Agenda/View Sessions - March 25, 2026

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7:00 am EDT
Update on Lung Cancer and Paraneoplastic Syndromes (2026 IMCU)

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Learning Objectives:

  • Define paraneoplastic syndromes
  • Discuss Endocrine PNS
  • Discuss Neurologic & rheumatologic/dermatologic PNS
Speaker(s)

Mary Suchyta, DO, FACOI (she/her/hers), Medical Director, Select Health

7:35 am EDT
Pulmonary Thromboembolism (2026 IMCU)

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Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will be able to apply clinical decision rules using wells criteria to categorize patients into likely vs PE unlikely
  • Implement rule out strategies and correctly apply the Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria (PERC) to identify patients in whom PE can be safely excluded Explain the role of biomarkers (D-dimer)
  • Assess mortality risk and apply treatment strategies based on hemodynamic stability (massive unstable, stable with RV strain, and low risk PE)
Speaker(s)

Carol E. Ash, DO (she/her/hers), Pulmonary Critical Care Sleep Medicine, Deborah Heart and Lung Center

8:10 am EDT
Chest Radiology (2026 IMCU)

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Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss common CXR diagnoses that may be missed
  • Suggest imaging for diagnoses
  • Discuss rare CXR finding
Speaker(s)

Mary Suchyta, DO, FACOI (she/her/hers), Medical Director, Select Health

8:45 am EDT
Sleep Medicine Case Studies (2026 IMCU)

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Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize the common clinical scenarios of patients presenting with sleep disorders
  • Gain knowledge on guidelines and 2026 updates & evidence for management of common sleep medicine disorders
  • Understand the clinical application to manage patients with sleep disorders optimizing patient outcomes
Speaker(s)

Carol E. Ash, DO (she/her/hers), Pulmonary Critical Care Sleep Medicine, Deborah Heart and Lung Center

9:25 am EDT
Critical Care Case Studies (2026 IMCU)

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Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize shock early and the common clinical scenarios of patients presenting with shock
  • Understand what is failing physiologically
  • Avoid common pitfalls that delay appropriate treatment
Speaker(s)

Carol E. Ash, DO (she/her/hers), Pulmonary Critical Care Sleep Medicine, Deborah Heart and Lung Center

9:55 am EDT
Restrictive Lung Disease (2026 IMCU)

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Learning Objectives:

  • Identify the common intrinsic and extrinsic causes of restrictive lung disease Understand the new framework for ILD and apply to their patient population
  • Recognize common radiologic and PFT patterns of restrictive lung disease
  • Understand how to obtain a specific diagnosis once pulmonary restriction has been confirmed and apply tactics to improve their patient’s health outcome
Speaker(s)

Carol E. Ash, DO (she/her/hers), Pulmonary Critical Care Sleep Medicine, Deborah Heart and Lung Center

10:30 am EDT
Respiratory Failure, Ventilator Therapy and PFT (2026 IMCU)

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Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will be able to recognize types of respiratory failure
  • Equip healthcare providers with the knowledge to manage, and assess critical respiratory conditions
  • Identify PFT patterns to differentiate common disease that will result in respiratory failure
Speaker(s)

Carol E. Ash, DO (she/her/hers), Pulmonary Critical Care Sleep Medicine, Deborah Heart and Lung Center

11:05 am EDT
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (2026 IMCU)

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Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss Current COPD guidelines
  • Discuss Medications in COPD
  • Discuss Surgical & Bronchoscopic Therapies in COPD
Speaker(s)

Mary Suchyta, DO, FACOI (she/her/hers), Medical Director, Select Health

11:40 am EDT
Office Medicine Refresher (2026 IMCU)

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Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding common labs and procedures and surgical risk.
  • Overview for internal medicine topics including USPTF/choosing wisely guidelines.
  • Overview of example cases in the office practice.

Speaker(s)

Scott Spradlin, DO, FACP, FACOI, Vice President of Clinical Value and Innovation, Aetna

12:25 pm - 1:10 pm EDT
Lunch Break (45 mins)

1:10 pm EDT
Parathyroid Disease; Calcium Metabolism; Osteoporosis (2026 IMCU)

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Learning Objectives:

  • Describe hyper- and hypocalcemia
  • Describe various treatment options for low bone density
  • Describe how to diagnose and trteat primary hyperparathyroidism
Speaker(s)

Jack Snitzer, DO, MHA, FACOI, FACE (he/him/his), Endocrinologist, Internal Medicine PD, TidalHealth Endocrinology

1:55 pm EDT
Pituitary and Related Disorders (2026 IMCU)

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Learning Objectives:

  • Describe symptoms and signs of hypopituitarism and treatment.
  • Describe when to use DDAVP fo diabetes insipidus
  • Recognize pituuitary diseases causing hypersecrtions or pituitary hormones.
Speaker(s)

Jack Snitzer, DO, MHA, FACOI, FACE (he/him/his), Endocrinologist, Internal Medicine PD, TidalHealth Endocrinology

2:40 pm EDT
Endocrine Pancreas; Diabetes Mellitus; Metabolic Syndrome (2026 IMCU)

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Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the differencse between type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Describe the basics of insulin pump therapy and AID
  • Describes the signs and complications of metabolic syndrome
Speaker(s)

Jack Snitzer, DO, MHA, FACOI, FACE (he/him/his), Endocrinologist, Internal Medicine PD, TidalHealth Endocrinology

3:45 pm EDT
Disease of the Adrenals and Gonads (2026 IMCU)

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Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss the diagnosis and treatment of adrenal insufficiency
  • Explain the diagnosis and treatment of pheochromocytoma
  • Describe the diagnosis and treatment of primary hyperaldosteronism
Speaker(s)

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

4:35 pm EDT
Disease of the Thyroid (2026 IMCU)

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Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the diagnosis of thyriod disease by thyroid function labs.
  • Understand the most common and least common thyroid cancer diagnosis.
  • Understand hyperthyroidism presentation by nuclear thyroid scan.
Speaker(s)

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

5:30 pm EDT
Interactive Identification Optic Fundi and Endocrine Physical Findings (2026 IMCU)

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Overview

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the physical appearance of Cushing syndrome.
  • Understand nuclear imaging in the diagnosis of thyroid disease
  • Unstand the retinal mages of patients with diabetic retinopathy
Speaker(s)

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