PRELIMINARY PROGRAM OVERVIEW
NYSSPA 2017 CME Conference
NYSSPA Celebrates 50 Years of PA: Healthcare Delivery, Advocacy, and Leadership
Thursday, October 12, 2017
NYSSPA Committee Meetings
NYSSPA BOD Meeting
Workshops
BCLS/ACLS Recertification Workshop - David Lau, PA-C, DFAAPA, Austin Epstein, MS, PA-C *Additional Registration Fee Required
10:00 am – 2:00 pm Basic Cardiac Life Support
12:00 pm – 6:00 pm Advanced Cardiac Life Support
10:00 am – 6:00 pm BCLS/ACLS
1:00pm - 5:30pm
Buprenorphine Waiver Training: Half and Half – Caroline Rath, MPH, PA-C - Moderator
2:00-5:30pm
Practical Tips for Bone Marrow Biopsies and Lumbar Punctures – Jeremy Heinrich, PA-C, DFAAPA and John Katsetos, PA-C *Additional Registration Fee Required
MAIN PROGRAM
Friday, October 13, 2017
8:00-9:00am
Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors & Posters
9:00-9:15am
Welcome and Orientation
Tracy Jackson, MA, PA-C, NYSSPA President
9:15-10:15am
General Session Keynote - Gail Curtis, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA
AAPA President & Chair of the Board
10:15-10:30am Break with Exhibitors & Posters
10:30am-12:30pm
Plastic Surgery Suturing for the Non-Plastics PA - Eden Reis, PA-C & Jennifer Oliver, PA-C
10:30am-11:30am
Track 1: A Public Health Approach to The Opiod Crisis: How PA's Can Make a Difference
– Caroline Rath, MPH, PA-C
Track 2: Renal & Other Related Toxic/Metabolic Emergencies – Michael Hu, PA-C
Track 3: Is Clinical Education for Me? - Danielle Varney, MPAS, PA-C
11:30-12:30pm
Track 1: Historical Clues, Physical Signs, Lab Diagnosis and Treatment of Anogenital and Systemic STDs – Speaker TBD
Track 2: Thinking of the Unthinkable: The Ultimate Response to a Mass Casualty Incident - Brandon Godbout, MD
Track 3: Per Diem or Regular Employment, What is Right for Me? - David Jackson, MPAS, DHSC, PA-C
12:30-2:00pm
Lunch on Your Own
2:00 – 3:00pm
Track 1: Breast and Ovarian Cancer Preventation: Risk Stratification and Management in Young Women – Speaker TBD
Track 2: Novel Therapies for Mitral Regurutation - Michael Querijero, PA-C
Track 3: Improving Your Prognosis - Tom Gallo, JD, PA
3:00 – 4:00pm
Track 1: Zika Virus: What You Need to Know – Nina Ahmad, MD and Amanda Stolz, MSPH
Track 2: Acute Abdomen - Adrian Llewellyn, MPAS, PA-C
Track 3: Substance Abuse in Health Care Providers – James Follette, MD, MSPH, DABA, DABAM, FASAM
4:00 – 5:00pm
Track 1: COPD: GOLD Update - Bethany Dunn, PA-C
Track 2: Pediatric Emergencies: A Primer for the Frontline Practitioner – Alyssa Quinlan, PA-C
Track 3: Building 50 Years of Innovation in PA Education: What’s Next? – William Kohlhepp, DHS, PA-C
5:30—7:00pm
Alumni Reception
7:00-11:00pm
50th Anniversary Gala Dinner
Saturday, October 14, 2017
7:00-8:00am
Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:15am
Orientation & Updates, Special Recognition
8:15-9:15am
General Session: Legislative Update
State of PA Practice in New York State - David Jackson, MPAS, DHSC, PA-C
9:15 -9:30am
Break
9:30-10:30am
Track 4: Use of Empathy to Increase Efficiency and Patient/Provider Satisfaction - James Bell, MPAS, PA-C
Track 5: Taking a Sexual History and Behavioral Risk Assessment – Speaker TBD
Track 1: The Drama & Trauma of Pediatric Sports Medicine - Shelby Edwards, DHSc, PA-C
Track 2: Pediatric Sepsis: The Good, The Bad, The Future - Ed Conway, Jr, MS, MD
10:30-11:30am
Track 4: Interactive Learning in the PA Curriculum - Louise Lee, EdD, MHA, PA-C, Stacey Singer-Leshinsky, M.S., PA-C
Track 5: Post- Exposure Prophylaxis - Lorraine Sanassi, PA-C, DHSc
Track 1: Jazzy Cases of Tick-borne Illnesses, Mary Flanagan-Kundle, MS, PA-C
Track 2: Emergent Evaluation of Dizziness - Norman McCulloch, PA-C
11:30-11:45am
Break
11:45am-12:45pm
Track 4: Foundational Concepts of Debriefing - Gregory Welsh, MS, PA-C
Track 5: Ventilators in the Critically Ill: A Simplistic Approach to a Complicated Issue - Frank Acevedo, MS, PA-C
Track 1: Recognition & Management of Geriatric Depression - Shinu Kuriakose, DHSc, PA-C
Track 2: Breast Surgery - Elizabeth Horowitz, MS, MPH, PA-C
12:45-2:00pm
Membership Luncheon
2:00-3:00pm
Track 4: Faculty Forum: Survival Tips for PA Educators - Susan Cappelmann, MS, PA-C & Carina Loscalzo, MS, PA-C
Track 5: The Benign Pelvis - Heather Isola, PA-C
Track 1: Diabetes Management: Beyond Metformin - Audrey Smith, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA
Track 2: Orthopedic Emergencies – Jeena Kokura, PA-C, MA
3:00-3:30pm
Break
3:30-4:30pm
Track 5: Pressure Injury Care for the Primary Care Provider - Lou Kaplan, PA-C, CWS, WCC
Track 1: Red Flags or Late Bloomer: Autism Spectrum Disorder - Denise Rizzolo, PhD, PA-C
Track 2: Vasoactive Medications & Shock – Matt Lazar, PA-C and Revathi Nair, PA-C
Track 3: Pearls to Pass the PANRE: Test Taking Strategies – Dwayne Williams, PA-C
4:30-6:00pm
Dinner on Your Own
6:00-9:30pm
Medical Jeopardy – David Jackson, DHSc, PA-C, DFAAPA
10:00-11:00pm
Post Medical Jeopardy Reception
Sunday, October 15, 2017
9:00-10:00am
Track 1: Arm Your Aging Patient's with Fall Prevention Tips & Tools - Pam Gregory-Fernandes, MS, PA-C
Track 2: Transgender Surgery, Lee Zhao, MD, MS
10:00-10:15am
Break
10:15-11:15am
Track 1: Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy - Elyse Watkins, DHSc, PA-C, DFAAPA
Track 2: Prostate Cancer in 2017: An Update on Screening and Treatment Options for the Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent Prostate Cancer Patient - Anthony Corcoran, MD, FACS
11:15am-12:15pm
Track 1: The Identification & Treatment of Cardiac Arrythmias - Stacey Singer-Leshinsky, M.S., PA-C
Track 2: Bariatric Surgery – Eva Schneider, PA-C, MBA
12:15-12:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Track 1 PC/IM
Track 2 Surgery/ICU/EM
Track 3 Professionalism
Track 4 Educator
Track 5 Back To Basics
Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credits - Category 1
The New York State Society of Physician Assistants utilizes the ACCME standards for programs of the AAPA (American Academy of Physician Assistants) in order to provide CME to participants.
NYSSPA takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of the CME Activity. This program is approved for 27.5 hours of AAPA Category I CME credit from the Physician Assistant Review Panel.
Each PA should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. This program is planned in accordance with AAPA’s CME Standards for Live Programs and for commercial support of Live Programs.