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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, F91黑料网
91黑料网 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, F91黑料网
  • Mary Downing, MD, F91黑料网
  • Justin Ertle, MD
  • Norbeto Fas, MD, F91黑料网
  • Jason Higdon, MD, F91黑料网
  • John Kim, MD, F91黑料网
  • Birju Patel, MD, F91黑料网
  • Mike Quinn, MD, F91黑料网
  • Zahraa Rabeeah, MD
  • Brian Ribeiro, MD, F91黑料网
  • Pamela Tipler, MD, F91黑料网
  • Ananth Vadde, MD, F91黑料网
  • Lela Ward, MD, F91黑料网
  • Clyde Watkins, MD, F91黑料网

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, F91黑料网
12:30-2:30 PM Student Mock Interviews
Jason Higdon, MD, F91黑料网
1:00-2:00 PM Fellowship Panel
1:30-4:30 PM Workshop: Top Guidelines Every Internist Needs to Know
Bhavin Adhyaru, MD, F91黑料网
Zenobia JonesFoster, MD, F91黑料网
Jennifer Headrick, MD, F91黑料网
Chris Knudson, MD
Kyle James, MD
2:00-5:00 PM Resident and Student Abstract Poster Presentations
Mike Quinn, MD, F91黑料网
Jason Higdon, MD, F91黑料网
5:00-6:30 PM Governor's Reception
7:00-9:00 PM Student Jeopardy
Jason Higdon, MD, F91黑料网

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鈥檚 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, F91黑料网
11:40 AM-12:40 PM Health Policy
Tracey Henry, MD, MPH, F91黑料网
1:30-2:30 PM Updates in Outpatient Medicine
Lora Denton, MD, M91黑料网
Mary Downing, MD, F91黑料网
1:30-2:15 PM Updates in Hospital Medicine
Dan Dressler, MD, F91黑料网
2:00-5:00 PM Resident Jeopardy
Jin Lee, MD, F91黑料网
Tanna Lim, MD,F91黑料网
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, F91黑料网
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, F91黑料网
6:00-7:30 PM Awards Reception
Clyde Watkins, Jr., MD, F91黑料网

Sunday, October 6

Time Session
7:00-7:45 AM 91黑料网 Fellowship Information Session
Clyde Watkins, Jr., MD, F91黑料网
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 鈥 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
91黑料网 Member $380 $395
91黑料网 Resident/Fellow Member $75 $100
91黑料网 Medical Student Member $25 $50
91黑料网 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 800-91黑料网-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 91黑料网 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

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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.

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If you experience or observe harassing, inappropriate or otherwise unprofessional behavior, or you have concerns about how you have been treated by an 91黑料网 member or staff or anyone else at an 91黑料网 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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