25th Annual Scientific Assembly

Sessions by Topic

MOC Related Sessions

Cardiovascular

Infectious Disease

Nervous System (Neuro)

Pain Management & Opioids

Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care

Pediatrics

Psychobehavioral

Trauma

 

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Sessions marked with "" are being recorded and will be available on AAEM Online the summer after AAEM19.

Cardiovascular

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(Plenary) Emergency Cardiology 2019: The Articles You've Got to Know! | Amal Mattu, MD FAAEM

(115) Electrocardiography Literature Update | Amal Mattu, MD FAAEM

(116) The Patient in Extremis: Dysrhythmias Recognition and Management | William J. Brady, MD FAAEM

(116) Critical Care of the Post Cardiac Arrest Patient | Michael E. Winters, MD MBA FAAEM

Monday, March 11, 2019

(216) AV Blocks: What Your Residency Probably Never Taught You! | Jerry W. Jones, MD FAAEM

(218) Afib Cardioversion in the ED: A Shocking New Approach | Laura J. Bontempo, MD MEd FAAEM

(268) That's a Loooong QT | Katrina Kissman, MD FAAEM

(268) Patient in Cardiac Arrest Has a Dilated Right Ventricle. It's a Massive PE, Right? | Matthew L. Wong, MD MPH FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(317) LVADs: Be Not Afraid | Andrew W. Phillips, MD MEd FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(318) Syncope Made Easy as 1-2-3 | Andrew Grock, MD FAAEM

(331) Right Ventricular Failure | Susan R. Wilcox, MD FAAEM

(332) LVADs: Be Not Afraid | Andrew W. Phillips, MD MEd FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(333) The Pressure is On!: Hypertensive Emergencies - Their Presentations, Involved Organs, and Targeted Treatment | Jason Hine, MD FAAEM

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(415) Do No Harm (and Convince your Colleagues): Asymptomatic Hypertension in the ED | Jonathan S. Jones, MD FAAEM

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Infectious Disease

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(117) ED Antimicrobial Essentials | Bryan D. Hayes, PharmD DABAT FAACT FASHP

Monday, March 11, 2019

(215) Resistant Organisms | Nilesh N. Patel, DO FAAEM FACOEP

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(331) Biomarkers in the ED | Nilesh N. Patel, DO FAAEM FACOEP

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(411) Nontraumatic Back Pain: Reasons Why It Should Tighten Your Sphincter | Rahul Bhat, MD FAAEM

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Nervous System (Neuro)

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(327) Shades of Gray Matter: Neuroimaging in the ED | Wan-Tsu W. Chang, MD FAAEM

(333) Stroke Update 2019 | Karen Greenberg, DO FAAEM

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(Plenary) Neurology Updates | Evie G. Marcolini, MD FAAEM FACEP FCCM

(411) Nontraumatic Back Pain: Reasons Why It Should Tighten Your Sphincter | Rahul Bhat, MD FAAEM

(412) EMS: Stroke? More Than Six Hours? BYPASS, BYPASS! | Kerry Ahrens, MD FAAEM and Robert P. Zemple IV, MD FAAEM

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Pain Management & Opioids

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(118) Buprenorphine in the ED | Eric M. Ketcham, MD FAAEM FASAM

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) Narcotic Abuse in America: Past, Present and Future | James R. Gill, MD MBA FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(318) The Dark Side of the NSAID's - When Dose Makes a Difference | Sergey M. Motov, MD FAAEM

(325) Can We Get Better With That Painful Sickling? - Advances in ED Management of Vaso - Occlusive Crisis | Sergey M. Motov, MD FAAEM

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(415) Opioid Masterclass | Richard M. Pescatore II, DO FAAEM

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Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) Compassionate Extubation: Not Just Pulling the Plug | David H. Wang, MD

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(316) The Grey Zone: End of Life in the ED & Beyond | Genese Lamare, MD FAAEM

(326) The Next Wave: What Every Emergency Physician Needs to Know about Palliative Care | Mari Siegel, MD FAAEM FACEP

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Pediatrics

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(115) Challenging Cases in the Peds ED | Mimi Lu, MD FAAEM

Monday, March 11, 2019

(Plenary) Efficient EM Care of the Child with Special Needs | Ilene Claudius, MD FAAEM FAAP FACEP

(215) More Cowbell! Updates in Infants with Fever | Mimi Lu, MD FAAEM

(217) Tubes for Tots | Jennifer Fisher-Repanshek, MD FAAEM

(218) Checking Urine in Infants: Who, How, and Why | Ilene Claudius, MD FAAEM FAAP FACEP

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(414) Are You Safe to Go Home? Screening for Suicidality in Pediatric ED Patients | Emily C. MacNeill, MD

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Psychobehavioral

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(118) Buprenorphine in the ED | Eric M. Ketcham, MD FAAEM FASAM

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) Narcotic Abuse in America: Past, Present and Future | James R. Gill, MD MBA FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(326) Sedation for the Agitated Patient | Kevin C. Reed, MD FAAEM

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(414) Are You Safe to Go Home? Screening for Suicidality in Pediatric ED Patients | Emily C. MacNeill, MD

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Trauma

Monday, March 11, 2019

(Plenary) New Horizons in Trauma Resuscitation | Thomas M. Scalea, MD

(218) Traumatic Ocular Emergencies | Gregory Patek, MD OD FAAEM

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Other Topics Covered

Abdominal/GI

Critical Care

Cutaneous

Devices

Diversity

EM Careers

EMS

Endo/Metabolic/Nutrition

Environmental

Geriatrics

HEENT

Hemetologoic

Imaging

International

Legal

Musculoskeletal

OB/Gyn

Pharmacology

Practice of EM

Pulmonary

Renal-Urogenical

Systemic Infectious Disease

Technology

Wellness

See MOC topics covered at AAEM19

Sessions marked with "" are being recorded and will be available on AAEM Online the summer after AAEM19.

Abdominal

Monday, March 11, 2019

(268) Hyperacute Management of Massive Upper GI Bleed | Jennifer Fisher-Repanshek, MD FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(326) Conquering Gastroparesis: How I Learned to Love Caring for Chronic Abdominal Pain and Vomiting | Zachary Repanshek, MD FAAEM

 

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Critical Care

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(Plenary) Sepsis – New Recommendations | Peter M.C. DeBlieux, MD FAAEM

(116) Critical Care of the Post Cardiac Arrest Patient | Michael E. Winters, MD MBA FAAEM

(117)  "I've Had this Patient for 8 Minutes!" The Critical Nature of Communications During EMS-ED Patient Handover | Ashley Liebig, RN BSN CCRN

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) The Obese Airway - Preventing the Clean Kill | Brian Parker, MD

(218) Compassionate Extubation: Not Just Pulling the Plug | David H. Wang, MD

(Plenary) Essential Resuscitation Articles 2018-2019 | Corey M. Slovis, MD FAAEM FACP FACEP

(265) Resuscitate Before You Intubate: Intubating the Critically Ill and Unstable Patient | Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEM

(268) The Subclavian Line - the Resuscitation Line of Champions | Jason Hine, MD FAAEM

(268) Patient in Cardiac Arrest Has a Dilated Right Ventricle. It's a Massive PE, Right? | Matthew L. Wong, MD MPH FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(315) Anaphylaxis: State of the Art Management for 2019 | Corey M. Slovis, MD FAAEM FACP FACEP

(315) EM Critical Care: What Happens in the ED...Does Not Stay in the ED | Heatherlee Bailey, MD FAAEM FCCM

(316) The Grey Zone: End of Life in the ED & Beyond | Genese Lamare, MD FAAEM

(318) Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest: Where Are We Now? | Genese Lamare, MD FAAEM

(327) Vent Management | Skyler A. Lentz, MD
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(332) Vent Management | Skyler A. Lentz, MD
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(Plenary) Critical Care in Review | Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEM

(411) State of Shock - Managing Refractory Shock Like a Rock Star | Maite A. Huis in 't Veld, MD FAAEM

(412) Code Dynamics | Ashika Jain, MD FAAEM FACEP

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Cutaneous

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) Getting Under Their Skin: Using Ultrasound to Aid in Diagnosis of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections | Allison Zanaboni, MD

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(330) Death Begins in CT for Patients with Necrotizing Fasciitis | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM

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Devices

Monday, March 11, 2019

(268) The Subclavian Line - the Resuscitation Line of Champions | Jason Hine, MD FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(317) LVADs: Be Not Afraid | Andrew W. Phillips, MD MEd FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(327) Vent Management | Skyler A. Lentz, MD
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(332) Vent Management | Skyler A. Lentz, MD
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(332) LVADs: Be Not Afraid | Andrew W. Phillips, MD MEd FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

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Diversity

Monday, March 11, 2019

(217) Microaggressions Have Macro Impact | Lisa A. Moreno-Walton, MD MS MSCR FAAEM

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EM Careers

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(115) Protecting Physician Employment Through Litigation | Joseph P. Wood, MD JD RDMS MAAEM FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(319) Nuts and Bolts: Formulating Your Resume, CV & Promotion Portfolio | Megan Healy, MD FAAEM

(319) Job Interviewing Like a Pro | Mark Reiter, MD MBA FAAEM

(329) Easing the Transition to Attending | Gus M. Garmel, MD FAAEM FACEP

(329) Arriving At Your New Job | Jonathan S. Jones, MD FAAEM

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EMS

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(117) "I've Had this Patient for 8 Minutes!" The Critical Nature of Communications During EMS-ED Patient Handover | Ashley Liebig, RN BSN CCRN

Monday, March 11, 2019

(268) Is There a Doctor on the Plane? | Sherri L. Rudinsky, MD FAAEM

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(412) EMS: Stroke? More Than Six Hours? BYPASS, BYPASS! | Kerry Ahrens, MD FAAEM and Robert P. Zemple IV, MD FAAEM

(413) "Medic 24 Calling!" A Practical Approach to Providing Direct Medical Oversight | Jose V. Nable, MD MS NRP FAAEM

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Endocrine/Metabolic/Nutrition

Sunday, March 9, 2019

(118) Deadly Pitfalls to Avoid in the Management of DKA | George C. Willis, MD

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) Hypoglycemia: Give 'em Some D-What? | George C. Willis, MD FAAEM

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(411) Cue the Thunder and Lightning: Thyroid Storm | Molly K. Estes, MD FAAEM

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Environmental

(267) When Disaster Strikes: Moving Forward After a Major Event | Michael P. Jones, MD FAAEM FACEP

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Geriatrics

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(318) Three Things to Do for Every Patient Above 75 | Danya Khoujah, MBBS FAAEM

(333) Discharge Planning for Your Geriatric Patient | Danya Khoujah, MBBS FAAEM

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HEENT

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) Traumatic Ocular Emergencies | Gregory Patek, MD OD FAAEM

(267) Epistaxis: Causes and Cures | Laura J. Bontempo, MD MEd FAAEM

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Hemetologic

Monday, March 11, 2019

(265) There Will Be Blood: Care of the Bleeding Patient on a DOAC | R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD FAAEM

(267) Epistaxis: Causes and Cures | Laura J. Bontempo, MD MEd FAAEM

(268) Can I Send That Neutropenic Fever Home? | Sarah B. Dubbs, MD FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(318) TXA: Swiss Army Knife of Bleeding | Richard M. Pescatore II, DO FAAEM

(325) Can We Get Better With That Painful Sickling? - Advances in ED Management of Vaso - Occlusive Crisis | Sergey M. Motov, MD FAAEM

(325) Oncology Patient Perspective Panel | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM

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Imaging

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) To Scan or Not to Scan: That is the Question | Elizabeth PD Pontius, MD, RDMS, FAAEM

(218) Getting Under Their Skin: Using Ultrasound to Aid in Diagnosis of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections | Allison Zanaboni, MD

(266) Where's the Baby? | Elizabeth PD Pontius, MD, RDMS, FAAEM

(268) Feel the Heat - Thermal Imaging in the ED | Michael S. Pulia, MD MS FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(317) Ultrasound Guided IV Access | Allison Zanaboni, MD
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(318) Reading CT Perfusion Scans | Ryan P. Radecki, MD MS FAAEM

(327) Shades of Gray Matter: Neuroimaging in the ED | Wan-Tsu W. Chang, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(330) Ultrasound in the Community: Ain't Nobody Got Time for That! | Mark A. Newberry, DO FAAEM

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International

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(328) Fever in the Returning Traveler | Rebecca Liggin, MD FAAP FAAEM FACEP

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Legal

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(115) Protecting Physician Employment Through Litigation | Joseph P. Wood, MD JD RDMS MAAEM FAAEM

Monday, March 11, 2019

(267) Four Danger Words: Guaranteed Ways to Jeopardize Patients, Pay For Your Attorney's Kid's Bar Mitzvah, and Land You On A Therapist's Couch For Years | Howard Blumstein, MD FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(315) You've Been Sued: Resilience Strategies for Litigation Stress | Manish Garg, MD FAAEM

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(414) Hidden Medicolegal Pitfalls | Matthew C. DeLaney, MD FAAEM

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Musculoskeletal

Monday, March 11, 2019

(216) Under Pressure – How Not to Miss Compartment Syndrome | Michael C. Bond, MD FAAEM FACEP

(266) What's in My Bag: Preparing the Emergency Physician for the Sideline | Korin B. Hudson, MD FAAEM

(268) High Risk Back Pain - Spinal Epidural Abscess | Ketan Patel, MD

(218) Getting Under Their Skin: Using Ultrasound to Aid in Diagnosis of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections | Allison Zanaboni, MD

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(327) Sedation Free Joint Reductions | Siamak Moayedi, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

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OB/GYN

Monday, March 11, 2019

(266) Where's the Baby? | Elizabeth PD Pontius, MD, RDMS, FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(316) Code Crimson: Immediate Management of Post Partum Hemorrhage | Joelle Borhart, MD FAAEM FACEP

(317) Complicated Vaginal Delivery | Eric M. Steinberg, DO
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(318) Pregnant & Puking | Julie Vieth, MBChB FAAEM

(332) Complicated Vaginal Delivery | Eric M. Steinberg, DO
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

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Pharmacology

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(117) ED Antimicrobial Essentials | Bryan D. Hayes, PharmD DABAT FAACT FASHP

(118) Buprenorphine in the ED | Eric M. Ketcham, MD FAAEM FASAM

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) Don't Get Angry - Get MAD! Intranasal Medications in the Adult Patient | Jeffery A. Baker, MD FAAEM

(265) There Will Be Blood: Care of the Bleeding Patient on a DOAC | R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD FAAEM

(265) Complications of the New Monoclonal Antibody Drugs: Coming to an ED Near You! | William K. Mallon, MD DTMH FAAEM FACEP

(268) Four Years of Legalized Marijuana | Karen A. Randall, DO FAAEM

(268) Pitfalls of Vanc/Zosyn | Michael E. Takacs, MD MS FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(318) The Dark Side of the NSAID's - When Dose Makes a Difference | Sergey M. Motov, MD FAAEM

(318) TXA: Swiss Army Knife of Bleeding | Richard M. Pescatore II, DO FAAEM

(318) Five Things to Know About Antihistamines | Zachary Repanshek, MD FAAEM

(318) Pregnant & Puking | Julie Vieth, MBChB FAAEM

(326) Sedation for the Agitated Patient | Kevin C. Reed, MD FAAEM

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(412) The Marijuana Train is Coming: What to Do When it Comes to Your State | Matthew D. Zuckerman, MD FAAEM

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Practice of EM

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(117) Building Your Team: Simple Strategies to Improve Team Cohesiveness and Ultimately Help Patients | David J. Carlberg, MD FAAEM

(117) Changing ED Culture | Kraftin E. Schreyer, MD CMQ FAAEM ⏯

(118) UTI? No, That Won't Fly: Avoiding Premature Diagnostic Closure in the ED | Matthew P. Borloz, MD FAAEM

Monday, March 11, 2019

(215) Humanism and Professionalism in the Era of Corporate Medicine | Thomas M. Scalea, MD

(217) When Practice Deviations Become the New Norm: Threats to Quality & Safety | Ross P. Berkeley, MD FAAEM FACEP 

(218) If MacGyver was an Emergency Physician | Amy F. Ho, MD

(218) Lab Tests: Common Assumptions that May Hurt Patients | Andrew W. Phillips, MD MEd FAAEM

(266) Care of the Homeless Patient | Christopher I. Doty, MD FAAEM

(268) Four Years of Legalized Marijuana | Karen A. Randall, DO FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(316) The Grey Zone: End of Life in the ED & Beyond | Genese Lamare, MD FAAEM

(318) Lactate Schmactate: Less than Lethal Causes of Hyperlactatemia | Matthew D. Zuckerman, MD FAAEM

(325) Oncology Patient Perspective Panel | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM

(328) EM Anti-Profiteering Act: The Next 25 Years | James K. Keaney, MD MAAEM FAAEM

(328) The ESI 3 ED | Joseph R. Twanmoh, MD MBA FAAEM

(330) Reprising the EM Literature 2018-2019 | Ryan P. Radecki, MD MS FAAEM

(331) Biomarkers in the ED | Nilesh N. Patel, DO FAAEM FACOEP

(331) Caring for the Amish Population | Julie Vieth, MBChB FAAEM

(333) Discharge Planning for Your Geriatric Patient | Danya Khoujah, MBBS FAAEM

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(412) Code Dynamics | Ashika Jain, MD FAAEM FACEP

(412) The Marijuana Train is Coming: What to Do When it Comes to Your State | Matthew D. Zuckerman, MD FAAEM

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Pulmonary

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(318) Air Under Pressure: Go Big or Go Home | Rahul Bhat, MD FAAEM

(327) Vent Management | Skyler A. Lentz, MD
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(332) Vent Management | Skyler A. Lentz, MD
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

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Renal-Urogenital

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(118) UTI? No, That Won't Fly: Avoiding Premature Diagnostic Closure in the ED | Matthew P. Borloz, MD FAAEM

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) To Scan or Not to Scan: That is the Question | Elizabeth PD Pontius, MD, RDMS, FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(316) Stoned! The Highs and Lows of Managing Nephrolithiasis | Mark Magee, MD

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Systemic Infectious Disease

Monday, March 11, 2019

(268) Can I Send That Neutropenic Fever Home? | Sarah B. Dubbs, MD FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(330) Death Begins in CT for Patients with Necrotizing Fasciitis | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM

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Technology

Monday, March 11, 2019

(268) Medical Apps to Help Your Clinical Practice | Michael C. Bond, MD FAAEM FACEP

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(415) The Digital Revolution in Emergency Medicine: Telemedicine and Innovation | Christopher S. Russi, DO, FACEP

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Wellness

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(118) Happiness Without Harm | Michael A. Nitzberg, MD FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(Keynote) Water and Stars | Matthew Wetschler, MD

(315) You've Been Sued: Resilience Strategies for Litigation Stress | Manish Garg, MD FAAEM

(318) Point of Care Resiliency | Robert P. Lam, MD FAAEM

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