Friday, October 25

Time	Session
7:30-8:30 AM	Registration & Breakfast
8:10-8:15 AM	Governors' Welcome Elisa Sottile, MD, FACP, Governor FL ACP
8:15-9:15 AM	Internist Wellbeing Heidi Allespach, PhD, Professor
9:15-10:15 AM	Common Under-diagnosed Nutritional Deficiencies in Primary Care Jorge Camilo Mora, MD, MPH
10:15-10:30 AM	Networking Break with Exhibitors
10:30-11:30 AM	New Paradigms for Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Detection & Management Carl E Orringer, MD, FACC, MLNA
11:30 AM-12:30 PM	Governors Luncheon: 2024 Florida Legislative and Regulatory Report Christopher L Nuland, Esq
12:30-12:45 PM	Networking Break
12:45-1:45 PM	Updates in Hospital Medicine for 2024 Efren C Manjarrez, MD, SFHM, FACP
1:45-2:45 PM	Beyond the Scale: Weight Management as a Gastroenterologist Michelle Pearlman, MD
2:45-3:00 PM	Networking Break with Exhibitors
3:00-4:00 PM	Review & Update of Migraine Acute & Preventive Therapies for Primary Care & Internal Medicine Alexandra Cocores, MD
4:00-5:00 PM	Detection to Prevention: Navigating the Landscape of Cancer Screening Erin N Marcus, MD, MPH, FACP
5:00 PM	Adjournment

Saturday, October 26

Time	Session
7:30-8:30 AM	Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:30-9:30 AM	Updates in Adult Immunizations Jason M Goldman, MD, FACP
9:30-10:30 AM	What are Public Health Emergencies of Interventional Concern: How to Prepare our Practice for the Next Emergency Aileen M Marty, MD
10:30-11:00 AM	Networking Break with Exhibitors
11:00 AM-Noon	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease for Internal Medicine Michael Schweitzer, MD
Noon-12:30 PM	Town Hall/Annual Business Meeting Ankush Bansal, MD, FACP, FACPM, SFHM Elisa Sottile, MD, FACP
12:30-1:30 PM	Preserving Humanism as the Soul of the Profession: Suffering Patient or Healthcare Customer? James W Lynch, Jr, MD
1:30-2:30 PM	POCUS Overview for the Internal Medicine Practice Omar Qazi, MD, FACP
2:30-3:30 PM	Update in Critical Care Medicine for Internal Medicine Natalia Solenkova, MD, PhD, MLS, FACP
3:30-4:00 PM	Networking Break with Exhibitors
4:00-5:00 PM	SLE and Vasculitis Review and Treatment Update Jose M Muniz, MD, MACP
5:00-6:00 PM	Clinical Pearls & Updates in Outpatient Internal Medicine Amalia Landa-Galindez, MD, FACP
6:00-6:30 PM	Adjourn/Judges Meeting
6:30-7:45 PM	Formal Resident & Medical Student Finalist Poster Competition Early Career Physician Poster Competition
7:45-9:00 PM	Governor's Award Reception

Sunday, October 27

Time	Session
7:30-8:30AM	Breakfast Breakout Opportunities Advancement to Fellowship (FACP) Mentoring Breakfast (pre-registration required) IMG Networking Breakfast Session (pre-registration required) Women in Medicine Mentoring Breakfast Session (pre-registration required)
8:30-9:30 AM	Updates in Nephrology for Internal Medicine Andrew M Slater, DO
9:30-11:30 AM	Domestic Violence (2 HR State Mandated Course) Himangi Kaushal, MD, FACP, MBA Cristina Pravia, MD, FACP, MBA
11:30-11:45 AM	Networking Break with Exhibitors
11:45 AM-1:15 PM	Doctors Dilemma Final Competition Joshua D Lenchus, DO, PRh, FACP, SFHM - Moderator Finalist Team(s) AdventHealth - Orlando Florida State University - Cape Coral University of Florida - Gainesville Orlando Health HCA FL Healthcare - Westside/Northwest Hospital
1:15 PM	Announcements and Adjournment Elisa Sottile, MD, FACP

Registration fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, all scientific sessions and materials, and CME documentation.

Members whose dues were not paid for the current fiscal year will receive the nonmember registration rate.

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Single/Double: $189.00
The Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort
321 N Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33304

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