Georgia Chapter 2025 Meeting Hub

Friday, October 24 - Sunday, October 26, 2025
Renaissance Waverly Atlanta | Atlanta, GA

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Georgia Chapter 2025 Meeting Hub

 

 

Fostering Excellence in Internal Medicine

The GA 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 GA Chapter scientific meeting October 24 - 26, 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 Waverly Atlanta, Atlanta GEORGIA!

Clyde Watkins, Jr, MD, FACP
ACP Governor, Georgia Chapter


Meeting Highlights
  • Workshops including: Practical AI for Internists: Tools, Tips, and Tactics; Obesity; Heart Sounds (students and residents)
  • Inpatient and Outpatient Tracks
  • Doctor's Dilemma
  • Chronic Heart Failure
  • Outpatient Billing
  • Dermatology
  • Management of Osteoporosis Beyon Bisphosphonates
  • IP Periop Management
Program Committee
  • Bhavin Adhyaru, MD, FACP
  • Prabhava Bagla, MD, FACP
  • Reema Hamid Dbouk, MD, FACP
  • Mary Downing, MD, FACP
  • Justin Ertle, MD
  • Norbeto Fas, MD, FACP
  • Andrew Hearn, MD (Resident Representative)
  • Jason Higdon, MD, FACP
  • John Kim, MD, FACP
  • Birju Patel, MD, FACP
  • Mike Quinn, MD, FACP
  • Zahraa Rabeeah, MD, FACP
  • Brian Ribeiro, MD, FACP
  • Yoo Mee Shin, MD
  • Ananth Vadde, MD, FACP
  • Lela Ward, MD, FACP
  • Clyde Watkins, MD, FACP
  • Charles Weeks (Medical Student Representative)
 

 

Agenda

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Friday, October 24

TimeSession
7:30 AM-5:00 PMRegistration
8:00 AM-NoonResident Podium Presentations
Alyce Oliver, Ph.D., MD, FACP  
9:00-11:00 AMObesity Medicine Unlocked: A Primary Care Virtual Escape Room Experience
Alicia Shelly, MD, FACP, DABOM  
10:00 AM-NoonHeart Sounds Workshop (Residents & Students Only)
Jennifer Giuseffi, MD  
Mikhail Akbashev, MD, FACP  
Shaheen Fatima, MD  
Babar Junaidi, MD  
Viniya Patidar, MD  
Yoo Mee Shin, MD  
Noon-1:00 PMProduct Theater & lunch - Exact Sciences: Detect and help prevent CRC with the Cologuard Plus™ Test
Durado Brooks, MD, FACP, MPH
12:30-1:30 PMNerivio Remote Electrical Neuromodulation for Migraine: Drug-Free and Needle-Free Treatment and Prevention of Migraine 
Frank Berenson, MD 
12:30-2:30 PMPractical AI for Internists: Tools, Tips, and Tactics
Reema Dbouk, MD, FACP  
Kajal Patel, MD  
Mary Solis, MD  
Mary Stout, MD  
Pam Vohra-Khullar, MD, FACP  
12:30-2:30 PMStudent Mock Interviews
Jason Higdon, MD, FACP  
1:00-2:30 PMResident Programming TBD
2:00-3:00 PMPoster Mounting - Residents and Students
Jason Higdon, MD, FACP  
Mike Quinn, MD, FACP  
3:00-5:00 PMPoster Presentations 
Jason Higdon, MD, FACP  
Mike Quinn, MD, FACP  
5:00-6:00 PMGovernor's Reception
Clyde Watkins, Jr., MD, FACP  
6:00-7:00 PMIMG Meet and Greet
Catherine Apaloo, MD, FACP  
7:00-9:00 PMStudent Jeopardy and Awards Dinner
Jason Higdon, MD, FACP  

Saturday, October 25

TimeSession
7:00 AM-5:00 PMRegistration
7:00-7:45 AMEducation Committee Meeting
John Kim, MD, FACP
Health & Public Policy Committee Meeting
Jin Lee, MD, FACP  
Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, MACP  
Membership Committee Meeting
Lora Denton, MD, MACP  
Resident Council Meeting
Oladipo Odeyinka, MD
Surya Bussa, MD
7:30-9:00 AMBreakfast
7:55-8:00 AMOpening Remarks
John Kim, MD, FACP  
8:00-9:00 AMUpdate in the Management of Systolic Heart Failure
William Hannah, MD  
9:10-10:10 AMHow to Become a Clinical Educator
Daniel Hunt, MD, MHM, FACP  
10:10-10:30 AMBREAK
10:30-11:30 AMBreast Care for Primary Care
Kathleen Jeffery, MD  
11:40 AM-12:40 PMAdvocacy in Medicine: Why Physicians Matter
Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, MACP  
Jin Lee, MD, FACP  
Dylan Baker, MBBS, FACP  
12:40-1:30 PMTown Hall and Lunch, with remarks by Darilyn V. Moyer, MD, MACP, FRCP, FIDSA, FAMWA, FEFIM, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, ACP
1:30-2:30 PMWhat's New in Geriatric Medicine?
Maulik Patel, MD, HDMC  
1:30-2:15 PMInpatient Periop Management
Babar Junaidi, MD, FACP  
2:00-5:00 PMRESIDENT DOCTOR'S DILEMMA / AWARDS
Jin Lee, MD, FACP  
2:40-3:40 PMThyroid Nodules
Edward Chin, MD, MACP  
2:25-3:10 PMUpdates in Internal Medicine
Dustin Smith, MD  
3:20-4:05 PMManagement of Common Causes of Hypoxia
Ankita Agarwal, MD, MSc  
3:40-4:00 PMBREAK
4:00-5:00 PMOutpatient Billing
Steve Adams, COC, CPC, CPMA, CRC, CPE-I, CEMC, FCS, PCS  
4:15-5:00 PMInpatient Management of Diabetes
Patricia Hwang, MD  
6:00-7:30 PMAwards Reception 
Clyde Watkins, Jr., MD, FACP  

Sunday, October 26

TimeSession
7:00 AM-NoonRegistration
7:00-8:00 AMFellowship Breakfast
Clyde Watkins, Jr., MD, FACP  
Women's Networking Breakfast
TBD
7:00-8:30 AMBreakfast
7:55-8:00 AMOpening Remarks
John Kim, MD, FACP  
8:00-9:00 AMPhenobarbital for Alcohol Withdrawal: Clinical Insights and Applications
Elizabeth McCord, MD  
9:10-10:10 AMDermatology
Justin Cheeley, MD  
10:10-10:30 AMBREAK
10:30-11:30 AMTreatment of Osteoporosis - Beyond Bisphosphonates
Bridget Sinnott, MD  
11:40-12:40 PMArtificial Intelligence in Clinical Medicine
Richard Blatt, MD  
12:40 PMADJOURN
 

 

Meeting Evaluation and CME/MOC Credit

To claim CME & MOC credit or to generate a certificate of participation you will be asked to first complete an evaluation survey.

Release Date: October 26, 2025
Termination Date: October 26, 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 16.5 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 16.5 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.

 

 

FAQ

Equipment and Materials

Create a Zoom Account!

Our meeting will be conducted on the Zoom platform and all registered attendees will be have links to the Zoom meeting through this page. If you do not have a Zoom account, we recommend you sign up for one before the meeting. Sign up is free. Click here to sign up.

Test Your Equipment in Advance

  • Please test and check your system at least 15 minutes prior to meeting. This includes your network connection, device battery life, and speakers.
  • We recommend you use a computer or a tablet for the best experience. The system is not responsive on a cell phone.

Control Your Environment as Best You Can

  • Mute other devices that might interfere with your computer audio.
  • Create a learning-conducive environment, eliminating as many distractions as possible. Close out of other tabs and mute notifications, if possible.
  • Prepare your space with anything you may need during the virtual program (appropriate chargers, note-taking materials, water, etc.).

Troubleshooting Technical Difficulties

  • Some networks cause slides to advance more slowly than others. If your slides are behind or you are having audio issues, please try to refresh the page.

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 Susan Saify at 646-271-6109 or ssaify@gaacp.org.

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