2024 Georgia Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting

Friday, October 4-Sunday, October 6, 2024
Hyatt Regency Savannah | Savannah, GA

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2024 Georgia Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting

Fostering Excellence in Internal Medicine

The GA 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 GA Chapter scientific meeting October 4 - 6, 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 at the Hyatt Regency Savannah, Savannah GA!

Clyde Watkins, Jr, MD, F바카라 사리트
바카라 사리트 Governor, Georgia Chapter

Meeting Highlights
  • Hospitalist Update
  • Internist Guidelines Update Workshop
  • Gender Affirming Care
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
  • Billing
  • Adcocacy Update
  • Doctor's Dilemma
  • Resident and Student Escape Room
  • Resident and Student Poster Competitions
Program Committee
  • Nader Aboujamous, MD, F바카라 사리트
  • Mary Downing, MD, F바카라 사리트
  • Justin Ertle, MD
  • Norbeto Fas, MD, F바카라 사리트
  • Jason Higdon, MD, F바카라 사리트
  • John Kim, MD, F바카라 사리트
  • Birju Patel, MD, F바카라 사리트
  • Mike Quinn, MD, F바카라 사리트
  • Zahraa Rabeeah, MD
  • Brian Ribeiro, MD, F바카라 사리트
  • Pamela Tipler, MD, F바카라 사리트
  • Ananth Vadde, MD, F바카라 사리트
  • Lela Ward, MD, F바카라 사리트
  • Clyde Watkins, MD, F바카라 사리트

15.5 CME & MOC Available

Release Date: October 6, 2024
Termination Date: October 6, 2025

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The American College of Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Physicians designates this live activity for a maximum of 15.5 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 to15.5 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, October 4

Time Session
8:00 AM-Noon Resident Podium Presentations
8:30 AM-12:30 PM Resident and Student Workshop / Escape Room MERCER SOM
MERCER SIM LAB, Mercer School of Medicine
Noon-1:00 PM Non-CME Lunch
12:30-1:30 PM Immunization Lecture
Frances Ferguson, MD, F바카라 사리트
12:30-2:30 PM Student Mock Interviews
Jason Higdon, MD, F바카라 사리트
1:00-2:00 PM Fellowship Panel
1:30-4:30 PM Workshop: Top Guidelines Every Internist Needs to Know
Bhavin Adhyaru, MD, F바카라 사리트
Zenobia JonesFoster, MD, F바카라 사리트
Jennifer Headrick, MD, F바카라 사리트
Chris Knudson, MD
Kyle James, MD
2:00-5:00 PM Resident and Student Abstract Poster Presentations
Mike Quinn, MD, F바카라 사리트
Jason Higdon, MD, F바카라 사리트
5:00-6:30 PM Governor's Reception
7:00-9:00 PM Student Jeopardy
Jason Higdon, MD, F바카라 사리트

Saturday, October 5

Time Session
7:00-7:45 AM Education Committee Meeting Wellness Committee Meeting Resident Council Meeting Membership Committee Meeting
8:00-9:00 AM Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Humberto Sifuentes, MD
9:10-10:10 AM Let’s Take a Hike Together! Advocacy to Strengthen Internal Medicine in a Challenging World
Shari Erickson, MPH
10:30-11:30 AM Updates in Diabetes
Edward Chin, MD, F바카라 사리트
11:40 AM-12:40 PM Health Policy
Tracey Henry, MD, MPH, F바카라 사리트
1:30-2:30 PM Updates in Outpatient Medicine
Lora Denton, MD, M바카라 사리트
Mary Downing, MD, F바카라 사리트
1:30-2:15 PM Updates in Hospital Medicine
Dan Dressler, MD, F바카라 사리트
2:00-5:00 PM Resident Jeopardy
Jin Lee, MD, F바카라 사리트
Tanna Lim, MD,F바카라 사리트
2:25-3:10 PM Inpatient Billing
Steve Adams, COC, CPC, CPMA, CRC, CPC-I, CEMC, FCS, PCS
2:40-3:40 PM COPD
Amyn Hirani, MD
3:20-4:05 PM Inpatient Evaluation and Management of COPD and Asthma
Tanna Lim, MD, F바카라 사리트
4:00-5:00 PM Outpatient Billing
Steve Adams
4:15-5:00 PM Avoiding Common Pitfalls Regarding Code Status and Optimizing Advance Care Planning
Kari Esbensen, MD, Phd, F바카라 사리트
6:00-7:30 PM Awards Reception
Clyde Watkins, Jr., MD, F바카라 사리트

Sunday, October 6

Time Session
7:00-7:45 AM 바카라 사리트 Fellowship Information Session
Clyde Watkins, Jr., MD, F바카라 사리트
7:00-7:55 AM Women's Networking Breakfast
8:00-9:00 AM Gender-Affirming Care
Chad Martins, MD
Ray Martins, MD
9:10-10:10 AM Chronic Kidney Disease
Riyadh Alrubaye, MD
10:30-11:30 AM Ultraviolet radiation – An Overview of its Effects and Effectiveness
Brian Pollack, MD, PhD
11:40 AM-12:40 PM Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Practice Implications
Doug Miller, MD

Georgia Chapter Registration

Categories By9/23 After 9/23
바카라 사리트 Member $380 $395
바카라 사리트 Resident/Fellow Member $75 $100
바카라 사리트 Medical Student Member $25 $50
바카라 사리트 Affiliate Member $375 $395
Nonmember Physician $480 $495
Nonmember Resident $100 $125
Nonmember Medical Student $50 $75
Nonmember Allied Health Professional $375 $395

Questions? If you have trouble registering online, please contact Member and Product Support at 800-바카라 사리트-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.

Can I follow along on social media?

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

  • Instagram: @Georgiachapteracp

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 10/4/24 will result in a processing fee of $50.
Individuals who fail to attend the course (no-shows) will not be entitled to any refund.

Hotel Accommodations

We have reserved a block of rooms at the following rates until September 13, 2024. When making your reservation, be sure to mention that you will be attending the 바카라 사리트 GA 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 9122381234 or .

Single/Double: $272.00
Hyatt Regency Savannah
2 West Bay St.
Savannah, GA 31401

My바카라 사리트 Account

If you have any difficulty accessing your My바카라 사리트 account, you can reset your username and password. You can do so by clicking on the My바카라 사리트 link at the top of the 바카라 사리트 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-바카라 사리트-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.

바카라 사리트 Chapters Meeting Code of Conduct

바카라 사리트 is a community that values collegiality, respect for patients and each other, and medicine’s standards of ethics and professionalism. 바카라 사리트 members are guided by the content and spirit of the 바카라 사리트 Pledge and by their commitment to the ethics of medicine, including those in the 바카라 사리트 Ethics Manual.  “Physicians’ conduct as professionals and as individuals should merit the respect of the community.” 

바카라 사리트 expects members, staff, and others who participate in events and activities involving 바카라 사리트 to treat others as you would like to be treated – with courtesy, respect for differences, and in ways that appropriately represent the profession of internal medicine. As set forth in 바카라 사리트’s Anti-Harassment Policy, 바카라 사리트 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 바카라 사리트 member or staff or anyone else at an 바카라 사리트 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 Susan Saify at 646-271-6109 or ssaify@gaacp.org.

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