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.