26th Annual Scientific Assembly

Sessions by Topic

MOC Related Sessions

 

Cardiovascular

Infectious Disease

Medicolegal

Neurology

Pain Management/Opioids

Pediatrics

Risk Management/Patient Safety

Trauma

 

See other topics covered at AAEM20

 

Sessions marked with "" are being recorded and will be available on AAEM Online the summer after AAEM20.

Cardiovascular

Wednesday, April 22

(326) Basic Echo | Melissa Myers, MD FAAEM

(327) Caring for the Heart Transplant Patient in the ED | Samantha Wood, MD FAAEM 

(328) Ventricular Storm: What to Do When Electricity Isn’t Enough | Christopher San Miguel, MD FAAEM 

(328) Managing Exercise Associated Heat Illness | Korin B. Hudson, MD FAAEM 

(328) Pressure Pushing Down on Me: The Sonographic Assessment of Pericardial Effusions | Mark Magee, MD FAAEM 

(331) Transvenous Pacer | Siamak Moayedi, MD FAAEM

Thursday, April 23

(405) Be Still My Beating Heart: Recognizing and Using Cardiac Standstill | Melissa Myers, MD FAAEM 

(405) PE in Pregnancy: Navigating the Minefield | Joelle Borhart, MD FAAEM FACEP 

(405) Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: An Overview of an Underrecognized Disease | Patricia De Melo Panakos, MD FAAEM 

(Plenary) Emergency Cardiology 2020: The Articles You've Got to Know! | Amal Mattu, MD FAAEM 

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Infectious Disease

Monday, April 20

(Plenary) Are Bugs Going to Win the War? - Update on Infectious Disease | Peter M.C. DeBlieux, MD FAAEM 

(115) The Febrile Infant | Ilene Claudius, MD FAAEM FAAP FACEP 

Tuesday, April 21

(290) DIY: Peritonsillar Abscess Management | Laura J. Bontempo, MD MEd FAAEM 

Wednesday, April 22

(318) Fever, Shock & Serositis | Manu Ayyan, MD FACEE 

(327) The Five Most Common and Serious Mistakes Made in Care of the Septic Patient | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM 

Thursday, April 23

(405) Finer Points in Febrile Neutropenia | Sarah B. Dubbs, MD FAAEM 

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Medicolegal

Monday, April 20

(115) Collision Course: Medicine and the Law | Diana Nordlund, DO JD FAAEM FACEP 

(117) Telemedicine Legal Pitfalls | Ethan Andrew Booker, MD FAAEM 

Wednesday, April 22

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

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Neurology

Monday, April 20

(118) Large Vessel Occlusion: What You Need to Know | Michael E. Silverman, MD FAAEM FACP 

Tuesday, April 21

(265) Meet the PRES: Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in Your ED | Bradley E. Barth, MD FAAEM 

(265) Does Anyone Deserve Platelets with Intracerebral Hemorrhage? | Karen Greenberg, DO FAAEM FACOEP 

(265) Slow Down to Speed Up | Evie G. Marcolini, MD FAAEM FACEP FCCM 

Wednesday, April 22

(333) More Than Just Drunk-Wernick's Encephalopathy in the ED | Jason Hine, MD FAAEM 

Thursday, April 23

(415) Are You Performing GCS Correctly? | Wan-Tsu W. Chang, MD FAAEM 

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Pain Management/Opioids

Monday, April 20

(116) Building a Successful ED Buprenorphine Program: Step by Step – the Hard Lessons Learned | Eric M. Ketcham, MD FAAEM FASAM  

Tuesday, April 21

(270) Small Group Clinic: Upper Extremity US Guided Nerve Block | Michael Gottlieb, MD FAAEM RDMS

(295) Small Group Clinic: Lower Extremity US Guided Nerve Blocks | Michael Gottlieb, MD FAAEM RDMS 

Wednesday, April 22

(315) Opioid Stewardship 2.0: From Quantity to Quality and Beyond | Sergey M. Motov, MD FAAEM 

(318) Headache Regional Anesthesia | Michael Shalaby, MD ⏯       

(325) Top Myths and Truths About ED Suboxone | Matthew D. Zuckerman, MD FAAEM 

Thursday, April 23

(415) Trigger Point Injections | Zachary Repanshek, MD FAAEM 

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Pediatrics

Monday, April 20

(115) The Febrile Infant | Ilene Claudius, MD FAAEM FAAP FACEP 

Tuesday, April 21

(Plenary) Vision 20/20: Updates in Pediatric EM | Mimi Lu, MD FAAEM 

(210) Pediatric Gynecology | Ilene Claudius, MD FAAEM FAAP FACEP

(210) Literature Review Panel: Pediatrics/Public Health | Joneigh S. Khaldun, MD MPH FAAEM; and Mimi Lu, MD FAAEM

Wednesday, April 22

(333) The Precipitous Delivery: Essential Tasks for Newborn Resuscitation | Daphne M. Morrison Ponce, MD FAAEM 

Thursday, April 23

(415) Help, My Child is Bleeding!: Tips and Tricks for Managing the Pediatric Upper GI Bleed | Kathleen M. Stephanos, MD FAAEM 

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Risk Management/Patient Safety

Tuesday, April 21

(265) Documenting the Space Between the Exam and Diagnosis Line: Rapid Fire Pearls You've Got to Know | Jason Adler, MD FAAEM 

Wednesday, April 22

(333) Resisting the EASY Button: Why It's Probably Not a UTI in Your Geriatric Patient | Danya Khoujah, MBBS FAAEM 

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

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Trauma

Wednesday, April 22

(318) Junctional Hemorrhage | Elizabeth M. Mannion, MD FAAEM 

(333) Managing the Hanging Victim | Manish Garg, MD FAAEM 

Thursday, April 23

(405) Trauma-Informed Care for Violently Injured Patients | Kyle R. Fischer, MD MPH FAAEM 

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Other Topics Covered

Abdominal/GI

Critical Care

Diversity/Inclusion

EM Careers

EMS

Endo/Metabolic/Nutrition

Geriatrics

HEENT

Hemetologoic

Imaging

Immune System Disorders

Musculoskeletal

OB/Gyn

Pharmacology

Practice of EM

Public Health

Renal-Urogenical

Rural/Community

Technology

Thoracic-Respiratory

Toxicology

Wellness

 

 

See MOC topics covered at AAEM20

Sessions marked with "" are being recorded and will be available on AAEM Online the summer after AAEM20.

Abdominal/GI

Tuesday, April 21

(265) Cyclic Vomiting: A Medication Bottomless Pit? | Rahul Bhat, MD FAAEM 

(290) The 18-Hour Case of Appendicitis | David J. Carlberg, MD FAAEM          

Wednesday, April 22

(318) Ditch the Flat Plate: How to Use Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Small Bowel Obstruction | Allison Zanaboni, MD FAAEM 

Thursday, April 23

(415) Help, My Child is Bleeding!: Tips and Tricks for Managing the Pediatric Upper GI Bleed | Kathleen M. Stephanos, MD FAAEM 

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Critical Care

Monday, April 20

(Plenary) Recent Practice Changing Articles in Prehospital Resuscitation | Corey M. Slovis, MD FAAEM FACP FACEP 

(115) Alternatives to Rapid Sequence Intubation - Airway Strategy for Emergency Clinicians | Reuben J. Strayer, MD FAAEM FRCP FACEP 

(115) Current Concepts & Controversies in Sepsis Resuscitation | Michael E. Winters, MD MBA FAAEM 

(116) Management of Severe Hypoxemia | Susan R. Wilcox, MD FAAEM 

(116) Heavyweight Champion - Resuscitating the Morbidly Obese Patient | Brian Parker, MD MS 

(118) Resuscitation: When Less is More | Jennifer Repanshek, MD FAAEM 

Tuesday, April 21

(220) Literature Review Panel: Critical Care | Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEM; and Corey M. Slovis, MD FAAEM FACP FACEP 

(220) The Controversial Use of Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest | Maite A. Huis in 't Veld, MD FAAEM 

(265) Meet the PRES: Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in your ED | Bradley E. Barth, MD FAAEM 

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

(295) Small Group Clinic: LVAD | Andrew W. Phillips, MD MEd FAAEM

Wednesday, April 22

(315) Crashing Anaphylaxis | Zachary Repanshek, MD FAAEM 

(318) Modern Trochar Use in Tube Thoracostomy | Matthew DeStefano, DO 

(318) High Risk Intubation Scenarios | Susan R. Wilcox, MD FAAEM 

(326) Small Group Clinic: Cricothyrotomy & Needle Cric | Ryan Spangler, MD FAAEM

(327) The Five Most Common and Serious Mistakes Made in Care of the Septic Patient | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM 

(328) Tripoding Isn't Just for Cameras: Severe Asthma Management | Ashika Jain, MD FAAEM FACEP 

(328) Ventricular Storm: What to Do When Electricity Isn’t Enough | Christopher San Miguel, MD FAAEM 

(330) ECMO: Pro/Con Debate | David A. Farcy, MD FAAEM FCCM and Stephen R. Hayden, MD FAAEM 

(332) Don't Go Yet! Stabilizing That Critically Ill Patient Before They Leave | Skyler A. Lentz, MD FAAEM 

(333) The Precipitous Delivery: Essential Tasks for Newborn Resuscitation | Daphne M. Morrison Ponce, MD FAAEM 

Thursday, April 23

(405) Toxic Alcohols: Who Needs Dialysis? | Michael D. Levine, MD FAAEM 

(405) Trauma-Informed Care for Violently Injured Patients | Kyle R. Fischer, MD MPH FAAEM 

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Diversity/Inclusion

Tuesday, April 21

(317) Enhancing Diversity in Healthcare Leadership | Manish Garg, MD FAAEM 

(325) Beyond He Said/She Said | Maite A. Huis in 't Veld, MD FAAEM 

(327) The Impact of Racism on the Health of a Nation | L.E. Gomez Sr., MD MBA FAAEM and Lisa A. Moreno, MD MS MSCR FAAEM FIFEM 

Wednesday, April 22

(333) Increasing Diversity in the Field of EM: From Pipeline to Faculty Retention | Vonzella A. Bryant, MD FAAEM 

Thursday, April 23

(415) Women and Minorities: Making Our Voices Heard | Lisa A. Moreno, MD MS MSCR FAAEM FIFEM 

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EM Careers

Monday, April 20

(117) Secret Habits of Highly Satisfied Physicians and Creating a Culture of Physician Well-Being | Robert P. Lam, MD FAAEM 

Wednesday, April 22

(317) Don't Become Obsolete: The Fight Against Skill Decay | Jason Hine, MD FAAEM 

(317) Enhancing Diversity in Healthcare Leadership | Manish Garg, MD FAAEM 

(319) Strategies to Improve Team Cohesiveness | David J. Carlberg, MD, FAAEM

(319) Nuts & Bolts: Make a Great Impression! CV Essentials | Michael L. Epter, DO FAAEM

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

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

(329) The 1440 Doctor: Tools for the Busy Doctor to Make the Most of Their Minutes | Jennifer Kanapicki Comer, MD FAAEM

(329) Secrets of Successful Side Gigs and Job Crafting Towards Your Ideal Practice | Robert P. Lam, MD FAAEM

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EMS

Wednesday, April 22

(318) Eventful Medicine: Just Another Day at the Office | Celine Thum, MD FAAEM 

(328) Managing Exercise Associated Heat Illness | Korin B. Hudson, MD FAAEM 

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Endocrine/Metabolic/Nutrition

Tuesday, April 21

(220) How to Respond When Your Nephrologist Requests Sorbitol and Polystyrene Sulfonate (Kayexalate) for Hyperkalemia | Corey M. Slovis, MD FAAEM FACP FACEP 

(290) Balanced Solutions in the Management of Hypovolemic Hyperkalemia | George C. Willis, MD FAAEM 

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Geriatrics

Wednesday, April 22

(315) Pearls and Pitfalls of Geriatric Pharmacology and Medication Safety | Danya Khoujah, MBBS FAAEM 

(333) Resisting the EASY Button: Why It's Probably Not a UTI in Your Geriatric Patient | Danya Khoujah, MBBS FAAEM 

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HEENT

Tuesday, April 21

(290) DIY: Peritonsillar Abscess Management | Laura J. Bontempo, MD MEd FAAEM    

Wednesday, April 22

(318) Headache Regional Anesthesia | Michael Shalaby, MD ⏯       

(331) Small Group Clinic: Vertigo Maneuvers | Siamak Moayedi, MD FAAEM

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Hemetologic

Monday, April 20

(116) Management of Severe Hypoxemia | Susan R. Wilcox, MD FAAEM 

Wednesday, April 22

(317) Blood, Sweat, and Tears: How to Manage a Bleeding Anti-Coagulated Patient | Matthew P. Borloz, MD FAAEM           

(318) The Cost of Survival: Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Treatment | Loice A. Swisher, MD FAAEM 

(330) Sickle Cell Patient Panel | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM 

(330) Sickle Cell: Manage It Like a Pro | R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD FAAEM 

(333) Checkpoint Inhibitors | Paul S. Jansson, MD  

(333) IV Iron in the ED - Rethinking How You Treat Anemia | Gregory Patek, MD OD FAAEM 

(333) New Cancer Treatments and Its Associated Complications | Demis N. Lipe, MD FAAEM ⏯

Thursday, April 23

(405) Finer Points in Febrile Neutropenia | Sarah B. Dubbs, MD FAAEM 

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Imaging

Tuesday, April 21

(220) The Controversial Use of Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest | Maite A. Huis in 't Veld, MD FAAEM 

(270) Small Group Clinic: Upper Extremity US Guided Nerve Block | Michael Gottlieb, MD FAAEM RDMS

(295) Small Group Clinic: Lower Extremity US Guided Nerve Blocks | Michael Gottlieb, MD FAAEM RDMS

Wednesday, April 22

(318) Ditch the Flat Plate: How to Use Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Small Bowel Obstruction | Allison Zanaboni, MD FAAEM 

(318) How Did I Miss That? Tips on Using Ultrasound to Never Miss a Central Line Again | Eric J. Chin, MD MBA FAAEM 

(325) Best Practice: Who Needs an Emergent MRI of the Spine? | Tracy Leigh LeGros, MD PhD FAAEM FUHM 

(326) Small Group Clinic: Basic Echo | Melissa Myers, MD FAAEM

(328) Can You See What I See: Understanding Lung Pathology on Ultrasound | Alexis Salerno, MD 

(328) Hand-Held Ultrasound Machines: Panacea or Problematic? | Joshua Guttman, MD FAAEM FRCPC 

(328) Pressure Pushing Down on Me: The Sonographic Assessment of Pericardial Effusions | Mark Magee, MD FAAEM 

Thursday, April 23

(405) Be Still My Beating Heart: Recognizing and Using Cardiac Standstill | Melissa Myers, MD FAAEM 

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Immune System Disorders

Wednesday, April 22

(315) Crashing Anaphylaxis | Zachary Repanshek, MD FAAEM  

(330) Sickle Cell: Manage it like a Pro | R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD FAAEM 

(330) Sickle Cell Patient Panel | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM 

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Musculoskeletal

Wednesday, April 22

(318) Feel the Burn: An Evidence Based Approach to Rhabdomyolysis | Matthew C. DeLaney, MD FAAEM 

(332) High Risk Injuries That Can't Be Missed | Michael C. Bond, MD FAAEM FACEP 

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OB/GYN

Tuesday, April 21

(210) Pediatric Gynecology | Ilene Claudius, MD FAAEM FAAP FACEP

(270) Small Group Clinic: Complicated Vaginal Delivery | Eric M. Steinberg, DO FAAEM

(290) Help! There's a Baby Coming! | Julie Vieth, MBChB FAAEM 

Wednesday, April 22

(316) Small Group Clinic: Complicated Vaginal Delivery | Eric M. Steinberg, DO FAAEM

(332) Controversies in Pyelonephritis: Imaging, Pregnancy and Disposition | Elizabeth Pontius, MD FAAEM RDMS 

Thursday, April 23

(405) PE in Pregnancy: Navigating the Minefield | Joelle Borhart, MD FAAEM FACEP 

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Pharmacology

Tuesday, April 21

(220) How to Respond When Your Nephrologist Requests Sorbitol and Polystyrene Sulfonate (Kayexalate) for Hyperkalemia | Corey M. Slovis, MD FAAEM FACP FACEP 

Wednesday, April 22

(315) Pearls and Pitfalls of Geriatric Pharmacology and Medication Safety | Danya Khoujah, MBBS FAAEM 

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

(328) Understanding the Endocannabinoid System (ECS) and Why It Matters to EM Physicians | Andrew Rizzo, DO FAAEM 

(333) Checkpoint Inhibitors | Paul S. Jansson, MD 

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Practice of EM

Monday, April 20

(116) The Influx of Advanced Practice Providers: What is the Role of the Emergency Physician? | Julie Vieth, MBChB FAAEM 

(117) How Does the Community Doc Interpret Medical Literature? | Salim R. Rezaie, MD FAAEM 

Wednesday, April 22

(317) The Existential Threat to EM Right Now: If We Don't Take Control, Someone Else Will | Jason Adler, MD FAAEM 

(325) Emergency Medicine at the Precipice | Richard M. Pescatore II, DO FAAEM 

(328) Finding Quality Free Online Access Medical Educational Resources | Andrew Grock, MD FAAEM 

(328) Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Improving and Automating Emergency Medicine Resident Training | Kyle S. Couperus, MD 

(329) Caring for Friends and Family | Joseph S. Bushra, MD FAAEM

(329) Patient Satisfaction in EM | Gus M. Garmel, MD FAAEM FACEP

(332) How to Get Involved in Advocacy | Amish Mahendra Shah, MD MPH FAAEM 

(333) More Than Just Drunk- Wernick's Encephalopathy in the ED | Jason Hine, MD FAAEM 

(333) What Happened? FIX HIM!: Delivering Bad News in the ED | Bob Zemple IV, MD FAAEM 

Thursday, April 23

(415) The Joint Commission as Complicit in the Opioid Crisis | Talcott J. Franklin, MA, JD 

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Public Health

Tuesday, April 21

(210) Literature Review: Pediatrics/Public Health | Joneigh S. Khaldun, MD MPH FAAEM; and Mimi Lu, MD FAAEM

(210) Social Emergency Medicine: "Not My Job" Doesn't Cut It in 2020 | Megan Healy, MD FAAEM

(Plenary) Our Lane: The Critical Role of Emergency Physicians in Advancing Public Health | Joneigh S. Khaldun, MD MPH FAAEM

Wednesday, April 22

(Keynote) The "Upstream" Transformation of Healthcare: Leveraging Emergency Medicine | Thea L. James, MD 

(327) The Impact of Racism on the Health of a Nation | L.E. Gomez Sr., MD MBA FAAEM and Lisa A. Moreno, MD MS MSCR FAAEM FIFEM 

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Renal-Urogenital

Wednesday, April 22

(316) Priapism Management | Ryan Spangler, MD FAAEM          

(328) Controversies of Urologic Emergencies | Elizabeth B. Takacs, MD and Michael E. Takacs, MD MS FAAEM 

(332) Controversies in Pyelonephritis: Imaging, Pregnancy and Disposition | Elizabeth Pontius, MD FAAEM RDMS ⏯        

(333) Stop a Bleed, Save a Life: Bleeding Dialysis Arteriovenous Fistulas | Ryan Spangler, MD FAAEM       

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Rural/Community

Monday, April 20

(117) How Does the Community Doc Interpret Medical Literature? | Salim R. Rezaie, MD FAAEM 

Wednesday, April 22

(317) Don't Become Obsolete: The Fight Against Skill Decay | Jason Hine, MD FAAEM      

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Technology

Monday, April 20

(117) Telemedicine Legal Pitfalls | Ethan Andrew Booker, MD FAAEM 

Wednesday, April 22

(328) Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Improving and Automating Emergency Medicine Resident Training | Kyle S. Couperus, MD 

(330) ECMO: Pro/Con Debate | David A. Farcy, MD FAAEM FCCM and Stephen R. Hayden, MD FAAEM 

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Thoracic-Respiratory

Monday, April 20

(118) Hemoptysis: Pearls and Pitfalls | Megan Healy, MD FAAEM 

Wednesday, April 22

(318) Modern Trochar Use in Tube Thoracostomy | Matthew DeStefano, DO 

(327) A Common Sense Approach to Venous Thromboembolism | Rahul Bhat, MD FAAEM       

(328) Can You See What I See: Understanding Lung Pathology on Ultrasound | Alexis Salerno, MD 

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Toxicology

Monday, April 20

(117) Kids These Days and New Street Drugs: Raising From the Dead | Richard D. Shih, MD FAAEM 

Wednesday, April 22

(328) Toxicology: Extracorporeal Removal Techniques for the Poisoned Patient | Halil Dogan, PhD MD 

(328) Understanding the Endocannabinoid System (ECS) and Why It Matters to EM Physicians | Andrew Rizzo, DO FAAEM 

Thursday, April 23

(405) Toxic Alcohols: Who Needs Dialysis? | Michael D. Levine, MD FAAEM 

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Wellness

Monday, April 20

(117) Secret Habits of Highly Satisfied Physicians and Creating a Culture of Physician Well-Being | Robert P. Lam, MD FAAEM 

(118) Physician Depression and Suicide: How EM Docs Are the Perfect Storm for Disaster | Carol Pak-Teng, MD FAAEM 

Wednesday, April 22

(333) Developing Internal Validation in Residency | Randy Sorge, MD 

Thursday, April 23

(Plenary) The ABC Algorithm: Why C Should ALWAYS Come First - At the Bedside and in Life | Michael L. Epter, DO FAAEM 

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