FALL CONFERENCE
November 10-12, 2023
Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio
Streaming virtual option available as well!
Regarding the virtual streaming option: To receive the CME credit, you will be expected to log in and watch the lectures in real time during the conference weekend. Credit will not be awarded for watching videos after the conference is over.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE: This program will provide participating practitioners the ability to identify frequent office maladies and inform them of the latest trends in medicine. This program is most relevant to primary care physicians as well as physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
NWOOA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS & CME PLANNING COMMITTEE: President/ Program Director: Nicholas Pfleghaar, DO; Vice President: Jennifer Pfleghaar, DO; Treasurer: Nicholas Barnes, DO; State Trustee: Nicholas Espinoza, DO; Local Trustee: Jordan Benavente, DO, Tracy Karolyi, DO & Alex Murray, DO; Executive Director: Tim Polakowski
CME CREDIT: The NWOOA certifies credit hours in conjunction with the Ohio Osteopathic Foundation. The Ohio Osteopathic Foundation is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. The Ohio Osteopathic Foundation designated this program for a maximum of
20 hours of AOA Category 1-A credits
and will report CME in accordance with the extent of the physicians’ participation in this activity. No credit will be given to those physicians who fail to submit their attestation form immediately following the conference.
The Ohio Board of Nursing will accept, at face value, the number of hours awarded for an educational activity that has been approved for CE, provided it was approved by a nationally accredited system of CE approval.
REGISTRATION FEES (BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON):
OOA/NWOOA Members: $650
Non-members: $750
PAs and CNPs: $350
Retired Physicians: $300
ACLS Course (Optional, In-person only, Sunday):
$75 for members and $150 for nonmembers
HOTEL ROOM RESERVATIONS:
https://book.passkey.com/e/50547941
or call (419) 433-7200 and be sure to tell them you are with the NWOOA conference to receive the discounted rate. Please book your rooms early as our room block and the hotel fills up months ahead of time.
AGENDA/LECTURES:
**Current Tentative Schedule in Development**
Schedule and presentations subject to change
Friday, November 10, 2023
8:00-9:00
Diet, Vitamins, and the Microbiome - Can we Manage Pain with Diet?
Jacob Ezell, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
9:00-10:00
Atrial Fibrillation Overview
Rehan Ahmed, DO
Kettering Health, Troy, OH
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15
What's Shaking with Essential Tremor Nowadays?
Michal T. Gostkowski, DO
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
11:15-12:15
Breast Cancer 101 (and Other Breast Issues)
Keiva Bland, MD
Mercy Health, Toledo, OH
12:15-12:45 Lunch Provided
12:45-2:45
Hot Topics in Primary Care
Eric Mast, DO & Residency Faculty and Residents
Firelands Regional Medical Center, Sandusky, OH
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:00
Common Case Presentations in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics: Evaluation and Management
Katherine Myers, DO
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
4:00-5:00
Year in Review: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
James Tita, DO
Mercy Health, Toledo, OH
Saturday, November 11, 2023
8:00-9:00
Patient Safety and Quality: Healthcare Challenges
Bijender Kumar, MD, MBA
Mercy Health, Toledo, OH
9:00-10:00
GYN Topics for the Primary Care Physician
Shannon Connole, DO
Promedica Health System, Toledo, OH
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15
Bariatric Surgery, What's It All About?
Leslie Pristas, DO
Southwest General Health Center, Cleveland, OH
11:15-12:15
Integrative COVID Long Haul Treatments Considerations
Jennifer Pfleghaar, DO
Pflegmed: Integrative Medicine, Perrysburg, OH
12:15-12:45 Lunch Provided
12:45-1:45
Pancreatic Cancer
Maitham Moslim, MD
Mercy Health, Toledo, OH
1:45-2:45
Addiction 101
Tom Gibbs, DO
Tri County Medical Services Inc, Hartville, OH
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:00
BioPsychSocial Model of Health Care for Chronic Illness
Jill Mushkat, PhD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
4:00-5:00
OMM Lecture
Michael Stretanski, DO
Interventional Spine & Pain Rehabilitation Center, Mansfield, OH
5:00 Family Pizza Party!
Sunday, November 12, 2023
8:00-9:00
Update on current recommendations for management of chronic pain with opioids
Larry Robinson, DO
Firelands Regional Medical Center, Sandusky, OH
9:00-10:00
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS): Beyond Depression & Evolving Research
Carlos Lowell, DO
Firelands Regional Medical Center
10:00-11:00
The Incretin Effect Discovery and Creation of New Drugs
Norman Moser, DO
Mercy Health, Lima, OH
11:00-12:00
Physicians, Grief, and Practicing Medicine
Tim Polakowski, MSW, LISW-S, ACHP-SW
Monarch Grief Center, Perrysburg, OH
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