2025 North Dakota Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting

Friday, October 3, 2025
Delta Hotels Fargo | Fargo, ND

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2025 North Dakota Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting

Fostering Excellence in Internal Medicine

Live events are changing, and American College of Physicians is helping lead the way with the ability to learn, network, and engage like never before!

  • Presented both live and virtually October 3, 2025, ACP's ND Chapter is pleased to offer a safe meeting space to earn CME/MOC, recharge, and engage with one another. Sessions will be held live at the Delta Hotels Fargo, Fargo ND as well as through exclusive virtual keynote and education sessions.
  • Learn, Connect, and Engage in Person or from Home or Office Attend or tune in to exclusive live, interactive sessions with your local Chapter colleagues. Regardless of location, you can engage with each other to discuss topics important to you and your community, both professionally and socially.
  • These flexible options provide access to top-notch education, help you connect with each other, and learn about ways to get involved with your 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 knowledge.
Joshua C. Ranum, MD, FACP
ACP Governor, North Dakota Chapter

Meeting Highlights
  • Integrating Academic Medicine into Healthcare Delivery
  • Longevity Medicine
  • Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy through Medical Leadership
  • Navigating the Controversies and Clinical Realities of Testosterone
  • Updates in Medicine - highlights from national meetings
Program Committee
  • Dinesh Bande, MD, MBA, FACP
  • Ronovan Ottenbacher, MD, FACP
  • Chris Pribula, MD, FHM
  • Josh Ranum, MD, FACP

# CME & MOC Available

Release Date: October 3, 2025
Termination Date: October 3, 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 (#) 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

Schedule

Time Session
7:30-8:15 AM Breakfast with the Dean
Marjorie R. Jenkins, MD, MEdHP, FACP
8:30-10:15 AM NDMA Policy Forum
North Dakota Medical Association
10:15-10:45 AM Break/network with vendors
10:45-11:30 AM Integrating Academic Medicine into Healthcare Delivery: What Does Success Look Like?
Marjorie R. Jenkins, MD, MEdHP, FACP
Dinesh Bande, MD, MBA, FACP
11:30 AM-12:15 PM Longevity Medicine: a Primer for Clinical Practice
Donald Jurivich, DO
12:15-1:45 PM Leadership Awards Luncheon
1:45 PM Welcome
Joshua Ranum, MD, FACP
1:45-2:30 PM Leading by Example: Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Through Medical Leadership
Tracie Newman, MD, MPH, FAAP
2:30-3:15 PM To T or not to T, that is the question. Navigating the Controversies and Clinical Realities of Testosterone
Kirsten Juhl, MD, FACP
Ronovan Ottenbacher, MD, FACP
John Tinjum, MD
3:15-3:45 PM Break
3:45-4:30 PM Updates in Medicine
Chris Pribula, MD, FHM
Jena Gales, MD

North Dakota Chapter Registration

Categories Registration Rates
ACP Member $50
ACP Resident/Fellow Member $0
ACP Medical Student Member $0
ACP Affiliate Member $50
Nonmember Physician $50
Nonmember Resident $0
Nonmember Medical Student $0
Nonmember Allied Health Professional $50

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.

Meeting Handouts

There will be no meeting handouts.

Can I follow along on social media?

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

What does registration include?

Registration fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, all scientific sessions and materials, and CME documentation.

How do I access the virtual meeting?

Sessions are accessible through the Virtual Meeting Hub and on your chapter website. Click the "join virtual session" links in the agenda. If you have just purchased the meeting and get an access denied message, please log-out of your ACPonline account and log back in. This will refresh the purchases on your account. 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 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 2, 2025. When making your reservation, be sure to mention that you will be attending the ACP ND 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 701-277-9000 or registering online.

Single/Double: $139.00
Delta Hotels Fargo
1635 42nd St SW
Fargo, ND 58103

Will this meeting be recorded?

The meeting will be recorded and available for playback for one year.

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 Carla Beach at 701-293-4134 or carla.beach@und.edu.

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