General Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this series, participants should be able to:

Identify the anatomical considerations for pain in the head and neck

• • Identify the anatomical considerations for pain in the head and neck
  • Identify trends in opioid prescribing, overdose and death rates
  • Integrate functional anatomy, biomechanics and fascial meridian knowledge within an osteopathic framework to achieve great clinical outcomes for functional and musculoskeletal complaints
  • Discuss the role of point-of-care ultrasound in musculoskeletal medicine
  • Recognize how to integrate OMT in the outpatient setting
  • Review emerging literature on defining, teaching, assessing and remediating professionalism in health care training
  • Identify three specific ways to mitigate suicide risk in youth
  • Recognize awareness of appropriate professional boundaries and increased understanding of their own boundary limits.
  • Discuss updated pediatric practice guidelines with participants
  • List the relevant new CPT codes released by CMS in 2024
  • Review CMS guidance towards medical students in the office
  • Demonstrate the basic operation of an ultrasound machine
  • Identify several key anatomical structures on an ultrasound machine
  • Recognize clinical scenarios where POCUS can be applied

Accreditation
Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine (Rowan-Virtua SOM) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.

Rowan-Virtua SOM designates this live activity for a maximum of 15 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in this activity.

Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine (Rowan-Virtua SOM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Rowan-Virtua SOM designates this live activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Method of Participation
For successful completion of activity and subsequent awarding of credits, individuals are required to participate in the entire activity session and complete an attestation form, as well as an outcome survey and an evaluation form. If attending virtually, you can complete the online attestation form that will be available after the event.

Disclaimer
It is the policy of Rowan-Virtua SOM that the information presented at CME activities will be unbiased and based on scientific evidence. Any views expressed in this activity is being presented for educational purposes only. The views expressed in this activity are those of the faculty. It should not be inferred or assumed that they are expressing the views of any manufacturer or pharmaceuticals and/or medical devices, or Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine.
 

5 AOA 1-A / 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits
Thursday, November 21, 2024  /  11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (ET)
Salon A

• Welcome / Introduction
  Joshua Coren, DO, MBA, FACOFP
  
  
• How to Deal with that Pain in the Neck: A Hands-On Approach
  Danielle Cooley, DO
  
  
• Saving Lives with Medication Assisted Treatment
  James Bailey, DO
  
  
• Osteopathic Acupuncture for Musculoskeletal and Functional Complaints
  Alexander King, DO
  
  
• Revolutionizing Musculoskeletal Medicine with Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound
  Jennifer Sepede, DO
  
  
• OMM for DO's, Rekindling your OMM Skills
  Jennifer Sepede, DO
  
  

5 AOA 1-A / 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits
Friday, November 22, 2024 /  7 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (ET)
Salon A

• Breakfast Buffet
  
  
• The Continuum of Professionalism: From Medical Education to Practice
  Anne Jones, DO
  
  
• Pediatric Suicidality
  Zubair Khan, DO
  
  
• Did You Say What I Think You Just Said? Strategies to Address Microaggressions in Health Care That Aim to Facilitate a Culture of Belonging and Inclusivity
  Kristen Bertsch, PhD
  
  
• It's All About the Boundaries
  Meagan Vermeulen, MD and Joanna Petrides, PsyD, MBS
  
  
• 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Family Friendly Event located in the River Rooms
  Face painters, balloon artists, games, crafts, hor d'oeuvres

5 AOA 1-A / 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits
Saturday, November 23, 2024, 7 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (ET)
Salon A

• Breakfast Buffet
  
  
• Update for Best Practices for Pediatrics
  Nicole Streeks-Wooden, MD
  
  
• What's New and Exciting in CPT Coding
  Alison Mancuso, DO

• Integrating Medical Students in a Primary Care Office
  Rebecca Moore, DO
  
  
• Fundamentals of POCUS:
  Nils Brolis, DO
  Kathleen Deiling, RDMS
  Kanad Mukherjee, DO

Onsite and Online option!

Early registration - $595 until 8/31/24

$695 after 8/31/24

$795 Day of Conference 11/21/24

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CME Cancellation Policy: Cancellations, for the conference registration only, must be made in writing to the Office of Continuing Medical Education. Fifty percent of your registration fee will be refunded if cancellation is received by September 30, 2024. Registration is non-transferrable.

Accommodations
Kalahari Resort & Convention Center,
250 Kalahari Boulevard, Pocono Manor, PA 18349

• Pricing
  • Four Water Park Wristbands included in the room charge 
  • Standard Guest Rooms reserved with the group
  • $207 per night (plus taxes) (For additional waterpark wristbands, upgrade information and pricing, please contact Kalahari direct)
• Reservations

  • Reservations  -  Online at: https://book.passkey.com/e/50721689
    Press continue and follow on screen instructions.
    OR
    Please contact Kalahari Resorts at 1-877-Kalahari (525-2427). Rooms are held under the “Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine” Room Block

To receive the group rate, reservations must be made before the room block is filled or by October 20, 2024. 

Reservations will be taken following this date based on availability only.  Please contact Kalahari Resort at 1-877-Kalahari (525-2427) and mention the rooms are being held under the "School of Osteopathic Medicine" Room Block.

Kalahari Resort Cancellations must be made 72 hours or more prior to arrival to receive full refund less $30 processing fee. Cancellations less than 72 hours prior to arrival forfeits entire deposit.

Upon completion of this series, participants should be able to:

• • Manage patients with cardiovascular disease
  • Know the novel treatment to treat Hypertension
  • Applying recent data to improve medication adjustment, titration, and patient-centered cholesterol management
  • Identify patients who may benefit from PE thrombectomy and how to utilize your local PERT teams
  • Know the immune mediated events associated with immunotherapy and general guidelines in management
  • Identification and preparation of patients for coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA)
  • Review existing and emerging landscape for reserach in behavioral health, mental health and primary care
  • Identify the process for evaluating decisional capacity
  • Identify the signs and symptoms of depression in black youth
  • Identify two family dynamics that can complicate end-of-life care
  • Explain the various factors that contribute to childhood obesity
  • Identify common reasons for children who present to the clinic with a limp through a more comprehensive, holistic approach
  • Recognize the key findings, diagnostic tools and management of acute abdominal pain emergencies
  • Review updates in clinical guidelines for neonatal fever, bronchiolitis and asthma
  • Review the benefits of sports participation in childhood and adolescence
  • Identify barriers to medical and behavioral health care during transition
  • Differentiate thyroid diseases and their treatment
  • Know up-to-date clinical approach to Community Acquired Pneumonia
  • Know the new recommendations involving both existing and new vaccines released in 2024
  • Develop evidence based treatment plans based on current cholesterol guidelines
  • How to identify and recognize common clinical presentations of Scleroderma
  • Recognize the symptoms, signs, and differential diagnosis of a concussion
  • Differentiate and understand the various forms of Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies
  • Know the basics of cardiac screening in the athletic and active community
  • Interpret and have the ability to order ANCA testing appropriately
  • Know the breadth and scope of mass event coverage

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Full Series (Five CME Courses from September 7, 2024 - December 7, 2024)
$595 before 8/31/24
$695 after 8/31/24

5 AOA 1-A / 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits
CARDIOLOGY FOR PRIMARY CARE
Saturday, September 7, 2024, 7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (ET)
Virtual Live

• Prescribe with Precision: Better Cardiovascular Outcomes Using the Updated BEER's Criteria
  Kevin Overbeck, DO
  
  
• Lipids: An Overview and Updates on Diagnosis and Management
  Tania Maheshwari, DO
  
  
• Aortic Stenosis
  Teresa Sousa, MSN, FNP-BC
  
  
• Treatment and Guidelines - Medical Talk on Hypertension
  Christopher Mercogliano, DO
  
  
• Innovations and Guidelines on Hypertension
  Kintur Sanghvi, MD
  
  
• EKG Lecture for Primary Care
  Ramneet Wadehra, DO
  
  
• Immunotherapy Adverse Events and Management
  Shayma Kazmi, MD
  
  
• PE Management and PERT Team in 2024
  Luai Tabaza, MD
  
  
• Current State of Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring (CACS) and Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA)
  Michael Gannon, MD

5 AOA 1-A / 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Saturday, September 14, 2024, 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (ET)
Virtual Live

• Getting Started with Primary Care Research
  Anne Jones, DO, MPH
  
  
• Medical Decision-Making Capacity
  Timothy Wong, DO
  
  
• Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health
  Robin Moore, DO
  
  
• Psychological Support for Families in the End-of-Life Care
  Susan Cline-McGroarthy, PhD
  
  
• Addressing Obesity in Children and Adolescents
  Courtney Barry, PsyD, MS

5 AOA 1-A / 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits
PEDIATRICS
Saturday, October 5, 2024, 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (ET)
Virtual Live

• Identifying the Underlying Causes of Limping in Children
  Julie Sees, DO
  
  
• Early Identification of Abdominal Pain, Deciphering Urgent vs Emergent Causes
  Nadine Smith, DO
  
  
• Hot, Wheezy and Sneezy: An Evidence Based Approach to Neonatal Fever and Pediatric Respiratory Distress
  Anna Suessman, DO, Med, FAAP, FACEP
  
  
• Identifying Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death via the Pre-Participation Physical
  Michael Luceri, DO
  
  
• Mental Wellness: Promoting Resilience During Transition for Children with IDD
  Wendy Aita, PhD

5 AOA 1-A / 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Saturday, October 26, 2024, 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (ET)
Virtual Live

• Thyroid Disease: Management and Complications
  Joseph Fallon, MD
  
  
• An Up-to-Date Outpatient Clinical Approach to Community Acquired Pneumonia
  Justin Sciancalepore, DO
  
  
• 2024 Adult Immunization Updates
  Michael Barnish, DO
  
  
• Lipids in Limbo: How Low Do you Go?
  Ashley Coleman, DO
  
  
• Can it be Scleroderma?
  Safia Siddiqui, DO

5 AOA 1-A / 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits
MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS
Saturday, December 7, 2024, 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (ET)
Virtual Live

• Concussion Management for the Primary Care Physician
  Mike Wolf, MD
  
  
• Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies
  Linda Brecher, DO
  
  
• Cardiac Considerations for the Sports PPE
  Mario Causo, DO
  
  
• Labs I Wished I Had Not Ordered - Part Two
  Keith Reich, DO
  
  
• Medical Coverage of Mass Events
  John Luksch, DO

CANCELLATION POLICY: Fifty percent of your registration fee will be refunded if requested in writing before August 1, 2024. 

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Pennsylvania License Package (Four CME Courses from September 7, 2024 - October 26, 2024)
$495 before 8/31/24
$595 after 8/31/24

5 AOA 1-A / 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits
CARDIOLOGY FOR PRIMARY CARE
Saturday, September 7, 2024, 7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (ET)
Virtual Live

• Prescribe with Precision: Better Cardiovascular Outcomes Using the Updated BEER's Criteria
  Kevin Overbeck, DO
  
  
• Lipids: An Overview and Updates on Diagnosis and Management
  Tania Maheshwari, DO
  
  
• Aortic Stenosis
  Teresa Sousa, MSN, FNP-BC
  
  
• Treatment and Guidelines - Medical Talk on Hypertension
  Christopher Mercogliano, DO
  
  
• Innovations and Guidelines on Hypertension
  Kintur Sanghvi, MD
  
  
• EKG Lecture for Primary Care
  Ramneet Wadehra, DO
  
  
• Immunotherapy Adverse Events and Management
  Shayma Kazmi, MD
  
  
• PE Management and PERT Team in 2024
  Luai Tabaza, MD
  
  
• Current State of Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring (CACS) and Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA)
  Michael Gannon, MD

5 AOA 1-A / 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Saturday, September 14, 2024, 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (ET)
Virtual Live

• Getting Started with Primary Care Research
  Anne Jones, DO, MPH
  
  
• Medical Decision-Making Capacity
  Timothy Wong, DO
  
  
• Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health
  Robin Moore, DO
  
  
• Psychological Support for Families in the End-of-Life Care
  Susan Cline-McGroarthy, PhD
  
  
• Addressing Obesity in Children and Adolescents
  Courtney Barry, PsyD, MS

5 AOA 1-A / 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits
PEDIATRICS
Saturday, October 5, 2024, 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (ET)
Virtual Live

• Identifying the Underlying Causes of Limping in Children
  Julie Sees, DO
  
  
• Early Identification of Abdominal Pain, Deciphering Urgent vs Emergent Causes
  Nadine Smith, DO
  
  
• Hot, Wheezy and Sneezy: An Evidence Based Approach to Neonatal Fever and Pediatric Respiratory Distress
  Anna Suessman, DO, Med, FAAP, FACEP
  
  
• Identifying Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death via the Pre-Participation Physical
  Michael Luceri, DO
  
  
• Mental Wellness: Promoting Resilience During Transition for Children with IDD
  Wendy Aita, PhD

5 AOA 1-A / 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Saturday, October 26, 2024, 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (ET)
Virtual Live

• Thyroid Disease: Management and Complications
  Joseph Fallon, MD
  
  
• An Up-to-Date Outpatient Clinical Approach to Community Acquired Pneumonia
  Justin Sciancalepore, DO
  
  
• 2024 Adult Immunization Updates
  Michael Barnish, DO
  
  
• Lipids in Limbo: How Low Do you Go?
  Ashley Coleman, DO
  
  
• Can it be Scleroderma?
  Safia Siddiqui, DO

CANCELLATION POLICY: Fifty percent of your registration fee will be refunded if requested in writing before August 1, 2024. 

Register Now!

$149 - 5 AOA 1-A / 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits

CARDIOLOGY FOR PRIMARY CARE
Saturday, September 7, 2024, 7:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (ET)
Virtual Live

• Prescribe with Precision: Better Cardiovascular Outcomes using the Updated BEER's Criteria
  Kevin Overbeck, DO
  
  
• Lipids: An Overview and Updates on Diagnosis and Management
  Tania Maheshwari, DO
  
  
• Aortic Stenosis
  Teresa Sousa, MSN, FNP-BC
  
  
• Treatment and Guidelines - Medical Talk on Hypertension
  Christopher Mercogliano, DO
  
  
• Innovations and Guidelines on Hypertension
  Kintur Sanghvi, MD
  
  
• EKG Lecture for Primary Care
  Ramneet Wadehra, DO
  
  
• Immunotherapy Adverse Events and Management
  Shayma Kazmi, MD
  
  
• PE Management and PERT Team in 2024
  Luai Tabaza, MD
  
  
• Current State of Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring (CACS) and Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA)
  Michael Gannon, MD

Register Now!

$149 - 5 AOA 1-A / 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Saturday, September 14, 2024, 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (ET)
Virtual Live

• Getting Started with Primary Care Research
  Anne Jones, DO, MPH
  
  
• Capacity vs Competence
  Timothy Wong, DO
  
  
• Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health
  Robin Moore, DO
  
  
• Psychological Support for Families in the End-of-Life Care
  Susan Cline-McGroarthy, PhD
  
  
• Addressing Obesity in Children and Adolescents
  Courtney Barry, PsyD, MS

Cancellation Policy: Fifty percent of your registration will be refunded if requested in writing before September 7, 2024.

Register Now!

$149 - 5 AOA 1-A / 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits
PEDIATRICS
Saturday, October 5, 2024, 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (ET)
Virtual Live

• Identifying the Underlying Causes of Limping in Children
  Julie Sees, DO
  
  
• Early Identification of Abdominal Pain, Deciphering Urgent vs Emergent Causes
  Nadine Smith, DO
  
  
• Hot, Wheezy and Sneezy: An Evidence Based Approach to Neonatal Fever and Pediatric Respiratory Distress
  Anna Suessman, DO, Med, FAAP, FACEP
  
  
• Identifying Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death via the Pre-Participation Physical
  Michael Luceri, DO
  
  
• Mental Wellness: Promoting Resilience During Transition for Children with IDD
  Wendy Aita, PhD

Cancellation Policy: Fifty percent of your registration will be refunded if requested in writing before September 28, 2024.

Register Now!

$149 - 5 AOA 1-A / 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Saturday, October 26, 2024, 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (ET)
Virtual Live

• Thyroid Disease: Management and Complications
  Joseph Fallon, MD
  
  
• An Up-to-Date Outpatient Clinical Approach to Community Acquired Pneumonia
  Justin Sciancalepore, DO
  
  
• 2024 Adult Immunization Updates
  Michael Barnish, DO
  
  
• Lipids in Limbo: How Low Do you Go?
  Ashley Coleman, DO
  
  
• Can it be Scleroderma?
  Safia Siddiqui, DO

Cancellation Policy: Fifty percent of your registration will be refunded if requested in writing before October 19, 2024.

Register Now!

AOA Category 1-A / 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits
MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS
Saturday, December 7, 2024,  7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (ET)
Virtual Live
 

• Concussion Management for the Primary Care Physician
  Mike Wolf, MD
  
  
• Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies
  Linda Brecher, DO
  
  
• Cardiac Considerations for the Sports PPE
  Mario Causo, DO
  
  
• Labs I Wished I Had Not Ordered - Part Two
  Keith Reich, DO
  
  
• Medical Coverage of Mass Events
  John Luksch, DO

Cancellation Policy: Fifty percent of your registration will be refunded if requested in writing before November 30, 2024.