Register now for the Nevada Chapter of the American College of Physicians Annual Meeting!
Meeting Agenda:
| 10/09/2025 | 12:30 -1:00 PM | Registration/Exhibits | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:00-2:00PM | Great Debates - Round 1* | Faizan Sheraz, MD | Chair of Great Debates NV Chapter; Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, Sunrise GME | |
| 2:00-3:00 PM | Great Debates - Round 2* | Faizan Sheraz, MD | Chair of Great Debates NV Chapter; Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, Sunrise GME | |
| 3:00 -5:15PM | Poster Competition | |||
| 5:15 -6:15 PM | Business Meeting Dinner and Awards | Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj, MD, MPH, FACP | Professor, Internal Medicine, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, Governor, Nevada Chapter, American College of Physicians (ACP) | |
| 6:15 -7:15 PM | Better is possible: We can all improve the care of people with substance abuse use** | Eileen Barrett, MD, MPH, FAMWA, MACP | President, American Medical Women's Association, Chair Emerita, Board of Regents, American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Director and VP, Quality, WorkIt Health | |
| 10/10/2025 | 7:15-7:45 AM | Sign-in and Continental Breakfast/Exhibits | ||
| 7:45-8:00 AM | Welcome/Announce Winners of Poster Contest | Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj, MD, MPH, FACP | Professor, Internal Medicine, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, Governor, Nevada Chapter, American College of Physicians (ACP) | |
| Aditi Singh, MD, FACP | Program Director, Internal Medicine, Professor of Medicine, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV | |||
| 8:00 -9:00 AM | Advocacy in Challenging Times: Embrace the Process and Celebrate Progress | Shari M. Erickson, MPH | Chief Advocacy Officer and Senior Vice President of Governmental Affairs and Public Policy with the American College of Physicians (ACP) | |
| 9:00-10:00 AM | Updates in Hospital Medicine: A Review of Recent Literature | Kirk Bronander, MD, FACP | Professor of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine; Director of Simulation, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine | |
| Qazi Z. Mohsin, DO | Hospitalist, Pioneer Healthcare; Clinical Assistant Professor, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV | |||
| 10:00 -10:15 AM | Break/Exhibits | |||
| 10:15-11:15 AM | Great Debates* | Faizan Sheraz, MD | Chair of Great Debates NV Chapter; Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, Sunrise GME | |
| 11:15 AM-12:00 PM | Microcytosis and Macrocytosis: red cell size from little to big | Marc Kahn, MD, MBA, MACP, FRCP | Professor, Chief of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV | |
| 12:00-12:30 PM | Lunch/Exhibits | |||
| 12:30-1:15 PM | MBA in an Hour & Finances for Students, Residents, and Early Career Physicians | Allan Markus, MD, MS, MBA, FACP | ACP-Arizona Governor; Program Director , Dignity Health East Valley Internal Medicine Residency Program; Vice-Chair of Education-East Valley, Dignity Health Medical Group Arizona; Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine; Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine | |
| 1:15-2:15 PM | Cardiovascular Medicine 2025: Rhythm and Flow | Arjun Gururaj, MD, FACC | Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Nevada Heart and Vascular | |
| Nazanin Houshmand, MD | Cardiovascular Fellow, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV | |||
| 2:15-3:15 PM | Updates in Primary Care | Kimberly Bates, MD, FACP | Chief Medical Officer, Dignity Medical Group Nevada, Director, Primary Care Track, Internal Medicine Residency, Dignity Health St. Rose Dominican | |
| Edward Co, DO, FACP | Internal Medicine Site Director, Primary Care Clinic, Associate Program Director, Primary Care Track, UNLV Internal Medicine; VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System | |||
| 3:15-3:30 PM | Break/Raffle/Exhibits | |||
| 3:30 -4:15PM | Doctor's Dilemma ? | Chief Resident Council |