Montana Chapter 2025 Meeting Hub
Fostering Excellence in Internal Medicine
Thank you for attending!
Mike Spinelli, MD, FACP
ACP Governor, Montana Chapter
Meeting Highlights
- Healthcare Policy Updates
- Pulmonary Hypertension for the PCP
- Modern Cancer Treatments: What to know
- Addiction Medicine Updates
- Ethical Challenges
Program Committee
- Abigail Mansch, MD
- Charlotte Nelson, MD, FACP
Agenda
Access the meeting materials by clicking the session titles within the Agenda below.
Thursday, September 11
| Time | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 12:45-1:00 PM | Welcome/Opening Remarks Mike Spinelli, MD, FACP Charlotte Nelson, MD, FACP Abagail Mansch, MD | |
| 1:00-2:00 PM | Preserving the Cure: antimicrobial stewardship topics that can change practice Sadie Guiliani, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP | |
| 2:00-2:30 PM | Health Care Policy Updates Steve Wade, J.D., B.A. | |
| 2:30-3:00 PM | Break/Visit Exhibits | |
| 3:00-4:00 PM | Sepsis Mike Kremkau, MD, FACEP, DIMM, FAEMS | |
| 4:00-5:00 PM | Pulmonary Hypertension for the Primary Caregiver Ryan Nahapetian, MD, MPH | |
| 5:00-6:30 PM | Welcome Reception/Poster Presentations/Beer Tasting by Draught Work Brewery | |
Friday, September 12
| Time | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 7:15-8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast/Town Hall Meeting Mike Spinelli, MD, FACP | |
| 8:00-9:00 AM | Treating Functional Gastrotestional Disorders Dan Selvig, MD | |
| 9:00-9:30 AM | HCC Coding Overview and Updates Sadie Russell, DNP | |
| 9:30-10:00 AM | Advance Care Planning with Your Patients Sadie Russell, DNP | |
| 10:00-10:30 AM | Break/Visit Exhibits | |
| 10:30-11:00 AM | Where Does Wellness Fit In? Charlotte Nelson, MD, FACP | |
| 11:00-11:45 AM | Modern Cancer Treatment Adverse Reactions: What the Non-Oncology Provider Should Know Jody McKernan, PharmD, BCPS | |
| 11:45 AM-1:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:00-2:00 PM | Diabetes and the Kidney Ben Lawson, MD | |
| 2:00-3:00 PM | Common Ethical Challenges in the Hospital Wendy Grace, MD | |
| 3:00-3:30 PM | Break/Visit Exhibits | |
| 3:30-4:30 PM | Addiction Medicine Brett Bell, MD | |
| 4:30-5:30 PM | Something Old, Something New: update on viral infections Claude Tonnerre, MD FACP | |
| 5:30-5:45 PM | Closing Remarks Charlotte Nelson, MD, FACP Abagail Mansch, MD | |
Meeting Evaluation and CME/MOC Credit
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Release Date: September 12, 2025
Termination Date: September 12, 2026
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Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 10 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.
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