5:40 PM | Rheumatology: Challenging Cases with Your Participation Brian J. Stout, MD |
| 5:40 PM | 5:50 PM | Rheumatology Q&A Brian J. Stout, MD |
| ENDOCRINOLOGY | ||
| 7:30 AM | 8:10 AM | Osteoporosis Management in the Era of Limited Resources Harold N. Rosen, MD |
| 8:10 AM | 9:00 AM | Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes 2025: Getting to Goal Safely and Reducing Cardiovascular Risk* Martin J. Abrahamson, MD, FACP |
| 9:00 AM | 9:05 AM | Break |
| 9:05 AM | 9:50 AM | Advancing to Insulin Replacement Therapy: When, Why and How Richard S. Beaser, MD |
| Keynote Lecture | ||
| 9:50 AM | 10:35 AM | Artificial Intelligence: A New Frontier in Medicine Yousif A-Rahim, MD, PhD |
| 10:35 AM | 10:55 AM | Break and Guided Meditations✻ |
| 10:55 AM | 11:35 AM | Problems in Thyroid Disease James V. Hennessey, MD |
| 11:35 AM | 12:20 PM | Endocrinology: Challenging Cases with Your Participation Martin J. Abrahamson, MD, FACP |
| 12:20 PM | 12:30 PM | Endocrinology Q&A Martin J. Abrahamson, MD, FACP |
| 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | Lunch Break |
| GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY | ||
| 1:30 PM | 2:25 PM | Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures in Liver Disease: Adventures in Liverland Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, FRCP (London) |
| 2:25 PM | 3:05 PM | GI Bleeding Simon C. Robson, MD, PhD, FRCP |
| 3:05 PM | 3:25 PM | Break and Rejuvenation Exercises✻ |
| 3:25 PM | 4:05 PM | Inflammatory Bowel Disease Laurie B. Grossberg, MD |
| 4:05 PM | 4:50 PM | Celiac Sprue: Protean Manifestations Ciarán P. Kelly, MD |
| 4:50 PM | 5:00 PM | Break |
| 5:00 PM | 5:45 PM | Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Challenging Cases with Your Participation Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, FRCP (London) |
| 5:45 PM | 5:55 PM | Gastroenterology and Hepatology Q&A Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, FRCP (London) Ciarán P. Kelly, MD |
| SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF OBESITY – WHAT THE PCP NEEDS TO KNOW | ||
| 7:30 AM | 8:10 AM | Exercise Prescription: Promoting Physical Activity in You and Your Patients* Edward M. Phillips, MD |
| 8:10 AM | 8:45 AM | Medical Management of Obesity: What the PCP Needs to Know* Jody Dushay, MD, MMSc |
| 8:45 AM | 8:50 AM | Break |
| 8:50 AM | 9:30 AM | Vitamin D: Miracle or Myth? Frank J. Domino, MD |
| 9:30 AM | 10:05 AM | Surgical Treatment of Obesity: Procedures and Outcomes Souheil W. Adra, MD, FACS, ABOM |
| 10:05 AM | 10:20 AM | Break and Guided Meditations✻ |
| 10:20 AM | 10:40 AM | Endoscopic Management of Obesity: Ready for Primetime Douglas Pleskow, MD, AGAF, FASGE |
| ASK THE EXPERTS: NEUROLOGY | ||
| 10:40 AM | 11:40 AM | Ask the Experts: Neurology Patricia E. Greenstein, MBBCh Daniel Press, MD, MMSc Vasileios-Arsenios Lioutas, MD |
| 11:40 AM | 11:50 AM | Break |
| SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: HEPATOLOGY | ||
| 11:50 AM | 12:25 PM | Complications of Cirrhosis* Alan Bonder, MD |
| 12:25 PM | 1:25 PM | Lunch Break |
| 1:25 PM | 2:05 PM | Global Elimination of HCV Michael P. Curry, MD |
| 2:05 PM | 2:45 PM | Hepatitis B: Recent Advances Daryl TY Lau, MD, MPH |
| 2:45 PM | 3:05 PM | Break and Rejuvenation Exercises✻ |
| 3:05 PM | 3:55 PM | There is More to Metabolic Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) than Mortality Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, FRCP (London) |
| SPECIAL LECTURES | ||
| 3:55 PM | 4:35 PM | Transgender Care: Practical Tools for Providers* Michael S. Irwig, MD, FACE |
| 4:35 PM | 4:40 PM | Break |
| Keynote Lecture | ||
| 4:40 PM | 5:30 PM | Exemplary Leadership: Lessons from History and Contemporary Times Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, FRCP (London) |
| 5:30 PM | 6:15 PM | Alcohol Use: A Double-Edged Sword? Kenneth J. Mukamal, MD, MPH |
| ORTHOPEDICS MINI-SYMPOSIUM: A PRIMER FOR THE PCP – LIVE PATIENT DEMONSTRATION | ||
| 7:30 AM | 8:15 AM | My Shoulder Hurts and the Golf Season Is Starting Arun J. Ramappa, MD |
| 8:15 AM | 9:00 AM | My Knee is Swollen and I'm Having Trouble Walking Joseph DeAngelis, MD, MBA, FAAOS, FAOA |
| 9:00 AM | 9:40 AM | Prevention and Treatment of Common Sports Injuries John-Paul Hezel, MD |
| 9:40 AM | 9:55 AM | Break and Guided Meditations✻ |
| ASK THE EXPERTS: ENT/OPTHALMOLOGY | ||
| 9:55 AM | 10:55 AM | Ask the Experts: ENT/Ophthalmology Ralph B. Metson, MD Jae Young You, MD |
| Keynote Lecture | ||
| 10:55 AM | 11:35 AM | Dealing with Our Denial of Death: Communicating About End-of-Life Before the End Margaret M. Hayes, MD, ATSF |
| INFECTIOUS DISEASES | ||
| 11:35 AM | 12:15 PM | Old, New, and Emerging Infections: From TB to Monkeypox* Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, MD, MPH |
| 12:15 PM | 1:00 PM | Lunch Break |
| 1:00 PM | 1:45 PM | Infectious Diseases: Challenging Cases with Your Participation Howard S. Gold, MD |
| 1:45 PM | 1:55 PM | Infectious Diseases Q&A Howard S. Gold, MD |
| Keynote Lecture | ||
| 1:55 PM | 2:40 PM | The Biology of Burnout: An Inside-Out Approach to Wellness Gail Gazelle, MD, MCC |
| 2:40 PM | 2:55 PM | Break and Rejuvenation Exercises✻ |
| PULMONARY DISEASES | ||
| 2:55 PM | 3:30 PM | Fresh Air: What’s New in Asthma in 2025 Asha Anandaiah, MD |
| 3:30 PM | 4:05 PM | The ABCs of ILD: Updates on Diagnosis and Management of Interstitial Lung Disease for the Internist Bess M. Flashner, MD |
| 4:05 PM | 4:35 PM | PH for the PCP: A Pulmonary Hypertension Primer David M. Furfaro, MD |
| 4:35 PM | 4:45 PM | Break |
| 4:45 PM | 5:15 PM | Smoking Cessation in 2025: What You Need to Know* Michael C. Ferrera, MD |
| 5:15 PM | 5:55 PM | Understanding COPD: Going Beyond the Wheeze Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD |
| 5:55 PM | 6:40 PM | Pulmonary Diseases: Challenging Cases with Your Participation Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD |
| 6:40 PM | 6:50 PM | Pulmonary Diseases Q&A Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD |
| CARDIOLOGY | ||
| 7:30 AM | 8:10 AM | Approach to the Patient with Syncope Peter J. Zimetbaum, MD |
| 8:10 AM | 8:50 AM | Applying Real-World Evidence to Patient Care: Atrial Fibrillation Peter J. Zimetbaum, MD |
| Keynote Lecture | ||
| 8:50 AM | 9:35 AM | Using Social Network Interventions to Improve Health Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH |
| 9:35 AM | 9:50 AM | Break and Guided Meditations✻ |
| CARDIOLOGY | ||
| 9:50 AM | 10:35 AM | Hypertension Essentials: Evaluation and Management Updates for the Practicing Clinician Jennifer Cluett, MD, FAHA |
| 10:35 AM | 11:15 AM | Valvular Heart Disease for the Clinician Eli V. Gelfand, MD, FACC |
| 11:15 AM | 11:50 AM | The Current Cholesterol Guidelines and Treating Residual Risk* Mark D. Benson, MD, PhD |
| 11:50 AM | 12:50 PM | Lunch Break |
| Keynote Lecture | ||
| 12:50 PM | 1:35 PM | Advances in Radiology: From Wilhelm Röntgen to Molecular Imaging Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD |
| 1:35 PM | 2:15 PM | Managing Arterial Disease: A Tour for the PCP Brett J. Carroll, MD |
| 2:15 PM | 2:35 PM | Break and Rejuvenation Exercises✻ |
| 2:35 PM | 3:25 PM | Acute Coronary Syndromes Eric A. Osborn, MD, PhD |
| 3:25 PM | 3:55 PM | Interventional Cardiology: What the PCP Needs to Know Robert W. Yeh, MD, MSc |
| 3:55 PM | 4:40 PM | Congestive Heart Failure A. Reshad Garan, MD, MS, FACC |
| 4:40 PM | 4:50 PM | Break |
| 4:50 PM | 5:35 PM | Cardiology: Challenging Cases with Your Participation Joseph P. Kannam, MD |
| 5:35 PM | 5:40 PM | Cardiology Q&A Joseph P. Kannam, MD |
| HEMATOLOGY | ||
| 7:30 AM | 8:20 AM | Diagnosis and Management of Hypercoagulability and New Anticoagulants: Interpreting the Data Kenneth A. Bauer, MD |
| 8:20 AM | 9:00 AM | Don't-Miss Causes of Anemia* Reed E. Drews, MD, FACP |
| 9:00 AM | 9:20 AM | Break and Guided Meditations✻ |
| 9:20 AM | 10:05 AM | Hematology: Challenging Cases with Your Participation Reed E. Drews, MD, FACP |
| 10:05 AM | 10:15 AM | Hematology Q&A Reed E. Drews, MD, FACP |
| NEPHROLOGY | ||
| 10:15 AM | 10:55 AM | Approach to the Patient with Proteinuria and Hematuria Melanie P. Hoenig, MD |
| 10:55 AM | 11:00 AM | Break |
| 11:00 AM | 11:40 AM | Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease: Early Diagnosis and Aggressive Treatment Melanie P. Hoenig, MD |
| 11:40 AM | 12:20 PM | Acute Renal Failure Mark L. Zeidel, MD |
| 12:20 PM | 1:10 PM | Lunch Break |
| 1:10 PM | 1:55 PM | Nephrology: Challenging Cases with Your Participation Robert S. Brown, MD |
| 1:55 PM | 2:05 PM | Nephrology Q&A Robert S. Brown, MD |
| SPECIAL LECTURES | ||
| 2:05 PM | 2:40 PM | Transfusion Medicine* Kerry L. O’Brien, MD |
| 2:40 PM | 2:55 PM | Break and Rejuvenation Exercises✻ |
| 2:55 PM | 3:55 PM | Opiates for Chronic Pain: An Approach to Decision-Making, Risk Management and Monitoring* Marc L. Cohen, MD Julia H. Lindenberg, MD |
| 3:55 PM | 4:10 PM | Opiates for Chronic Pain Q&A Marc L. Cohen, MD Julia H. Lindenberg, MD |
| 4:10 PM | 4:15 PM | Break |
| 4:15 PM | 4:50 PM | Dermatology Primer for the Primary Care Provider Anthony R. Cukras, MD |
| 4:50 PM | 5:30 PM | Advances in the Treatment of Depression and Other Psychiatric Disorders Robert C. Meisner, MD |
| 5:30 PM | 5:35 PM | Closing Remarks |
| SELF-STUDY ON-DEMAND | ||
| 50 minutes | Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Judy W. Nee, MD |
| 35 minutes | Sleep, Memory and Dreams: A Unified Theory | Robert Stickgold, PhD |
| 45 minutes | Coronavirus: Lessons Learned and Future Directions* | Howard S. Gold, MD |
| 25 minutes | Cutaneous Malignancies* | Marissa Heller, MD |
| 30 minutes | Racial Inequities in Health Care* | Daniele D. Olveczky, MD, MS, FACP |
| 30 minutes | Complementary and Integrative Medicine | Gloria Y. Yeh, MD, MPH |
Program changes/substitutions may be made without notice.
This agenda was updated on 5/6/2025.
* Qualifies for Risk Management Credit
✻ Optional Wellness Activity
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