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Lecturer: Avanecean, DNP, ARNP

Donna is a practicing in Neuro-oncology ARNP  in Hartford, Conn. She is involved in research and academia. Donna has been practicing in neurology for more than 20 yrs. Join her as she presents Part 1 of a 2-Part series on Neuroendocrine Disorders. This lecture  will introduce you to the anatomy & physiology of the endocrine system as well as discuss pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment for patients with Growth Hormone disorders, Cushing's Syndrome, and Electrolyte disorders. 

Lecturer: Donna Avanecean, DNP, ARNP Donna welcomes you back for Part 2 of 2 of her Neuroendocrine series. Donna is a practicing in Neuro-oncology ARNP  in Hartford, Conn. She is involved in research and academia. Donna has been practicing in neurology for more than 20 yrs. This lecture  will further discuss the anatomy & physiology of the endocrine system as well as discuss pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment for patients with Growth Hormone disorders, Cushing's Syndrome, and Electrolyte disorders. 

Lecturer:  Karen Tillotson, DHSc, PA-C

Join Karen, the Director of the  Neuroscience Advanced Practitioner Residency program in the  Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania. This lecture was presented LIVE initially to engage the APPs in cases studies. Karen discusses the importance of knowledge of neuroanatomy, and how to perform a quality neurological history & exam, in order to know the type of localization (focal, multifocal, diffuse) and to  identify the topographical location, eg: cortical, brainstem, cerebellum, etc..

Lecturer: LouAnn Kendall, DNP, ACNP

Join LouAnn from Nashville, TN as she shares her clinical knowledge of Epilepsy. LouAnn has worked more than 20 yrs in various acute care settings, including Neurohospitalist, Inpatient Hospital Medicine, Cardiology, and Cardiothoracic Surgery.  LouAnn will discuss the presentation, diagnosis, and management of seizures, which can  affect patients in many different ways, which  may result in serious injury.  Women with epilepsy have unique needs. Pregnancy was once contraindicated in women with epilepsy. However, over 90 % of women with epilepsy will now have good outcomes. 

 Lecturer: Aliza Ben-Zacharia, PhD, DNP 

Aliza is an assistant professor at the School of Nursing at Hunter College, City University of NY.  She has a special interest in Multiple Sclerosis and NMOSD  This lecture is Part I of a three-part series on MS. During this lecture, Aliza will discuss the epidemiology, etiology and pathophysiology of Multiple Sclerosis. She will also explore the clinical diagnosis of MS and supportive work-up required to confirm this condition.   Aliza will also the different phenotypes of MS including the prodrome phase ,and teach how the clinician can apply the prognostic factors using real life  case studies. 

Lecturer: LouAnn Kendall DNP, ACNP

LouAnn has a strong background in Acute Care nursing. She has  worked for more than 20 yrs in various acute care settings, including Neurohospitalist, Inpatient Hospital Medicine, Cardiology and  Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Join LouAnn as she lends some humor to a concern almost all of us have experienced. Learn to recognize BAD workplace behaviors, and develop successful techniques to effectively deal with this behavior. Learn effective phone, email, and text communication skills, and understand the concept of “Horizontal Violence” in the workplace. 

Lecturer: Cigdem Gali, MSPA , PA-C

Join Cigdem expert injector and owner and founder of GaliDerm https://www.galiderm.com/ while she discusses the Basics of Botox injections. Cigdem will explain the correct use of different neuromodulators such as Botox, Xeomin, Jeuveau and Dysport which are commonly used in aesthetic dermatology

Lecturer: Michelle Dean, PA-C
Love working with cancer patients?  Please join Michelle Dean, PA-C from Sacramento California who has worked primarily in oncology as an APP for eighteen years. Michelle  has held APP Leadership positions at MD Anderson in Houston, Tx and Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fl. Michelle will discuss what  sort of roles APPs perform in the field of Oncology. 

    Lecturer: Lauren Massimo, PhD, CRNP

Do you have a loved one who is suffering from  dementia? Almost everyone does. Join Lauren Massimo to learn about 

Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) s.  She will discuss how to recognize common presenting signs and symptoms to help you differentiate between diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases in the clinical setting.  

Lecturer: Ledy Ochoa, PA-C, MS 

Ledy has been practicing pediatric dermatology for the last eight years at the  Children's Skin Center in Miami, Fl. 

During this lecture, she will discuss how to differentiate among the more common skin conditions seen in children, and treatment options which have proven effective in her practice.

Ledy presents images of some of her more interesting and challenging cases, which have been shared with permission of her  patients'/parents'. 

Lecturer: Aliza Ben-Zacharia, PhD, DNP  Aliza is an assistant professor at the School of Nursing at Hunter College, City University of NY.  This presentation will discuss the multiple disease modifying treatments for MS, their mechanism of action, efficacy and safety profile.  Symptomatic care and rehabilitation strategies including complementary wellness modalities will be discussed.  In conclusion, two case studies will be presented illustrating the application of the different treatments in MS while focusing on COVID-19 in the last case. 

     Lecturer: Alicia Duyvejonck, DNP    

Join Alicia, our APP2APP Headache specialist, as she explains how to differentiate between primary and secondary HA.  Alicia will discuss the SNOOP-4 criteria, which will help you discern if your patient  requires emergency care. Up to 18% of patient’s presenting to tertiary care centers have underlying secondary cause for headache. Primary headache patients can also develop secondary headaches that are important to identify. 

Lecturer: Jo Ellen Lee, CRNP, MSN

 Jo Ellen  is a nurse practitioner in the division of Pediatric Neurology at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH. She  is a member of the Pediatric Stroke and Vascular Anomalies multidisciplinary team. Join Jo Ellen  as she reviews the different types of  strokes (perinatal, presumed perinatal, arterial ischemic and CSVT) that occur in the pediatric population.  A focus will be placed on  identification, diagnosis,       evaluation, treatment &  outcomes. 

This lecture will help APPs who work in pediatrics and/or who wish to enter into the specialty field of pediatrics, pediatric neurology, emergency medicine, general neurology, and primary care. 

Lecturer: Kara Ann Valentine, PA-C , MS

Kara has been a physician assistant since 2009. She has worked clinically in nephrology for over 10 years, and she has also held FT faculty positions in PA programs in Florida. Kara's lecture will focus on contrast-induced nephropathy , and will be delivered LIVE to the APP provider team from the  Center for Vascular Medicine (CVM) in Greenbelt, MD. CVM is a multi-state practice who specialize in the diagnosis &  treatment of deep venous and arterial diseases of the pelvis and lower extremities. CVM physicians and PAs have published numerous articles and presented their work at conferences around the world. APP2APP would like to especially recognize Kara for being recruited for to provide this Educational/Training service to CVM. 

Lecturer: James Sean Gorman, MD

 Sean currently practices emergency medicine in Gold Canyon, Arizona.  He has over 26 years of clinical experience largely in solo coverage emergency departments. Sean will present an Introductory lecture which will be invaluable to APPs who are considering a career in Emergency Medicine. Case studies will be presented.  You will learn to use vital signs as a template to create appropriate differentials to enable you to accurately navigate the myriad of clinical scenarios you will have to confront in everyday EM practice.  sign up using Google Form here: https://forms.gle/NmDBSwJvuhQVDdZz8 OR join Zoom last minute by clicking the image above. 

Lecturer: Dennis Rivenburgh, PA-C

Dennis is Senior Physician Assistant at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Department of Orthopedics, Sports Medicine. Please enjoy his Introductory orthopedic X-Ray lecture. Dennis will walk you through how to  how to interpret common X-rays.  This lecture will cover hand, wrist and arm fractures, foot and ankle fractures,  as well as hip area fractures. This presentation will help PAs and NPs who work in a primary care, internal medicine, emergency medicine as well as APPs who are considering a new career in orthopedics. 

Lecturer: Michelle Satterly, ARNP

Join Michelle a Family Medicine NP in Moline, IL. She specializes in Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS), of which 

there are thirteen different types.  EDS  is a complex genetic connective tissue disorder. This lecture will review diagnosis of the various types of  EDS,  but will focus on the most common type: Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Michele will review they symptomology, which is at times both  complex and vague.  She will  briefly explore the genetic component,  review comorbidities,  and discuss interventions and management. Michele, herself,  suffers from Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. 

Lecturer: Sharon Best, PA-C, MHS 

Sharon is a NaPro Medical Consultant.  "Natural Procreative" Technology is the medical & surgical practice in which a specially trained provider interprets the Creighton Model menstrual chart to identify "biomarkers" to diagnose and treat many common gynecological conditions, including but not limited to: infertility recurrent miscarriage, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), and  endometriosis. This lecture will focus on PCOS, and show how  NaPro protocols and outcomes are superior to those of mainstream medicine today.  For more information about NaPro & PCOS see here: 

https://queenofheartsfertility.org/

Lecturer: Alpha Journal PA-C, MS

Alpha practices at the Center for Pediatric Medicine in Danbury, Conn. He has been in pediatrics since 2015. He is also a board member of the Lesage Foundation, a non-profit organization serving Haitian community.  The focus of the Lesage Foundation is to  empower the youth and their families and raise the standard of living by providing services for health, potable water, agriculture, salt farming, fishing, and education. http://www.lesagefoundation.org/

 this presentation, you will learn how to recognize and treat some of  the most common conditions encountered in the pediatrician’s office, including current immunization guidelines

Lecturer: Feroza Thompson, PA-C

Feroza is a Physician Assistant and full time faculty at the Physician Assistant Program at Touro University in Henderson ,Nevada.  For the last 12 years, she’s worked as both an emergency room PA and as an educator training the future generation of PAs across the country.

This lecture will review the definition, classification, etiology, and pathophysiology of shock in adults.  Feroze will discuss the pathophysiology, symptomology, diagnosis and treatment of the four types of shock seen in the emergency room: Cardiogenic shock  Hypovolemic shock, Septic shock, and  Neurogenic shock. This lecture will help APPs in Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Neurology and Cardiology. 

Lecturer: Sara L Wolfson, DNP, APRN

Sara  is a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner who practices at Nebraska Medical Center. She will lend her expertise and offer insight into how to engage in conversations with patients who have serious illness or who are approaching end of life.  Join Sara as she teaches why these conversations are difficult and complicated. She will help clinicians develop a framework for thinking about how to structure such conversations, and she will  describe several key skills to approach these conversations with honesty and compassion. This lecture will help APPs who are working in many speciality areas, such as Primary Care, Internal Medicine, Palliative Care, Gerontology, Neurology and Cardiology. 

Lecturer: Chris M. Pries, ARNP

According to ACOG (The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) there are 500,000 pregnancies in the US each year that involve women who have or who will develop psychiatric illness during the pregnancy. The use of psychotropic medications in these women is a concern because of the risks of adverse perinatal and postnatal outcomes. However, advising these women to discontinue medication presents new risks associated with untreated or inadequately treated mental illness, such as poor adherence to prenatal care, inadequate nutrition, and increased alcohol and tobacco us. 

Lecturer: Matthew Best, MD 

Matt is the Director of Research for the Sports Medicine Division and Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland. He will discuss how take an appropriate history and efficiently preform an examinations for common sports injuries, which requires an in-depth understanding of the underlying anatomy and  physiology.  Sports injuries accounts for more than 3.5 million injuries each year in the US. This lecture will help APPs in primary care, emergency medicine and  orthopedics, as well as APPs considering entering into these specialities. 

Lecturer: LouAnn Kendall DNP, ACNP

Acute Care Hospitalist APP 

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   Lecturer: Jong-Mi Lee, FNP 

Jong-Mi is a family nurse practitioner from Stanford Medicine- Neurology and Neurological Sciences. She specializes in Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD), and other demyelinating diseases. During this lecture, Jong-Mi will discuss the epidemiology, etiology and pathophysiology of  Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder. You will learn to recognize the clinical presentation of NMOSD, understand the diagnostic work-up, treatment management and prognosis for this diosrder.  This lecture will help APPs in Primary Care, Hospital medicine, and Neurology not miss this important diagnosis. 

Lecturer: Sharon Best, PA-C, MHS 

Sharon is a NaPro Medical Consultant.  "Natural Procreative" Technology is the medical & surgical practice in which a specially trained provider interprets the Creighton Model menstrual chart to identify "biomarkers" to diagnose and treat many common gynecological conditions, including but not limited to: infertility recurrent miscarriage, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), and  endometriosis. This lecture will focus on Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (FHA), which is a common condition in female athletes. FHA is also often diagnosed in women with eating disorders, disordered eating and emotional stress. For more information about NaPro & FHA see here: 

https://queenofheartsfertility.org/

Lecturer: Alicia Duyvejonck, DNP     

Join Alicia, our APP2APP Headache specialist, Program Director of the Headache Clinic in Genesis Health Care System in Davenport, IA. 

Alicia will discuss new oral medications for Migraine Headaches, such as:   gepants, which target and reduce CGRP (calcitonin gene-related peptide) reducing inflammation, ditans  (lasmiditan),  the new liquid NSAID (celecoxib),   intranasal formulations such as dihydroergotamine (DHE) and new injections as well eptinezumab a monoclonal antibody infusion that targets CGRP.  This lecture will help APPs in neurology, hospital medicine and primary care. 

Lecturer: Justin Duffy MSPA, PA-C

Justin is  a Cardiothoracic Surgery Physician Assistant who has been in practice since 2015. He completed a surgical residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD.  Currently, he  practices at UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute. Justin's  lecture will discuss general concepts of Echocardiogram Interpretation, with a focus on aortic valve and mitral valve pathology. Degenerative valve disease is the most common form of valvular heart disease. It is estimated that ~ 8.7 to 11.6 million people in the U.S. have heart valve disease. This  lecture will help APPs working in cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, and primary care. 

Lecturer: Amanda Skelton, FNP, BC

Encephalopathy- Neuro Hospital Consult 

Lecturer: LouAnn Kendall, DNP, ACNP

The Heart’s Now Red But The Brain’s  Still Blue; Cerebral Resuscitation”

Lecturer: Ledy Ochoa, PA-C, MS  

Ledy Ochoa is back, by popular demand! Ledy has been practicing pediatric dermatology for the last nine years at the  Children's Skin Center in Miami, Fl.  This is Part two of a her series on Pediatric skin conditions. During this lecture, she will discuss how to differentiate among the more common skin conditions that she did not cover in Part I. Diagnosis and treatment options will be discussed. Ledy will again presents images of some of her more interesting and challenging cases, which have been shared with permission of her  patients'/parents'. 

Lecturer: Karine Ngoie, MSPAS, PA-C

Interventional Pain Management 

Lecturer: Keiko Kuykendall, DNP 

Interesting Cases in Stroke Alert

Lecturer: Sharon Best, PA-C, MHS 

Sharon is a NaPro Medical Consultant.  "Natural Procreative" Technology is the medical & surgical practice in which a specially trained provider  interprets the Creighton Model menstrual chart to identify "biomarkers" to diagnose and treat many common gynecological conditions, including but not limited to: infertility recurrent miscarriage, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), and  endometriosis. This lecture will focus on recurrent miscarriage. Many women who have failed IVF have been  subsequently  treated by a NaPro provider and have achieved a healthy pregnancy. This lecture will discuss the diagnosis, treatment, and management of recurrent miscarriage and show how NaPro protocols are superior to  mainstream medicine today. For more information about NaPro & recurrent miscarriage, please see here: 

https://queenofheartsfertility.org/ 

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