The 79th Annual Assembly and Exhibition was held July 23-26 at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in Destin, FL. Overall, there were 117 attendees and 57 exhibitors.
This year’s conference offered attendees a robust CME agenda of 21.0 hours of Prescribed credit led by local and nationally known faculty.
Platinum Sponsor, Louisiana Healthcare Connections, hosted a Gilligan's Island "Cast Away" themed Welcome Reception on Thursday evening for attendees, their families, and exhibitors. Our members came together for the General Assembly on Friday. During lunch, sponsored by FMOL Health and Healthy Blue, attendees received annual updates from American Academy of Family Physicians, American Board of Family Medicine and FMOL. The Family Medicine Celebration, sponsored by Platinum Sponsor, Primary Care Plus, celebrated the award winners with a party on Friday evening.
Topics of the assembly were presented by both local speakers and national speakers including:
Thursday, July 23, 2026
The Hidden Link–Uncovering Chronic Kidney Disease’s Role in Cardiovascular Disease
Speaker: Michael Heung, MD, MS
This activity is provided by Medical Learning Institute and supported by an educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Empowering Primary Care Clinicians to Close Lung Cancer Screening Gaps
Speaker: Diana Espinoza Barrera, MD
This activity is provided by American College of Chest Physicians and supported by an educational grant from Eli Lilly and Company.
Effective Strategies in Obesity Management for Primary Care Providers
Speaker: Jamy Ard, MD and Richard Bridges, MD, FAAFP
This activity is provided by New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians (NJAFP), The Obesity Society (TOS) and Medscape Education and supported by an educational grant from Eli Lilly and Company.
What Every Family Medicine Physician Should Know About Hepatic Encephalopathy: Recognition, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnostic Testing, and Appropriate Referral
Speaker: Rajab Idriss, MD
This activity is provided by Academic CME and supported by an educational grant from Salix Pharmaceuticals.
Hormone Replacement Therapy: Marketing vs Science
Speaker: Katherine Williams, MD, FACOG, IF
PCSK9 Inhibitors in Primary Prevention: A New Paradigm for Family Physicians
Speaker: Alan S. Brown, MD, MHA, FACC, FAHA, MNLA
This activity is provided by Academic CME and supported by an educational grant from Amgen.
Hospice Demystified
Speaker: Michael Haas, MD, FAAFP
Friday, July 24, 2026
ASPIRIN: Is It Worth the RISK?
Speaker: Sterling Ransone, MD, FAAFP
Emerging Modalities for Understanding Cardiovascular Risk
Speaker: Nora Lamartine, MD, FAAFP
When to Expect the Extinct
Speaker: Marina Jeffery, DO and Teri O’Neal, MD, FAAFP
Making the Move to Once-Weekly Basal Insulin: Bridging Evidence and Everyday Care to Simplify Diabetes Management
Speakers: Keisha Harvey-Mansfield, MD, FAAFP, DABFM, DABOM, DABLM and Debbie Hinnen, APN, BC-ADM, CDCES, FAAN
This activity is provided by Medical Learning Institute and supported by an educational grant from Eli Lilly and Company.
Saturday, July 25, 2026
Connecting Minds to Support Cognitive Health and Identify Early Alzheimer's Disease: Refining Skills and Workflows for Prevention, Detection, and Diagnosis
Speaker: Scott A. Kaiser, MD
This activity is provided by Peerview Institute for Medical Education and supported by an educational grant from Lilly.
T2D360: Comprehensive Care of T2D in the Age of GLP-1 Ras
Speaker: Kim Pfotenhauer, DO, FACOFP, DABOM
This activity is provided by Catamount Medical Education and supported by an educational grant from Novo Nordisk Inc.
Optimizing Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Outcomes in Primary Care: Shifting the Paradigm Toward Early Intervention and Escalation
Speaker: Ioana R. Preston, MD
This activity is provided by Peerview Institute for Medical Education and supported by an educational grant from Merck & Co., Inc.
Rheumatology Essentials for the Family Physician: Optimizing Diagnosis & Management
Speaker: Chad Hille, MD
This activity is provided by FMOL Health.
Navigating the New Vaccine Landscape
Speaker: Jennifer Seidenberg, MD, FAAP
Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Injuries in Children Including Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)
Speaker: Charles Webb, DO, FAAFP, FAMSSM
You've Been Named
Speaker: Peter Seidenberg, MD, MA, FAAFP, FACSM, RMSK, CPE
Sunday, July 26, 2026
Non-CME Breakfast Symposium: Screen + Detect Cancer Early: How the Cologuard Plus Test and the Cancerguard Test Can Help You Expand Early Detection with Confidence
Speaker: Keith Winfrey, MD
This breakfast symposium is sponsored by Abbott Cancer Diagnostics.
AI in the Exam Room: Practical Tools and Ethical Guardrails for Family Medicine
Speaker: Ronald Slipman, MD, FAAFP
Whole Family Preconception and Postnatal Care
Speaker: Nora Lamartine, MD, FAAFP
The Athlete Who Won’t Heal: Recognizing RED-S in the Family Medicine Clinic
Speaker: Naina Bouchereau-Lal, MD, CAQ, FAAFP