2025 Alaska Chapter Annual Internal Medicine Meeting

Friday, September 26 & Saturday, September 27, 2025
Marriott Anchorage Downtown | Anchorage, AK

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2025 Alaska Chapter Annual Internal Medicine Meeting

Fostering Excellence in Internal Medicine

The AK Chapter is pleased to offer 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 AK Chapter scientific meeting September 26 - 27, 2025:

  • 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 Marriott Anchorage Downtown, Anchorage AK!

Kristin M. Mitchell, MD, FACP
ACP Governor, Alaska Chapter

Meeting Highlights
  • Metabolism over Obesity: Approaching weight loss through metabolic health and sustainable strategies.
  • Climate Change & Health: Exploring the impact of environmental change on internal medicine.
  • CKD Management: Practical updates for general internists treating chronic kidney disease.
  • Heart Failure & Afib: Managing comorbidities with a focus on rhythm control and outcomes.
  • Advanced Afib Management: Beyond basics—device therapies and complex case considerations.
  • Dermatology for Internists: Identifying and managing common skin conditions in primary care.
Program Committee
  • Emily C Barkay, MD FACP
  • Kathleen G Judd, DO
  • Casey Mapes, MD
  • Kristin M Mitchell, MD FACP
  • Gail Pokorney, MD FACP

10.25 CME & MOC Available

Release Date: September 27, 2025
Termination Date: September 27, 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 10.25 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 10.25 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

Thursday, September 26

Time Session
10:00-11:00 AM Discussing Metabolism instead of Obesity: Losing Pant Sizes without Hunger
Molly B Southworth, MD MPH MACP
11:00 AM-Noon Climate Change
Joelle Rosser, MD, MS
Noon-1:00 PM Lunch Buffet & ACP Town Hall
1:00-1:50 PM Updates in Hospital Medicine
Eileen D Barrett, MD MPH MACP
1:50-2:40 PM Rural GME Development (with a spotlight on the AK IM program)
Celia Haering, MD
2:40-3:00 PM Break
3:00-3:50 PM Dermatology - what can the internist manage?
Janine Miller, MD, FAAD
4:00-6:00 PM Hike/Activity

Friday, September 27

Time Session
7:30-8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00-9:00 AM Management of heart failure in the setting of afib
Jeffrey Dixson, MD
9:00-10:00 AM Device management of afib - beyond the basics
Mark Wilcox, MD
10:00-10:30 AM Break
10:30-11:30 AM CKD management for general internist
Jeremy J Gitomer, MD FACP
11:30 AM-1:00 PM Awards Luncheon
1:30-2:30 PM Palliative Care
Ursula McVeigh, MD
2:30-2:45 PM Break
2:45-3:40 PM Long Covid - Pots
John Grace, MD
3:40-4:30 PM COPD beyond the basics, COPD for the general internist (pulmonology)
John Grace, MD

Alaska Chapter Registration

Categories Registration Rates
ACP Member $350
ACP Resident/Fellow Member $0
ACP Medical Student Member $0
ACP Affiliate Member $350
Nonmember Physician $400
Nonmember Resident $0
Nonmember Medical Student $0
Nonmember Allied Health Professional $400

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 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 AK Chapter through the meeting on social media! Use the hashtag #IMProud.

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 08/01/25 will result in a processing fee of $50.
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

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’s 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.  “Physicians’ conduct as professionals and as individuals should merit the respect of the community.” 

ACP expects members, staff, and others who participate in events and activities involving ACP 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 ACP’s 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 Jennifer Richards at 530-748-5808 or acpalaskachapter@gmail.com.

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