Annual Chapter Meeting #ACPAZ2025

2025 Fall Chapter Scientific Meeting

Pre-Course: November 14th, 2025

Chapter Meeting: November 14-15, 2025

Location: Sheraton Mesa Hotel at Wrigleyville West | Mesa, AZ

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Agenda

 

7:15 AM Registration Opens
8:15 AM – 10:15 AM *Body Basics: POCUS for Internists | Rio
Dr. Levi Filler and EM Faculty
8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

˚*Presentation Skills for Clinicians: Making your next presentation go better than your last | Salado
Scott Litin, MD MACP

9:15 AM – 10:15AM

˚Ultrasound Basics for Residents & Students | Rio
Dr. Levi Filler and EM Faculty

10:15 AM – 11:10 AM *˚Doctor’s Dilemma – Medical Student Preliminary Round | Salado
11:15 AM – 11:55 AM ˚Informal Meet & Greet with Program Directors for Medical Students | Rio
11:15 AM – 11:55 AM *˚The Ins and Outpatients of Rheumatologic Disease: A Case-Based Approach from the Clinic to the Hospital for CME | Salado
Nolan McBride, MD; Kristen Young, DO
Presentation Slides
11:45 AM – 12:30PM Exhibits/Lunch | Canyon CEH
12:30 PM Welcome Governor/Meeting Chair | Canyon ABDFG
Allan Markus, MD, MS, MBA, FACP; Krystal Renszel, DO FACP
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Keynote #1: Updates in Infectious Diseases | Canyon ABDFG
Keyur Vyas, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Presentation Slides |
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM The Social Prescription: How Non-Medical Interventions Improve Health Outcomes | Canyon ABDFG
Nathan Delafield, MD
Presentation Slides
2:15 PM – 3:00 PM Updates in Hypertension for Hospitalist and GIM | Canyon ABDFG
Shak Rehman, MD, MACP; Nick Paslidis, MD, MACP
Presentation Slides
3:00 PM – 3:20 PM Break with Exhibitors & Networking | Canyon CEH
3:20 PM – 4:05 PM Adrenal Insufficiency | Canyon ABDFG
Sarah Tariq, MD; Casey Rendon, MD
Presentation Slides
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM Poster Judging Session (Medical Students) & Exhibits/Networking | Canyon CEH & Halls
5:15 PM – 6:30 PM Governor’s Reception & Doctor’s Dilemma | Canyon ABDFG
6:30 – 8:00 PM Student & Resident Social Hour at the Stats Sports Bar
Hosted by Medical Student & Resident/Fellow Committees

 

6:45 AM Registration Opens
7:00 AM – 7:50 AM Governor’s Advisory Council Meeting | Arroyo
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast & Exhibitors | Canyon CEH
8:00 AM – 8:05 AM Welcome & Announcements from Governor & Meeting Chair | Canyon ABDFG
8:05 AM – 9:00 AM Keynote 2: Better is Possible: Decreasing Harm from Substance Use | Canyon ABDFG
Eileen Barrett, MD, MPH, FAMWA, SFHM, MACP
Presentation Slides
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM High Yield Expose On Acute Kidney Injury and Hyponatremia | Canyon ABDFG
Peter Santos, DO, FACP, FASN
Presentation Slides
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

Oral Vignettes | Canyon ABDFG

Joey Bettencourt – A curious presentation of Multiple Myeloma: Extramedullary Myeloma in the mediastinum with concurrent Myelomatous pleural effusion


Connor Yost – Tuberculous Meningoencephalitis Complicating Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma: Diagnostic Pitfalls, Paradoxical Response, and Evolving Cerebral Vasculopathy—A Case Report


Moh Borji – Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome Causing AHRF and ET Intubation


Carson Bridgers – Systemic Sclerosis – Renal Crisis vs TM CMA


Ishitha Jagadish – Mast Confusion: A Trypt in Uncharted Waters


Hesham Abdalla – The Beating Bulge: Dynamic Coronary Obstruction from a Contractile Septal Pouch Decades after VSD Repair

10:45 AM – 11:10 AM Break with Exhibitors | Canyon CEH
11:10 AM – 11:55 AM I Screen, You Screen, We All Screen For Lung Cancer | Canyon ABDFG
Mahhav Chopra, MD
Presentation Slides
11:55 AM – 12:30 PM Migraine Management: Putting On A New Face | Canyon ABDFG
Dr. Lindsay Kittler, Pharm.D., BCPS
Presentation Slides
12:30 PM – 2:15 PM Lunch/Exhibits/Networking | Canyon CEH
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM Poster Judging (Residents) | Canyon Halls
1:15PM – 1:45PM Open Forum: Ask Our Speakers | Canyon ABDFG
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Business Meeting | Canyon ABDFG

2:30 PM – 3:15 PM

 

Bridging Systems: IHS Updates For Arizona Clinicians | Canyon ABDFG
Donald Miles, MD, FACP; Aaron Bia, MD
Presentation Slides
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM Highly Effective Anti-Obesity Medications: Practical Approaches in Outpatient & Inpatient Care | Canyon ABDFG
Sneha Mishra, MD; Elena De Filippis, MD, PhD
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Awards, Concluding Remarks & Adjourn | Canyon ABDFG

* Precourse – Attending Physicians Track
˚ Precourse – Students & Residents Track

Meeting Evaluation & Credit Claiming

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Precourse

Friday, November 14th

Attending Physicians Track

 

Body Basics: POCUS for Internists

Join our POCUS faculty for this year’s pre-course program, an ultrasound workshop for physicians. Objectives include a review of basic Knobology, an overview of ultrasound applications, basic image acquisition and interpretation, and understanding of in-depth ultrasound topics.

Time: 8AM – 10:15AM (2 CME)

 

Doctor’s Dilemma – Medical Student Qualifying Round

Cheer on our medical students as they face off in Doctor’s Dilemma, aiming for one spot available in the finals.

Time: 10:15 – 11:10AM

 

The Ins and Outpatients of Rheumatologic Disease: A Case-Based Approach from the Clinic to the Hospital

Join Drs. McBride and Young for a joint talk covering considerations for assessment/management of rheumatology conditions from the perspective of outpatient vs inpatient internist, featuring 3 unique cases.

Time: 11:15 – 11:55AM (.5 CME)

 

Precourse Pricing:

  • $110 ACP Member Physician
  • $175 Non-Member Physician

Register as part of meeting registration.

 

Residents & Students Track

Presentation Skills for Clinicians: Making your next presentation go better than your last

The goals of this presentation will be to convince physicians that they need effective presentation skills, teach them some effective public speaking skills, and motivate them to work on these skills. Dr. Litin will review tips and model behaviors that will enable the participant to make their next presentation go better than their last. Note – welcome to all precourse registrants, not just residents and medical students.

Time: 8:15-9:15AM

 

Ultrasound Basics for Students & Residents

Time: 9:15-10:15AM

 

Doctor’s Dilemma – Medical Student Qualifying Round

Cheer on (or compete against!) Arizona medical students as they face off in Doctor’s Dilemma, aiming for one spot available in the finals.

Time: 10:15-11:10AM

Informal Meet & Greet with Program Directors for Medical Students

Meet and mingle with the Program Directors of Arizona residencies. All medical students welcome!

Time: 11:15 – 11:55AM

The Ins and Outpatients of Rheumatologic Disease: A Case-Based Approach from the Clinic to the Hospital

Join Drs. McBride and Young for a joint talk covering considerations for assessment/management of rheumatology conditions from the perspective of outpatient vs inpatient internist, featuring 3 unique cases.

Time: 11:15 – 11:55AM

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Onsite Details

Location:
Sheraton Mesa Hotel at Wrigleyville West
860 N Riverview
Mesa, AZ 85201

Parking is free and conveniently located outside the Conference Center. Complementary wifi is available onsite.

Breakfast is not provided on Friday, November 14th, but there is onsite restaurant, cafe, and many nearby options.