In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-  To identify dermatologic conditions that may manifest in hospitalized patients.
-  To layout a diagnostic and management approach to these derma logic conditions.
-  To provide treatment options to be used while the patient is hospitalized.

Heather Layher, DO, Dermatologist and Mohs Surgeon

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-  Define the Osteopathic Continuous Certification process.
-  Discuss the American Board of Internal Medicine Subspecialties. 
-  Review Questions from Audience.

J. Rico Blanco, Certification Director

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-  Experience his journey as a physician through a career of challenges and obstacles.
-  Accept and internalize the ambiguities, challenges and opportunities for personal growth while pursuing a flourishing medical career.

Mark McLaughlin, MD, Founder

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-  Increase awareness of tickborne illnesses and to understand the impact of climate change on the ever expanding habitats where these vectors can be found.

Gerald W. Blackburn, DO, MACOI, Clinical Professor of Medicine

Bryan L. Martin, DO, MACOI (he/him/his), Emeritus Professor of Medicine

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-  Understand the issues surrounding the medically fragile patients receiving home care.
-  Learn to help patients and families make decisions about treatment based on goals of care. 
-  Understand the transition to hospice and what level of care is appropriate.

Mitchell Forman, DO, FACOI, Dean Emeritus

Weldon (Don) Havins, MD, JD, LLM, Professor Emeritus

In this session:
-  Audience will acknowledge importance of determining goad of care for patient with COVID19 and facing End-of-Life.
-  Participants will learn symptoms and COVID19 at End-of-Life and how to treat. 
-  Audience will become competent in recognizing moral distress.

Annette T. Carron, DO, MACOI (she/her/hers), Director Geriatrics and Palliative Care

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-  Understand why caring for patients at end of life is so difficult.
-  List two reasons that complicate the resolution of the medically futile situation.
-  Describe the ethical difference of the end result of choosing to withhold vs withdraw treatment.

Karen J. Nichols, DO, MA, MACOI, Professor, Internal Medicine, Retired

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-  Understand the issues surrounding medically fragile patients receiving home care.
-  Learn to help patients and families make decision about treatment bases on goals of care. 
-  Understand the transition to hospice and what level of care is appropriate and when.

Marianne M. Holler, DO, FACOI, Chief Medical Officer

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-  Improve the care of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) by more aggressively targeting modifiable risk factors that contribute to AF and AF burden.
-  Better individualize patient when considering the use of rate or rhythm control strategies, as well as the indications for ablation. 
-  Increase patient access to guideline-directed first-line use of direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) as first-line therapies to prevent stroke or systemic embolism associated with atrial fibrillation.

Chad A. Link, DO, FACC, FACOI, Cardiologist

In this session, you’ll learn:
-  The populations affected by variants of APOL1.
-  Inheritance of APOL1 variants.
-  Effect of APOL1 on kidney disease.

John E. Prior, DO, FACOI, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
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Steven Sozio, MD, Associate Professor Medicine, Division of Nephrology

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-  Review dialysis access types, including the uncommon and last resort types.
-  Review dialysis access related complications including thrombosis and infections. 
-  Review dialysis related complications including mortality rates.

Viktoriya Yanchuk, DO, Teaching Faculty, Nephrology

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-  Discuss the staging and stratification of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome.
-  Discuss current standards of care for treating myelodysplastic syndrome for both low and high risk patients.

Gregory Harris, DO, FACOI, Hematology and Oncology

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-  Describe the services offered by a palliative care team as it relates to patients with cancer.
-  Understand crazy cycles and how they can influence decision-making and goals.
-  Recognize challenges that may impede implementation of supportive aspects of cancer care.

Kevin P. Hubbard, DO, MACOI, Clinical Professor of Medicine

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-  Define myeloproliferative disorders.
-  Know diseases included in the category.
-  Recognize clinical Signs and Symptoms.

Mary Jo Voelpel, DO, FACOI, Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology Specialist

Robert L. DiGiovanni, DO, MACOI, President of the ACOI 2021-2022

Joanne Kaiser-Smith, DO, FACOI (President), Associate Dean

Karen C. Caruth, MBA, Executive Director

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-  Learn how to get the residency of your choice.
-  Understanding options in obtaining the fellowship you really want. 
-  What to expect on rotations.

Robert P. Aran, DO, Chief Fellow, Oklahoma State University (Tulsa)

In this session, you’ll learn:
-  The effect of compounding interest.
-  The need for budgeting and avoiding bad debt. 
-  The future needs in medicine.

Robert G. Good, DO, MACOI (he/him/his), Professor of Medicine, Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Robert L. DiGiovanni, DO, MACOI, President of the ACOI 2021-2022, Largo Medical Center

MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI (he/him/his), Chief Innovation Officer, Access Health Louisiana

Samuel K. Snyder, DO, FACOI, Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Nova Southeastern University

Amita Vasoya, DO, FACOI, Christiana Care Pulmonary Associates

In this session, you’ll learn:
-  Review strategies to pass the Boards.
-  3 Keys to passing the Boards. 
-  Discuss helpful resources.

Joshua Layher, DO, Internist, ST. LUKE'S HEALTH PARTNER