2025 Rhode Island Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Kent Hospital | Warwick, RI

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2025 Rhode Island Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting

Fostering Excellence in Internal Medicine

Live events are changing, and American College of Physicians is helping lead the way with the ability to learn, network, and engage like never before!

  • Presented both live and virtually March 12, 2025, 바카라 사리트's RI 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 Kent Hospital, Warwick Rhode Island 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.
  • New this year! Podium Presentations will also have credit for the first time.
Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie, MBChB F바카라 사리트 SFHM
바카라 사리트 Governor, Rhode Island Chapter

Meeting Highlights
  • Keynote: Eileen Barrett, MD, MPH, SFHM, M바카라 사리트, past chair of the 바카라 사리트 Board of Regents Lectures on obesity medicine, tick-borne infectious diseases and sleep medicine
  • Updates in renal transplant, Crohn's management and pregnancy management for the Internist
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Medical Practice
  • Resident and student posters and resident presentations
  • CME and MOC points
  • Networking and more!
Program Committee
  • Lynn Bowlby, MD, F바카라 사리트
  • Stephanie Catanese, MD, F바카라 사리트
  • Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie,  MBChB, F바카라 사리트, SFHM
  • Glenn Fort, MD, F바카라 사리트
  • Rebekah Gardner, MD, F바카라 사리트
  • Jennifer Jeremiah, MD, F바카라 사리트
  • Jenna Kwon
  • Kelly McGarry, MD, M바카라 사리트
  • Alisa Merolli, MD – Co-Chair
  • Jennifer O’Brien, MD, F바카라 사리트, FHM - Co-Chair
  • Olive Ochuba, MD
  • Ankur Shah, MD, F바카라 사리트
  • Mariah Stump, MD, F바카라 사리트    
  • Jinen Thakkar, MD - Co-Chair
  • Karen Woolfall-Quinn, MD, F바카라 사리트 - Co-Chair

8 CME & MOC Available

Release Date: March 12, 2025
Termination Date: March 12, 2026

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 8 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 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

Schedule

Time Session
8:00-8:15 AM Welcome
Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie, MD, MBA, F바카라 사리트, SFHM
8:15-9:00 AM Pregnancy for the Internist
Stephanie Braunthal, DO
9:00-9:45 AM Renal Transplant for the Internist
George Bayliss, MD, F바카라 사리트
9:45-10:15 AM Thieves' Market
Alisha Crowley, MD, F바카라 사리트
Kyla Dewar, MD, F바카라 사리트
10:15-10:30 AM Break
10:30-11:15 AM Cases from the Obesity Medicine Clinic
Sheenagh Bodkin, MD Dipl ABOM
11:15-Noon Tick Borne Diseases of New England
Glenn Fort, MD, MPH, F바카라 사리트
Noon-12:30 PM Lunch
12:30-1:30 PM Keynote: Practical Approaches to Fostering Professional Fulfillment
Eileen Barrett, MD, MPH, SFHM, M바카라 사리트
1:30-2:00 PM Business Meeting and Chapter Awards
Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie, MD, MBA, F바카라 사리트, SFHM
2:00-2:45 PM Updates in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Sean D. Fine, MD, MS, FACG
2:45-3:30 PM Trends and Strategies for Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Katherine M. Sharkey, MD, PhD, F바카라 사리트, FAASM
3:30-3:45 PM Break
3:45-4:45 PM AI for Internists: Boon, Burden, or Both?
Atin Jindal, MD
4:45-5:30 PM Poster Exhibition and Dinner
5:30-7:00 PM Resident Podium Presentations and Awards

Rhode Island Chapter Registration

Categories Registration Rates
바카라 사리트 Member $75
바카라 사리트 Resident/Fellow Member $0
바카라 사리트 Medical Student Member $0
바카라 사리트 Affiliate Member $75
Nonmember Physician $100
Nonmember Resident $0
Nonmember Medical Student $0
Nonmember Allied Health Professional $85

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 RI 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 바카라 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. 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

Will this meeting be recorded?

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

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 Roni Phipps at 401-480-2774 or riacpinfo@gmail.com.

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