Presents our 2018 CME Conference:

“Clinical Updates 2018”

DoubleTree Rochester

Friday April 27, 2018

Registration & Breakfast – 7am

Please contact with any questions

Location:
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Rochester

1111 Jefferson Road, Rochester, New York, 14623

Telephone:
585-475-1510

Registration:
Register and pay online at rrpaa.org
or by mailing a check made out to the RRPAA to the below address:
(Please verify your membership is valid through 4/27/18 if paying the Member rate)

Rochester Regional Physician Assistant Association
PO Box 92612
Rochester, NY 14692

Conference Rates:

Early Bird (before March 5th)Regular (beginning March 5th)

RRPAA Member$75RRPAA Member$100

Non-Member$115Non-Member$140

Student Member$25Student Member$50

Retired PA with active RRPAA membership $75

Your Conference Fee Includes:

  • A one-day conference offering 6.0 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Creditstm
  • Free Parking
  • All Conference Materials
  • Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks, and Post Conference Networking Event

This activity has been reviewed and is approved for a maximum of 6.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credits by the AAPA Review Panel. PAs should claim only those credits actually spent participating in the CME activity.
This activity was planned in accordance with AAPA CME Standards for Live Programs and for Commercial Support of Live Programs.

Hotel Information:

Rooms will be available at a reduced rate of $111 per night at the Double Tree (rooms must be booked by March 30, 2018 for the reduced rate / hold on room). Rooms will be available at that rate for both Thursday April 26th and Friday April 27th. When booking the room, mention the Rochester Regional Physician Assistant Association code: RRP to have reduced rate applied to your room. Check-in 3:00 PM.

2018 Charity Information:

This year’s charity is The Aurora House: A home for the dying and their loved ones.

About the Aurora house- It is a two-bed comfort care home for the dying. Referrals are made by a hospice agency and the staff work closely together with them to provide excellent end of life care. The services of the Aurora House are offered free of charge through the generosity and compassion of the community as well as donations, grants, and fundraisers. Volunteers are the “heart of the home.”

Please check out their website for more information: Aurora House

Lecture Schedule:

7:00Registration & Breakfast

7:55Opening Remarks

Amy Daley, PA-C, President – Rochester Regional Physician Assistant Association

8:00Lung Cancer Screening: Clinical Nuts and Bolts

Laurie Lerner, M.D.- Medical Director Lung Cancer Screening, Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine- Rochester Regional Health

Susan Jackson, PA-C, Clinical Coordination, LungCancer screening program-Rochester Regional Health

8:30Updates in Men’s Health

Louis H. Eichel, M.D. Center for Urology

9:00NCCPA Update: The Pilot Alternative to PANRE

Johnny W. Paul, Lieutenant Colonel, Army Medical Specialist Corps, US Army Training with Industry Fellow

National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants

10:00Snack Break & Exhibit Hall Open & Raffle Tickets

10:30Drug to Drug Interactions

Alex DeLucenay, Pharm D, BCACP, Clinical Pharmacist Specialist at Rochester General Hospital.Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at St. John Fisher College, and Wegmans School of Pharmacy

11:00“When does a period become a question mark?”

Ann Marie Blanchard, PA-C, TWC at Clinton OB/GYN

11:30Common Mis-(sed) diagnoses in Dermatology

Pamela A. Leve, M.D.

Barrington Park Dermatology

12:00Lunch Exhibit Hall Open, Raffle tickets for sale

(Seating available in the ballroom or Bistro)

1:00“Controversies in Medicine”

S. Shahzad Mustafa, M.D. Allergy and Clinical Immunology – RRH, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine – University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

2:00Primary on immunotherapy for aeroallergens venom and data on immunotherapy for foods

Cold vs Allergies

Allison Ramsey, M.D. Allergy and Clinical Immunology – RRH, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine – University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

2:30Break-coffee/cookies located at back of ballroom (Last chance to purchase charity raffle tickets)

3:00“Concussion, CTE and Everything In-between: Where are we headed…”

Anthony Petraglia, M.D, URMC

4:00Adjourn:Charity raffle winners announced

Directly following, at DoubleTree Garden please join us for snacks/refreshments & networking