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2025 Annual Meeting Hub

Precourses: November 6th
Main Meeting: Nov 7th & 8th

LIVE VIRTUAL STREAM

AGENDA

CME & MOC

VENUE INFORMATION

FACULTY

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

  • Evaluation with no CME is available below – we are still waiting on the survey + CME claim link from ACP National
  • All presentations are posted (click on blue links)
  • Recordings will be available after the conference approximately 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

MedEd: Leveraging Direct Observation to Improve Clinic Efficiency (Sound room)

Yihan Yang MD, MHS-MedEd, Elizabeth Westling, MD

Interpreting EKGs (Cove)

Cooper Kersey, MD

Medication Abortion (Marina) 

Nina Tan MD, Roxanne Hicks MD, Grace Shih MD MAS

Frailty Diagnosis and Management (Live streamed in Bay Auditorium)

Marissa Black MD & Reema Navalurkar MD

8:15AM – 8:30AM BREAK
8:30AM – 8:45AM Story Slam & Governor’s Welcome (Bay)
8:45AM – 9:25AM

Gender Affirming Care (Bay)

Lauren Campbell, MD MPH

9:25AM – 10:05AM

Dermatology (Bay)

Kendra Bergstrom. MD

10:15AM – 10:30AM Q&A
10:15AM – 10:30AM BREAK
10:30AM – 11:00AM (10 min each- Bay)

Abstracts Round 1: 

Cholestatic Liver Injury in Chronic Portal Vein Thrombosis

Daniel Weber – Resident, Madigan Army Medical Center

Traveler’s Fever and Leptospirosis

Kyle Vuong – Resident, SJMC Internal Medicine

TB or Not TB: The Quandary of Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)

Samantha Wong – Resident, University of Washington Internal Medicine Residency Program

11:00AM – 11:40AM

How to Care for the Elderly More Safely (Bay)

Doug Paauw, MD MACP

11:40AM – 12:20PM

Outpatient Articles That Changed My Practice (Bay)

Chris Knight, MD FACP & Gina Lenti, MD

12:20PM – 12:30PM Q&A
12:30PM – 1:45PM

Lunch/Jeopardy (Harbor Dining Room) 

Mack Holmberg, MD

1:45PM-2:45PM

John Vassall Annual Lecture for Justice & Equity in Medicine – Fortifying Health Equity (Bay)

Jason Deen, MD

2:45PM-3:30PM

COPD/Asthma & Story Slam (Bay)

Rosemary Adamson, MBBS

3:30PM-4:00PM

Awards Ceremony – ACP Chapter Awards (Bay)

Chris Knight, MD FACP

4:00PM – 5:00PM

Concurrent Workshops Round 2:

Fellowship Panel (Marina) 

Ken Steinberg MD FACP, Cooper Kersey MD, Marina Hanna MD & Laura Granados MD

Musculoskeletal Complaints Workshop (Sound)

Greg Nakamoto MD FACP & Leslie Yen MD

Interpreting Pulmonary Function Tests (Live Streamed in Bay)

Rosemary Adamson, MBBS

Continuous Glucose Monitors (Cove)

Rachel Safran MD FACP & Alyson Blum, PharmD

5:00PM -6:15PM 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
7:55AM

Welcome

Chris Knight, MD FACP

8:00AM – 8:50AM (Breakout Rooms) 

Concurrent Workshops Round 3: 

Hepatitis B Update

Asma Siddique, MD

Advocacy 101: From Social Media to Testimony

Delaney Goulet MD FACP, Carrie Horowitch MD MACP & Stephanie Fosback MD FACP

 Incorporating Health Equity into Everyday Practice

Elizabeth Westling MD & Ryan Abe MD

9:00AM – 9:30AM (10 min each)

Abstracts Round 2:

Syphilis Masquerade: A Case of Demyelinating Encephalitis Presenting as Neurosyphilis

Andrea Cronrath –Resident, Providence Internal Medicine Residency Spokane

When Seizures Aren’t Seizures: A Case of Cardiac Tamponade-Induced Convulsive Syncope

Opeyemi Tobalesi – Resident, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, WSU

When Stroke Isn’t the Culprit

Tawny Gonzalez-Yetter – Resident, Providence Internal Medicine Residency Spokane

9:30AM – 10:15AM

Rheumatology Potpourri

Amish Dave, MD FACP

10:15AM – 10:55AM

Turn the Beat Around: Reevaluating Rhythm Management for Atrial Fibrillation

Christian Ngo, MD

10:55AM – 11:00 AM Story Slam – Stephanie Fosback, MD FACP & Break
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM (10 min each)

Abstracts Round 3:

Hormonal Hyperventilation: An Uncommon Cause of Confusion in ESRD

Martha Isabel Siqueiros – Resident, Washington State University Internal Medicine Program

When Constipation Relief Turns Risky: Bisacodyl-Induced Ischemic Colitis

Aziz Eshov – Resident, Skagit Regional Health Internal Medicine Residency Program

Unmasking Blastocystis Diarrhea

Molly Anderson – Resident, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM

Inpatient Medicine Updates and Q&A

Ahmed Salahudeen, MD &Shawn Schweitzer MD

12:15 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch/Business Meeting/Student Awards
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM

Updates in Obesity Medicine

Leo Kim, MD

1:45 PM – 2:25 PM

Nephrology for the Generalist

Henry Mroch, MD FACP

2:25 PM – 2:30 PM Break

2:30 PM – 3:20 PM

(Breakout Rooms) 

Concurrent Workshops Round 4:

Nutrition

Kristi Peterson, RDN CDCES

Teaching Evidenced-Based Medicine in a Busy Clinical Practice

Sonam Kiwalker MD, & Basil Verghese MD

3:25PM – 4:10 PM

Infectious Disease 

Seth Cohen, MD MS

Story Slam – Henry Mroch, MD FACP

4:10 PM – 4:30 PM

Closing Remarks

Chris Knight, MD FACP

 

CME & MOC

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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.