Friday, October 9, 2026 - Virtual Agenda

Learning Objectives:

• Apply an evidence-based approach to the diagnosis of food allergy using a focused clinical history, skin-prick testing, serum-specific IgE testing, component-resolved diagnostics, and oral food challenges while avoiding overdiagnosis based on sensitization alone.
• Evaluate appropriate adult candidates for oral immunotherapy and discuss expected benefits, limitations, adverse effects, contraindications, and the importance of shared decision-making and ongoing monitoring.
• Explain the principles of adult oral immunotherapy, including dose escalation, maintenance dosing, desensitization goals, and the distinction between desensitization and sustained unresponsiveness.

Chad Mayer, DO, FAAAAI (he/him/his), Allergist/Immunologist, Allergy & Asthma Institute of SE Michigan

Learning Objectives:

• Identify early cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease in internal medicine and primary care settings.
• Describe evidence-based early treatment strategies and determine which patients may benefit.
• Integrate early treatment with dementia risk-reduction and chronic disease management

Steven T. Dinsmore, DO, FACOI (he/him/his), Retired, FDA

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participants will be able to describe how the Emerging DO platform connects and supports the osteopathic community throughout each career stage.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to identify Emerging DO resources for mentorship, residency guidance, professional networking, career development, and trusted osteopathic information.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to apply lessons learned from launching a national mentorship program to strengthen mentoring relationships within the osteopathic community.

Hannah Quirk, Emerging DO Platform Community Manager, AOiA

Nicholas Salupo, DO (he/him/his), Nephrologist, Dayton Kidney

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participant will be familiarized with the steps involved in approval of a vaccine
• Upon completion, participants will be able familiarized with the role of ACIP on vaccine recommendations
• Upon completion, participants will be updated of ongoing research and vaccine trial

Massoud Mahmoudi, DO, PhD, FACOI, FAOCAI, FACP, FCCP, FAAAAI, President, American Osteopathic College of Allergy and Immunology

Learning Objectives:

• Explain the contemporary reframing of advance care planning (ACP) from a document-completion task to a longitudinal communication process centered on real-time goals-of-care (GOC) conversations, citing the evidence that standalone directives do not reliably produce goal-concordant care 2. Apply the Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG) as a practical, patient-tested tool to structure values-based conversations in clinical practice
• Distinguish the highest-value role of the internist in ACP across settings, early longitudinal conversations in the ambulatory/community setting versus mortality-risk-calibrated GOC discussions triggered by hospitalization
• Identify triggers for specialist palliative care referral in complex ACP/GOC scenarios, including intractable symptoms, surrogate–clinician conflict, and disease-specific criteria for advanced heart failure and dementia

Sherika Newman, DO, Founding CEO, DITF

Learning Objectives:

• Compare the financial, operational, and clinical structures of Direct Primary Care and traditional employed internal medicine practice models.
• Analyze how extended visit times in DPC improve preventive care delivery, chronic disease management, and patient outcomes compared to traditional time-constrained models.
• Assess the impact of DPC on physician work-life balance, clinical autonomy, and professional satisfaction using real-world practice data.

Harpreet Tsui, DO, FACOI (she/her/hers), Owner, Coronado Health Direct Primary Care

Learning Objectives:

• Apply a structured communication framework
• Conduct a phased family meeting
• Deploy time-limited trials and manage conflict

Marc G. Kaprow, DO, MHA, MACOI (he/him/his), Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Central Florida

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the most common in-flight medical emergencies and utilize the contents of the on-board emergency medical kits
• Coordinate care with the flight crew and remote resources after assessment.
• Classify outcomes of In-flight medical emergencies and understand the Aviation Medical Assistance Act 1988

Douglas W. Harrington, DO, Medical Director NCH Simulation Center Penny and Bill Allyn Endowed Chair in Simulation, NCH

Learning Objectives:

• Define heat-related illness
• Identify the risk factors, pathophysiology and clinical presentations of heat-related illnesses
• Advise preventive measures that at-risk populations can adopt

Mary Schaefer Badger, DO, FACOI, FAWM, Internal Medicine, Retired

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the top three areas for Citations and AFI for Osteopathic Recognition
• Learn the benefits of combining resources with other residency programs that have osteopathic recognition
• Understand the process for application for osteopathic recognition and the resources that are available through the ACGME.

Joanne K. Baker, DO, FACOI, FAODME, FHM, FACP (she/her/hers), Professor of Medicine, IM Residency Program Director, Director of Osteopathic Education, WMU Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the multidimensional nature of well-being and its relationship to the osteopathic principles of body, mind, and spirit.
• Identify practical strategies involving movement, breath, mindfulness, and community that can support personal well-being.
• Apply osteopathic principles of unity, self-regulation, and the interrelationship of structure and function to approaches that promote well-being.

Carrie Janiski, DO, President, Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons of California

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe the essential components of high performing, interdisciplinary healthcare teams—including communication norms, role clarity, and psychological safety—and explain how osteopathic principles support collaborative, whole person care.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to analyze current healthcare workforce trends such as physician shortages, generational differences, and cultural diversity, and evaluate how these factors influence team dynamics and care delivery.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to assess the impact of emerging technologies—including workflow automation, virtual care, and licensed AI—on clinical practice, and identify strategies for integrating these tools to enhance patient outcomes.

Pamela S. Goldman, DO, MHSA, FACOI, Senior Medical Director, Aetna/CVS Inc., Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Learning Objectives:

• Apply a greater understanding of the pathophysiology of obesity and its metabolic consequences to improve patient care.
• Review precision medicine and dietary approaches to obesity and metabolic disorders, along with effective counseling and motivation techniques. 
• Provide lifestyle-based therapies for obesity, including nutritional, physical, and behavioral approaches, while recognizing obesity bias, stigma, and disparities in care.

Breanne Kothe, DO (she/her/hers), Resident Physician, UCF/HCA Florida Fort Walton Destin Hospital

Katherine Salim, DO, Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Amanda Finley, DO, FACOI, Internal Medicine, UCF HCA Florida Fort Walton Destin Internal Medicine Residency

Learning Objectives:

• Provide surveillance recommendations for hyperplastic polyps and adenomatous polyps.
• Provide the diagnostic criteria for serrated polyposis syndrome.
• Provide diagnostic limitations of blood based testing for colon cancer.

Michael Raphael, DO, FACOI, Assistant Clinical Faculty, MSU-COM and CMU-School of Medicine

This educational activity is supported by an independent medical education grant from GSK.

Learning Objectives:

• Apply current ACIP recommendations for recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) to consistently identify adults aged ≥50 years and immunocompromised adults aged ≥19 years who are eligible for vaccination during routine clinical care and chronic disease management.
• Implement evidence-based vaccine communication strategies, including strong presumptive recommendations, risk framing, and motivational interviewing techniques, to effectively address shingles vaccine hesitancy and improve patient acceptance of RZV.
• Integrate workflow and team-based strategies to improve completion of the two-dose RZV series, including scheduling, reminder/call systems, and patient counseling on vaccine safety and expected reactogenicity, in alignment with CDC guidance.

Mia A. Taormina, DO, FACOI (she/her/hers), Chair, Department of Infectious Disease, Duly Health and Care

Learning Objectives:

• Distinguish typical GERD from alarm symptoms and important mimics
• Know who needs EGD—and who generally does not
• Use PPIs, H2 blockers and alginates with correct dose/timing

Emmanual A. McDonald, DO, FACOI (he/him/his), Board Certified Gastroenterologist, Advent Health

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participants will be able to describe major recent infectious disease outbreaks, recalls, and climate-related threats as biosecurity events, including the biological hazard, exposed populations, and systems involved.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to identify vulnerabilities that allow biological threats to escalate, including failures in surveillance, vaccination, regulation, infrastructure, supply chains, communication, and preparedness.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to identify vulnerabilities that allow biological threats to escalate, including failures in surveillance, vaccination, regulation, infrastructure, supply chains, communication, and preparedness

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

Learning Objectives:

• Master the following topics: CRC screening and bowel preparation. Eosinophilic esophagitis
• H. Pylori eradication strategy. MASLD/MASH and new liver therapies.
• IBD therapeutic advances. Endoscopy, AI, and emerging technologies.

Charlene A. LePane, DO, MBA, MSPH, FACOI, FACG, FASGE (she/her/hers), Chief Medical Information Officer/Gastroenterologist, AdventHealth

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participants will be able to analyze how failures in surveillance, prevention, communication, and public health infrastructure contributed to recent outbreaks of measles, Ebola, and Cyclospora.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to explain how climate-related changes in temperature, rainfall, vector ecology, and human exposure are changing the geographic and seasonal patterns of infections such as dengue.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to evaluate how failures in food production, manufacturing, and regulatory oversight can lead to infectious disease outbreaks and recalls, and identify opportunities for earlier detection and prevention.

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

Mia A. Taormina, DO, FACOI (she/her/hers), Chair, Department of Infectious Disease, Duly Health and Care

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participant will be able to define primary palliative care and recognize hospitalized patients who would benefit from a primary palliative care conversation early in their hospital stay.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to identify a structured framework for conducting efficient goals of care converstions that employ shared decision-making to better align treatment plans with patients' values, preferences, and prognosis.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to apply strategies for serious illness communication, advance care planning, and symptom management that can be used in our everyday hospital medicine practice.

Deborah Humphrey, DO, Associate Professor, University of South Florida/Morsani College of Medicine