2024 Annual Meeting Hub
Precourses: November 7th
Main Meeting: Nov 8th & 9th
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Download the app! Click here for instructions
- CME CREDIT AND MOC CREDIT Available after the meeting below
- MOC questions are available without the answers for you to use as study aides throughout the main meeting. Scroll to the CME section of this hub.
- If a presentation is not blue below, we are waiting to receive it from the speaker.
- Recordings will be available after the conference within two weeks – we will email when all recordings are posted in the agenda
AGENDA & PRESENTATIONS
Please note: titles will be blue if we have presentations available. If they are not blue, we are still waiting to receive them from the Speaker. Thank you!
| *Click the blue link to download the presentation. If the title is not blue, we have not yet received the presentation. | |
| Time | Presentation Live Via Zoom Webinar |
| 7:15AM – 8:15AM |
Advocacy Workshop Obesity Update
Cannabis Sports Medicine Workshop |
| 8:15AM – 8:30AM | BREAK |
| 8:30AM – 8:45AM |
Story Slam & Governor’s Welcome |
| 8:45AM – 9:30AM |
Cardiology Updates |
| 9:30AM – 10:15AM |
Beyond Metformin: How to Choose the Next Treatment for Diabetes |
| 10:15AM – 10:30AM | Q&A |
| 10:15AM – 10:30AM | BREAK |
| 10:30AM – 11:00AM | Residents’ Oral Presentations Round 1 10:30AM – Ostin John Ong– Resident, Skagit Regional Health Internal Medicine Residency- Treating Salmonella, ella, ella,… – A Case of Recurrent Salmonella Infection 10:40 AM – Tony Huynh – Resident, Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine- An Unusual Diagnosis of Intravascular B Cell Lymphoma Discovered in the Kidneys and Lung 10:50 AM – Ester Peters – Resident, Internal Medicine Residency Spokane- Seize the Cycle: Complicating Factor in Management of Seizures in Women |
| 11:00AM – 11:45AM |
Opioid Updates |
| 11:45AM – 12:20PM |
Women’s Health |
| 12:20PM – 12:30PM | Q&A |
| 12:30PM – 1:45PM | Lunch, Business Meeting & Awards |
| 1:45PM-2:45PM |
John Vassall Annual Lecture for Justice & Equity in Medicine: Health Equity for Unhoused Patients |
| 2:45PM-3:00PM | BREAK |
| 3:00PM-3:50PM |
Focusing on ADHD in Primary Care |
| 3:50PM – 4:20PM | Residents’ Session: Oral Presentations Round 2 3:50PM – Taylor Eymann – Resident, Internal Medicine Residency Spokane – A Toxic Twist: Lupus, Overdose, and the Unlikely Culprit4:00PM – Connor O’Neill – Resident, Internal Medicine Residency Spokane- Stumbling Towards Clarity/Gait Instability and Anchoring: A Variant of a Common Condition that We Should Know 4:10PM – Laura DeWald – Resident, Internal Medicine Residency Spokane- Metformin Mishap: A Case of Near-Fatal Toxicity |
| 4:20PM – 5:22PM |
Medical Myths & Story Slam |
| 5:25PM -6:30PM | Governor’s Reception & Poster Judging |
| *Click the blue link to download the presentation. If the title is not blue, we have not yet received the presentation. | |
| Time | Live Via Zoom Webinar |
| 7:15AM – 8:15AM |
Fatty Liver Disease
Complex Home Care Narrative Medicine Workshop |
| 8:15AM – 8:28AM | BREAK |
| 8:28AM – 9:15AM |
Story Slam & Osteoporosis |
| 9:15AM – 10:00AM |
Infectious Disease Updates |
| 10:00AM – 10:30AM | Residents’ Oral Presentations: Round 3 10:00 AM – MaKenna Stavins – Resident, University of Washington- Drop Attacks and Dizziness as an Atypical Presentation of Eagle Syndrome in Primary Care: A Case Report 10:10 AM – Vincent Lock – Resident, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health- A Paraneoplastic Phenomenon: A Case on Refractory Hypoglycemia 10:20 AM – Thomas Weiss – Resident, Madigan Army Medical Center- A case of pancytopenia that is not what you Zinc |
| 10:30AM – 10:45AM | BREAK |
| 10:45AM – 11:30AM |
Long Covid |
| 11:30AM – 12:15PM |
Neurology Updates |
| 12:15PM – 1:45PM | Lunch, Medical Jeopardy, Abstract Awards |
| 1:45PM – 2:45PM | Refugee Healthcare Clinic By Anita Chopra, MD FACP, Matt Hansen, MD, Douglas Hayes, DO, Delaney Goulet, MD, Izzy Westling, MD, and Mehr Grewal Writing Patient-Centered Notes in a Time of Open Health Records Continuous Glucose Monitoring Workshop Fellowship Workshop |
| 2:45PM – 3:00PM | BREAK |
| 3:00PM – 3:45PM |
Dermatology Pearls for Primary Care |
| 3:45PM – 4:30PM |
Drug Updates |
| 4:30PM – 4:45PM | Story Slam and Closing Remarks By Chris Knight, MD, FACP and story slam by Carrie Horwitch, MD MACP |
CME & MOC
The American College of Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
In order to claim CME you must complete a meeting survey. This link will direct you to the survey and then the CME claim form. CME cannot be claimed until the last session of the meeting has been held.
The American College of Physicians (ACP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The ACP designates this other activity (live component and enduring component) for the number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM listed below. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The pre-courses and pre-meeting content: 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
The Washington Chapter Scientific Meeting: 14.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
Successful completion of this CME activity (the Washington Chapter Scientific Meeting), which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 14.25 medical knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
About the Venue & Other Info
Getting to Bell Harbor
On Foot
From the heart of downtown Seattle, visitors can walk down the Pike Street Hill Climb* via the Pike Place Market, and walk approximately 0.4 miles northwest (to the right if looking at the waterfront) past the Seattle Marriot Waterfront. Bell Harbor will be on your left. For additional walking routes, please use the map to the right.
*The Pike Street Hill Climb is the nickname for a popular staircase behind the Pike Place Market, and the stairs will take you to the waterfront and Alaskan Way. Signs in the Market will direct you there.
King County Metro
Metro transit offers many bus routes to take you within walking distance of Bell Harbor. The Waterfront Streetcar Line Bus, MT 99 stops at Alaskan Way & Clay, two blocks north of Bell Harbor. Additionally, six buses service the 1st Avenue & Lenora Street stop, where there is a simple walk down the stairs or elevator ride to Alaskan Way, one block away where Lenora dead ends at the bottom of the hill. Once past the stairs down or the elevator, walk two blocks to the right to Bell Harbor.
Driving Directions
Driving Directions from I-5 Southbound
- Take exit 165B towards Union Street
- Turn right onto 4th Avenue
- Turn left onto Wall Street
- Turn left onto Elliott Avenue
- The Bell Street Pier/World Trade Center Garage, located at 2323 Elliott Avenue N, will be on your right next to the Art Institute of Seattle
Driving Directions from I-5 Northbound
- Take exit 165 for Seneca Street
- Turn right onto 4th Avenue
- Turn left onto Wall Street
- Turn left onto Elliott Avenue
- The Bell Street Pier/World Trade Center Garage, located at 2323 Elliott Avenue N, will be on your right next to the Art Institute of Seattle
Parking
We recommend parking in the Art Institute of Seattle’s parking garage, which connects directly to Bell Harbor and World Trade Center Seattle via the skybridge and can be accessed on both Elliott Avenue and Wall Street.
Garage Address: Bell Street Pier Garage #28, 2323 Elliott Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121
Additional Information
Upon Arrival
Please check in at the conference registration desk, located in the Bell Harbor Lobby. Please refer to the agenda above to see when the registration desk opens.
Conference App
Don’t forget to download the conference app so you can keep track of the schedule, submit live questions, participate in live polls and evaluate sessions throughout the day. The app can be downloaded using the App Store or Google Play by searching for “eVentsLite” and “acpwa2024” as the conference.
Meals
Your meeting registration includes Breakfast, Coffee, Lunch and an evening reception
On Site Internet Access
Attendees will have access to the internet throughout Bell Harbor so feel free to bring your laptop or iPad.
Dress Code
The dress code is business casual throughout the entire meeting. Please note that meeting rooms are often kept cool so be sure to bring a sweater if you typically get cold.




