2018 February 2-4, 2018 43rd Annual Omni Mandalay Hotel, Las Colinas and Irving Convention Center CME Conference Irving, TX 2018 43rd Annual CME Conference Feb. 2-4 • Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas and Irving Convention Center

Registration CME Credit Save by registering early! Your registration fee This program is not yet approved for CME credit. includes all breakfasts, lunches, breaks, lectures, and Conference organizers have requested 21.5 hours access to the exhibit hall. Registration badges will be of AAPA Category I CME credit from the Physician required for admission to all events. Assistant Review Panel. Total number of approved Advance registration for the meeting and all social credits yet to be determined. events is required to guarantee attendance for sessions and social functions. The deadline to register for the Workshops meeting at the early bird rate is January 22, 2018. Workshops are available on a first come-first served Registration refunds will be made for cancellations basis. No Pre-Registration required. These workshops received by January 15, 2018, via mail, email, or are for PA and PA-Cs only. Students and Pre-PAs will telephone, however, a $25 administrative fee will be have their own workshops on Saturday. retained. No-shows and registrations cancelled during or after the meeting will not be refunded. Special circumstances will be taken into consideration. Student and Pre-PA Workshops These workshops and lectures are for Students and Confirmations Pre-PAs only. They do not require pre-registration, it is on a first come, first served basis. Upon receipt of your conference registration form and payment, a confirmation letter will be emailed to the email address on the registration form. The Irving Convention Center confirmation letter will include a link to the online ALL CME lectures will be held at the Irving Convention meeting syllabus. Center. There will be parking available at the Center and also a small shuttle running back and forth between the Omni and Convention Center. More information on convention center parking and shuttle service will be provided to all registrants prior to the conference.

Hotel Information Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas 221 East Las Colinas Ave. • Irving, TX 75039 • (972) 556-0800

Self-parking: Complimentary Valet: $22 overnight/$16 daily Room Rates: $169.00 Single/Double Occupancy Reservation Information: 1-800-843-6664 You can also reserve your room online. Reservation Deadline is January 10, 2018. Please refer to the special Texas Academy of Physician Assistants rate when making your reservations. 2018 43rd Annual CME Conference Feb. 2-4 • Omni Mandalay Hotel and Irving Convention Center

Restaurants & Bars In The Omni • Trevi’s Restaurant— modern Italian steak house menu created by our very own executive chef. Trevi’s is the perfect location for your large party or for a romantic evening to show that special someone just how much they mean to you. • Les Jardins — Enjoy live music or explore our collection of Malaysian and Indonesian artwork and sculptures as you unwind with a cocktail or a cup of coffee. • M Bar — Relax with your favorite beverage and indulge in savory items from our bar menu while you take in the day’s happenings on one of the six plasma televisions. • Morsel’s — Located just off the lobby, Morsel’s offers freshly brewed coffee, espresso and cappuccino, along with pastries baked by our own pastry chef. Recreational Facilities In or Near The Omni • Fully-equipped, complimentary fitness center • Heated lakeside swimming pool and whirlpool open year-round • Jogging and biking trail around hotel; maps available upon request • Children’s playground located on the back courtyard • Mokara Spa: full-service salon and spa

FROM LOVE FIELD AIRPORT Why Stay in the Travel Info: Exit the airport and turn right Official TAPA Hotel? FROM DFW AIRPORT on Mockingbird Lane. Take Thanks to the buying power of more than Take the North exit to the Mockingbird Lane to TX-183 500+ physician assistants who will attend this TX-114 East (to Dallas). Follow West. Take the right fork conference, TAPA offers affordable rooms TX-114 East to the O´Connor in the road (toward Irving/ in a premier hotel. Those who stay in other exit. Turn left on O´Connor, Grapevine). Exit O’Connor facilities impair TAPA’s ability to negotiate and go 2 blocks. Make a (TX-114 West). At the first with these choice hotels and to secure space right turn onto Las Colinas light, take a right on Las for the many business and social activities Boulevard. Omni Mandalay Colinas Boulevard. Omni held during the conference. Simply put, by Hotel at Las Colinas will be on Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas staying in our preferred hotel, you help to the left. will be on the left. ensure that the Annual CME Conference Drive time: Approximately 15 Drive time: Approximately 20 remains an affordable member benefit! minutes. minutes. 2018 43rd Annual CME Conference Feb. 2-4 • Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas and Irving Convention Center

Schedule Friday, February 2, 2018 1:30 – 3:30pm Workshop: Quality of Care: You, Your Team, and Your Patients 7am – 6pm Registration Shawna Nesbit, MD and 7 – 7:30am Continental Breakfast Carolyn Bradley-Guidry, MPAS, PA-C 7:30 – 8:30am General Session: Inpatient and 1:30 – 3:30pm Workshop: EKG Perioperative Management of Dave Klocko, MPAS, PA-C Hyperglycemia 1:30 – 3:30pm Workshop: Advanced Suturing Skills Luigi Meneghini, MD, MBA John Kane, MPAS, PA-C and 8:30 – 9:30am General Session: Veronica Coleman, MPAS, PA-C Multiple Sclerosis Update 2:30 – 3:30pm General Session: Parkinson’s Disease in Paula Hardeman, PA-C the Primary Care Setting General Session II: Identifying Patients Lauren Aldridge, PA-C with Hereditary Cancer Predisposition General Session II: Cardiology Potpourri for Syndromes the Primary Care Clinician Brian Reys Aaron Tungate, PA-C, MPAS 9:30 – 10am Coffee Break – Exhibit Hall Opens 3:30 –– 4pm Light Refreshment Break 10 – 11am General Session: Kidney Stones 4 – 5pm General Session: At Your Cervix: Megan Rasmussen Bollner, MPAS, PA-C Updates on Screenings General Session II: Cardiovascular Effects Katherine Berdell, MSHS, PA-C on current Cancer Treatments General Session II: Minimally Invasive Vlad Zaha, MD, PhD, FACC Approaches in Gastrointestinal Cancer: 10am -12pm Workshop: Advanced Suturing Skills The Role of Robotic and Laproscopic John Kane, MPAS, PA-C and Surgery Veronica Coleman, MPAS, PA-C Patricio Polanco, MD 10am – 12pm Workshop: Pediatric Orthopaedic Exam 4 – 5:30pm Workshop: Update from NCCPA: Made Ridiculously Simple It’s Not Just About PANRE Jessica Frankel, PA-C, Janith Mills, PA- C, Greg Thomas, PA-C, MPH and Hong Putnam, PA-C 5 – 6pm General Session: Overgrowth Syndromes: 11am – 12pm General Session: Hypertension in The Genetic Mutations, Classifications Chronic Kidney Disease: How Should I and Treatment Options for Vascular Be Treating It? Malformations, Hemihypertrophy and Denise Link, MPAS, PA-C Macrodactyly General Session II: Delivering Scott N. Oishi, MD Bad News in an Ethical Manner with Clarity & Confidence Alexandra Huffman, OSW-C, LCSW 12noon – 1:30pm Lunch on your own or Product Theater Sponsored by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals 1:30 – 2:30pm General Session: The Impact on Healthcare Reform on Transplantation (or Medicine): The Good, The Bad, and the Very, Very Ugly Rick W. Snyder, MD, FACC General Session II: Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines: Who Should I Listen To? Hannah Bereuter, PA-C and Rachel Wooldridge, MD 2018 43rd Annual CME Conference Feb. 2-4 • Omni Mandalay Hotel and Irving Convention Center

Saturday, February 3, 2018 7am – 6pm Registration 7 – 7:30am Continental Breakfast 7:30 – 8:30am General Session: Chronic Abdominal Pain Rinarani Sanghavi, MD 8:30 – 9:30am General Session: Severe Hepatocellular 1:45 – 2:45pm TAPA Town Hall Meeting – Legislative Update Injury Matt Boutte, PA-C and Jaime Capelo Jose Soto, MD 1:45 – 3:45pm Workshop: Casting and Splinting of the 8:30 – 10am Workshop: Interventional Radiology Upper Extremity Maria Ravanzo, PA-C Barbara Rachich, PA-C, Victoria Scafide, 9:30 – 10am Coffee Break PA-C, and Ashley Hartley, PA-C 10 – 11am General Session: UTI and Microhematuria 2:45 – 3:45pm General Session: The Memory Patient Aneesa Husain, PA-C Rebecca Logan, PA-C General Session II: Adolescent Sexual General Session II: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Behavior. Teen Pregnancy, STDs, and David Luterman, MD Birth Control 4 – 5pm General Session: Older Adult – Summer Abubaker Migoni, MPAS, PA-C Handle With Care 11am – 12:00pm Keynote Address: The Emerging Field of Sara Wick, GNP Onco-Cardiology: A Focus on the Health of General Session II: Cancer Patients Skin Cancer in the Myrshia Woods, MHS, PA-C Immunocompromised Population Jean Bernard Durand, MD Cynthia Griffith, MPAS, PA-C 12 – 1:45pm Membership Luncheon & Awards 5 – 6pm General Session: Pediatric Pancreatitis Presentation David Troendle, MD and Megha Metha, MD

** There will be an additional PA Student & PrePA track held on Saturday. Watch the TAPA website and TAPA’s student social media for more information

Sunday, February 4, 2018 7:30am – 12pm Registration 7:30 – 8am Coffee Break 8 – 9am General Session: E-Consults: An Approach to Improve Access to Specialty Care Christian Mayorga, MD 9 - 10am General Session: C. Difficile Colitis: Update on Guidelines including Fecal Transplantation Jade M. Le, MD 10 – 11am General Session: Chronic Leukemias: All Magic Comes with a Price Jaime Roman, III, PA-C

2018 43rd Annual CME Conference Feb. 2-4 • Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas and Irving Convention Center

Other items of note Childcare We regret that due to insurance liability, children are not allowed in the exhibit areas or lecture halls. Childcare services are available through the hotel.

Refund Policy DEADLINE FOR REFUNDS IS JANUARY 15, 2018. Refunds requested prior to January 15th must be submitted in writing to the TAPA office. Requests can Attire be submitted via email, fax or mail, but must be received Coat and tie are not required for any function. before or on January 15th . All refunds are subject Casual attire in good taste in entirely to a $25 processing fee. No-shows and registrations appropriate and suggested. Dress comfortably cancelled during or after the meeting will not be refunded. - due to the ever-changing temperatures in Special circumstances will be taken into consideration. hotel meeting rooms, sweaters or jackets may be desired. Exhibitors Registration Information The TAPA Primary Care Conference will feature exhibits For Registration Information Contact: of interest to physician assistants. The exhibit area will BreeAnn Stallsmith, Meeting Coordinator or be open from 9:30am – 6pm on Friday, and from 7:30am Lisa Jackson, Executive Director – 12:30pm on Saturday. Attendees are encouraged to 401 West 15th Street, Austin, TX 78701-1680 spend time visiting with the exhibitors throughout the Phone: (800) 280-7655 meeting. Fax: (512) 370-1693

MAKE A LIFE-SAVING FASHION STATEMENT BY WEARING RED National Wear Red Day For Women is a massive national public awareness day the first Friday each February, urging women, people from all walks of life, businesses, towns, schools, the media, buildings and landmarks to “go red” and “glow red” to bring attention to the leading killers of women – heart disease and stroke. On February 2, help us turn America RED and SAVE WOMEN’S LIVES from heart disease and stroke by wearing something red… a red dress, tie, jacket, scarf, hat, blouse or shirt. Go Red for Women and show your commitment to reducing risk, improving health, and saving women’s lives.

Wear red to the conference on Friday! Feb. 2, 2018 National Wear Red Day 2018 43rd Annual CME Conference Feb. 2-4 • Omni Mandalay Hotel and Irving Convention Center

Points of Interest in and around Irving Entertainment Toyota Music factory (1 mile) 300 Las Colinas Blvd Irving, TX 75039 Lone Star Park (10 miles) 1000 Lone Star Pkwy Grand Prairie, TX 75050 Perot Museum of Nature and Science (10 miles) 2201 N. Field Street Dallas, TX 75201 Dallas Museum of Art (11 miles) 1717 North Harwood Dallas, Texas 75201 West End Historic District (11 miles) The Galleria (11 miles) 13350 Dallas Parkway AT&T Stadium / Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Dallas, Texas 75240 Reunion Tower (11 miles) 300 Reunion Blvd E Dallas, TX 75207 AT&T Stadium (22 miles) 1 AT&T Way Arlington, TX 76011 Restaurants Champps 855 West John W. Carpenter Freeway Irving, TX 75039 The Ranch 857 W. John Carpenter Freeway Dallas Museum of Art / Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Irving, TX 75039 Cool River Las Colinas 1045 Hidden Ridge Irving, Tx. Via Real 4020 N MacArthur Blvd #100 Irving, Texas 75038 Pappadeaux 10428 Lombardy Ln., Dallas, TX 75220 Pappas Bros. Steakhouse 10477 Lombardy Ln, Dallas, TX 75220 Reunion Tower/ Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Texas Academy2018 43rd of PhysicianAnnual CME Assistants Conference 43rdFeb. 2-4Annual • Omni CME Mandalay Conference Hotel at Las Registration Colinas and Irving Form Convention Center

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Registration Fees (circle appropriate amount) On or before Jan. 22­nd After Jan. 22nd­ / On-Site Members Non-members Members Non-members Entire Conference $315 $490 $415 $590 Friday Only $120 $184 $220 $284 Saturday Only $120 $184 $220 $284 Sunday Only $75 $115 $175 $215 Friday/Saturday $240 $368 $340 $468 Entire Conference + 2018 Dues $480 n/a $580 n/a

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*Special offer for non-members! If you apply and pay for TAPA membership now, you may attend the meeting at the mem- ber rate. To take advantage of this offer, check the box to the left and include $480 (early)/$580 (late/onsite) as your registration fee. This will pay your member CME registration fee and your TAPA membership thru 6/30/2019. An application will be sent to you with your meeting confirmation letter. Reduced rate is contingent upon the return of a completed membership application.

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Enclosed is a check for $______(Please make checks payable to TAPA) Please mail or If you wish to pay for the conference with a credit card, you can do this by registering for the fax registration to: conference online at www.TAPA.org. We can no longer take credit cards by fax or mail due to PCI compliance. TAPA 401 W. 15th St., Ste. 100 Refunds: Written notice of cancellation must be received by January 15, 2018. Austin, TX 78701 A $25 administrative fee will be retained. Phone: (800) 280-7655 In accordance with the American with Disabilities Act, Fax: (512) 370-1693 please check here if you have any special needs.

Deadline for refunds is January 15, 2018. Refunds requested prior to January 15th must be submitted in writing to the TAPA office. Requests can be submitted via email, fax or mail, but must be received before or on January 15th. All refunds are subject to a $25 processing fee. No-shows and registrations cancelled during or after the meeting will not be refunded. Special circumstances will be taken into consideration.

2018 43rd Annual CME Conference Feb. 2-4 • Omni Mandalay Hotel and Irving Convention Center

TAPA 16TH ANNUAL STUDENT CHALLENGE BOWL Each year TAPA’s Challenge Bowl adds more and more teams competing and each year the competition gets more difficult. Bring your signs and loud voices and come root on your classmates or support your alma mater! Free of charge — bring your friends, and join your fellow PA colleagues for a night of music and fun!

Saturday Morning 8 – 8:30am Networking Coffee Social for Recent Graduates, PA Students and Pre-PAs