SESSION 

TRACK A MEDICINE 

Dean – Poh-Lian Lim

Associate Dean – John Park

TRACK B SURGERY 

Dean – Luke Hofmann

Associate Dean – Krista Kaups

TRACK C COMMUNITY 

Dean – Susan Hillis 

Associate Dean – Echo VanderWal

Associate Dean – Carena Chai 

TRACK D DENTISTRY 

Dean – Joel Michelson

Associate Dean – Jonathan Spenn

#1 

9:00-9:45

Malaria Update 2025 (ABCD)

Tim Myrick

9:45-10:05

BREAK

#2 

10:05-10:50

Shock I: Cardiogenic & Non-Cardiogenic Shock (AB)

Cameron Dezfulian, John Park

Emerging Trends in Telehealth & Tech

Mardi Steere

Anatomy & Physiology of Orofacial Pain & Its Management Part I

Thomas Graham

#3 

11:00-11:45

Shock II: Sepsis & Management Pearls (AB)

Kristina Rudd, John Park

Gender Differences in Addiction and Implications for Prevention and Response in LMIC 

Lantie Jorandby

Anatomy & Physiology of Orofacial Pain & Its Management Part II

Thomas Graham

11:45-1:15

LUNCH

#4 

1:15-2:00

GI Safari: The Big 5

Mark Topazian

Urologic Safari

Louis Pisters

Global Substance Abuse (CD)

Lantie Jorandby

#5 

2:10-2:55

Rheumatologic Emergencies

Benjamin Wang

Surgical Ethics When There Are Limited Resources
Jim Smith

Every Breath Counts: Changing Nursing-Physician-Hierarchal Culture 

Steve Swanson

Immediate Placement of Dental Implants After Extraction

Rob Schroering

2:55-3:15

BREAK

#6 

3:15-4:00

Managing Chronic Pain & Risk of Addiction (AB)

Emanuel Husu

Obstetric Hemorrhage: Mitigating Risks, Improving Outcomes, and Training Rural Midwives & TBAs

Marcela Castillo, Kim Smith

Socket Grafting After an Immediate Extraction

Rob Schroering

#7

(Optional)

4:10-4:55

MEET THE PROFESSOR (CME Credit): Global Workers and Trauma – Alice Chen, Elaine Eng, Shun Yan Leung

DISCUSSION GROUP (No CME Credit): Anxiety & Children – Roger Brown

DAILY OFFERINGS (No CME Credit): Running Group, Bicycling, Pickleball

SESSION 

TRACK A MEDICINE

TRACK B SURGERY

TRACK C COMMUNITY

TRACK D DENTISTRY

#1 

9:00-9:45

Emerging Infections Update: Nipah, Mpox & More (ABCD)

Poh Lian Lim

9:45-10:05

BREAK

BREAKOUT 1

BREAKOUT 2

BREAKOUT 3

#2 

10:05-10:50

Precision Medicine for Cancer

Thomas Witzig

Life Threatening Complications of Head & Neck Disease

Jim Smith

Prioritizing Team Unity: An Intentional Onboarding Approach

Echo Vanderwal, Harry Vanderwal

How To Gather Research and Teaching Material To Become an Expert in Your Field

Rob Schroering

Disaster Management: Resources for Response

Laura Smelter & Mardi Steere

Preparing Effective PowerPoint Lectures AND 

Writing for Peer-Reviewed Publication

Tim Myrick &

Susan Hillis 

Fluid & Nutrition for Preterm Babies in the NICU

Steve Swanson (A)

#3 

11:00-11:45

Managing Heart Failure: Updates 2024

Kristina Rudd

Treatment of Mandibular Fractures: Part 1 (BD)

Tim Bartholomew

Building Organizational Health Nate Smith

Treatment of Mandibular Fractures: Part 1 (BD)

Tim Bartholomew

11:45-1:15

LUNCH

BREAKOUT 1

BREAKOUT 2

BREAKOUT 3

#4 

1:15-2:00

Evaluating Abnormal Liver Enzymes in Children

Anna Banc-Husu

Treatment of Mandibular Fractures: Part 2 (BD)

Tim Bartholomew

Resources for Standards, QI, and Accreditation

Kelly Frazier

Treatment of Mandibular Fractures: Part 2 (BD)

Tim Bartholomew

Team Leadership Using Coaching and Strengths

Scott Dooley & Gail Dooley 

Joint Injections with Ultrasound

Emanuel Husu (A)

Spiritual Care in Clinical Practice

Mark Topazian (A)

#5 

2:10-2:55

Infection Prevention and Control in the NICU –  Preventing Late Onset Neonatal Sepsis

Stephen Swanson

Stainless Steel Wiring for Jaw Fractures (BD)

Tim Bartholomew

Motivating Your Team Members & Teams to Drive Change

Mardi Steere

Stainless Steel Wiring for Jaw Fractures (BD) 

Tim Bartholomew

2:55-3:15

BREAK

#6 

3:15-4:00

Neonatal Emergencies

Krysten North

Ready, Set, Sedate! Conscious (Procedural) Sedation Tips and Tricks

Jeff Thompson 

Diagnosing Substance Use Disorders

Lantie Jorandby

Evidence-Based Decision Support for Primary Care Psychopharmacology

Carena Chai

Management of Endodontic Emergencies

Thomas Graham

#7

(Optional)

4:10-4:55

MEET THE PROFESSOR (CME Credit): Care of the Sick Neonate – Tina Slusher, Stephen Swanson, Krysten North

MEET THE PROFESSOR (CME Credit): Coping with Divorce – Jeff Hall, Stephanie Lauden

DISCUSSION GROUP (No CME Credit): Grief and Loss – Jarry Richardson, Alice Chen

DAILY OFFERINGS (No CME Credit): Running Group, Bicycling, Pickleball

2:55-3:15

BREAK

#6 

3:15-4:00

Pediatric Trauma and Acute Injury (AB)

Ashley Bjorklund, Luke Hofmann

Addressing Cervical Cancer

in a Low-Resource Setting

Echo Vanderwal

Lingulaizing Occlusion for Dentures and Full Fixed Implant Cases

Rob Schroering

#7

(Optional)

4:10-4:55

MEET the PROFESSOR (CME Credit): Breaking Bad (News) – Ashley Bjorkland, Jeff Thompson, Thomas Witzig

DISCUSSION GROUP (No CME Credit): Living with a Loved One with ADHD – Roger Brown, Alice Chen

DAILY OFFERINGS (No CME Credit): Running Group, Bicycling, Pickleball

SESSION 

TRACK A MEDICINE

TRACK B SURGERY

TRACK C COMMUNITY

TRACK D DENTISTRY

#1 

9:00-9:45

Culture, Competence, & Confidence: Implications for Medical Education & Practice (ABC)

Burton Lee

Atraumatic Extractions: Part 1

Jonathan Spenn

9:45-10:05

BREAK

BREAKOUT 1

BREAKOUT 2

BREAKOUT 3

#2 

10:05-10:50

A Clinical Approach to Dysphagia

Tim Walker

Keeping Kids Clean: Bowel Management Basics in Surgical Children

Erik Hansen

Research Design 

Mark Strand 

Update on Silver Diamine Fluoride

Stephen Hsu Chin-ying

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Elaine Eng, Shun Yan Leung

Accessing Subspecialty Care in Low-Resource Settings

Jeff Lee

Palliative Care in LMICs

Nick Schwedock

#3 

11:00-11:45

Top 10 Papers Part 1: Primary Care

Jeff Leman, Philip Dooley 

Third Trimester Bleeding

Christie Lee

When Research Catalyzes a Funded National Action Plan 

Nick Woolfield

Is Childhood Adversity Linked to Dental Anomalies 

Stephen Hsu Chin-ying

11:45-1:15

LUNCH & Deans’ Meeting #2

BREAKOUT 1

BREAKOUT 2

BREAKOUT 3

#4 

1:15-2:00

EKG Reading in Children: Pearls & Pitfalls

Sunil John

A Clinical Approach to Jaundice

TIm Walker, Luke Hofmann

Suicide in Asia – Epidemiology, Prevention, and Response
Lai Gwen Chan

Atraumatic Extractions: Part 2

Jonathan Spenn

Power, Vulnerability, Medics and Healthcare

Jim Ritchie

Motivational Interviewing Workshop

Sheila Jowsey-Gregoire

#5 

2:10-2:55

Challenges in Adolescent Medicine

Phil Fischer

Top 10 General Surgery Papers

Krista Kaups

A Behavioural Approach to Obesity: Reducing Chronic Disease Mortality

Meredith Hawkins

Conservative Restorative Treatment

Jonathan Spenn

2:55-3:15

BREAK

#6 

3:15-4:00

Management of ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Alvin Loh

Common Lower Extremity Fractures and Treatment

Ben Jackson

Polycrisis – Climate, Conflict, Contagion, & Extreme Poverty

Susan Hillis

General Dentistry Updates

Warren Rich

#7

(Optional)

4:10-4:55

MEET the PROFESSOR (CME Credit): Caring for Children with Developmental Disabilities – Alvin Loh, Paul Glaser, Lori Housworth (CME by A Track)

MEET the PROFESSOR (CME Credit): Transitioning From the Field Professionally and Culturally – Warren Rich (D track)

DISCUSSION GROUP (No CME Credit): Grief and Loss – Jarry Richardson, Alice Chen (Repeat offering from Thursday, 13-Feb)

DAILY OFFERINGS (No CME Credit): Running Group, Bicycling, Pickleball

SESSION 

TRACK A MEDICINE

TRACK B SURGERY

TRACK C COMMUNITY

TRACK D DENTISTRY

#1 

9:00-9:45

Wound Care and What to do When Resources are Limited (ABC)

Krista Kaups

Occlusal Disease: The Silent Destroyer
Van Haywood

9:45-10:05

BREAK

BREAKOUT 1

BREAKOUT 2

BREAKOUT 3

#2 

10:05-10:50

Vaccine & Travel Medicine Updates

Poh Lian Lim

Postpartum Hemorrhage

Christie Lee

Frailty, Falls, & Fractures in the Elderly: Prevention & Care

Andrew Cole

Dental Emergency/Infection Management

Jonathan Spenn

Developing a Multi-Disciplinary Medical Centre

David Pepsny, Todd Sprinkel

POCUS 3: Advanced OB & Cardiac 

John Park, et al

Basic Surgical Skills: Suturing and Abscess Draining

Luke Hofmann, John Kim

#3 

11:00-11:45

How to Choose Antibiotics Sensibly

Jason Tompkins

Knee Effusions- To Aspirate or Not to Aspirate- That is the Question!
Barry Sirard

Zero-Dose Immunizations in Children

Rebecca Chancey

Antibiotics & Antithrombotics

Jonathan Spenn

11:45-1:15

LUNCH

BREAKOUT 1

BREAKOUT 2

BREAKOUT 3

#4 

1:15-2:00

Migraines & More: Headache Management

Ben Cox

The Management of Femur Fractures in the Adult

Bryan Pack

Severe Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia & Kernicterus

Tina Slusher

Smile Analysis Basics: Part 1

Van Haywood

All About Tubes, Lines and Drains

Luke Hofmann

POCUS 4: Advanced OB & Cardiac

John Park, et al

Caring for Aging Parents from Afar

Andrew Cole, Alice Chen

#5 

2:10-2:55

Updates in Breast Cancer Diagnosis & Treatment

Tonjeh Bah

Failure to Rescue: What Does That Mean?

Krista Kaups

Hypertension: Linking a Public Health & Clinical Approach

Meredith Hawkins

Smile Analysis Design: Part 2

Van Haywood

2:55-3:15

BREAK

#6 

3:15-4:00

Dementia: Pathology, Clinical, Treatment

Andrew Cole

Baby Bowel Blockage: Diagnosis and Management and Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction

Erik Hansen

Applications of Epidemiologic Study Designs in LMIC

Rebecca Chancey

Local Anesthesia: An Update

Jonathan Spenn

#7

(Optional)

4:10-4:55

MEET the PROFESSOR (CME Credit): MacGyver in 3D: Ideas from the Field – Sunil John, Tina Slusher (CME by A Track)

MEET the PROFESSOR (CME Credit): Stop the Bleed – Tom Turbiak

DISCUSSION GROUP (No CME Credit): When Launching an Adult Child is Challenging – Paul Glaser, Sandy Lee, Scott Hicks

DAILY OFFERINGS (No CME Credit): Running Group, Bicycling, Pickleball

SESSION 

TRACK A MEDICINE

TRACK B SURGERY

TRACK C COMMUNITY

TRACK D DENTISTRY

#1 

9:00-9:45

Gender Dysphoria (AC)

Greg Kline, Paul Glaser

The Lethal Triad, It’s Not What You Think

Luke Hofmann

Gender Dysphoria (AC)

Greg Kline, Paul Glaser

Lessons On Establishing a Dental Clinic In a  Developing Country

Warren Rich

9:45-10:05

BREAK

BREAKOUT 1

BREAKOUT 2

BREAKOUT 3

#2 

10:05-10:50

How the World Turns: Diagnosis and Management of Vertigo

Jeff Thompson

Hernia Update: Review and What’s New

John Kim

Updates in STI Management and Prevention (including HPV vaccination)

Carena Chai

Seven Tray Fabrication for Bleaching, Sensitivity Treatment and Caries Control
Van Haywood 

Insomnia Be Gone: Better Sleep in 90 Minutes

Jarry Richardson

Medical Education: How to Teach Complex Medical Concepts

Burt Lee

#3 

11:00-11:45

Top 5 Endocrine Dilemmas in Primary Care

Gregory Kline

Evaluation and Management of the Native Septic Joint

Bryan Pack

Addressing Mental Health Needs of Adolescents

Paul Glaser

Posterior Composite Matrix Band Techniques
Van Haywood 

11:45-1:15

LUNCH

BREAKOUT 1

BREAKOUT 2

BREAKOUT 3

#4 

1:15-2:00

Challenges in Managing Bipolar Disease

Paul Glaser

Wound Care – from Evaluation to Management

Ben Jackson

Program Monitoring & Evaluation

Mark Strand

Atopic Dermatitis and Early Childhood Caries

Stephen Hsu Chin-ying

Group Prenatal Care

Carena Chai

The Sorting Hat: Teaching Triage Concepts in LMIC

Jeff Thompson & Jonathan Swanson

#5 

2:10-2:55

Parasites Alive!

Rebecca Chancey

Abdominal Wall Component Separation: Review and What’s New

John Kim

Extending Care through Community Health

Mark Strand

Global Caries Challenge in Adults: Trends and Implications for Community Health Professionals

Stephen Hsu Chin-ying

2:55-3:15

BREAK

#6 

3:15-4:00

Top 10 Papers Part 2: Global Primary Care

Philip Dooley, Jeff Leman

So, Your Hospital Needs a Pathologist but Can’t Find One (or, You Have One That Needs Help!)

Bill Walker

Teens and Screens

Paul Glaser

Intraoral Scanning and Milling for Crowns and Bridges

Warren Rich

#7

4:10-4:55

ACADEMIC FEEDBACK SESSION

SESSION 

TRACK A MEDICINE

TRACK B SURGERY

TRACK C COMMUNITY

TRACK D DENTISTRY

#1 

9:00-9:45

What’s New in TB and HIV (AD)

Jason Tompkins

Approach to Repair of Iatrogenic Bile Duct Injuries

John Kim

Innovations in Faith and Community-Led,  Evidence-Based Programming

Susan Hillis

What’s New in TB and HIV (AD)

Jason Tompkins

9:45-10:05

BREAK

#2 

10:05-10:50

Emerging Trends in ER Toxicology

Jeff Thompson

Pre-Eclampsia/Eclampsia

Christie Lee

Health Benefits of Forgiveness

Mark Strand

New Caries Diagnosis Techniques and Sealant Placement
Van Haywood

#3 

11:00-11:45

Evaluating & Managing Seizures

Ben Cox

Common Shoulder Injuries
Barry Sirard

Neonatal Interventions – Implementation & Lessons Learned

Louise Day

Sensitivity Treatment and Caries Control with Bleaching Agents
Van Haywood

11:45-1:15

LUNCH

#4 

1:15-2:00

Managing Arthritis in Primary Care

Chris Place

Performance Improvement with Limited Resources

Ben Jackson

Maternal & Neonatal Survival & Reducing Stillbirth

Louise Day

Esthetic Contouring and Bonding Bleached Teeth 

Van Haywood

#5 

2:10-2:55

Psychosis: Evaluation & Management

Sheila Jowsey-Gregoire

Pathology Diagnoses Which You May or May Not be Familiar With (But Should Be)

Bill Walker

Community-Led Effective Models for Engaging Men in Care 

Susan Hillis

Journal Review Part 1 

Joel Michelson

#6 

3:05-3:50

Long COVID

Poh Lian Lim

Blast Injury
Luke Hofmann

Applications of Data Science to Policy and Programs to Strengthen Community Health

Susan Hillis

Journal Review Part 2

Joel Michelson