2025 Florida Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting

Friday, November 7 - 9, 2025
Renaissance Orlando Resort & Spa - Disney Springs Area, Lake Buena Vista, FL

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2025 Florida Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting

Fostering Excellence in 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 November 7 - 9, 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 Renaissance Orlando Resort & Spa - Disney Springs Area, Lake Buena Vista Florida!

Elisa M. Sottile, MD, FACP
ACP Florida Governor - Head of (c)(3)
Ankush K. Bansal, MD, FACP, FACPM, SFHM
ACP Florida Governor - Head of (c)(6)

Meeting Highlights
  • Internal Medicine and Subspecialty Lectures
  • Integrating AI into the modern day practice of Internal Medicine
  • ACP President Address
  • State Mandated Courses
  • Medical Student and Resident Poster Competition
  • Early Career Student Poster Competition
  • Resident and Medical Student Program
  • Doctor's Dilemma ® Finalist Round
Program Committee
  • Charles J Harrison, MD
  • Jose Lezama, MD MACP
  • Margaret C Lo, MD FACP
  • Mario J Madruga, MD MACP
  • Luis Daniel Lugo Rosado, MD
  • Elisa M Sottile, MD FACP

# CME & MOC Available

Release Date: LAST DAY OF MEETING
Termination Date: ONE YEAR LATER

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 (#) 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 (point amount) 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, November 7

Time Session
7:30-8:15 AM Registration & Breakfast
8:15-8:30 AM Governors' Welcome
Elisa M. Sottile, MD FACP
Ankush K. Bansal, MD FACP FACPM SFHM
Luis Daniel Lugo Rosado, MD
8:30-9:30 AM Breathless Battles: The Fight Against Respiratory Infections
Patricia Couto, MD FIDSA
9:30-10:30 AM Cutaneous Manifestations of Systematic Diseases
Catherine L. Kowalewski, DO
10:30-11:00 AM Networking Break with Exhibitors
11:00 AM-Noon Advances in Anticoagulation Therapy for Venous Thromboembolism: What Every Internist Needs to Know
Carol Mathew, MD
Noon-1:00 PM Governors Luncheon: 2025 Florida Legislative and Regulatory Report
Christopher L. Nuland, Esq
1:00-1:30 PM Networking Break with Exhibitors
1:30-2:30 PM Implementing Continuous Glucose Monitoring into Clinical Practice: From Interpretation to Sustainability
Julio A. Leevy, MD
2:30-3:30 PM Kidney Xenotransplantation - Where aer we and where are we headed?
Vishal Jaikaransingh, MD
3:30-4:30 PM MASH Diagnosis and Treatment Updates
Andreas G. Zori, MD

Saturday, November 8

Time Session
7:00-8:30 AM Registration & Breakfast
7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30-9:30 AM Practical Strategies to Promote Adult Immunization
Jason M. Goldman, MD MACP
9:30-10:30 AM Metabolic Health and Inflammation: A New Frontier in Disease
Albert Lopez, Jr., DO FACP
10:30-11:00 AM Networking Break with Exhibitors
11:00-Noon Depression Treatment Updates
Daniel A. Lewis, MD
Noon-12:30 PM Town Hall/Annual Meeting
Ankush K. Bansal, MD FACP FACPM SFHM
Elisa M. Sottile, MD FACP
12:30-1:30 PM The Clinically AI-Enhanced Physician: Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Everyday Practice
Anas Bizanti, MD MS
1:30-2:30 PM Navigating Transitions of Care: Inpatient and Outpatient Considerations
Omar Qazi, MD MHA FACP
2:30-2:45 PM Networking Break with Exhibitors
2:45-4:45 PM Opiods and Controlled Substances (2 HR State Mandated Session)
Joshua D. Lenchus, DO FACP SFHM
5:00-5:30 PM Judges Meeting for Resident & Medical Student Poster Presentation
5:30-7:00 PM Formal Resident & Medical Student Finalist Poster Competition
7:15-9:00 PM Governor's Award Reception

Sunday, November 9

Time Session
7:30-9:00 AM Registration & Breakfast
9:00-11:00 AM Prevention of Medical Errors (2 HR State Mandated Session)
Christopher L. Nuland, Esq
11:00-11:30 AM Networking Break with Exhibitors
11:30 AM-1:00 PM Doctors' Dilemma Final Competition
Joshua D. Lenchus, DO FACP SFHM

Florida Chapter Registration

Categories Registration Rates
ACP Member $179
ACP Resident/Fellow Member $75
ACP Medical Student Member $25
ACP Affiliate Member $189
Nonmember Physician $259
Nonmember Resident $95
Nonmember Medical Student $35
Nonmember Allied Health Professional $259

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 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 30, 2025. 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 877-801-4030 or registering online.

Single/Double: $179.00
Renaissance Orlando Resort & Spa - Disney Springs Area
1905 Hotel Plaza Boulevard
Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830
 

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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