2025 Alabama & Mississippi Chapters Scientific Meeting

Friday, May 30-Sunday, June 1, 2025
Centennial Plaza Gulfport | Gulfport, MS

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2025 Alabama & Mississippi Chapters Scientific Meeting

Fostering Excellence in Internal Medicine

The Alabama and Mississippi Chapters are pleased to offer meeting space to learn, recharge, and facilitate face-to-face discussion with your peers, chapter leaders, and guest speakers!

Join your internal medicine colleagues at the next joint Chapter scientific meeting May 30 - May 30, 2025:

  • Earn CME credits and MOC points and connect with other internists who know your challenges and can help you find solutions.
  • Experience top-notch education from expert faculty, meet new people and connect with old friends, and learn about ways to get involved with our Chapter.
  • This meeting will help you meet your needs as a physician and help you provide the best care for your patients using the latest information.

We look forward to seeing you at Centennial Plaza Gulfport, Gulfport MS!

Ross B. Vaughn, MD, FACP
ACP Governor, Alabama Chapter
Otis Gowdy, Jr., MD, MBA, FACP
ACP Governor, Mississippi Chapter
Lewis W. Aldred, MD, FACP
ACP Governor-elect, Mississippi Chapter

Meeting Highlights
  • Updates in Diabetes, AFib, Allergy & Asthma + more!
  • CKD for the Internist
  • Doctor's Dilemma ®
  • Beautiful Gulf Coast beaches + onsite waterpark
Program Committee

# CME & MOC Available

Release Date: LAST DAY OF MEETING
Termination Date: ONE YEAR LATER

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The American College of Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Physicians designates this live activity for a maximum of (#) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to (point amount) medical knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credit claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Agenda

Friday, May 30

Time Session
7:00-8:00 AM Registration Open & Breakfast
7:50-8:00 AM Welcome
Wes Aldred MD FACP
8:00-9:00 AM HTN: Where We've Been, Where We Are
Jimmy Stewart MD
9:00-10:00 AM MASLD for the Internist
Meagan Gray MD
10:00-10:15 AM Break
10:15-11:00 AM Resident/Fellow Oral Case Presentations, Pt 1
11:00 AM-Noon Update in Asthma & Allergy
Charles Grogan II MD
1:30-2:30 PM CKD for the Internist
Thomas Watson MD
2:30-3:00 PM Resident/Fellow Oral Case Presentations, Pt 2/td>
3:00-5:00 PM Doctor's Dilemma Round 1
Alonso Heudebert MD
5:00 PM Adjourn
5:30-7:00 PM Resident/Fellow Poster Presentations
Jesse Faulk MD

Saturday, May 31

Time Session
7:00-8:00 AM Registration Open & Breakfast
8:15-9:00 AM State of the Chapters
Ross Vaughn MD MACP
Wes Aldred MD FACP
9:00-10:00 AM Fostering Excellence in Internal Medicine
Isaac Opole PhD MBChB MACP
10:00-10:15 AM Break
10:15-11:15 AM AFIb Update
Murphy Hinson DO
11:15-11:45 AM Laureate Fellow Panel
11:45 AM-1:00 PM Lunch & Student Poster Presentations
1:00-2:00 PM Thieves Market
S. Calvin Thigpen MD MACP
2:00-3:00 PM Update in Diabetes
David Lott DO
3:00-5:00 PM Doctor's Dilemma Round 2
Alonso Heudebert MD
5:00 PM Adjourn

Sunday, June 1

8:30-10:00M Coffee and Conversations

Alabama & Mississippi Chapter Registration

Categories Registration Rates
ACP Member $350
ACP Resident/Fellow Member $0
ACP Medical Student Member $0
ACP Affiliate Member $350
Nonmember Physician $400
Nonmember Resident $0
Nonmember Medical Student $0
Nonmember Allied Health Professional $150

Questions? If you have trouble registering online, please contact Member and Product Support at 800-ACP-1915 or direct at 215-351-2600 (M-F, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. ET).

FAQ

Meeting Handouts

There will be no meeting handouts.

Can I follow along on social media?

Yes, follow/like the MS Chapter through the meeting on social media! Use the hashtag #IMProud.

Cancellations and Refunds

Notice of cancellation must be made in writing (fax, mail, or e-mail). Cancellations will not be accepted by telephone. Cancellations made after May 15, 2025, will result in a processing fee of $50.
Individuals who fail to attend the course (no-shows) will not be entitled to any refund.

I cannot access my account

If you have any difficulty accessing your ACP account, you can reset your username and password. You can do so by clicking on the MyACP link at the top of the ACP web site. If you require additional assistance, please contact us (M-F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET) via web chat or call 800-ACP-1915 or 215-351-2600 or via e-mail at help@acponline.org

I do not have an ACPonline account

Nonmembers are advised to use their e-mail address as their username when creating a password. If you require additional assistance, please contact us (M-F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET) via web chat or call 800-ACP-1915 or 215-351-2600 or via e-mail at help@acponline.org

Hotel Accommodations

We have reserved a block of rooms at the following rates until May 9, 2025. When making your reservation, be sure to mention that you will be attending the ACP MS Chapter meeting. The rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis, so make your reservation as early as possible by calling the hotel directly at 228-206-7880.

Single/Double: $199.00
Centennial Plaza
200 E Beach Boulevard
Gulfport, MS 39507

MyACP Account

If you have any difficulty accessing your MyACP account, you can reset your username and password. You can do so by clicking on the MyACP link at the top of the ACP web site. Nonmembers are advised to use their e-mail address as their username when creating a password. If you require additional assistance, please contact us (M-F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET) via web chat or call 800-ACP-1915 or 215-351-2600 or via e-mail at help@acponline.org

Participant Photography

As a participant in the chapter meeting, your photograph may be taken as a focus or background subject, to be used in chapter communications. If you would not like your photo taken, please inform chapter staff.

ACP Chapters Meeting Code of Conduct

ACP is a community that values collegiality, respect for patients and each other, and medicine’s standards of ethics and professionalism. ACP members are guided by the content and spirit of the ACP Pledge and by their commitment to the ethics of medicine, including those in the ACP Ethics Manual.  “Physicians’ conduct as professionals and as individuals should merit the respect of the community.” 

ACP expects members, staff, and others who participate in events and activities involving ACP to treat others as you would like to be treated – with courtesy, respect for differences, and in ways that appropriately represent the profession of internal medicine. As set forth in ACP’s Anti-Harassment Policy, ACP does not tolerate any form of harassment, including intimidation, hostility, or other unwelcome and offensive communication or treatment.

If you experience or observe harassing, inappropriate or otherwise unprofessional behavior, or you have concerns about how you have been treated by an ACP member or staff or anyone else at an ACP meeting or event, you may report the incident to acpevents@acponline.org or call 215 351-7750.

The chapter reserves the right to take any action deemed necessary and appropriate; including immediate removal from the meeting without warning or refund, in response to any incident of unacceptable behavior, and the chapter reserves the right to prohibit attendance at any future meeting, virtually or in person.

For other questions about the chapter meeting, contact Christi Long at 334-954-2575 or alamedgroups@gmail.com.

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