2026 Ohio / Air Force Chapters Meeting Annual Scientific Meeting

Monday, October 26 & Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Hilton Columbus/Polaris | Columbus, OH

 

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2026 Ohio / Air Force Chapters Meeting Annual Scientific Meeting

 

 

Fostering Excellence in Internal Medicine

Join us for the upcoming ACP Ohio and Air Force Chapters Scientific Meeting on October 26 & 27 at the Hilton Columbus/Polaris.

Expand your knowledge, earn CME/MOC, and connect with peers and chapter leaders.

You'll experience engaging educational sessions from expert faculty, meet new people, and connect with old friends, and learn about opportunities to get more involved with the ACP Ohio and Air Force Chapters.

We look forward to seeing you in Columbus.

Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM, FRCP(Lon), FRCPCH, DFPM, BCC
ACP Governor, Ohio Chapter

Brian E. Neubauer, MD, MHPE, FACP, Col(s), USAF, MC
ACP Governor, Air Force Chapter


Meeting Highlights
  • Doctor's Dilemma ® 
  • Updates in HIV Prevention 
  • Updates in ADHD 
  • Cannabis Use
Program Committee
  • Nayan Agarwal, MD, MTM, FACP 
  • Suneesh Anand, MBBS FACP 
  • Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM, FRCP(Lon), FRCPCH 
  • Karen Avgush, MD 
  • Kathryn Burtson , MD, MHPE, FACP 
  • W. Chad Cook DO, FACP 
  • L. Austin Fredrickson, MD, FACP 
  • Ellen Gelles, MD, MACP 
  • Kevin Goist, MD, FACP 
  • Nitu Kataria, MBBS FACP 
  • Mohammad Mohmand, MD MEd FACP 
  • Katherine Schmidt, MD, MBA, MPH, FACP 
  • Sara Li, MD, DABOM

# CME/MOC Available

Release Date: DATE
Termination Date: DATE

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 (#) 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 (point amount) 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

Monday, October 26

TimeSession
7:00 AM-4:00 PMRegistration
7:00-8:00 AMBreakfast/ Women in Medicine Networking Meet Up
8:00-8:10 AMGovernor's Welcome
Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM, FRCP(Lon), FRCPCH, DFPM, BCC
8:00-9:30 AMCare of Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Alexandra Schoenberger, MD, MSEd  
Abigail Nye, MD  
Emily Carnes, MD
2:15 AMNeed Session Title
Jan K. Carney, MD, MPH, MACP
10:30-11:00 AMTown Hall Meeting
11:00 AM-NoonResident Poster Presentations
Noon-1:00 PMLunch
1:00-1:45 PMBreakout 1: Clinical Informatics: Improving Care Through Technology
Mohammed M. Abdelaziz, MD, MPH, FACP, FHM
Breakout 2: Update on Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism
Matthew Eisen
Breakout 3: Embracing our Professional Identity as International Medicine Specialists: Higher Quality Care, Best Practices and the role of Continuing Certification
Richard M. Wardrop III, MD, PhD, MACP, SFHM, FAAP
1:00-4:00 PMDoctors Dilemma
1:45-2:30 PMBreakout 4: Quality Improvement Toolbox: Choosing the Right Tool
Chizoba Ugwummadu MD, MS-HQSM, FACP.
Breakout 5: Modern Menopause Care: Applying Evidence to Hormonal Therapy Decisions
Poorvi Hardman, DO, FACP  
Lauren Baker, DO
Breakout 6: The Truth About Value Based Care
Srinivas Merugu, MD, FACP, MMM
2:30-2:45 PMWellness Break/ Exhibitors
2:45-3:30 PMBreakout 7: Checkpoint Inhibitors on the Wards: A Practical Guide for Internists
Mir Ali, DO, FACP
Breakout 8: Inpatient Hyperglycemia Management
Adeel Ahmad Khan, MD
Breakout 9: Addressing Cannabis Use Disorder in the Primary Care Setting
Hannah Stone
Kelsey Schmuhl, PharmD, BCACP  
Preston Williams, MD  
Kara Marshall, PharmD
3:30-4:15 PMBreakout 10: Unusual Culprits in Acute Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Arjun Chatterjee, MD, MS
Breakout 11: Inpatient Hyperglycemia Management (continued)
Adeel Ahmad Khan, MD
Breakout 12 : Dementia Prevention for the Primary Care Physician
Dr. Elizabeth Baum M.D  
Dr. Barbara Fordyce, Psychologist
4:15-5:00 PMBreakout 13: Updates in Primary Hyperaldosteronism: new guidelines
Ricardo Correa  
Pratibha Rao
Breakout 14: Diabetic Foot Infections
Morgan Morelli
Breakout 15: Dementia Prevention for the Primary Care Physician (continued)
Dr. Elizabeth Baum M.D.  
Dr. Barbara Fordyce, Psychologist
5:00-5:30 PMExhibitors
5:30-6:30 PMAwards Ceremony

Tuesday, October 27

TimeSession
6:00-7:00 AMWellness 5k Fun Run
7:00-8:00 AMBreakfast/ Early Career Physician Networking Meet Up
8:00-8:45 AMCharting Your Course in Medical Education Using Case-Based Microskills Across the Career Timeline
Stacey Jolly  
Dr Steven Rincanti  
Dr. Anastasia Rowland-Seymour  
Dr. Eric Yudevelich
8:45-10:00 AMMultiple Small Feedings of the Mind: Obesity
Houman Varghai  
Sara Li  
Maryanne Haddad  
Yael Mauer
9:00 AM-NoonUltrasound Workshop
10:00-11:00 AMThieves Market
10:45-11:25 AMWellness Break/ Exhibitors
11:00 AM-NoonMedical Student Poster Presentations
Noon-1:00 PMLunch
1:00-1:45 PMBreakout 16: Health System Suicide Prevention
Perry Lin
Breakout 17: ADHD
Stephen Koesters
1:45-2:00 PMBreakout 18: Breaking the Silence: Teaching Medical Students How to Grieve
Roohali Sukhavasi  
Dr. Erin Currey
Breakout 19: Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
Anjali D. Pearce, MD
2:30-3:15 PMBreakout 20: Decision Making Capacity
Luke Kim, MD  
Ronan Factora MD
Breakout 21: HIV Prevention Update
Joan M. Duggan, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FACP, AAHIVMS
3:15-4:00 PMBreakout 22: Cancer Screening for the Internist
Matthew Rendo, MD, Maj, USAF
Breakout 23: Long COVID for the Primary Care Physician
Andrew Schamess, MD FACP  
Erin McConnell, MD FACP
4:00-5:00 PMUpdates in Internal Medicine
Arunab Mehta, MD, MEd, SFHM, FACP  
Carlos Rubiano
5:00-5:15 PMMedical Student Awards Ceremony
 
5:15 PMClosing
 
 

 

Ohio & Air Force Chapters Registration

CategoriesRegistration Rates
ACP Member$295
ACP Resident/Fellow Member$175
ACP Medical Student Member$75
ACP Affiliate Member$295
Nonmember Physician$395
Nonmember Resident$225
Nonmember Medical Student$95
Nonmember Allied Health Professional$295

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

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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 meeting, contact Chrissy Gedeon at 513-252-9861 or cmgedeon@outlook.com.

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