About Us
Our Partners
Speakers
John B. Bundrick, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Consultant, Division of Hospital Internal Medicine and Faculty Development Chair, Division of Hospital Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Bradley Freilich, MD
Gastroenterologist, Kansas City Gastroenterology and Hepatology Physicians Group, Kansas City, Missouri & Overland Park, Kansas; Founder & Director, Kansas City Research Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
Sarah Hampl, MD
Director, Advocacy, Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Jonathan B. Karnes, MD
Dermatologist, Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency Dermatology Services, Waterville, Maine; Faculty, MDFMR Program; Augusta, Maine
Louis Kuritzky, MD
Assistant Professor Emeritus, University of Florida College of Medicine, Community Health & Family Medicine
Becky Lynn, MD, MBA, IF, NCMP
CEO and Founder of Evora Women’s Health, Adjunct Associate Professor at Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Micol Rothman, MD
Professor of Medicine and Radiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Clinical Director, Metabolic Bone Program; Co-Founder/Medical Director, UC Health Integrated Transgender Program
Benjamin Skoch, DO
Assistant Professor, Palliative Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas
Richard W. Wadsworth, DO
Psychiatrist, Mosaic Inpatient Behavioral Health, Maryville, Missouri
Schedule
Subject to Change
Timeslots
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Arrival-Breakfast/Log-in & Pre-Conference Information
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Arrival-Breakfast/Log-in & Pre-Conference Information
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Welcome, Instructions & Introductions
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Welcome, Instructions & Introductions:
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Session 1: Basal Cell Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Jonathan B. Karnes, MD
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Session 1: 60 Minutes of Female Sexual Medicine - Becky Lynn, MD, MBA, IF, NCMP
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Session 2: Integrative Approach to Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - Bradley Freilich, MD
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Session 2: Management of Osteoporosis - Micol Rothman, MD
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Q & A Session: Dr. Jonathan Karnes and Dr. Bradley Freilich
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Q & A Session: Dr. Becky Lynn and Dr. Micol Rothman
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Break
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Break
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Session 3: 5 TIWIKLY (Five Things I Wish I Knew Last Year) - Louis Kuritzky, MD
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Session 3: Clinical Pearls in General Internal Medicine, Part 2 - John B. Bundrick, MD
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Session 4: Updates in Male Hypogonadism - Micol Rothman, MD
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Session 4: Top 10 New Drugs & What Makes Them Important - Louis Kuritzky, MD
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Q & A Session: Dr. Louis Kuritzky and Dr. Micol Rothman
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Q & A Session: Dr. John Bundrick and Dr. Louis Kuritzky
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Lunch
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Lunch
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Welcome Back & Introductions
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Welcome Back & Introductions -
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Session 5: Clinical Pearls in General Internal Medicine, Part 1 - John B. Bundrick, MD
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Session 5: How to Help Someone with ADHD Survive in a World Not Made for Them - Richard Wadsworth, DO
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Session 6: Skin Biopsy – What, Where, and How - Jonathan B. Karnes, MD
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Session 6: Implementing the AAP Clinical Practice Guideline on Obesity in Primary Care - Sarah Hampl, MD
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Q & A Session: Dr. John Bundrick and Dr. Jonathan Karnes
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Q & A Session: Dr. Richard Wadsworth and Dr. Sarah Hampl
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Break
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Break
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Session 7: Breaking Bad News: Navigating Difficult Conversations with Seriously Ill Patients and Their Families - Benjamin Skoch, DO
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Session 7: Symptom Management at the End of Life - Benjamin Skoch, DO
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Session 8: Something Better - Richard Wadsworth, DO
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Session 8: Update on Hormone Replacement Therapy - Becky Lynn, MD, MBA, IF, NCMP
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Q & A Session: Dr. Benjamin Skoch and Dr. Richard Wadsworth
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Q & A Session: Dr. Benjamin Skoch and Dr. Becky Lynn
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Closing Comments
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Closing Comments
Location
Sheraton by Marriott Overland Park
This year the Conference relocates to the Kansas side of the metropolitan Kansas City area, just off I-435 in Overland Park. This strategic location provides convenient access to the meeting facility while ensuring superior amenities for out-of-town attendees or those seeking a refreshing getaway.
Address Information:
Sheraton by Marriott Overland Park
6100 College Blvd., Overland Park, KS 66211
ACCOMMODATIONS
A special room rate is available at the Sheraton by Marriott Overland Park between June 26-28. This rate is available for those making reservations by May 26, 2024.
Click here to book your room at the group rate for the Orear Institute’s Recent Advances in Medicine Conference. You may also call-in for your reservation. Please mention that you are with Orear Institute’s Recent Advances in Medicine Conference in order to secure the group rate. The telephone number is: (866) 837-4214. Please be aware, the Sheraton’s cancellation policy is 48 hours prior to arrival. Any reservation cancelled less than 48 hours prior to arrival is subject to one night’s room & tax charge.
NEARBY ACTIVITIES AND ATTRACTIONS
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Register
| Both Days | Thursday | Friday | |
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| Physician Registration (MD, DO, DDS, DPM) | |||
| Super Early Bird Pricing - 3/15 | $199 | $129 | $129 |
| Early Bird Pricing - 4/30 | $299 | $179 | $179 |
| Standard Pricing - 5/1 - 6/25 | $399 | $249 | $249 |
| Non-Physician Registration (APRN, PA, PhD, Other) | |||
| Super Early Bird Pricing - 3/15 | $129 | $79 | $79 |
| Early Bird pricing - 4/30 | $179 | $119 | $119 |
| Standard Pricing - 5/1- 6/25 | $249 | $169 | $169 |
| Resident Registration | |||
| Resident Pricing | $80 | $50 | $50 |
Other Opportunities
Research Family Medicine Residency Alumni Luncheon
This luncheon will be held during the lunch hour on Friday, June 28. Please register with your registration or notify the Conference Coordinator.
CME
The AAFP has reviewed Orear Institute's 2024 Recent Advances in Medicine Conference including Evidence-based Integrative Medicine and deemed it acceptable for up to 14.00 Live AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 06/27/2024 to 06/28/2024. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AMA/AAFP Equivalency - AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.
Objectives
Presentation on Thursday, June 27, 2024
Basal Cell Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma – Jonathan B. Karnes, MD
- Identify clinical features of nonmelanoma skin cancer.
- Discuss treatment options for nonmelanoma skin cancers.
Integrative Approach to Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease – Bradley Freilich, MD
- Understand the natural history of Metabolic Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH) and its relationship to Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome.
- Gain knowledge on how to identify patients at risk for MASH and how to stage them properly.
- Understand the fundamentals of lifestyle changes in the treatment of MASH and Obesity and become familiar with how modern pharmaceuticals interact with this disease process.
5 TIWIKLY (Five Things I Wish I Knew Last Year) – Louis Kuritzky, MD
- Recognize potential toxicity of turmeric
- Employ carvedilol for telangiectatic rosacea
- Consider duloxetine for treatment of stress incontinence
Updates in Male Hypogonadism – Micol Rothman, MD
- Audience should know how to approach the patient with low testosterone to assess for hypogonadism.
- Audience will become familiar with recent data regarding risks and benefits of testosterone treatment.
- Audience should know how to initiate testosterone treatment and monitoring strategies.
Clinical Pearls in General Internal Medicine, Part 1 – John B. Bundrick, MD
- Apply to clinical practice facts which are useful, proven, and yet not widely known, with regard to an often-misdiagnosed cause of abdominal pain, management of nasal symptoms in URI, and multiple other common conditions in general medicine.
Skin Biopsy – What, Where, and How – Jonathan B. Karnes, MD
- Review common skin biopsy techniques.
- Evaluate best biopsy practices for specific clinical situation including skin cancer, blistering disorders, and vasculitis.
Breaking Bad News: Navigating Difficult Conversations with Seriously Ill Patients and Their Families – Benjamin Skoch, DO
- Recognize the importance of structure for sharing difficult information and discussing serious illness with patients and families
- Demonstrate serious illness conversations with patients and families utilizing key resources
Something Better – Richard Wadsworth, DO
- Teach physicians how to integrate effective health-improving therapy and teaching techniques into short clinic visits.
- Teach how to perform quick cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing techniques.
- Learn how to evaluate common issues relating to mental health that can obstruct the treatment of depression.
- Learn how to evaluate polypharmacy and how it can relate to depression.
Presentation on June 28, 2024
60 Minutes of Female Sexual Medicine – Becky Lynn, MD, MBA, IF, NCMP
- Understand the most common types of female sexual dysfunction
- Understand how to work up, diagnose, and manage low libido, painful sex, and orgasm dysfunction
- Be able to apply knowledge of sexual dysfunction treatment to clinical patients
Management of Osteoporosis – Micol Rothman, MD
- Recognize available tools for assessment of fracture risk.
- Personalize medication choice for patients at high risk of fracture.
- Understand when treatment discontinuation is indicated and for which agents this is appropriate.
- Be aware of how systems-based approaches to fracture can help the crisis in osteoporosis treatment.
Clinical Pearls in General Internal Medicine, Part 2 – John B. Bundrick, MD
- Apply to clinical practice facts which are useful, proven, and yet not widely known, with regard to unique causes of anemia, testing and complications of osteoporosis, and multiple other common conditions in general medicine.
Top 10 New Drugs & What Makes Them Important– Louis Kuritzky, MD
- Appreciate the pharmacologic stride forward represented by the first GIP/GLP agent, tirzepetide
- Decide whether the first FDA-approved SGLT2/SGLT1 inhibitor, sotagliflozin offers meaningful advantage over existing products.
- Determine whether the potential benefits of turmeric outweigh the currently proven risks
How to Help Someone with ADHD Survive in a World Not Made for Them – Richard Wadsworth, DO
- Raise awareness of ADHD.
- Teach diagnostic identification discerning it from similar disorders.
- Teach how to approach tertiary prevention in relation to events often associated with an ADHD diagnosis.
- Discuss alternative treatment options for ADHD.
Implementing the AAP Clinical Practice Guideline on Obesity in Primary Care – Sarah Hampl, MD
- The learner will identify multiple evaluation and treatment recommendations for patients with obesity.
- The Learner will assess their clinical setting’s readiness to implement main evaluation and treatment elements of the AAP Child and Adolescent Obesity Clinical Practice Guideline.
Symptom Management at the End of Life – Benjamin Skoch, DO
- Describe common symptoms patient’s experience near and at the end of life
- Discuss accepted interventions for symptoms described above
- Demonstrate through cases care at the end of life
Update on Hormone Replacement Therapy – Becky Lynn, MD, MBA, IF, NCMP
- Understand the current evidence-based guidelines to treating women with hormone therapy
- Gain knowledge on how to evaluate risks and benefits of hormone therapy when treating patients
- Understand treatment regimens and how to develop an appropriate plan
Disclosures
Speakers
| John B. Bundrick, MD | Nothing to disclose |
| Bradley Freilich, MD | Novonordisk: Research; Madrigal: Research, Speakers Bureau; Eli Lily: Research |
| Sarah Hampl, MD | Nothing to disclose |
| Jonathan B. Karnes, MD | Nothing to disclose |
| Louis Kuritzky, MD | Roche Diagnostics: Consultation on Diagnostics Testing |
| Becky Lynn, MD, MBA, IF, NCMP | Astellas: Speaker, Key Opinion Leader; Palatin: Stockholder |
| Micol Rothman, MD | Nothing to disclose |
| Benjamin Skoch, DO | Nothing to disclose |
| Richard Wadsworth, DO | Nothing to disclose |
Steering Committee
| Jennifer Kelley, MD Course Medical Director | Nothing to disclose |
| Beth Radtke Executive Director, AcruxKC | Nothing to disclose |
| Kavitha Arabindoo, MD | Nothing to disclose |
| Katie E. Dias, DO, FAAFP | Nothing to disclose |
| Anna Hanson, MD | Nothing to disclose |
| Mark Kahler, MD | Nothing to disclose |
| Douglas McKee, MD | Nothing to disclose |
| Gazala Parvin, MD | Nothing to disclose |
| Kevin Punswick, DO | Nothing to disclose |
| Larry Rues, MD | Nothing to disclose |
| Mark Suenram, MD | Nothing to disclose |
| Leonardo Viril, MD, Emeritus | Nothing to disclose |
FAQ
Q: What is the attire for the event?
Casual business attire is acceptable. While every attempt will be made to control the temperature in the meeting rooms, please remember to bring a jacket or sweater for your comfort as the room may be cold.
Q: Is there a syllabus and how do I acquire it?
Yes. Attendees will be able to download a copy online of the syllabus prior to the conference. Registered attendees will be notified via e-mail when it is available. ON DEMAND participants will be provided the download password upon receiving their Conference link.
Q: When will I receive my Conference link and syllabus password for the online option?
You will receive an e-mail providing your Conference link and syllabus access password prior to 24 hours before the event or as soon as possible with registration occurring within 24 hours of the event. Late registration may cause you to miss some live content.
Q: Do I have to pay extra for meals?
No, the Conference program includes meals, break snacks and drinks for the participant only.
Q: Will there be foods to accommodate a gluten-free or vegan diet?
There will be a variety of foods to accommodate vegan and gluten free diets.
Q: Can my group acquire a private meeting room during lunch?
Please contact the Conference Coordinator. Every effort will be made to assist your group in acquiring a private meeting room over the lunch hour.
Q: May I receive a refund if my plans change or I am unable to attend?
Yes, conference registration and/or workshop registrations may be canceled with a full refund (less a $30 processing fee) with notification received any time until four (4) weeks prior to the conference start date of a live or live online conference. A 50% refund is available for conference registration and/or workshop registration with notification received between four (4) weeks and two (2) weeks prior to the conference date. No refunds will be granted within two (2) weeks of the conference start date. In the case of an emergency/extenuating circumstance, special requests may be considered on a case-by-case basis with notification. There will be no refunds for ON DEMAND purchases. 8/28/2020-Orear Institute Refund Policy All fees for special events are non-refundable. A full refund will be issued for cancellation of the event by Conference Planners. Conference Planners are not responsible for lost fees for special events, hotel or transportation. Refund requests should be submitted by e-mail to conference@orearinstitute.org.
Q: How do I get my CME Certificate?
The Orear Institute for Post Graduate Studies will issue a Certificate of Credit to you following conclusion of a live Conference and after submission of your Credit Claim Form. For those participating in the ON DEMAND option, certificates are distributed on a monthly basis for CME Claim forms submitted by the end of each month, All applicants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Q: Have other questions?
If you have other questions that are not addressed here, please contact the Conference Coordinator at conference@orearinstitute.org.