Materials

2023 Syllabus

Eosinophilic Esophagitis 
Robert Kizer, MD

Refractory Heartburn 
Haitam Buaisha, MBBCh

Barrett’s Esophagus 
Sampath Poreddy, MD

Dyspepsia
Erin Jenkins Wessling, MD

Chronic Pancreatitis
Sampath Poreddy, MD

GI Jeopardy I
Syed Mohsin Saghir, MD

Steatotic Liver Disease
Sandeep Mukherjee, MD

Chronic Hepatitis B 
Rajani Rangray, MBBS

Chronic Hepatitis C 
Sandeep Mukherjee, MD

Anorectal Diseases 
Gokul Subhas, MBBS

Clostridium Difficile Colitis 
Erin Jenkins Wessling, MD

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Haitam Buaisha, MBBCh

Biologics in IBD – What We All Need to Know 
Robert Kizer, MD

Colon Cancer Screening and Surveillance 
Avanija Kanmanthareddy, MBBS

GI Jeopardy II
Evan Daugherty, MD; Mohammad Qasswal, MD

Management of Anticoagulants: Care through Thick and Thin
Corita Wheeler, DO

Obstetrical Emergencies
Gina M. Torpin, MD, FACOG

Psychiatric Emergencies
Zachary Keller, DO, CIPP

Pediatric Abdominal Trauma
Kenzie Espalin, NRP, MHS, PA-C

Management of Poisonings
Kathy Jacobitz, MHA, BSN, RN, CSPI

Agricultural Emergencies
Mike Bailey, NRP, EMSI

Cauda Equina
Travis Bailey, MD

Adolescent Back Pain
Sarah Stamm, PA-C

Improving Core Engagement in Orthopedic Trauma Patients: The Acute Care C.O.R.E. Approach
Colleen Grant, DPT

Dupuytren’s Disease
David Knowles, MD

Hand Therapy: Contracture Treatment
Anthony Flores OTR/L, CLT, CEAS

Rotator Cuff Tears
Peter Adamson, MD          

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Osteomyelitis
Luris De Calero, MD

Advances in Limb Salvage
David L. Vogel, MD

PA-C Arthritis and COVID-19
Corrine Giggee, PA-C

Prosthetic Joint Infections: Antibiotic Management
David Quimby, MD

Surgical Treatment and Outcomes of Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty
Erik Otterberg, MD

Sleep Apnea: Wake Up to the Problem
Erin Elliott, DDS

Take Me Home, Country Roads: Trauma Care Beyond the Interstate
Alison Wilson, MD, FACS

Nebraska Trauma System Challenges Rural Trauma Care
Rommie Hughes, MD, FACS, RPVI

Using GIS to Map Agricultural Injuries and Level 1 Trauma Units: Providing a Vision for Comprehensive Care and Prevention Strategies
Ellen Duysen, MPH

Blood Transfusions in Rural Settings
Jason Walsh, MD

Head Injuries in Rural Settings
Neil D. Patel, MD

Living Life at Level IV
Stacy Blum, MD

Burn Injuries: It's Not a Peds Patient Is It?
Eric Jensen, RN

Farm Injuries in Pediatrics
Jim Vargo, MD

Day 1

Artificial Intelligence in Sleep Medicine: Are We Ready Yet?
Anuja Bandyopadhyay, MBBS, MD

Potential Pharmacotherapies for OSA and CSA
Keynote Speaker: Sanjay R. Patel, MD, MS

International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD-3): 2023 Update
Sanjay R. Patel, MD, MS

Pharmacotherapeutics in Hypersomnia and Insomnia: An Update
Mark A. Malesker, PharmD, FCCP, FCCP, FCCM, FASHP, BCPS

NIV and Respiratory Management of Patients with Neuromuscular Weakness: Clinical Practice Guideline
Stanley V. Thomas, DO

PAP Downloads: What Can We Learn from Them?
Ankur Saini, MBBS

Managing OSA in Children and Adolescent Down’s Syndrome Patients
Casey J. Burg, MD

Keeping Your Nose Clean: Implications for OSA Management
Daniel C. O’Brien, MD, MAS, FRCSC

OSA in Hospitalized Patients: Early Diagnosis and Management
Minky Saini, MBBS

Nasal CPAP vs Full Face Mask: Are they Similar?
Naresh A. Dewan, MD

Day 2

Updates in Pulmonary and Critical Care Literature 2022-23
Adam D. Highley, MD

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medication Update 2023
Mark A. Malesker, PharmD, FCCP, FCCP, FCCM, FASHP, BCPS

Managing the Difficult to Control Asthmatic and Biologics
Bryan J. Krajicek, MD

Advanced Airway Management and Sedation
Daniel J. Kalin, MD

Post Intensive Care Syndrome
Jeff C. Macaraeg, MD, FCCP

Palliative Care in Critical Care Medicine
Jacqueline Chung, MD

Lung Transplant in 2023: Indications, Contraindications, and Outcomes
Laura K. Frye, MD

Hemodynamic Monitoring in the ICU
Rosina F. Schiff, DO

Utilizing Ultrasound in the Medical Intensive Care Unit
Jason E. Lambrecht, MD, PharmD

Updates in Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension
Alexander R. Staller, DO

Appropriate Diagnostics & Antimicrobial Selection in the Critically Ill Patient
Faran Ahmad, MBBS, FACP

Co-managing the Potential Organ Donor in the ICU
Sage Bailey, RN, BSN

Mechanical Support in the ICU
William M. Pruett, MD

Pulmonary Function Testing Updates 2023
Alexander S. Niven, MD, FCCP

Perspectives on Surgical Equity from the American College of Surgeons 
Bonnie Simpson Mason, MD, FAAOS

Overview on Rural Surgery Workforce Trends and Implications
Tyler G. Hughes, MD, FACS

Rural Round-Up: Policy and Healthcare in Rural Nebraska
Jed Hansen, PhD, APRN, FNP-C 

Health System Perspective on Rural Surgery Priorities and Associated Actions 
Cary Ward, MD, MBA, FACP
Dan DeFreece, MD

Clinical Innovations to Enhance Health Equity for Rural Populations 
Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS
Scott Shipman, MD, MPH

Research Needs and Opportunities for Rural Health and Healthcare Equity 
Maureen Tierney, MD, MSc, FIDSA
Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS

Innovations in Rural Surgery Workforce Training 
Joann L. Porter, MD, FACP
David Keleny, MD 
Scott Reetz, MD, MPH
Tyler G. Hughes, MD, FACS
 

2023 Syllabus

Session #1 Helping Clients Explore and Articulate Values, Sense of Meaning, and Purpose
June 6, 2023 - Tom Lenz, PharmD, FACLM - Session #1 Recording

Session #2 The Coach Approach: The Vital Role of Accountability & Self-Monitoring in Behavior Change
June 13, 2023 - Vicki Bautista, EdD, NBC-HWC - Session #2 Recording

Session #3 Connecting the Client to their Perspective
June 20, 2023 - Jessica Guerrero, MS, RN, NBC-HWC - Session #3 Recording

Session #4 Using Motivational Interviewing Techniques to Assist the Client in Uncovering Their Intrinsic Motivation
June 27, 2023 - Amy Cosimano EdD, RN, DipACLM, NBC-HWC - Session #4 Recording
     - Motivation Activity Worksheet

Keynote: Competency-Based Education: The What, Why, and How
H. Carrie Chen, MD, PhD

Featured Speakers: Entrusting Learners for Future Performance
    Breakout Room Activity: The Entrustment-Based Discussion
H. Carrie Chen, MD, PhD
Jean Fitzpatrick, PT, PhD

Featured Speaker: Workplace Based Assessment: A Solution to Clinical Site Shortages?
Cody A. Sasek, PhD, PA-C

Featured Speaker: Competency-based Medical Education: Professional and Personal Perspectives
James Smith, Jr., MD, DBE, FACOG

Thursday Poster Presentations

Thursday Breakout Presentations

Friday Poster Presentations 

CDC Update Pediatric 
Andrew Kroger, MD, MPH 

CDC Update Adult
Janelle King, MPH, BSN, RN

Vaccine Disparities
Lynn Bahta, RN, MPH 

Pediatric and Adult Travel Vaccine
Meera Varman, MD  
Rudolf Kotula, MD 

DHHS Data: Vaccine Related Updates in Nebraska
Derek Julian, MPH 
Alison Keyser-Metobo, MPH 

Community Outreach
Richard Brown, PhD

Immunization Updates in Douglas County
Molly Elston, MS Global Health, RN/BSN 
Avery Wallace, MPH

Day 1: Friday, May 19, 2023

Polypharmacy in the Elderly
Laura Klug, PharmD

Evaluation and Treatment of Disorders of Mentation in Older Adults in Primary Care
Cassandra Wehling, MD

HIV Prevention and Initiation of Treatment
Mark Goodman, MD

Movement Disorders for Primary Care: Overview and Update
Melinda Burnett, MD

The Menopause and Perimenopause: Primary Care Essentials
Caron J. Gray, MD, FACOG

Evaluation and Treatment of Resistant Hypertension
Sangeeta Mutnuri, MBBS

Adolescent Musculoskeletal Injuries
Ryan Dunn, DO

Asthma COPD Overlap (ACO) and Management Challenges
Bryan Krajicek, MD

Day 2: Saturday, May 20, 2023

Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Practical Approach for Evaluation and Management
Naresh A. Dewan, MD

The Primary Care Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Amy McGaha, MD, MPH, FAAFP

Cutaneous Fungal Infections
Christopher Huerter, MD

Complications of Cirrhosis
Sandeep Mukherjee, MD

Anxiety Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment
Syed Faiz Qadri, MD, DFAPA

Prognostication Near End of Life
Kate McKillip, MD

Fall Risk and Re-conditioning
Kristy M.B. Keefner, PT, DPT 
Bill Howard, OTR/L
 

Endometrial Biopsy
Co Ho, MD

POCUS of Knee and Shoulder
Evangelos Giakoumatos, MD, MSc

Dermoscopy
Michael Greene, MD

Punch Biopsy with Suturing - NO HANDOUT
Joseph Stangl, PA-C
 

Global Mental Health Issues Related to Pelvic Health Conditions
Chelsea Hunter, LCSW, LIMHP

Neuropathic Pelvic Pain and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Evolving into the 22nd Century
Stanley Antolak, MD 

Pelvic Rehab Interventions and Pain
Holly Tanner, PT, DPT, MA, OCS, WCS, PRPC, LMP

Endometriosis
John Cote, MD, FACOG

Pelvic Pain in the Female Patient, A Surgery Perspective
Sami Zeineddine, MD, MBA, FACOG

Sexual Mental Health
Erin Talbert, LIMHP, LPC

Pregnancy and Postpartum: A Rehabilitation Perspective
Jasmine Garth, PT, DPT, OCS, CDN

Diagnosis and Management of Dyssynergic Defecation
Haitam Buaisha, MBBCh

Adjustable Balloon Continence Therapy for Men and Women
Michael Feloney, MD, FACS

Evaluation and Management of Fecal Incontinence in Adults
Devi Mukkai-Krishnamurty, MBBS
Mara McDermott, APRN

16th Annual Addressing Health Disparities Seminar Program

*Speaker presentation to be added following program

Program: 34th Annual Iota Tau Nursing Scholars Forum

2023 Research Day Book of Abstracts

Keynote: “Committed to Promoting Population Health? Focus on Effective Team-Based Care”
Scott A. Shipman MD, MPH, CyncHealth, Endowed Chair for Population Health

Showcase: A Person-Centered Toolkit for Major Depression
Cheila M. Ditzler, BSN, RN, Creighton University, College of Nursing, DNP Candidate

Showcase: Reducing Medication Errors on an Inpatient Eating Disorder Unit
Sara Dukart BSN, Creighton University, College of Nursing, DNP Candidate

COVID Antiviral Drugs: Case-based Scenarios
Manasa Velagapudi, MBBS
Christopher J. Destache, PharmD, FCCP, BCIDP

Diabetic Foot Infections
Cezarina Mindru, MD

Genomic Surveillance of Mpox in Nebraska, Phylogenetic Analysis to Policy Change
Matthew Donahue, MD

Recent Developments in Clinical Microbiology - Primary Care Perspective
Stephen Cavalieri, PhD, D(ABMM)

Fever in ICU
Faran Ahmad, MD

Challenges in Detecting Disease Outbreaks Due to Challenges in Surveillance Systems
Matthew Donahue, MD

Keynote: Outpatient Antimicrobrial Stewardship
Sophie E. Katz, MD, MPH

Integrating Behavioral Health into Pediatric Primary Care
Allison Q. Grennan, PhD

Pediatric Palliative Care
Meghan Potthoff, PhD, APRN-NP

Poster Presentations - Abstract Submissions

Poster Schedule by Zoom Room

Updates to Management of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia: Implementing a New Clinical Practice Guideline
Brian Juber, MD

Multidisciplinary Approach to Eating Disorders
Stephanie Conrad, DO, MS
Stacey Halverson, PhD
Brittane Ahn, MS, RD, CSP, CNSC