Wednesday, September 10

Time	Session
8:00-8:15 AM	Governor Opening Remarks
8:15-9:15 AM	Large Language Model AI, the DHA, and You: A how to David Shumway, DO, USAF
9:15-9:30 AM	Break
9:30-10:15 AM	Doctor's Dilemma Round 1
9:30-10:30 AM	Allergy: Myth Vs. Reality Luke Pittman, MD, USA
9:30-10:45 AM	Creating an effective Academic IM curriculum Guenola Hunt, MD, USN
9:30 AM-Noon	Podium Competition #1	Podium Competition #2	Specialty Breakout: Infectious Disease
10:15 - 11:00 AM	Doctor's Dilemma Round 2
10:45-11:45 AM	Obesity Med for AD Ayeetin Azah, MD, USN Cherry Huang, DO, USA Jared Magree, DO, USA
10:45 AM-12:00 PM	Gamification to Develop Board Prep Curriculum Alicia Latta, DO, USAF
11:00-11:45 AM	Doctor's Dilemma Round 3
12:00-13:00 PM	Lunch Break
13:00-14:15 PM	VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline Forum - Updates Panel Luke Surry, MD, USAF Kimberly Fabyan, MD, USA Brian Neubauer, MD, USA Ahley Barasa, MD, USAF
14:15-14:30 PM	Break
14:30-15:15 PM	Doctor's Dilemma Round 4
14:30-15:30 PM	Hospital Medicine Updates: A year in review Laura Barrett, MD, USN
14:30-15:45 PM	Clinical Inertia in the military and GME. How to overcome Michael Fanning, MD, USN
14:30-17:00 PM	Podium Competition #3	Specialty Breakout: Heme/Onc	Specialty Breakout: Pulm/CC
15:15-16:00 PM	Doctor's Dilemma Round 5
15:45-16:45 PM	Preparing Internists to Counter Medical Conspiracy Theories Christian IE, MD, USA
16:00-17:15 PM	Rounding rut? Practical tips for mixing up your rounding style W. Rainey Johnson, MD, USN Madison Rattan, MD, USN
17:30-18:15 PM	Doctor's Dilemma Championship
18:15-18:45 PM	Chapter Awards

Thursday, September 11

Time	Session
8:00-9:00 AM	What is DoD’s role in Global Health Engagement Dianne Frankel, DO, USAF
9:00-9:15 AM	Mid Morning Snack
9:15-10:30 AM	Med Ed Research: Practical Approach for Clin-Educators Kathryn Burston, MD, USAF
9:15-10:45 AM	Risk Management: The DHA process of investigating adverse events Erica Hill, DO, USAF
9:15-11:45 AM	Specialty Breakout: Operational	Specialty Breakout	Poster Competition #1	Poster Competition #2
10:45-11:45 AM	Transition guide for physicians exiting the military Brian White, DO, USAF
11:00 AM-12:00 PM	USU Faculty Development
12:00-13:00 PM	Lunch Break
13:15-14:15 PM	Don’t Sleep on Sleep Medicine in the Military Paul Cusmano, DO, USN Jennifer Creamer, MD, USA Jack Galagan, MD, USA Mary Ann Rehman, MD, USA
14:00-16:00 PM	Practical Guide to Ethics: Considerations for Convent & Operational Medicine Robert Walkert, MD, USA
14:30-17:00 PM	Specialty Breakout: Rheumatology	Specialty Breakout: GIM	Specialty Breakout: Nephrology	Specialty Breakout: Gastroenterology
16:15-17:30 PM	Grateful Leadership: Inspiring Success thru Appreciation Ayeetin Azah, MD, USN Joseph Maciuba, MD, USA Veronica Wright, MD, USA

Friday, September 12

Time	Session
8:00-9:00 AM	Operational Internist Dacia Kame Boyce, MD, USA Thomas Brooke, MD, USN
9:00-9:15 AM	Break
9:15-9:45 AM	Medical Student & Resident Networking	Early Career Networking
9:15-10:15 AM	Breaking the Mold: Penicillin Allergy Testing and Clearance for the Internist Jorge M. Santibanez-Arriaga, DO, USN
9:15-11:45 AM	Specialty Breakout: Allergy/Immunology	Specialty Breakout: Cardiology	Specialty Breakout: Endocrinology
9:45-10:45 AM	The Admiral’s Rash: Bill Halsey’s med absence from midway Mary Ford, MD, USA Cate Bettger, MD, USA Lisa Townsend, MD, USA	Approach to Fever in the Returning Travel for Exp. Internist Michael Roth, MD
10:45 AM-12:00 PM	Keep in SIMple-sim curriculum development Aaron Tallant, MD, USN Steven Patrick, DO, USN
11:00 AM-12:00 PM	Benign or a Sign? Reducing unnecessary heme referrals Nicole Lieberman, MD, USN	The Microbiome for the Military Internist in 2025 Michale Craig, MD, USAF
12:00-12:30 PM	Closing Remarks

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