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Presentations 2016

Presentations 2016

Pre-Conference: Tuesday, May 17

Day 1: Wednesday, May 18

Welcome & Announcements

What’s New in My Specialty?
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): Current Day Chicanery
Kirtly Parker Jones, MD
(PowerPoint)

What’s New in My Specialty?
Hard to Swallow, Hard to Say: Disorders of Speech & Swallowing
Nadim B. Bikhazi, MD
(PowerPoint)

What’s New in My Specialty?
Medical Weight Management: Not Just Calories In vs. Calories Out
Rohn Rigby, MD
(PowerPoint)

What’s New In My Specialty?
Antibiotics for Appendicitis
Megan Grunander, MD
(PowerPoint)

Prescribing Laws I
Suraj Achar, MD
(PowerPoint)

Risk & Benefit: Using Numbers Patients Understand
Kirtly Parker Jones, MD
(PowerPoint)

THE SPORTS GENE: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
David Epstein, Author

Attorney Panel: Criminal Doctor Cases in Utah
Rodney Snow, JD
Aaron Lebenta, JD
Julia Kyte, JD
Suraj Achar, JD

CMO: Friend of Foe
Kenneth Welch, MD

Day 2: Thursday, May 19

Welcome & Announcements

What’s New in My Specialty?
Infectious Disease
Petronella Adomako, MD
(PowerPoint)

What’s New in My Specialty?
Medical Marijuana
Stewart E. Barlow, MD
(PowerPoint)

What’s New in My Specialty?
Allergies: You Sneeze, You Lose
Douglas H. Jones, MD
(PowerPoint)

What’s New In My Specialty?
Update of the Recent Utah State Legislative Session from the UMA Perspective
Paul N. Clayton, MD
(PowerPoint)

Delay in Diagnosis: How We Get Into Trouble – Listen to BACH
Suraj Achar, MD
(PowerPoint)

Physician Wellbeing: Are You Suffering More Than Makes Sense?
Daniel O’Connell, PhD
(PowerPoint)

Less Medicine, More Health
H. Gilbert Welch, MD

Current Blood Pressure Targets: SPRINT Study Results
Alfred K. Cheung, MD

Pregnancy and the Kidney
Adhish K. Agarwal, MD
(PowerPoint)

The Evils of Uric Acid
Harry O. Senekjian, MD
(PowerPoint)

Day 3: Friday, May 20

Welcome & Announcements

What’s New in My Specialty?
Thyroid Disease
James R. Grua, MD
(PowerPoint)

What’s New in My Specialty?
Cornea: What’s Coming Around the Curve
B. Travis Dastrup, MD
(PowerPoint)

Annual Meeting
OSMS Chair Marc Johnson, MD

What’s New In My Specialty?
Palliative & Hospice Care
David M. Fedor, DO
(PowerPoint)

Resident Presentation I
Brett Martindale, MD (PowerPoint)
Greg Burfeind, MD (PowerPoint)
Bryce Osborne, MD (PowerPoint)

Resident Presentation II
Rhett Smith, MD (PowerPoint)
Dawn Pruett, MD (PowerPoint)
Clark Madsen, MD (PowerPoint)

Ethics with the Challenger and Beyond
Allan J. McDonald, Author

Volunteering & Risks
Suraj Achar, MD
(PowerPoint)

The More Efficient & Satisfying Visit
Daniel O’Connell, MD
(PowerPoint)

Update on the Status of American Medicine
Brent C. James, MD