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Missouri Academy of PAs

Annual primary care update
July 22-24, 2021 
Branson, MO


2021 SchedulE

Venous Stasis DiseaseZak Schmittling, MD 

Wednesday 7/21

Time      Location 
3:00-4:00 pm Registration Fall Creek
4:00-6:00 pm MOAPA Board Meeting

Roark Creek

6:00-6:30 pmRegistrationFall Creek

Thursday 7/22

 Time   Location 
6:30 am - 5:00 pm  Registration Fall Creek 
6:45-8:15 am   Breakfast Bar Short Creek 4
6:45 am - 6:00 pm PA Lounge Short Creek 4
7:15-8:10 am  Hip Pain - Nathan Miracle, PA-C  
8:15-9:10 am Osteomyelitis - Nathan Miracle, PA-C  
9:15-10:10 am  Adiposopathy: Evidence-based Weight Loss Strategies in Primary Care - Christine Kessler, ANP-BC  
10:15-11:10 am  Update from NCCPA: Pulling Back the Curtain  - Greg Thomas, PA-C Emeritus, MPH  
11:15 am-12:10 pmDiet Dilemmas: Knowing Facts from Fiction When Prescribing Nutritional Interventions - Christine Kessler, ANP-BC
 
12:25 -1:25 pm  Lunch:  Simply Speaking - HIV Management - CME Short Creek
1-3

1:30-2:25 pm 

Obesity in the Primary Care Setting - Lindsey Gelber, RD  
2:30-3:25 pm Cardiodymetabolism: Addressing System Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease - Christine Kessler, ANP-BC  
3:30-4:25 pm  Why It's Time to Embrace Surgical Weight Loss - Matt Simpson, MD  
4:30-5:25 pm  COVID 19 - Robin Trotman, DO  
6:30-8:30 pm  Keeter Center Social Event - "Heart & Art" of Clinical Practice -  Christine Kessler, ANP-BC  

Friday 7/23

 Time   Location 
6:30 am -5:00 pm Registration Fall Creek
7:00-8:30 am Breakfast Bar Short Creek 4
7:00 am - 4:00 pm  Exhibit Hall Open Exhibit Hall B 
7:00 am -6:00 pm  PA Lounge Short Creek 4
7:30-8:25 am  Hernia Repair - Timothy Woods, MD  
8:30-9:25 am Suicide Prevention - Bethany Harris, MSW, LCWS & Lila Dibaitis, MSW, LCSW  
9:30-10:25 am  Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - Bethany Harris, MSW, LCWS & Lila Dibaitis, MSW, LCSW  
10:25-11:45 am  Exclusive Exhibit Hall Break  Exhibit Hall B
11:45 am -1:00 pm  Product Theater Lunch: Help Your CPAP Intolerant Patients Cooper Creek 1-3
1:00-1:55 pm Functional Neurologic Syndrome - Robert Medley, NP-C  
2:00-2:55 pm 

Varicose Veins May be More Than Just a Cosmetic Concern - Laura Ross, PA-C

 
2:55-3:55 pm  Exclusive Exhibit Hall Break Exhibit Hall B
2:55-3:55 pm Student Poster PresentationsCooper Creek 1-3
3:55-4:50 pm  The Traumatic Spleen - Tessa Woods, DO
4:55-5:50 pm  Updates in GYN Cancer - Molly Greenwade, MD
6:00-8:00 pm Student Challenge Bowl Short Creek 1-3

Saturday 7/13

Time    Location 
7:00-10:00 am  Registration  Fall Creek
7:00-8:30 am Breakfast Bar Short Creek  4
7:00 am - 6:00 pm  PA Lounge Short Creek 4
7:30 - 8:25 am  Acute and Chronic Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Infection on the Lungs - Terry Coulter, MD  
8:30-9:25 am Type 2 Diabetes - Adam Maass, MD  
9:30-10:25 am  Benign Ovarian Disorders - P. Michael Kidder, DO  
10:30-11:25 am  Primary Care Potpourri - Shelby Hahn, MD  
11:30 am - 12:25 pmUpper Respiratory Infections in the Pediatric Patient - Shelby Hahn, MD 
12:40 - 1:40 pm  Lunch: Simply Speaking - PAH - CME  Short Creek 1-3
1:45-2:40 pm

 Vascular Screening Update - Andrea Applegate, PA-C

 
2:45-3:40 pm  Gout - Anne Winkler, MD  
3:45-4:40 pm  Lipid Update - Andrea Applegate, PA-C  
4:40-5:00 pm  Closing Remarks  

Click here to see presentations in PDF format or click on the QR Code below.


Schedule subject to change.

General Sessions in Short Creek 1-3

 This activity has been reviewed by the AAPA Review Panel and is compliant with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 25.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

This activity was planned in accordance with AAPA CME Standards for Live Programs and for Commercial Support of Live Program


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