California Northern Region Scientific Meeting

Saturday, October 11 & Sunday, October 12, 2025
Li Ka Shing Center at Stanford University | Stanford, CA

 

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California Northern Region Scientific Meeting

 

 

Fostering Excellence in Internal Medicine

The CANO Chapter is pleased to offer a 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 CANO Chapter scientific meeting October 11 - 12, 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 in Li Ka Shing Center at Stanford University, Stanford CA!

Danny L Sam, MD, FACP
ACP Governor, California Northern Chapter


Meeting Highlights
  • Meet your local chapter committees
  • Teaching in the Hospital Setting
  • Updates in Coding and Billing
  • Updates in Cardiology, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology
  • Keynote Address: The Future of Health and Healthcare
Program Committee
  • Maja Artandi, MD, FACP
  • Thomas Baudendistel, MD, FACP
  • James Kruer, MD, FACP
  • Danny Sam, MD, FACP

6.5 CME & MOC Available

Release Date: October 12, 2025
Termination Date: October 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 6.5 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 to 6.5 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

Saturday, October 11

TimeSession
7:30-8:30 AMCheck In
8:00-8:45 AMBreakfast with Chapter Committees
8:45-9:00 AMWelcome & Introduction
Danny Sam, MD, FACP  
9:00-10:00 AMKeynote Address: The Future of Health and Healthcare
Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH  
10:00-11:00 AMMedical Aid and Dying
Ryan Spielvogel, MD, MS  
11:00-11:30 AMMedication Adherence in Chronic Conditions
Abraham Montano, MD  
11:30 AM-NoonHepatitis for the Internist
Edward Holt, MD  
Noon-1:30 PMLunch/Chapter Awards/C6 Update
Danny Sam, MD, FACP  
1:30-2:30 PMImages in Clinical Medicine
Paul Aronwitz, MD, MACP  
2:30-3:30 PMTeaching in the Hospital Setting
Craig Keenan, MD  
3:30-3:45 PMBreak
3:45-4:15 PMRoom 1: Updates in Endocrinology
Lisa Quach, MD  
Room 3: Updates in Coding and Billing
Revina Williams  
3:45-5:00 PMRoom 2: Medical Improvisation
Andrew Nevins, MD, MS  
4:15-4:45 PMRoom 1: Updates in Gastroenterology
Kevin Chang, MD, MS  
Room 3: Updates in Women's Health
Helen Sun, MD  
4:45-5:15 PMRoom 1: Updates in Cardiology for Primary Care 
Spencer Chang, MD  
5:15-5:30 PMWrap Up
Danny Sam, MD, FACP  

Sunday, October 12

TimeSession
7:30-8:00 AMCheck In/Breakfast
8:00-8:15 AMWelcome & Introduction
Danny Sam, MD, FACP  
Tom Baudendistel, MD, FACP  
8:15-8:30 AMBreak
8:30 AM-NoonPoster Competition
Noon-1:00 PMLunch
1:00-2:30 PMPoster Competition: Final Round
2:30-2:45 PMPoster Awards
Danny Sam, MD, FACP  
Tom Baudendistel, MD, FACP  
2:45-3:00 PMBreak
3:00-5:00 PMDoctors Dilemma
5:00-5:15 PMDoctors Dilemma Awards
Danny Sam, MD, FACP  
Tom Baudendistel, MD, FACP  
 

 

California Northern Chapter Registration

Both DaysUntil 9/14Until 9/28After 9/28
ACP Member & Affiliate Member$275$330$385
ACP Resident/Fellow Member$50$50$60
ACP Medical Student Member$25$25$30
Nonmember Physician & Allied Health Professional$330$395$450
Nonmember Resident$85$85$105
Nonmember Medical Student$40$40$55
Saturday, October 11 ONLYUntil 9/14Until 9/28After 9/28
ACP Member & Affiliate Member$250$300$350
ACP Resident/Fellow Member$50$50$60
ACP Medical Student Member$25$25$30
Nonmember Physician & Allied Health Professional$300$350$400
Nonmember Resident$75$75$90
Nonmember Medical Student$35$35$45
Sunday, October 12 ONLYUntil 9/14Until 9/28After 9/28
ACP Member & Affiliate Member$50$60$75
ACP Resident/Fellow MemberFreeFreeFree
ACP Medical Student MemberFreeFreeFree
Nonmember Physician & Allied Health Professional$75$90$110
Nonmember Resident$25$25$30
Nonmember Medical Student$15$15$20

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

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 Andrea Mortley at 669-977-1285 or canoacp1@gmail.com.

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