The 76th Annual Assembly and Exhibition was held July 20-23 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, LA. Overall, there were 167 attendees and 63 exhibitors.
This year’s conference offered attendees a robust CME agenda of 19 hours of Prescribed credit led by local and nationally known faculty.
Platinum Sponsor, Aetna Better Health of Louisiana, hosted a Mardi Gras Mambo Welcome Reception on Thursday evening for attendees, their families, and exhibitors. Our members came together for General Assembly on Friday. During lunch, sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield, attendees received annual updates from American Academy of Family Physicians and Blue Cross Blue Shield. The President’s Party, sponsored by Premier Sponsor, Louisiana Healthcare Connections, celebrated with an 80's themed party on Friday evening.
Topics of the assembly were presented by both local speakers and national speakers including:
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Scoring Comprehensive Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Management Goals: Examining the Multifaceted Effects of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists
Speaker: Javier Morales, MD, FACP, FACE
This activity is provided by Peerview Institute for Medical Education and supported by an educational grant from Novo Nordisk Inc.
Palliative Medicine: Improving Quality of Life
Speaker: Thomas Morel, MD
This activity is provided by a partnership with Ochsner Health.
Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Recognizing Potential Amyloidosis in Your Patients
Speaker: Louis Kuritzky, MD
This activity is provided by a partnership with The France Foundation and supported by an educational grant from AstraZeneca, Ionis, Alexion, and Janssen.
Practical Approaches to Acute Pain Management
Speaker: Stephen Brunton, MD, FAAFP
This activity is provided by Primary Care Education Consortium and supported by an educational grant from Kowa Pharmaceuticals.
First Contact - Migraine in Pediatrics
Speaker: Jessica Gautreaux, MD
This activity is provided by a partnership with American Headache Society.
Facilitating Cognitive Assessment in Primary Care for the Timely Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease: Leveraging Medicare Reimbursement Mechanisms to Improve Clinical Care
Speaker: Abraham Chyung, MD, PhD
This activity is provided by a partnership with Peerview Institute for Medical Education and supported by an educational grant from Lilly.
Carotid Revascularization: Stent vs. CEA
Speaker: James Stephen Jenkins, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM
Friday, July 21, 2023
Sports Dermatology
Speaker: Charles Webb, DO, CAQSM, FAMSSM, FAAFP
Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Practice
Speaker: Louis Kuritzky, MD
This activity is provided by a partnership with Primary Care Education Consortium and supported by an educational grant from Abbott Diabetes.
New Paradigms for Chronic Kidney Disease Management in Primary Care
Speaker: Louis Kuritzky, MD
This activity is provided by a partnership with Primary Care Education Consortium and supported by an educational grant from Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Approaching The Patient with Obesity
Speaker: Keisha Harvey Mansfield, MD
Saturday, July 22, 2023
HBV is Primary! Your Role in the 'Call to Action' to Eliminate Viral Hepatitis By 2030
Speaker: Paul Kwo, MD, AGAF, FACG, FAASLD
This activity is provided by a partnership with PeerView Institute for Medical Education and supported by an educational grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc.
FOCUS: Functional pain and Opioids – Clinically Useful Strategies
Speaker: Michael R. Mueller, MD
This activity is provided by a partnership with The France Foundation and supported by an educational grant from Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies.
Innovative Approaches to Address Agitation in Alzheimer’s Disease
Speaker: Charles Vega, MD and Tom Heinrich, MD
This activity is provided by a partnership with Novus Medical Education and supported by an educational grant from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Inc.
Updates in Pediatrics
Speaker: Ashley Lucas, MD
This activity is provided by a partnership with FMOLHS.
Improving Obesity Diagnosis and Treatment through Endocrinology and Primary Care Collaboration
Speaker: Elizabeth Bauer, MD
This activity is provided by a partnership with American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) and supported by an educational grant from Eli Lilly and Rhythm Pharmaceuticals.
Sunday, July 23, 2023
Non-CME Breakfast Symposium: Rethinking the Approach: Management of Elevated LDL-C in Patients With ASCVD
Speaker: Asha White, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC
Sponsored by: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Developmental Screening in the Primary Care Practice and the Provider-to-Provider Consultation Line
Speaker: Tresa Northington, EDD and Paulette Carter, MPH, LCSW, BACS
This activity is provided by and is supported by an educational grant from American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
It's Time to Train Family Physicians as First Responders Against Human Trafficking
Speaker: Esha Sharma, MD, MPH and Stacy Schaffer, MPA
Pharmaceutical Frontiers: Unveiling the Latest in Medication Updates
Speaker: Brittany Williams, PharmD
This activity is provided by a partnership with Baton Rouge General.
