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Thursday, October 12, 2023
6:30 – 9 p.m. | Welcome Reception & Dinner
Entertainment: We the Jury Murder Mystery
Friday, October 13, 2023
6:30 – 7:30 a.m. | Registration, Breakfast & Exhibits
7:30 – 7:40 a.m. | Introduction and Conference Overview
Jerrold S. Gertzman, MD
Chief Medical Officer - Medical, Capital Health Medical Group
7:40 – 7:45 a.m. | Welcome Remarks
Joshua A. Eisenberg, MD, FACS
Chief Physician Executive, Capital Health Medical Group
7:45 – 8:15 a.m. | Asthma Update: What’s Up With All Those Combination Inhalers?
Syed A. Asghar, MD
Capital Health Pulmonology Specialists
8:15 – 8:45 a.m. | What's New in the Area of Pancreatic Cancer
Cataldo Doria, MD, PHD, MBA, FACS
Medical Director, Capital Health Cancer Center
Director, Capital Health Pancreas Center of Excellence
Director, Capital Health Liver Center of Excellence
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery,
Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University
8:45 – 9:15 a.m. | Update on Health Care in America/Trends in Health Care
Seth Edwards
Premier Healthcare Consulting
9:15 – 9:35 a.m. | Question and Answer Panel
9:35 – 10 a.m. | Coffee Break & Exhibits
10 – 10:40 a.m. | Cannabis Science in Medicine
Swathi Varanasi, PharmD
Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder, Element Apothec
10:40 – 11:10 a.m. | Hypertensive Urgencies vs. Emergencies
Kathryn Hamilton, MD
Family Medicine, Capital Health Primary Care – Lawrenceville
11:10 – 11:40 a.m. | Everyday Cardiology: Case Presentations
Kristopher F. Young, DO, FACC, FACOI
Medical Director, Capital Health Cardiac Rehabilitation
Capital Health Cardiology Specialists
11:40 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. | Update on Medical Weight Loss
Kashif Anwar, MD
Medical Director, Medical Weight Loss Program
Capital Health Metabolic and Weight Loss Center
Family Medicine, Capital Health Primary Care – Ewing
12:10 – 12:30 p.m. | Question and Answer Panel
12:30 – 1:10 p.m. | Lunch and Exhibits
1:10 – 1:50 p.m. | The Link Between Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease,
Diabetes and the Role for GLP1 Agonists
Martin Mordechai Grajower, MD, FACP, FACE
Endocrinology, Montefiore Medical Center
Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1:50 – 2:05 p.m. | Coffee Break & Exhibits
2:05 – 2:35 p.m. | HPV
Diana Bonaccorsi, DO
Family Medicine, Capital Health Primary Care – Brunswick Avenue
2:35 – 2:50 p.m. | Question and Answer Panel
2:50 – 4:20 p.m. | Navigating the Whirlwind: Burnout, COVID
and Your Personal Path Forward
Dike Drummond, MD
Chief Executive Officer, TheHappyMD.com
4:20 – 4:45 p.m. | Question and Answer Panel, Closing Remarks and Evaluations