Annual Chapter Meeting #ACPAZ2025
2025 Fall Chapter Scientific MeetingPre-Course: November 14th, 2025
Chapter Meeting: November 14-15, 2025
Location: Sheraton Mesa Hotel at Wrigleyville West | Mesa, AZ
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
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| 9:15 AM – 10:15AM |
˚Ultrasound Basics for Residents & Students | Rio
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| 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
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| 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 |
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2:30 PM – 3:15 PM
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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
Your feedback matters! We value your input to help us improve our chapter meeting every year. We encourage all attendees, including residents and students, to submit a short survey after the meeting, to be linked closer to the meeting. This is also the first step to claim your CME credit– after you submit your form, you will be prompted to continue on in the credit claiming process.
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
Sponsors & Exhibitors
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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.






