2024 Florida Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting

Friday, October 25-Sunday, October 27, 2024
The Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort | Fort Lauderdale, FL

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2024 Florida Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting

Designing the New Landscape of Medicine: The Critical Role of Internal Medicine

The FL 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 FL Chapter scientific meeting October 25 - 27, 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 Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort, in Fort Lauderdale Florida!

Ankush K. Bansal, MD, FACP, FACPM, SFHM
ACP Governor, Florida Chapter
Elisa M. Sottile, MD, FACP
ACP Governor, Florida Chapter

Meeting Highlights
  • Internal Medicine & Supspecialty Lectures
  • State Mandated Courses
  • Residents & Medical Students Program
  • Residents & Medical Students Poster Competition
  • Early Career Physicians Poster Competition
  • Doctor's Dilemma Competition
Program Committee
  • Ankush K. Bansal, MD, FACP, FACPM, SFHM
  • Christopher L. Bray, MD, PhD, FACP
  • Amalia Landa-Galindez, MD, FACP
  • Chandan Mitra, MD, MPH, FACP, SFHM
  • Cristina Pravia, MD, MBA, FACP
  • Bernardo J. Reyes, MD, CMD, AGSF
  • Elisa Sottile, MD, FACP
  • Sabrina Taldone, MD, MBA

20.5 CME/MOC Available

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Florida Medical Association and the Florida Chapter American College of Physicians. The Florida Medical Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Florida Medical Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Agenda

Friday, October 25

Time Session
7:30-8:30 AM Registration & Breakfast
8:10-8:15 AM Governors' Welcome
Elisa Sottile, MD, FACP, Governor FL ACP
8:15-9:15 AM Internist Wellbeing
Heidi Allespach, PhD, Professor
9:15-10:15 AM Common Under-diagnosed Nutritional Deficiencies in Primary Care
Jorge Camilo Mora, MD, MPH
10:15-10:30 AM Networking Break with Exhibitors
10:30-11:30 AM New Paradigms for Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Detection & Management
Carl E Orringer, MD, FACC, MLNA
11:30 AM-12:30 PM Governors Luncheon: 2024 Florida Legislative and Regulatory Report
Christopher L Nuland, Esq
12:30-12:45 PM Networking Break
12:45-1:45 PM Updates in Hospital Medicine for 2024
Efren C Manjarrez, MD, SFHM, FACP
1:45-2:45 PM Beyond the Scale: Weight Management as a Gastroenterologist
Michelle Pearlman, MD
2:45-3:00 PM Networking Break with Exhibitors
3:00-4:00 PM Review & Update of Migraine Acute & Preventive Therapies for Primary Care & Internal Medicine
Alexandra Cocores, MD
4:00-5:00 PM Detection to Prevention: Navigating the Landscape of Cancer Screening
Erin N Marcus, MD, MPH, FACP
5:00 PM Adjournment

Saturday, October 26

Time Session
7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:30-9:30 AM Updates in Adult Immunizations
Jason M Goldman, MD, FACP
9:30-10:30 AM What are Public Health Emergencies of Interventional Concern: How to Prepare our Practice for the Next Emergency
Aileen M Marty, MD
10:30-11:00 AM Networking Break with Exhibitors
11:00 AM-Noon Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease for Internal Medicine
Michael Schweitzer, MD
Noon-12:30 PM Town Hall/Annual Business Meeting
Ankush Bansal, MD, FACP, FACPM, SFHM
Elisa Sottile, MD, FACP
12:30-1:30 PM Preserving Humanism as the Soul of the Profession: Suffering Patient or Healthcare Customer?
James W Lynch, Jr, MD
1:30-2:30 PM POCUS Overview for the Internal Medicine Practice
Omar Qazi, MD, FACP
2:30-3:30 PM Update in Critical Care Medicine for Internal Medicine
Natalia Solenkova, MD, PhD, MLS, FACP
3:30-4:00 PM Networking Break with Exhibitors
4:00-5:00 PM SLE and Vasculitis Review and Treatment Update
Jose M Muniz, MD, MACP
5:00-6:00 PM Clinical Pearls & Updates in Outpatient Internal Medicine
Amalia Landa-Galindez, MD, FACP
6:00-6:30 PM Adjourn/Judges Meeting
6:30-7:45 PM Formal Resident & Medical Student Finalist Poster Competition
Early Career Physician Poster Competition
7:45-9:00 PM Governor's Award Reception

Sunday, October 27

Time Session
7:30-8:30AM Breakfast Breakout Opportunities
Advancement to Fellowship (FACP) Mentoring Breakfast (pre-registration required)
IMG Networking Breakfast Session (pre-registration required)
Women in Medicine Mentoring Breakfast Session (pre-registration required)
8:30-9:30 AM Updates in Nephrology for Internal Medicine
Andrew M Slater, DO
9:30-11:30 AM Domestic Violence (2 HR State Mandated Course)
Himangi Kaushal, MD, FACP, MBA
Cristina Pravia, MD, FACP, MBA
11:30-11:45 AM Networking Break with Exhibitors
11:45 AM-1:15 PM Doctors Dilemma Final Competition
Joshua D Lenchus, DO, PRh, FACP, SFHM - Moderator
Finalist Team(s)
AdventHealth - Orlando
Florida State University - Cape Coral
University of Florida - Gainesville
Orlando Health
HCA FL Healthcare - Westside/Northwest Hospital
1:15 PM Announcements and Adjournment
Elisa Sottile, MD, FACP

Florida Chapter Registration

Categories By 9/30 After 9/30
ACP Member $169 $189
ACP Resident/Fellow Member $75 $95
ACP Medical Student Member $25 $45
ACP Affiliate Member $169 $189
Nonmember Physician $254 $274
Nonmember Resident $95 $115
Nonmember Medical Student $35 $55
Nonmember Allied Health Professional $254 $274

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.

CME

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Florida Medical Association and the Florida Chapter American College of Physicians. The Florida Medical Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Florida Medical Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Can I follow along on social media?

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

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

Hotel Accommodations

We have reserved a block of rooms at the following rates until September 29, 2024. When making your reservation, be sure to mention that you will be attending the ACP FL 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 954-467-1111 or registering online.

Single/Double: $189.00
The Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort
321 N Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33304

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 Shelly Hakes at 904-355-0800 or Shakes@floridachapteracp.org.

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