25th Annual Scientific Assembly

Sessions by Topic

MOC Related Sessions

Cardiovascular

Infectious Disease

Nervous System (Neuro)

Pain Management & Opioids

Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care

Pediatrics

Psychobehavioral

Trauma

 

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Sessions marked with "⏯" are being recorded and will be available on AAEM Online the summer after AAEM19.

Cardiovascular

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(Plenary) Emergency Cardiology 2019: The Articles You've Got to Know! | Amal Mattu, MD FAAEM ⏯

(115) Electrocardiography Literature Update | Amal Mattu, MD FAAEM ⏯

(116) The Patient in Extremis: Dysrhythmias Recognition and Management | William J. Brady, MD FAAEM

(116) Critical Care of the Post Cardiac Arrest Patient | Michael E. Winters, MD MBA FAAEM

Monday, March 11, 2019

(216) AV Blocks: What Your Residency Probably Never Taught You! | Jerry W. Jones, MD FAAEM ⏯

(218) Afib Cardioversion in the ED: A Shocking New Approach | Laura J. Bontempo, MD MEd FAAEM

(268) That's a Loooong QT | Katrina Kissman, MD FAAEM

(268) Patient in Cardiac Arrest Has a Dilated Right Ventricle. It's a Massive PE, Right? | Matthew L. Wong, MD MPH FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(317) LVADs: Be Not Afraid | Andrew W. Phillips, MD MEd FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(318) Syncope Made Easy as 1-2-3 | Andrew Grock, MD FAAEM ⏯

(331) Right Ventricular Failure | Susan R. Wilcox, MD FAAEM ⏯

(332) LVADs: Be Not Afraid | Andrew W. Phillips, MD MEd FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(333) The Pressure is On!: Hypertensive Emergencies - Their Presentations, Involved Organs, and Targeted Treatment | Jason Hine, MD FAAEM ⏯

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(415) Do No Harm (and Convince your Colleagues): Asymptomatic Hypertension in the ED | Jonathan S. Jones, MD FAAEM

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Infectious Disease

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(117) ED Antimicrobial Essentials | Bryan D. Hayes, PharmD DABAT FAACT FASHP ⏯

Monday, March 11, 2019

(215) Resistant Organisms | Nilesh N. Patel, DO FAAEM FACOEP ⏯

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(331) Biomarkers in the ED | Nilesh N. Patel, DO FAAEM FACOEP ⏯

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(411) Nontraumatic Back Pain: Reasons Why It Should Tighten Your Sphincter | Rahul Bhat, MD FAAEM ⏯

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Nervous System (Neuro)

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(327) Shades of Gray Matter: Neuroimaging in the ED | Wan-Tsu W. Chang, MD FAAEM

(333) Stroke Update 2019 | Karen Greenberg, DO FAAEM ⏯

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(Plenary) Neurology Updates | Evie G. Marcolini, MD FAAEM FACEP FCCM ⏯

(411) Nontraumatic Back Pain: Reasons Why It Should Tighten Your Sphincter | Rahul Bhat, MD FAAEM ⏯

(412) EMS: Stroke? More Than Six Hours? BYPASS, BYPASS! | Kerry Ahrens, MD FAAEM and Robert P. Zemple IV, MD FAAEM ⏯

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Pain Management & Opioids

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(118) Buprenorphine in the ED | Eric M. Ketcham, MD FAAEM FASAM ⏯

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) Narcotic Abuse in America: Past, Present and Future | James R. Gill, MD MBA FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(318) The Dark Side of the NSAID's - When Dose Makes a Difference | Sergey M. Motov, MD FAAEM ⏯

(325) Can We Get Better With That Painful Sickling? - Advances in ED Management of Vaso - Occlusive Crisis | Sergey M. Motov, MD FAAEM ⏯

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(415) Opioid Masterclass | Richard M. Pescatore II, DO FAAEM

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Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) Compassionate Extubation: Not Just Pulling the Plug | David H. Wang, MD

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(316) The Grey Zone: End of Life in the ED & Beyond | Genese Lamare, MD FAAEM ⏯

(326) The Next Wave: What Every Emergency Physician Needs to Know about Palliative Care | Mari Siegel, MD FAAEM FACEP ⏯

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Pediatrics

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(115) Challenging Cases in the Peds ED | Mimi Lu, MD FAAEM ⏯

Monday, March 11, 2019

(Plenary) Efficient EM Care of the Child with Special Needs | Ilene Claudius, MD FAAEM FAAP FACEP ⏯

(215) More Cowbell! Updates in Infants with Fever | Mimi Lu, MD FAAEM ⏯

(217) Tubes for Tots | Jennifer Fisher-Repanshek, MD FAAEM ⏯

(218) Checking Urine in Infants: Who, How, and Why | Ilene Claudius, MD FAAEM FAAP FACEP

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(414) Are You Safe to Go Home? Screening for Suicidality in Pediatric ED Patients | Emily C. MacNeill, MD ⏯

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Psychobehavioral

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(118) Buprenorphine in the ED | Eric M. Ketcham, MD FAAEM FASAM ⏯

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) Narcotic Abuse in America: Past, Present and Future | James R. Gill, MD MBA FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(326) Sedation for the Agitated Patient | Kevin C. Reed, MD FAAEM ⏯

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(414) Are You Safe to Go Home? Screening for Suicidality in Pediatric ED Patients | Emily C. MacNeill, MD ⏯

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Trauma

Monday, March 11, 2019

(Plenary) New Horizons in Trauma Resuscitation | Thomas M. Scalea, MD ⏯

(218) Traumatic Ocular Emergencies | Gregory Patek, MD OD FAAEM

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Other Topics Covered

Abdominal/GI

Critical Care

Cutaneous

Devices

Diversity

EM Careers

EMS

Endo/Metabolic/Nutrition

Environmental

Geriatrics

HEENT

Hemetologoic

Imaging

International

Legal

Musculoskeletal

OB/Gyn

Pharmacology

Practice of EM

Pulmonary

Renal-Urogenical

Systemic Infectious Disease

Technology

Wellness

See MOC topics covered at AAEM19

Sessions marked with "⏯" are being recorded and will be available on AAEM Online the summer after AAEM19.

Abdominal

Monday, March 11, 2019

(268) Hyperacute Management of Massive Upper GI Bleed | Jennifer Fisher-Repanshek, MD FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(326) Conquering Gastroparesis: How I Learned to Love Caring for Chronic Abdominal Pain and Vomiting | Zachary Repanshek, MD FAAEM ⏯

 

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Critical Care

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(Plenary) Sepsis – New Recommendations | Peter M.C. DeBlieux, MD FAAEM ⏯

(116) Critical Care of the Post Cardiac Arrest Patient | Michael E. Winters, MD MBA FAAEM

(117)  "I've Had this Patient for 8 Minutes!" The Critical Nature of Communications During EMS-ED Patient Handover | Ashley Liebig, RN BSN CCRN

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) The Obese Airway - Preventing the Clean Kill | Brian Parker, MD

(218) Compassionate Extubation: Not Just Pulling the Plug | David H. Wang, MD

(Plenary) Essential Resuscitation Articles 2018-2019 | Corey M. Slovis, MD FAAEM FACP FACEP ⏯

(265) Resuscitate Before You Intubate: Intubating the Critically Ill and Unstable Patient | Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEM ⏯

(268) The Subclavian Line - the Resuscitation Line of Champions | Jason Hine, MD FAAEM

(268) Patient in Cardiac Arrest Has a Dilated Right Ventricle. It's a Massive PE, Right? | Matthew L. Wong, MD MPH FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(315) Anaphylaxis: State of the Art Management for 2019 | Corey M. Slovis, MD FAAEM FACP FACEP ⏯

(315) EM Critical Care: What Happens in the ED...Does Not Stay in the ED | Heatherlee Bailey, MD FAAEM FCCM ⏯

(316) The Grey Zone: End of Life in the ED & Beyond | Genese Lamare, MD FAAEM ⏯

(318) Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest: Where Are We Now? | Genese Lamare, MD FAAEM ⏯

(327) Vent Management | Skyler A. Lentz, MD
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(332) Vent Management | Skyler A. Lentz, MD
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(Plenary) Critical Care in Review | Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEM ⏯

(411) State of Shock - Managing Refractory Shock Like a Rock Star | Maite A. Huis in 't Veld, MD FAAEM ⏯

(412) Code Dynamics | Ashika Jain, MD FAAEM FACEP ⏯

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Cutaneous

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) Getting Under Their Skin: Using Ultrasound to Aid in Diagnosis of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections | Allison Zanaboni, MD

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(330) Death Begins in CT for Patients with Necrotizing Fasciitis | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM ⏯

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Devices

Monday, March 11, 2019

(268) The Subclavian Line - the Resuscitation Line of Champions | Jason Hine, MD FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(317) LVADs: Be Not Afraid | Andrew W. Phillips, MD MEd FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(327) Vent Management | Skyler A. Lentz, MD
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(332) Vent Management | Skyler A. Lentz, MD
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(332) LVADs: Be Not Afraid | Andrew W. Phillips, MD MEd FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

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Diversity

Monday, March 11, 2019

(217) Microaggressions Have Macro Impact | Lisa A. Moreno-Walton, MD MS MSCR FAAEM ⏯

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EM Careers

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(115) Protecting Physician Employment Through Litigation | Joseph P. Wood, MD JD RDMS MAAEM FAAEM ⏯

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(319) Nuts and Bolts: Formulating Your Resume, CV & Promotion Portfolio | Megan Healy, MD FAAEM

(319) Job Interviewing Like a Pro | Mark Reiter, MD MBA FAAEM

(329) Easing the Transition to Attending | Gus M. Garmel, MD FAAEM FACEP

(329) Arriving At Your New Job | Jonathan S. Jones, MD FAAEM

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EMS

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(117) "I've Had this Patient for 8 Minutes!" The Critical Nature of Communications During EMS-ED Patient Handover | Ashley Liebig, RN BSN CCRN

Monday, March 11, 2019

(268) Is There a Doctor on the Plane? | Sherri L. Rudinsky, MD FAAEM

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(412) EMS: Stroke? More Than Six Hours? BYPASS, BYPASS! | Kerry Ahrens, MD FAAEM and Robert P. Zemple IV, MD FAAEM ⏯

(413) "Medic 24 Calling!" A Practical Approach to Providing Direct Medical Oversight | Jose V. Nable, MD MS NRP FAAEM

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Endocrine/Metabolic/Nutrition

Sunday, March 9, 2019

(118) Deadly Pitfalls to Avoid in the Management of DKA | George C. Willis, MD ⏯

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) Hypoglycemia: Give 'em Some D-What? | George C. Willis, MD FAAEM

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(411) Cue the Thunder and Lightning: Thyroid Storm | Molly K. Estes, MD FAAEM ⏯

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Environmental

(267) When Disaster Strikes: Moving Forward After a Major Event | Michael P. Jones, MD FAAEM FACEP ⏯

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Geriatrics

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(318) Three Things to Do for Every Patient Above 75 | Danya Khoujah, MBBS FAAEM ⏯

(333) Discharge Planning for Your Geriatric Patient | Danya Khoujah, MBBS FAAEM ⏯

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HEENT

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) Traumatic Ocular Emergencies | Gregory Patek, MD OD FAAEM

(267) Epistaxis: Causes and Cures | Laura J. Bontempo, MD MEd FAAEM ⏯

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Hemetologic

Monday, March 11, 2019

(265) There Will Be Blood: Care of the Bleeding Patient on a DOAC | R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD FAAEM ⏯

(267) Epistaxis: Causes and Cures | Laura J. Bontempo, MD MEd FAAEM ⏯

(268) Can I Send That Neutropenic Fever Home? | Sarah B. Dubbs, MD FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(318) TXA: Swiss Army Knife of Bleeding | Richard M. Pescatore II, DO FAAEM ⏯

(325) Can We Get Better With That Painful Sickling? - Advances in ED Management of Vaso - Occlusive Crisis | Sergey M. Motov, MD FAAEM ⏯

(325) Oncology Patient Perspective Panel | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM ⏯

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Imaging

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) To Scan or Not to Scan: That is the Question | Elizabeth PD Pontius, MD, RDMS, FAAEM

(218) Getting Under Their Skin: Using Ultrasound to Aid in Diagnosis of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections | Allison Zanaboni, MD

(266) Where's the Baby? | Elizabeth PD Pontius, MD, RDMS, FAAEM ⏯

(268) Feel the Heat - Thermal Imaging in the ED | Michael S. Pulia, MD MS FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(317) Ultrasound Guided IV Access | Allison Zanaboni, MD
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(318) Reading CT Perfusion Scans | Ryan P. Radecki, MD MS FAAEM ⏯

(327) Shades of Gray Matter: Neuroimaging in the ED | Wan-Tsu W. Chang, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(330) Ultrasound in the Community: Ain't Nobody Got Time for That! | Mark A. Newberry, DO FAAEM ⏯

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International

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(328) Fever in the Returning Traveler | Rebecca Liggin, MD FAAP FAAEM FACEP ⏯

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Legal

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(115) Protecting Physician Employment Through Litigation | Joseph P. Wood, MD JD RDMS MAAEM FAAEM ⏯

Monday, March 11, 2019

(267) Four Danger Words: Guaranteed Ways to Jeopardize Patients, Pay For Your Attorney's Kid's Bar Mitzvah, and Land You On A Therapist's Couch For Years | Howard Blumstein, MD FAAEM ⏯

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(315) You've Been Sued: Resilience Strategies for Litigation Stress | Manish Garg, MD FAAEM ⏯

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(414) Hidden Medicolegal Pitfalls | Matthew C. DeLaney, MD FAAEM ⏯

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Musculoskeletal

Monday, March 11, 2019

(216) Under Pressure – How Not to Miss Compartment Syndrome | Michael C. Bond, MD FAAEM FACEP ⏯

(266) What's in My Bag: Preparing the Emergency Physician for the Sideline | Korin B. Hudson, MD FAAEM ⏯

(268) High Risk Back Pain - Spinal Epidural Abscess | Ketan Patel, MD

(218) Getting Under Their Skin: Using Ultrasound to Aid in Diagnosis of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections | Allison Zanaboni, MD

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(327) Sedation Free Joint Reductions | Siamak Moayedi, MD FAAEM
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

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OB/GYN

Monday, March 11, 2019

(266) Where's the Baby? | Elizabeth PD Pontius, MD, RDMS, FAAEM ⏯

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(316) Code Crimson: Immediate Management of Post Partum Hemorrhage | Joelle Borhart, MD FAAEM FACEP ⏯

(317) Complicated Vaginal Delivery | Eric M. Steinberg, DO
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(318) Pregnant & Puking | Julie Vieth, MBChB FAAEM ⏯

(332) Complicated Vaginal Delivery | Eric M. Steinberg, DO
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

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Pharmacology

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(117) ED Antimicrobial Essentials | Bryan D. Hayes, PharmD DABAT FAACT FASHP ⏯

(118) Buprenorphine in the ED | Eric M. Ketcham, MD FAAEM FASAM ⏯

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) Don't Get Angry - Get MAD! Intranasal Medications in the Adult Patient | Jeffery A. Baker, MD FAAEM

(265) There Will Be Blood: Care of the Bleeding Patient on a DOAC | R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD FAAEM ⏯

(265) Complications of the New Monoclonal Antibody Drugs: Coming to an ED Near You! | William K. Mallon, MD DTMH FAAEM FACEP ⏯

(268) Four Years of Legalized Marijuana | Karen A. Randall, DO FAAEM

(268) Pitfalls of Vanc/Zosyn | Michael E. Takacs, MD MS FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(318) The Dark Side of the NSAID's - When Dose Makes a Difference | Sergey M. Motov, MD FAAEM ⏯

(318) TXA: Swiss Army Knife of Bleeding | Richard M. Pescatore II, DO FAAEM ⏯

(318) Five Things to Know About Antihistamines | Zachary Repanshek, MD FAAEM ⏯

(318) Pregnant & Puking | Julie Vieth, MBChB FAAEM ⏯

(326) Sedation for the Agitated Patient | Kevin C. Reed, MD FAAEM ⏯

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(412) The Marijuana Train is Coming: What to Do When it Comes to Your State | Matthew D. Zuckerman, MD FAAEM ⏯

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Practice of EM

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(117) Building Your Team: Simple Strategies to Improve Team Cohesiveness and Ultimately Help Patients | David J. Carlberg, MD FAAEM ⏯

(117) Changing ED Culture | Kraftin E. Schreyer, MD CMQ FAAEM ⏯

(118) UTI? No, That Won't Fly: Avoiding Premature Diagnostic Closure in the ED | Matthew P. Borloz, MD FAAEM ⏯

Monday, March 11, 2019

(215) Humanism and Professionalism in the Era of Corporate Medicine | Thomas M. Scalea, MD ⏯

(217) When Practice Deviations Become the New Norm: Threats to Quality & Safety | Ross P. Berkeley, MD FAAEM FACEP 

(218) If MacGyver was an Emergency Physician | Amy F. Ho, MD

(218) Lab Tests: Common Assumptions that May Hurt Patients | Andrew W. Phillips, MD MEd FAAEM

(266) Care of the Homeless Patient | Christopher I. Doty, MD FAAEM ⏯

(268) Four Years of Legalized Marijuana | Karen A. Randall, DO FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(316) The Grey Zone: End of Life in the ED & Beyond | Genese Lamare, MD FAAEM ⏯

(318) Lactate Schmactate: Less than Lethal Causes of Hyperlactatemia | Matthew D. Zuckerman, MD FAAEM ⏯

(325) Oncology Patient Perspective Panel | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM ⏯

(328) EM Anti-Profiteering Act: The Next 25 Years | James K. Keaney, MD MAAEM FAAEM ⏯

(328) The ESI 3 ED | Joseph R. Twanmoh, MD MBA FAAEM ⏯

(330) Reprising the EM Literature 2018-2019 | Ryan P. Radecki, MD MS FAAEM ⏯

(331) Biomarkers in the ED | Nilesh N. Patel, DO FAAEM FACOEP ⏯

(331) Caring for the Amish Population | Julie Vieth, MBChB FAAEM ⏯

(333) Discharge Planning for Your Geriatric Patient | Danya Khoujah, MBBS FAAEM ⏯

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(412) Code Dynamics | Ashika Jain, MD FAAEM FACEP ⏯

(412) The Marijuana Train is Coming: What to Do When it Comes to Your State | Matthew D. Zuckerman, MD FAAEM ⏯

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Pulmonary

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(318) Air Under Pressure: Go Big or Go Home | Rahul Bhat, MD FAAEM ⏯

(327) Vent Management | Skyler A. Lentz, MD
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

(332) Vent Management | Skyler A. Lentz, MD
*Small Group Clinic - Advanced registration full. Limited onsite spots available.

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Renal-Urogenital

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(118) UTI? No, That Won't Fly: Avoiding Premature Diagnostic Closure in the ED | Matthew P. Borloz, MD FAAEM ⏯

Monday, March 11, 2019

(218) To Scan or Not to Scan: That is the Question | Elizabeth PD Pontius, MD, RDMS, FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(316) Stoned! The Highs and Lows of Managing Nephrolithiasis | Mark Magee, MD ⏯

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Systemic Infectious Disease

Monday, March 11, 2019

(268) Can I Send That Neutropenic Fever Home? | Sarah B. Dubbs, MD FAAEM

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(330) Death Begins in CT for Patients with Necrotizing Fasciitis | Jack C. Perkins Jr., MD FAAEM ⏯

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Technology

Monday, March 11, 2019

(268) Medical Apps to Help Your Clinical Practice | Michael C. Bond, MD FAAEM FACEP

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

(415) The Digital Revolution in Emergency Medicine: Telemedicine and Innovation | Christopher S. Russi, DO, FACEP

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Wellness

Sunday, March 10, 2019

(118) Happiness Without Harm | Michael A. Nitzberg, MD FAAEM ⏯

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

(Keynote) Water and Stars | Matthew Wetschler, MD

(315) You've Been Sued: Resilience Strategies for Litigation Stress | Manish Garg, MD FAAEM ⏯

(318) Point of Care Resiliency | Robert P. Lam, MD FAAEM ⏯

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