2024 Montana Chapter Hospitalist Meeting

Thursday, February 29-Saturday, March 2, 2024
Lodge at Whitefish Lake | Whitefish, MT

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2024 Montana Chapter Hospitalist Meeting

Updates in Hospital Medicine

The MT Chapter is pleased to offer a safe meeting space to learn, recharge, and facilitate face-to-face discussion with your peers, chapter leaders, and guest speakers!

Join your internal medicine colleagues at the next MT Chapter scientific meeting February 29 - March 2, 2024:

  • Earn CME credits and MOC points and connect with other internal medicine physicians who know your challenges and can help you find solutions.
  • Experience top-notch education from expert faculty, meet new people and connect with old friends, and learn about ways to get involved with our Chapter.
  • This meeting will help you meet your needs as a physician and help you provide the best care for your patients using the latest information.

We look forward to seeing you at the Lodge at Whitefish Lake in Whitefish Montana !

Steven J. Gerstner, MD, FACP
ACP Governor, Montana Chapter

Meeting Highlights
  • Updates in Atrial Fibrillation
  • Updates in Cirrhosis and Hepatorenal Syndrome 
  • Management of Sepsis
  • Diagnosis and Treatment Updates in Pneumonia
  • Cardiac Stress Testing - What to Order
  • Lung Cancer Screening and Diagnostic Testing
Program Committee
  • Christopher Dietrich, DO, FACP 

11 CME & MOC Available

Release Date: March 2, 2024
Termination Date: March 2, 2024

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The American College of Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Physicians designates this live activity for a maximum of 11 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 11 medical knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credit claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Agenda

Thursday, February 29

Time Session
4:00-5:00 PM Updates in Inpatient Management of Cirrhosis and Hepatorenal Syndrome
James Jackson, MD, FACP
5:00-6:00 PM Syndrome of inappropriate anti-diuresis (SIAD)
Jose de Souza, MD
6:00-7:00 PM Beyond Diabetes: What to know about SGLT2-Inhibitors and GLP-1 Receptor Agonists
Alexis Robinson, PharmD, BCPS
7:00-8:00 PM Welcome Reception

Friday, March 1

Time Session
7:00-8:00 AM Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:00-9:00 AM Obesity Medicine Primer for Hospitalists
Marisa Hoyne, MD
9:00-10:00 AM Stop Fibbing: Review of management recommendations for atrial fibrillation
Matthew Niemeyer, DO, FACP
10:00 AM-4:00 PM Skiing/Snowshoeing
4:00-6:00 PM Closing the Gap: Managing Persons with Opioid Disorder in the Hospital Setting
Greg Holzman, MD, MPH
Daniel Nauts, MD, FASAM
Bob Sise, MD, MBA, MPH, FASAM
6:00-7:00 PM Cardiac stress testing, coronary calcium and coronary CTA: What is the most appropriate strategy for evaluating chest pain and other goodies?
Brice Addison, MD
7:00-8:00 PM Social Hour with Exhibitors

Saturday, March 2

Time Session
8:00-9:00 AM Pneumonia in the hospital: diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
Claude Tonnerre, MD, FACP
9:00-10:00 AM Sepsis: The Hospitalist's Arch-Nemesis
Laura Mirch, MD
10:00-11:00 AM Lung Cancer-screening and diagnostic evaluation of concering findings
Bethan Weiler-Lisowski, MD
11:00 AM Meeting Adjourned

Montana Chapter Registration

Categories Registration Rates
ACP Member $175
ACP Resident/Fellow Member $0
ACP Medical Student Member $0
ACP Affiliate Member $150
Nonmember Physician $195
Nonmember Resident $0
Nonmember Medical Student $0
Nonmember Allied Health Professional $175

Questions? If you have trouble registering online, please contact Member and Product Support at 800-ACP-1915 or direct at 215-351-2600 (M-F, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. ET).

FAQ

Registration Information

Members whose dues were not paid for the current fiscal year will receive the nonmember registration rate.

Meeting Handouts

There will be no meeting handouts.

Can I follow along on social media?

Yes, follow/like the MT Chapter through the meeting on social media! Use the hashtag #IMProud.

I cannot access my account

If you have any difficulty accessing your ACP account, you can reset your username and password. You can do so by clicking on the MyACP link at the top of the ACP web site. If you require additional assistance, please contact us (M-F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET) via web chat or call 800-ACP-1915 or 215-351-2600 or via e-mail at help@acponline.org

I do not have an ACPonline account

Nonmembers are advised to use their e-mail address as their username when creating a password. If you require additional assistance, please contact us (M-F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET) via web chat or call 800-ACP-1915 or 215-351-2600 or via e-mail at help@acponline.org

Hotel Accommodations

We have reserved a block of rooms at the following rates until January 29, 2024. When making your reservation, be sure to mention that you will be attending the ACP MT Chapter meeting. The rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis, so make your reservation as early as possible by calling the hotel directly at 877-887-4026 or registering online.

Single/Double: $224.00
The Lodge at Whitefish Lake
1380 Wisconsin Ave
Whitefish, Montana 59937

Group ID:  MTACP24

Password:  WHITEFISH 

MyACP Account

If you have any difficulty accessing your MyACP account, you can reset your username and password. You can do so by clicking on the MyACP link at the top of the ACP web site. Nonmembers are advised to use their e-mail address as their username when creating a password. If you require additional assistance, please contact us (M-F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET) via web chat or call 800-ACP-1915 or 215-351-2600 or via e-mail at help@acponline.org

Participant Photography

As a participant in the chapter meeting, your photograph may be taken as a focus or background subject, to be used in chapter communications. If you would not like your photo taken, please inform chapter staff.

ACP Chapters Meeting Code of Conduct

ACP is a community that values collegiality, respect for patients and each other, and medicine’s standards of ethics and professionalism. ACP members are guided by the content and spirit of the ACP Pledge and by their commitment to the ethics of medicine, including those in the ACP Ethics Manual.  “Physicians’ conduct as professionals and as individuals should merit the respect of the community.” 

ACP expects members, staff, and others who participate in events and activities involving ACP to treat others as you would like to be treated – with courtesy, respect for differences, and in ways that appropriately represent the profession of internal medicine. As set forth in ACP’s Anti-Harassment Policy, ACP does not tolerate any form of harassment, including intimidation, hostility, or other unwelcome and offensive communication or treatment.

If you experience or observe harassing, inappropriate or otherwise unprofessional behavior, or you have concerns about how you have been treated by an ACP member or staff or anyone else at an ACP meeting or event, you may report the incident to acpevents@acponline.org or call 215 351-7750.

The chapter reserves the right to take any action deemed necessary and appropriate; including immediate removal from the meeting without warning or refund, in response to any incident of unacceptable behavior, and the chapter reserves the right to prohibit attendance at any future meeting, virtually or in person.

For other questions about the chapter meeting, contact Carrie Reisig, Executive Director at 406-899-8765 or creisig33@gmail.com.

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