Learning Objectives:

• Recognize diagnostic criteria for Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes.
• Recognize Common Classifications of Diabetes.
• Understanding Carbohydrate Counting in the treatment of Diabetes. 
• Understanding Glycemic Goals in Hospital Patients.

John R. Sutton, DO, MACOI, Endocrinologist, Carson Tahoe Endocrinology

Learning Objectives:

• To be familiar with the impact of GLP and GLP/GIP therapy for reducing weight.
• To be familiar with the process of compounding medication.
• To be familiar with the potential deleterious effects of compounding medications.

Jeffrey S. Freeman, DO, FACOI, Professor of Internal Medicine & Chairman of Division Endocrinology and Metabolism, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the impact of Variability on Quality Outcomes and Goals of Care.
• List opportunities for improving practitioner burnout and disengagement.
• Assess the role of Artificial Intelligence, and how bias affects the potential data generated.

James J. Matera, DO (he/him/his), Chief Medical Officer, CentraState Medical Center

Learning Objectives:

• Review current evidence-based practices for the inpatient management of COPD/Pneumonia
• Review current roll of steroids in the treatment of COPD/Pneumonia
• Understand the medications at discharge that are indicated for those individuals hospitalized with COPD/Pneumonia

Andrew Buelt, DO, Hospitalist, Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Learning Objectives:

• Review current evidence-based practices for the management of stroke/TIA
• When to recommend an atrial appendage occlusion, and repair of patent foramen ovale
• When to refer stroke patients for IV alteplase and mechanical thrombectomy within 4.5 and 24 hours respectively, and when appropriate

Andrew Buelt, DO, Hospitalist, Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Learning Objectives:

• Define chronic respiratory failure
• Identify patients who would benefit from NIV or bilevel therapy
• Know the contraindications to NIV

Jennifer Ely, DO, FACOI FCCP FAASM, Market Medical Director, University of Michigan Health-Sparrow.

Learning Objectives:

• To discuss available opportunities for additional "side" income leveraging our medical degrees.
• To review potential pitfalls regarding seeking ancillary work.
• To highlight "knowing our worth" as physicians and the "why" behind seeking ancillary income.

Mia A. Taormina, DO, FACOI, Chair, Department of Infectious Disease, Duly Health and Care

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion the participant will be able to assess factors that determine the degree of immunosuppression in a patient and correlate the net state of immunosuppression with risk of infection
• Upon completion the participant will be able to recognize common clinical syndromes associated with opportunistic infections in immunocompromised hosts
• Upon completion the participant will be able to understand the proper use and limitations of new diagnostic tests for common opportunistic infections

Peter Gulick, DO, MACOI, Professor of Medicine, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Learning Objectives:

• Introduce key elements of Hospital at Home care
• Review real world examples of Hospital at Home in the pre-pandemic and pandemic periods
• Analyze the data of the Acute Hospital Care at Home program as published by CMS in September 2024. Discuss the future of Hospital at Home and introduce the process of obtaining a waiver for AHCAH from CMS

Booth Wainscoat, DO, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, UPMC

Round Table: Telehealth (2025)

Rick A. Greco, DO, MACOI, President of Physician Enterprise, Trinity Health

Mia A. Taormina, DO, FACOI, Chair, Department of Infectious Disease, Duly Health and Care

Booth Wainscoat, DO, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, UPMC

Mohmmad Hajjiri, MD (he/him/his), Physician, DULY health and care