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FINAL progrAm18th Annual American Academy of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly

The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) is the specialty society of

emergency medicine. A democratic organization with more than 6,000 members, AAEM

is committed to board certification as the standard for specialists in EM and to securing

fair and equitable work environments throughout the EM community.

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18th Annual Scientific Assembly FebruAry 8–10, 20122

18th Annual American Academy of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly

Pan-Pacific Emergency Medicine Congress (PEMC)

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A bilingual conference with remote simultaneous translation

May 16-18, 2012

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Table of Contents

Schedule at a Glance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Conference Schedule - Detailed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Open Mic Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Statements of Disclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Exhibit Hall Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Support Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Hotel Floor Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Certificate of Workplace Fairness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Committee Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36



Wednesday, February 8, 2012Plenary SessionsBallroom (Victorian Building)

7:45am Howard Blumstein, MD FAAEMAAEM PresidentWelcome, Opening Remarks

8:00am Amal Mattu, MD FAAEMEveryday Leadership: Lessons From Great Minds Through the Ages

9:00am Richard Shih, MD FAAEMUpdates in Toxicology

10:00am Break - Visit the Exhibit HallTrack A Track B Track C Track D Track E Track FManaging Critical PatientsBallroom (Victorian Building)

Controversies in Emergency Imaging The Tropics (California Cabanas)

Rational Approaches to Common Problems: Part 1Empress (Grande Hall)

Talks You Can’t Miss Regent (Grande Hall)

Keeping Up with the Boomers–Geriatric EmergenciesViceroy (Grande Hall)

10:20am Michael Winters, MD FAAEM FACEPWhen You Just Can’t Get it Up: Unresponsive Hypotension

Pik Mukherji, MD FAAEMMy Aching Back! Do I Really Need a CT Scan for Urolithiasis?

Harsh Sule, MD FAAEM My Nose Won’t Stop Bleeding

Maureen McCollough, MD FAAEMPediatric Fever in 2012-Part I

Joseph Martinez, MD FAAEMAbdominal Pain in the Elderly

11:00am Joseph Bushra, MD FAAEMMassive GI Bleeders—What Can You/Should You Do Before Your Consultant Arrives?

Michael Epter, DO FAAEMIt’s 2012 - CT Angio and CT Perfusion for Acute Stroke? Do they Help, and Should I Be Doing Them?

Jason Knight, MD FAAEMI Got into Some Poison Ivy

Maureen McCollough, MD FAAEMPediatric Fever in 2012-Part 2

Michael Silverman, MD FAAEM FACEPCaution – Iatrogenic Failures When Writing Drugs for the Octogenarian

11:40am Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEMManaging Pericardial Tamponade in the Slowly Crashing Patient

Kevin Rodgers, MD FAAEMWhen XR of the Extremity Isn’t Enough – a Case Series in Evaluation of Hip, Heel, Tibial Plateau and Wrist Injuries

Harsh Sule, MD FAAEM Hypoglycemia and Big Lips…How Long Do I Need to Watch?

Henry Pitzele, MD FAAEMRashes That Are a Must ID

Joanne Williams, MD FAAEM Trauma in the Elderly

12:20pm LUnCH (on your own)Visit the Exhibit Hall in the Crown/Coronet rooms in the Victorian Building

Plenary SessionsBallroom (Victorian Building)

1:20pm Stuart Swadron, MD FRCP(C) FAAEMMel Herbert, MD FAAEMUpdates in Neurology

2:30pm Ghazala Sharieff, MD MBA FAAEM FAAPUpdates in Pediatrics

3:00pm Break - Visit the Exhibit HallTrack A Track B Track C Track D Track E Track F

3:20pm Dan Sullivan, MD JD FAAEMLitigation of TPA for CVA—Cases from the Dark Side

Robin naples, MD FAAEMCT Coronary Angiography – Where are We Today?

Eric Katz, MD FAAEM I Got Something in My Eye

Joseph Lex, Jr., MD MAAEM FAAEMUnconference It: 2012 Drugs

Resident Research ForumSpreckels A & B (Grande Hall)3:15pm – 5:45pmModerator/Judge: Stephen R. Hayden, MD FAAAEM

4:00pm Kevin Reed, MD FAAEMThe Hypotensive Decompensated CHF Patient

Robert Mcnamara, MD FAAEMWith or Without: What EM Physicians Can Learn from the Radiologist’s Guidelines

Joseph Bushra, MD FAAEMI Have Food Poisoning from That Chinese Place

Jason Schaffer, MD FAAEMHeparin, Lovenox, Eptifibatide, Clopidogrel, Lepirudin and Good Ole’ ASA – What Works Best and When?

4:40pm Mel Herbert, MD FAAEMUnstable, Shock-Resistant Patients with Rapid AFib

Jacob Ufberg, MD FAAEMPregnancy and RLQ Pain – When Appy is the Number One Rule Out

Joelle Borhart, MD FAAEMNon-Pregnant Vaginal Bleeding for Two Weeks

Michael Bond, MD FAAEMIs There an App for That? Can’s/Can’ts - Apps That Will Change Your Practice…

5:30pm Opening ReceptionCrown/Coronet Rooms (Victorian Building)



Thursday, February 9, 2012Plenary SessionsBallroom (Victorian Building)

8:00am Amal Mattu, MD FAAEM, Peter De Blieux, MD FAAEM, Corey Slovis, MD FAAEM, Stuart Swadron, MD FRCP(C) FAAEMAsk the Experts - Critical Care/Cardiology/Neurology

9:00am Swaminatha Mahadevan, MD FAAEMUpdates in Trauma

10:00am Break - Visit the Exhibit HallTrack G Track H Track I Track J Track K Track LWhat’s Going On with My Little One?–Pediatric EmergenciesBallroom (Victorian Building)

Where’s the Literature to Support This?The Tropics (California Cabanas)

The Best of Morbity and MortalityEmpress (Grande Hall)

When Shift Hits the Fan: Cringe-Inducing Triage notesRegent (Grande Hall)

Point/Counterpoint DebateViceroy (Grande Hall)

Open Mic Presentations Sponsored by YPSSpreckels A & B (Grande Hall)

10:20am Jennifer Walthall, MD FAAEM FAAPPediatric Bread & Butter: What Every Pediatrician Wishes EM Physicians Knew

Jack Perkins, MD FAAEM FACEPWhich Patients with Chest Pain Really Need a Tele Bed?

Austin Kinney, MDBharath Chakravarthy, MD FAAEMJohn Christian Fox, MD FAAEM69 yo F cc Right Flank Pain

Samuel Stellpflug, MD FAAEM26 yo F Psuedoseizure

Corey Slovis, MD FAAEMJeff Kline, MD We Do More Harm than Good Worrying About PE

7:30am – 5:30pmOpen Mic Directors:Chad Kessler, MD MHPE FAAEMAndrew Johnson, MD FAAEM

11:00am Kevin Rodgers, MD FAAEM Near Misses in Pediatric Imaging

Michael Winters, MD FAAEM FACEPAre ABGs Mandatory to Get Into the ICU?

Andrew Fuller, MDJeffrey Baker, MD FAAEM15 yo AAF Presenting with SOB

Raquel Mora, MD FAAEM14 yo F Pulled from Bottom of Pool

Robin naples, MD FAAEMSassan naderi, MD FAAEM FACEPOne Set is Enough

11:40am Elizabeth Weinstein, MD FAAEM FAAP FACEPPediatric Potpourri: Deadly Misses (include XR)

Chad Kessler, MD MHPE FAAEMSevere Asymptomatic Hypertension: Treating the Mercury

Rachelle Klammer, MDHeather Murphy-Lavoie, MD FAAEM52 yo Male Sent from Nephrology Clinic

Jason Knight, MD FAAEM67 yo F Blurred Vision

Henry Pitzele, MD FAAEMJack Perkins, MD FAAEM FACEPOver the Counter Naloxone

12:30pm LUnCH & Annual Business MeetingBallroom (Victorian Building)


2:20pm Peter De Blieux, MD FAAEMUpdates in Critical Care

3:20pm Break - Visit the Exhibit HallTrack G Track H Track I Track J Track K Track L

3:30pm Ghazala Sharieff, MD MBA FAAEM FAAPSyncope, Chest Pain and Those Funny Looking ECGs

Autumn Graham, MD FAAEMProcedural Sedation – I Can’t Use What?

Luke Day, MDAn Interesting Case

Lisa Moreno-Walton, MD MSCR FAAEM44 yo F Fibromyalgia is Acting Up

4:10pm Elizabeth Weinstein, MD FAAEM FAAP FACEPNon-Accidental Trauma Evaluation: How to Get it Right

Samuel Stellpflug, MD FAAEMNephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis and Contrast Induced Nephropathy- Really?

David ngo, MDBlood in Urine

Raquel Mora, MD FAAEM8 Week Old Child with ALTE

4:50pm Jennifer Walthall, MD FAAEM FAAPPediatric Diarrhea, Hematochezia and Constipation: Crap You Need to Know

Lisa Moreno-Walton, MD MSCR FAAEMSyncope? Does Anyone Really Need a CT?

Andrew Lee, MDScott Dresden, MDTimely DiagnosisRequired

Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEM34 yo F Left Sided Paresthesias



Friday, February 10, 2012 Plenary SessionBallroom (Victorian Building)

8:00am David Talan, MD FAAEM FACEP FIDSAUpdates in Infectious Disease

9:00am Break in Grande HallTrack M Track n Track O Track Pnuts and Bolts of EM Practice Ballroom (Victorian Building)

Rational Approaches to Common Problems: Part 2Empress (Grande Hall)

Clinical Questions – Answered! Regent (Grande Hall)

RSA/YPS TrackViceroy (Grande Hall)

9:20am Will Miller, JDYou Have Been Served

Sassan naderi, MD FAAEM FACEPThis Cough is Driving Me Crazy

Jason Schaffer, MD FAAEMCardiac Arrest – Turns Out We CAN Do Better: What’s the Best Approach to CPR in 2012?

9:00am – 9:45amMaking a Stellar Impression: Essentials of CV PreparationMichael Epter, DO FAAEMAssociate Professor, Vice Chair of Education & Residency Director, University of Nevada

9:45am – 10:15amPreparing for Your InterviewLeslie Zun, MD MBA FAAEMChairman and Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago Medical School and Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

10:15am – 10:45amHow to Get the Most Out of Your ConsultationsChad Kessler, MD MHPE FAAEMSection Chief, Emergency Medicine, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center; Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine and Medical Education, University of Illinois-Chicago

10:45am – 11:45amFinding Your Dream JobKevin Rodgers, MD FAAEMProfessor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Medical Education, University Emergency Medicine Residency

11:45am – 12:00pmBreak

12:00pm – 12:45pmPanel Discussion: Benefits of a FellowshipJennifer Kanapicki, MD FAAEMJoel Schofer, MD RDMS FAAEMDarlene House, MD FAAEM

10:00am Dave Lawhorn, MD FAAEMCraig norquist, MD FAAEM Establishing a Democratic Group and Keeping Your Contract-Part 1

Joseph Martinez, MD FAAEMI Had a Seizure and I’m on Keppra

Eric Katz, MD FAAEMMy Febrile Patient is on an Immunomodulator? What Now?

10:40am Dave Lawhorn, MD FAAEMCraig norquist, MD FAAEM Establishing a Democratic Group and Keeping Your Contract-Part 2

Michael Epter, DO FAAEMI Pulled Off a Tick

Michael Bond, MD FAAEMThe Equivocal Arthrocentesis: Who Needs Antibiotics, Admission, the OR?

11:20am Leslie Zun, MD MBA FAAEMDealing with Difficult Patients, Administrators and Physicians

Joelle Borhart, MD FAAEMGC, Chlamydia and Trichomonas…Oh My!

Jeff Kline, MDThe Pregnant Patient and VTE Disease: What’s the Best Algorithm for Dx/Tx?

12:00pm Jim Blakeman, ACS-EDIt’s All about Money

Autumn Graham, MD FAAEMCT Negative and My Neck Still Hurts

Pik Mukherji, MD FAAEM3rd World Traveler with Fever - What Do I Do Now?




7:00am Registration Opens

7:45am – 8:00am Welcome, Opening Remarks Howard Blumstein, MD FAAEM

AAEM President

8:00am – 9:00am Everyday Leadership: Lessons From Great Minds Through the Ages

Amal Mattu, MD FAAEMProfessor and Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1. Describe the ways in which leadership skills lead to

personal and career improvement.2. Identify the qualities of effective leaders.3. Describe tangible methods for improving leadership

ability.

9:00am – 10:00am Updates in Toxicology Richard Shih, MD FAAEM

Residency Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Morristown Memorial Hospital; Associate Professor of Surgery, New Jersey Medical School

Learning Objectives1. Apply new principles to improve their everyday practice

of emergency medicine.2. Increase their understanding of the emergency medicine

workplace.

10:00am – 10:20am Break – Visit the Exhibit Hall

Concurrent Sessions BeginTrack A – Managing Critical Patients

Ballroom (Victorian Building)

10:20am – 10:50am When You Just Can’t Get it Up: Unresponsive Hypotension

Michael Winters, MD FAAEM FACEPAssociate Professor of Emergency Medicine and MedicineCo-Director, Combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine/Critical Care Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1. List the differential diagnosis of refractory hypotension in

the critically ill patient.2. Describe current methods to assure adequate

intravascular volume status in the patient with persistent hypotension.

3. Discuss the use and titration of vasoactive medications in the management of persistent hypotension.

4. Discuss the use of novel therapies in the treatment of refractory hypotension.

11:00am – 11:30am Massive GI Bleeders- What Can You/Should You Do Before Your Consultant Arrives?

Joseph Bushra, MD FAAEMChief, Emergency Medicine, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Learning Objectives1. Identify causes of massive upper gastrointestinal

bleeding.2. Institute timely and appropriate therapy for massive

upper gastrointestinal bleeding.3. Identify causes of massive lower gastrointestinal

bleeding.4. Institute timely and appropriate therapy for massive

lower gastrointestinal bleeding.

11:40am – 12:10pm Managing Pericardial Tamponade in the Slowly Crashing Patient

Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEMAssistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1. Review normal anatomy and physiology of the

pericardium and pericardial space.2. Review the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade.3. How to differentiate pericardial effusion from pericardial

tamponade.

Track B – Controversies in Emergency ImagingThe Tropics (California Cabanas)

10:20am – 10:50am My Aching Back! Do I Really need a CT Scan for Urolithiasis?

Pik Mukherji, MD FAAEMDirector, EM/IM/Critical Care Residency Program; Academic Director, EM Residency Program, Long Island Jewish Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Hofstra-NSLIJ School of Medicine and Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Learning Objectives1. Describe the usefulness and limitations of non-contrast

CT scans in the evaluation of renal colic.2. Weigh the risks and benefits to the patient based on

diagnostic uncertainty, management decisions, and public health considerations.

3. Create an algorithm to reduce unnecessary imaging without altering patient outcomes.

Conference Schedule • Wednesday, February 8, 2012



11:00am – 11:30am It’s 2012 – CT Angio and CT Perfusion for Acute Stroke? Do They Help, and Should I Be Doing Them?

Michael Epter, DO FAAEMAssociate Professor, Vice Chair of Education & Residency Director, University of Nevada

Learning Objectives1. Appraise the value of advanced imaging strategies –

specifically multimodal CT (CTA, CTP).2. Utilizing best evidence, formulate a diagnostic imaging

strategy for the evaluation of patients presenting with ischemia.

11:40am – 12:10pm When XR of the Extremity Isn’t Enough – A Case Series in Evaluation of Hip, Heel, Tibial Plateau and Wrist Injuries

Kevin Rodgers, MD FAAEMProfessor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Co-Program Director, Indiana University Emergency Medicine Residency

Learning Objectives1. Identify presentations of exemetry injury/pathology

associated with normal plain film radiography.2. Provide evidence-based recommendations for the

most cost-effective methods to identify extremity injury pathology when plain films are normal.

3. Review image findings associated with extremity injury on modalities other than plain films.

Track C – Rational Approaches to Common Problems: Part 1Empress (Grande Hall)

10:20am – 10:50am My nose Won’t Stop Bleeding Harsh Sule, MD FAAEM

Associate Residency Director; Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine; Co-Director, Global Health Fellowship

Learning Objectives1. Identify key causes of epistaxis.2. Understand risk factors for persistent/recurrent epistaxis.3. Develop a step-wise strategy to treat epistaxis, including

medical management and interventional approaches.4. Understand the interaction between intravenous

crystalloid hydration and CIN risk reduction.5. Identify evidence behind other CIN “antidotes,”

specifically n-acetylcysteine and sodium bicarbonate.

11:00am – 11:30am I Got into Some Poison Ivy Jason Knight, MD FAAEM

Medical Director, Phoenix, AZ

Learning Objectives1. Learn the characteristics, pathophysiology, and clinical

presentation of poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac.2. Adopt an evidence based approach to the treatment and

management of patients who present to the ED after poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac exposure.

3. Perform a visual photographic analysis of other rashes in the differential diagnosis of poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac exposure patients and discuss how to avoid a serious miss-diagnosis.

11:40am – 12:10pm Hypoglycemia and Big Lips…How Long Do I need to Watch?

Harsh Sule, MD FAAEMAssociate Residency Director; Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine; Co-Director, Global Health Fellowship

Learning Objectives1. Recognize key causes of hypoglycemia and angioedema.2. Understand the pathophysiology of hypoglycemia and

angioedema.3. Critically appraise the existing evidence for the treatment

and management of hypoglycemia and angioedema, with a focus on period of treatment and disposition.

4. Develop an evidence-based treatment plan for hypoglycemia and angioedema.

Track D – Talks You Can’t MissRegent (Grande Hall)

10:20am – 10:50am Pediatric Fever in 2012 – Part 1 Maureen McCollough, MD FAAEM

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Keck USC School of Medicine; Director, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles County USC Medical Center

Learning Objectives1. Review the myths and realities of fever in children.2. Review the history of the management of fever in young

children over the last 20 years.3. Review the current status of occult infections like

bacteremia, vaccines and resistant organisms.

11:00am – 11:30am Pediatric Fever in 2012 – Part 2 Maureen McCollough, MD FAAEM

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Keck USC School of Medicine; Director, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles County USC Medical Center

Learning Objectives1. Review the current recommendations for management of

fever in young infants.2. Review the current recommendations for management of

fever in older infants and young children.3. Review current recommendations for special

circumstances such as febrile seizures or the unvaccinated child.

11:40am – 12:10pm Rashes That Are a Must ID Henry Pitzele, MD FAAEM

Associate Director, Section of Emergency Medicine, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Learning Objectives1. To correctly identify lethal rashes.2. To establish an easy-to-remember framework for the

diagnosis of lethal rashes.




Conference Schedule • Wednesday, February 8, 2012Track E – Keeping Up with the Boomers – Geriatric Emergencies

Viceroy (Grande Hall)

10:20am – 10:50am Abdominal Pain in the Elderly Joseph Martinez, MD FAAEM

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Learning Objectives1. Stress the perilous nature of this complaint.2. Highlight the immediate threats to life in the geriatric

patient with abdominal pain.3. Describe an algorithm for evaluating the patient

suspected of having mesenteric ischemia.4. Discuss the reasons why appendicitis continues to be

frequently missed in the elderly.

11:00am – 11:30am Caution – Iatrogenic Failures When Writing Drugs for the Octogenarian

Michael Silverman, MD FAAEM FACEPAssistant Residency Director, Morristown Medical Center

Learning Objectives1. Discuss the scope of medication errors in the elderly.2. Identify the evidence behind the multiple criteria for

inappropriate medications in the elderly.3. List potential system based solutions for prevention of

iatrogenic failures.

11:40am – 12:10pm Trauma in the Elderly Joanne Williams, MD FAAEM

Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Learning Objectives1. Recognize the heralding signs of early shock in the

elderly.2. Maintain a high level of suspicion that problems in

addition to hemorrhage may cause shock in the geriatric trauma patient.

3. Discuss the effect of co-morbid disease on trauma resuscitation of the elderly.

4. Recognize the effect of over-infusion of fluids in the elderly.


1:20pm – 2:30pm Updates in neurology Stuart Swadron, MD FRCP(C) FAAEM

Vice-Chair for Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center; Associate Professor, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Mel Herbert, MD FAAEMAssociate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center; Owner Editor, EMRAP.org and EssentialsofEM.com

Learning Objectives1. Discuss a reasonable approach to the management of

patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage.2. List the critical interventions for patients resuscitated

after cardiac arrest.3. Describe the initial approach to patients in shock.

2:30pm – 3:00pm Updates in Pediatrics Ghazala Sharieff, MD MBA FAAEM FAAP

Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Palomar-Pomerado Health System/California Emergency Physicians; Clinical Professor, University of California, San Diego

Learning Objective1. To be familiar with the current pediatric emergency

medicine literature.

3:00pm – 3:20pm Break – Visit the Exhibit Hall

Concurrent Sessions ResumeTrack A – Managing Critical Patients

Ballroom (Victorian Buidling)

3:20pm – 3:50pm Litigation of TPA for CVA Dan Sullivan, MD JD FAAEM

Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cook County Hospital/Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois; Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Harvey, Illinois; President, The Sullivan Group, Risk Management Consulting; Co-Editor, ACEP’s Emergency Medicine Risk Management Text, Second Edition

Learning Objectives1. Review a series of stroke thrombolytic malpractice cases.2. Understand the range of allegations in stroke -

thrombolytic-related malpractice claims.3. Understand the clinical and operational circumstances

resulting in litigation.4. Utilize this knowledge to implement system solutions in

hospital emergency departments.



4:00pm – 4:30pm The Hypotensive Decompensated CHF Patient Kevin Reed, MD FAAEM

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Georgetown University and Washington Hospital Center

Learning Objectives1. Your patient’s MAP=60 while your MAP= 120 … review

the A to the B to the C of the initial ED management of the “crashing” CHF patient.

2. “Hey Doc … do you want to do anything about that low blood pressure?” Which inotropic (or other) agent should I choose? Do they improve outcomes?

3. You have done all you can… Now what? CCU/MICU? Thrombolytics vs. PCI if ACS with cardiogenic shock? Ventricular assist device?

4:40pm – 5:10pm Unstable, Shock-Resistant Patients with Rapid AFib Mel Herbert, MD FAAEM

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center; Owner Editor, EMRAP.org and EssentialsofEM.com

Learning Objectives1. Review the current literature as it pertains to unstable

arial fibrillation.2. Summarize a chemical and electrical approach to

management of patients with rapid atrial fibrillation.3. Able to recite a series of approaches to patents with

unstable atrial fibrillation.

Track B – Controversies in Emergency ImagingThe Tropics (California Cabanas)

3:20pm – 3:50pm CT Coronary Angiography – Where Are We Today? Robin Naples, MD FAAEM

Assistant Professor, Temple University Hospital

Learning Objectives1. Discuss diagnostic accuracy of current 64-slice coronary

computed tomograpic angiography (CCTA).2. Compare CCTA versus other non-invasive strategies

traditionally used for emergency department (ED) evaluation of acute chest pain (ACP).

3. Discuss use of CCTA as a cost-effective and/or resource-sparing strategy for ED evaluation of ACP.

4. Discuss potential pitfalls of CCTA (e.g. indeterminate scans, cumulative radiation exposure).

4:00pm – 4:30pm With or Without: What EM Physicians Can Learn from the Radiologist’s Guidelines

Robert McNamara, MD FAAEMChairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1. The learner will develop a general understanding of the

ACR Appropriateness Criteria.2. The learner will be able to describe clinical situations

where oral or intravenous contrast for CT scanning can be skipped using the ACR criteria as back up.

3. The learner will improve their choice of imaging based on the ACR criteria.

4:40pm – 5:10pm Pregnancy and RLQ Pain- When Appy is the number One Rule Out

Jacob Ufberg, MD FAAEMAssociate Professor and Residency Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Learning Objectives1. Describe the risks associated with ionizing radiation

exposure during pregnancy, and describe tolerable radiation doses during pregnancy.

2. Understand the difficulties associated with evaluating pregnant patients for possible appendicitis.

3. Describe the effectiveness of, and limitations of, various imaging modalities used to evaluate the pregnant patient with suspected appendicitis.

4. Formulate a practical approach to the evaluation of the pregnant patient with suspected appendicitis.

Track C – Rational Approaches to Common Problems: Part 1Empress (Grande Hall)

3:20pm – 3:50pm I Got Something in My Eye Eric Katz, MD FAAEM

Program Director and Vice-Chair for Education, Maricopa Medical Center; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix Campus

Learning Objectives1. Understand the steps necessary to diagnose and assess

occular foreign bodies.2. Understand the indications for EP managment of occular

foreign bodies.3. Understand the indications for emergent ophthalmologic

consultations for occular foreign bodies.

4:00pm – 4:30pm I Have Food Poisoning from That Chinese Place Joseph Bushra, MD FAAEM

Chief, Emergency Medicine, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine,Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Learning Objectives1. Identify the most common organisms causing food-borne

illness, and differentiate their clinical and epidmiological characteristics.

2. Utilize the timing and symptoms of food-borne illness to refine a differential diagnosis.

3. Identify factors that place patients with food-borne illness at increased risk.

4. Utilize a systematic approach to determine appropriate therapy for food-borne illness.




4:40pm – 5:10pm non-pregnant Vaginal Bleeding for Two Weeks Joelle Borhart, MD FAAEM

Attending Physician, Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center

Learning Objectives1. Review causes of abnormal vaginal bleeding by age

(adolescent, child-bearing age, post-menopausal).2. Medical treatment of vaginal bleeding including hormone

therapy.3. Role of emergency imaging in non-pregnant patients

presenting with vaginal bleeding.4. Emergency department management of vaginal bleeding

from light bleed to life-threatening hemorrhage.5. Disposition and follow-up.

Track D – Talks You Can’t MissRegent (Grande Hall)

3:20pm – 3:50pm Unconference It: 2012 Drugs Joseph Lex, Jr., MD MAAEM FAAEM

Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Learning Objectives1. Review advantages/pitfalls of vitamin K antagonists/

heparins.2. Discuss uses and limitations of Direct Thrombin Inhibitors

and Factor Xa Inhibitors.3. Discuss uses and limitations of newer antiplatelet agents.

4:00pm – 4:30pm Heparin, Lovenox, Eptifibatide, Clopidogrel, Lepirudin and Good Ole’ ASA- What Works Best and When?

Jason Schaffer, MD FAAEMAssistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, IU Health Methodist Hospital

Learning Objectives At the end of the session, participants will be able to answer the following questions:

1. What is the most recent evidence for Heparin vs. Lovenox… again?!

2. When do I use clopidogrel or prasugrel for ACS? Does it matter which?

3. What is the role of 2b3a’s and their place in the ED?4. Is it snake spit or leach spit?... Bivalirudin and Lepirudin

and others: an introduction and what you need to know.5. Is the role of good ‘ole aspirin changing?

Conference Schedule • Wednesday, February 8, 20124:40pm – 5:10pm Is There an App for That? Can’s/Can’ts- Apps That Will

Change Your Practice Michael Bond, MD FAAEM

Assistant Professor and Residency Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1. Review applications on the iPhone and Android

platforms that can: improve patient safety, and clinical effectiveness, provide quick access to reference text, assist with your clinical exam and improve patient satisfaction.

2. Discuss the limitations of applications.

Track F – Resident Research CompetitionSpreckels A & B (Grande Hall)

3:15pm – 5:45pm Moderator/Judge: Stephen R. Hayden, MD FAAEM

Professor of Clinical Medicine, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education & DIOUCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Emergency Medicine




8:00am – 9:00am Ask the Experts – Critical Care/Cardiology/neurology Amal Mattu, MD FAAEM

Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Peter De Blieux, MD FAAEMLSUHSC Professor of Clinical Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Director of Emergency Medicine Services Interim, Louisiana Public Hospital, New Orleans; LSUHSC Emergency Medicine Director of Faculty and Resident Development

Corey Slovis, MD FAAEMProfessor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, Vanderbilt Universtiy Medical Center

Stuart Swadron, MD FRCP(C) FAAEMVice-Chair for Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center; Associate Professor, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Learning Objectives1. Discuss a reasonable approach to the management of

patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage.2. List the critical interventions for patients resuscitated

after cardiac arrest.3. Describe the initial approach to patients in shock.4. Better understand controversies involved with the care of

acute coronary syndrome.5. Learn about variations in treating neurologic

emergencies.6. Hear differences on the approach to caring for the

critically ill patients.

9:00am – 10:00am Updates in Trauma Swaminatha Mahadevan, MD FAAEM

Associate Professor of Surgery/Emergency Medicine and Associate Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine; Director, Stanford Emergency Medicine International, Stanford University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1. Review the relevant emergency trauma literature from

the past calendar year.2. Discuss specific studies that could alter the practice of

emergency trauma care.

10:00am – 10:20am Break – Visit the Exhibit Hall

Concurrent Sessions BeginTrack G – What’s Going On with My Little One? – Pediatric Emergencies


10:20am – 10:50am Pediatric Bread & Butter: What Every Pediatrician Wishes EM Physicians Knew

Jennifer Walthall, MD FAAEM FAAPAssociate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children

Learning Objectives1. Describe common pediatric diagnoses specific to three

distinct age groups.2. Reinforce pattern recognition for historical and physical

exam findings in general pediatric normals.3. Arm the emergency physician with scripting for

caregivers at discharge.

11:00am – 11:30am near Misses in Pediatric Imaging Kevin Rodgers, MD FAAEM

Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Co-Program Director, Indiana University Emergency Medicine Residency

Learning Objectives1. Identify classic cases of pediatric “radiographic misses.”2. Identify potential “radiographic misses” in life-

threatening pediatric diseases.3. Review radiographic images specifically identifying

missed findings and methods to improve identification.

11:40am – 12:10pm Pediatric Potpourri: Deadly Misses (include XR) Elizabeth Weinstein, MD FAAEM FAAP FACEP

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1. Identify clinical and historical clues that a potentially

lethal diagnosis is masquerading as an everyday pediatric illness.

2. Discuss presentations of easy to miss - but catastrophic to miss diagnoses.

Conference Schedule • Thursday, February 9, 2012



Track H – Where’s the Literature to Support This?The Tropics (California Cabanas)

10:20am – 10:50am Which Patients with Chest Pain Really need a Tele Bed? Jack Perkins, MD FAAEM FACEP

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Associate Program Director, Franklin Square Hospital Internal Medicine Residency; Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Franklin Square Hospital Center

Learning Objectives1. Understand confusing nature of 2004 AHA/ACC

Guidelines on telemetry.2. Appreciate literature which demonstrates there is likely

no benefit for inpatient telemetry monitoring in low-risk chest pain.

3. Consider changing your practice to utilize limited telemetry resources in most appropriate fashion.

11:00am – 11:30am Are ABGs Manadatory to Get Into the ICU? Michael Winters, MD FAAEM FACEP

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and MedicineCo-Director, Combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine/Critical Care Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1. List the indications for arterial blood gas analysis in the

evaluation of critically ill patients.2. Discuss the value of arterial blood gas analysis in

patients with acute dyspnea.3. Compare arterial and venous blood gas values in the

management of critically ill ED patients.

11:40am – 12:10pm Severe Asymptomatic Hypertension: Treating the Mercury

Chad Kessler, MD MHPE FAAEMSection Chief, Emergency Medicine, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center; Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine and Medical Education, University of Illinois-Chicago

Learning Objectives1. Recognize the difference between severe asymptomatic

hypertension, hypertensive urgency and hypertensive emergency.

2. Treat and disposition severe asymptomatic hypertensive patients appropriately and timely.

3. Select appropriate first-line anti-hypertensive agents for the treatment of severe asymptomatic hypertension.

Track I – The Best of Morbidity and MortalityEmpress (Grande Hall)

10:20am – 10:50am 69 yo F cc Right Flank Pain Austin Kinney, MD Bharath Chakravarthy, MD FAAEM John Christian Fox, MD FAAEM

UC Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine

11:00am – 11:30am 15 yo AAF Presenting with SOB Andrew Fuller, MD Jeffrey Baker, MD FAAEM

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

11:40am – 12:10pm 52 yo Male Sent from nephrology Clinic Rachelle Klammer, MD Heather Murphy-Lavoie, MD FAAEM

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Track J – When Shift Hits the Fan: Cringe-Inducing Triage notesRegent (Grande Hall)

10:20am – 10:50am 26 yo F Psuedoseizure Samuel Stellpflug, MD FAAEM

Director, Twin Cities Medical Toxicology Fellowship; Assistant Director, Regions Hospital Clinical Toxicology Service; Senior Staff, Regions Hospital Dept. of Emergency Medicine; Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School; Toxicologist Consultant, Hennepin Regional Poison Center

Learning Objectives1. Identify what a pseudoseizure actually is.2. Provide a differential diagnosis for a patient with a

possible pseudoseizure.3. Reason through an assessment and workup approach for

a patient with a presumed pseudoseizure.4. Provide reasonable treatment and disposition

recommendations for a patient with presumed pseudoseizure.

11:00am – 11:30am 14 yo F Pulled from Bottom of Pool Raquel Mora, MD FAAEM

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine; St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Learning Objectives1. As a result of this conference, participants will be able to

identify patterns of near drowning victims regard to types of drownings and bodies of water.

2. Understand and practice the distinctive management therapies for different drownings and the associated injuries therein.




11:40am – 12:10pm 67 yo F Blurred Vision Jason Knight, MD FAAEM

Medical Director, Phoenix, AZ

Learning Objectives1. Learn a systematic approach to evaluating eye complaint

patients in the ED.2. Perform a rapid fire differential diagnosis and

photographic review of patients who present to the ED with blurry vision.

3. Adopt an evidence based approach to the management of the eye emergency patient.

4. Know when to call for help, when to arrange for close follow up, and what information to pass on to the ophthalmologist.

Track K – Point/Counterpoint DebateViceroy (Grande Hall)

10:20am – 10:50am We Do More Harm than Good Worrying About PE Corey Slovis, MD FAAEM

Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Jeff Kline, MDDirector of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center; Medical Research Director, Carolinas Healthcare System

Learning Objectives1. Understand the role of pretest probability in the

evaluation of patient suspected of having a Pulmonary Embolus.

2. Review the benefits of using multi-slice CT scanning to diagnose a Pulmonary Embolus.

3. Know how much radiation a patient receives via a Pulmonary CTA vs. that of selected Nuclear Medicine studies.

4. Learn how to minimize unnecessary CT scanning for PE evaluation.

5. Be able to define pretest probability.6. Be aware of the PERC rule and various scoring systems.7. Understand the role of adjusting the D-dimer for various

conditions.8. Name three adverse events that can occur from CT

scanning of the chest.9. Know what patient groups are at highest risk for

radiation and contrast injury.

11:00am – 11:30am One Set is Enough Robin Naples, MD FAAEM

Assistant Professor, Temple University Hospital

Sassan Naderi, MD FAAEM FACEPAssociate Chairman, Dept of Emergency Medicine, Director of International Emergency Medicine Fellowship, North Shore-LIJ Health System; Assistant Professor Emergency Medicine, Hofstra University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1. Discuss the implication of high-sensitivity troponin

assays on early detection of AMI.2. Debate the current ACC/AHA definition of AMI in regards

to single troponin measurement.3. Discuss implications of the onset of chest pain and

symptoms in the ED to the one set strategy.4. Debate the role of ECG findings along with one set

strategy.

11:40am – 12:10pm Over the Counter naloxone Henry Pitzele, MD FAAEM

Associate Director, Section of Emergency Medicine, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Jack Perkins, MD FAAEM FACEPClinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Associate Program Director, Franklin Square Hospital Internal Medicine Residency; Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Franklin Square Hospital Center

Learning Objectives1. Recognize the public health crisis from prescription and

illicit opiate deaths.2. Understand the significant impact public utilization of

naloxone has had in Massachusetts.3. Expand your concept of public health to accept the

growing opiate problem in our country and the need to explore non-conventional solutions.

4. To present the background and facts concerning the debate over OTC Naloxone.

Track L – Open Mic SessionsSpreckels A & B (Grande Hall)

7:30am – 5:30pm Open Mic Directors: Chad Kessler, MD MHPE FAAEM Andrew Johnson, MD FAAEM




12:30pm – 2:00pm Lunch & Annual Business Meeting



2:20pm – 3:20pm Updates in Critical Care Peter De Blieux, MD FAAEM

LSUHSC Professor of Clinical Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Director of Emergency Medicine Services Interim, Louisiana Public Hospital, New Orleans; LSUHSC Emergency Medicine Director of Faculty and Resident Development

Learning Objectives1. Discuss acute management of hemodynamically

compromised patients.2. Review ventilator management for patients in acute

respiratory crisis.3. Discuss benefits and risks of bundled care for post

cardiac arrest syndrome patients.

Concurrent Sessions ResumeTrack G – What’s Going On with My Little One? – Pediatric Emergencies


3:30pm – 4:00pm Syncope, Chest Pain and Those Funny Looking ECG’s Ghazala Sharieff, MD MBA FAAEM FAAP

Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Palomar-Pomerado Health System/California Emergency Physicians; Clinical Professor, University of California, San Diego

Learning Objectives1. To recognize the signs and symptoms of Kawasaki

Disease.2. To know the differential diagnosis of syncope.3. To recognize the presentation of hypertrophic

cardiomyopathy.

4:10pm – 4:40pm non-Accidental Trauma Evaluation: How to Get it Right Elizabeth Weinstein, MD FAAEM FAAP FACEP

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1. Describe the indications for critical imaging and blood

tests in the initial evaluation of children with concern for NAT.

2. Utilize important new decision rules to guide evaluation of suspected NAT.

3. Implement an easy, efficient and evidenced based approach to the evaluation of suspected NAT in the emergency department.

4. Challenge some common misconceptions regarding abuse patterns.

4:50pm – 5:20pm Pediatric Diarrhea, Hematochezia and Constipation: Crap You need to Know

Jennifer Walthall, MD FAAEM FAAPAssociate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children

Learning Objectives1. Provide an overview of the evaluation of pediatric acutely

abnormal stooling patterns.2. Discuss strategies for utilization of testing and imaging in

pediatric and diarrhea and constipation.3. Review the evidence for current and upcoming therapies

for outpatient management of diarrhea and constipation, including therapies to avoid.

Track H – Where’s the Literature to Support This?The Tropics (California Cabanas)

3:30pm – 4:00pm Procedural Sedation – I Can’t Use What? Autumn Graham, MD FAAEM

Assistant Residency Director of Education, Georgetown Hospital/Washington Hospital Center Residency Program

Learning Objectives1. Define the goals of emergency procedural sedation,

institutional considerations, and the emergency medicine “lens” for evaluating procedural sedation protocols/medications.

2. Appraise the emergency department “appropriateness” of several controversial medications, including ketofol, dexmedetomidine, and fast acting opiates.

3. Identify variations in management for high risk populations.

4:10pm – 4:40pm nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis and Contrast Induced nephropathy – Really?

Samuel Stellpflug, MD FAAEMDirector, Twin Cities Medical Toxicology Fellowship; Assistant Director, Regions Hospital Clinical Toxicology Service; Senior Staff, Regions Hospital Dept of Emergency Medicine; Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School; Toxicologist Consultant, Hennepin Regional Poison Center

Learning Objectives1. Identify clinical scenarios where the risk of CIN should

(and shouldn’t) be of concern.2. Understand the real risk of CIN in patients with various

demographics and clinical context.3. Briefly describe the basic pathophysiology behind CIN.4. Understand the interaction between intravenous

crystalloid hydration and CIN risk reduction.5. Identify evidence behind other CIN “antidotes”,

specifically n-acetylcysteine and sodium bicarbonate.6. Reason through a reasonable approach to patients at risk

for CIN and also in need of a contrasted study.




4:50pm – 5:20pm Syncope? Does Anyone Really need a CT? Lisa Moreno-Walton, MD MSCR FAAEM

Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine; Assistant Professor of Research Genetics; Assistant Professor of Medicine Research; Director of Research, Emergency Medicine; Associate Residency Program Director, Emergency Medicine

Learning Objectives1. Know the definitions of syncope and near-syncope,

dizziness, weakness and lightheadedness, and the differential diagnosis that must be considered in each.

2. Become familiar with the various clinical decision rules that have been applied to syncope.

3. Understand the strengths and weaknesses of each rule, and in what circumstances it is best applied.

4. Understand the role of CT in the evaluation of the chief complaint of syncope.

5. Make an evidence based decision about whether and when you will use CT to evaluate the syncope patient in your practice.

Track I – The Best of Morbidity and MortalityEmpress (Grande Hall)

3:30pm – 4:00pm An Interesting Case Luke Day, MD

Naval Medical Center, San Diego

4:10pm – 4:40pm Blood in Urine David Ngo, MD

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

4:50pm – 5:20pm Timely Diagnosis Required Andrew Lee, MD Scott Dresden, MD

Northwestern University

Track J – When Shift Hits the Fan: Cringe-Inducing Triage notesRegent (Grande Hall)

3:30pm – 4:00pm 44 yo F Fibromyalgia is Acting Up Lisa Moreno-Walton, MD MSCR FAAEM

Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine; Assistant Professor of Research Genetics; Assistant Professor of Medicine Research; Director of Research, Emergency Medicine; Associate Residency Program Director, Emergency Medicine

Learning Objectives1. Know the criteria for making the diagnosis of

fibromyalgia.2. Be aware of the differential diagnoses that must be

ruled out when making this diagnosis, or when treating patients with fibromyalgia.

3. Gain an understanding of the multi-system etiologies of the symptoms of fibromyalgia.

4. Develop an evidence based treatment plan for patients who present to the emergency department with fibromyalgia exacerbation.

4:10pm – 4:40pm 8 Week Old Child with ALTE Raquel Mora, MD FAAEM

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine; St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Learning Objectives1. At the conclusion of this session, the participants will

be able to succinctly define ALTE and evaluate for the potential threats and common causes of this diagnosis in the infant less than eight weeks of age.

4:50pm – 5:20pm 34 yo F Left Sided Paresthesias Haney Mallemat, MD FAAEM

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1. Review a systematic approach to the patient with

paresthesias.2. Multiple Sclerosis as a cause of paresthesias.3. Carotid artery dissection as a cause of paresthesias.4. Post-ictal paresis as a cause of paresthesias.





8:00am – 9:00am Updates in Infectious Disease David Talan, MD FAAEM FACEP FIDSA

Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine; Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine; Faculty, Department of Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center

Learning Objectives1. Review EM-based ID research studies relevant to EM

practice.2. Apply research findings for management of skin & soft

tissue infections, sepsis, animal bites, UTIs, meningitis and pneumonia.

3. Update new treatment guidelines.

9:00am – 9:20am Break – Grande Hall

Concurrent Sessions BeginTrack M – nuts and Bolts of EM Practice


9:20am – 9:50am You Have Been Served William Miller, JD

Partner, Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, LLP

Learning Objectives1. Understanding,and ability to anticipate, the legal process

once suit has been filed.2. Awareness of actions to minimize exacerbating

professional liablity exposure personally, and for the group.

3. Understanding the ramifications of the suit upon your continuing practice of medicine.

4. Appreciating the suit’s business ramifications on the group.

5. Knowledge of administrative and/or disciplinary issues that can arise from a civil lawsuit.

10:00am – 10:30am Establishing a Democratic Group and Keeping Your Contract: Part 1

David Lawhorn, MD FAAEMClinical Faculty, Vanderbilt Department of Emergency Medicine; Business Director, Emergency Physicians at Sumner, PLLC

Craig Norquist, MD FAAEM

Learning Objectives1. Learn the essential components to establishing a group

including structure and function.2. Show features that any quality emergency medicine

practice should provide.3. Provide value adds that will set your group apart from

others applying for a contract.

10:40am – 11:10am Establishing a Democratic Group and Keeping Your Contract: Part 2

David Lawhorn, MD FAAEMClinical Faculty, Vanderbilt Department of Emergency Medicine; Business Director, Emergency Physicians at Sumner, PLLC

Craig Norquist, MD FAAEM

Learning Objectives1. Demonstrate basic requirements of a group to fulfill their

function in the emergency department.2. Learn value adds to establish your group as a premier

group in the area.3. Demonstrate the additional duties required to

continuously show your commitment.

11:20am – 11:50am Dealing with Difficult Patients, Administrators and Physicians

Leslie Zun, MD MBA FAAEMChairman and Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago Medical School and Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

Learning Objectives1. To understand what makes people difficult.2. To learn techniques of dealing with difficult people.3. To apply this knowledge to deal with difficult patients,

administrators and physicians.

12:00pm – 12:30pm It’s All about Money Jim Blakeman, ACS-ED

Senior Vice President, EGO, Inc.; Founder, Institute for Emergency Medicine, EMSeminars; Past President, Emergency Management Organization



workplace.

Track n – Rational Approaches to Common Problems: Part 2Empress (Grande Hall)

9:20am – 9:50am This Cough Is Driving Me Crazy Sassan Naderi, MD FAAEM FACEP

Associate Chairman, Dept of Emergency Medicine, Director of International Emergency Medicine Fellowship, North Shore-LIJ Health System; Assistant Professor Emergency Medicine, Hofstra University School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1. Etiology of sub-acute and chronic coughs: Respiratory-

Infectious vs non-infectious; Non- respiratory- GI vs cardiac.

2. Pitfalls3. Treatments

Conference Schedule • Friday, February 10, 2012



10:00am – 10:30am I Had a Seizure and I’m on Keppra Joseph Martinez, MD FAAEM

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Learning Objectives1. Familiarize emergency physicians with newer generation

antiepileptic drugs.2. Highlight important toxicities of these drugs.3. Describe the approach to the seizing patient who is

taking a newer antiepileptic drug.

10:40am – 11:10am I Pulled Off a Tick Michael Epter, DO FAAEM

Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Education & Residency Director, University of Nevada

Learning Objectives1. List and distinguish common causes of tick borne illness.2. Identify pearls and pitfalls in the management of patients

with tick bites.3. Formulate a rational evidence based approach in the

evaluation of patients presenting after tick bite exposure.

11:20am – 11:50am GC, Chlamydia and Trichomonas…Oh My! Joelle Borhart, MD FAAEM

Attending Physician, Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center

Learning Objectives1. Identify patient groups at high risk for Sexually

Transmitted Infections (STIs).2. Review STIs presenting with cervicitis, urethritis, and

vaginal discharge.3. Discuss most recent CDC Treatment guidelines for STIs.4. Complications of untreated STIs.5. Discuss diagnostic and treament approach to patients

presenting to ED with possible STIs.

12:00pm – 12:30pm CT negative and My neck Still Hurts Autumn Graham, MD FAAEM

Assistant Residency Director of Education, Georgetown Hospital/Washington Hospital Center Residency Program

Learning Objectives1. Review what a CT can and cannot tell you in the

evaluation of traumatic cervical spine injuries.2. Formulate an evidence based, practical approach to the

management of traumatic cervical spine injuries with a negative CT, highlighting the role of clinical presentation, radiographs, and magnetic resonance imaging.

3. Evaluate the utility of cervical immobilization: does it help or hurt your patients.

Track O – Clinical Questions – Answered!Regent (Grande Hall)

9:20am – 9:50am Cardiac Arrest – Turns Out We CAn Do Better: What’s the Best Approach to CPR in 2012?

Jason Schaffer, MD FAAEMAssistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, IU Health Methodist Hospital

Learning Objectives1. Understand the evidence showing the impact of public

campaign for on resuscitation success.2. Understand the implications of bystander Hands-Only

CPR and its translation to survival.3. Understand the implications of minimally interrupted

compressions (or lack thereof) in trained provider CPR.4. Understand the theory if not the application of impedance

compression-decompression devices.5. Understand the implications of hypothermia on survival

and neurologic recovery.

10:00am – 10:30am My Febrile Patient is on an Immunomodulator? What now?

Eric Katz, MD FAAEMProgram Director and Vice-Chair for Education, Maricopa Medical Center; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix Campus

Learning Objectives1. Identify common and uncommon medications which may

cause immunocompromize.2. Identify current guidelines for admission for inpatient IV

antibiotics in neutropenic patients.3. Understand the limitations of commonly available ED

testing in patients taking immunomodulators.4. Recognize tools that may be introduced in the near future

to assist with early detection of infectious processes.

10:40am – 11:10am The Equivocal Arthocentesis: Who needs Antibiotics, Admission, the OR?

Michael Bond, MD FAAEMAssistant Professor and Residency Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Learning Objectives1. Discuss the usefulness of arthrocentesis lab values and

serum serologies in the diagnosis of septic joint.2. Review the indications for antibiotics, and serial

aspiration versus operative irrigation and debridement.3. Review useful statistics that can help convince the

orthopaedist that the patient requires treatment.

Conference Schedule • Friday, February 10, 2012



Conference Schedule • Friday, February 10, 201211:20am – 11:50am The Pregnant Patient and VTE Disease: What’s the Best

Algorithm for Dx/Tx? Jeff Kline, MD

Director of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center; Medical Research Director, Carolinas Healthcare System

Learning Objectives1. Know the basis for assuming radiation risk for the fetus.2. Know the effect of normal pregnancy on the D-dimer.3. Understand the effect of pregnancy on the quality of VQ

scanning and CTPA scanning.4. Know the calculated fetal radiation doses for perfusion

only scanning and CTPA scanning.5. Understand that contrast crosses the placenta.

12:00pm – 12:30pm 3rd World Traveler with Fever – What Do I Do now? Pik Mukherji, MD FAAEM

Director, EM/IM/Critical Care Residency Program; Academic Director, EM Residency Program, Long Island Jewish Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Hofstra-NSLIJ School of Medicine and Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Learning Objectives1. Appreciate the spectrum and breadth of illness of the

returning traveler, and initiate an appropriate workup.2. Generate an appropriate differential diagnosis, prioritizing

the most common and potentially life threatening infectious diseases.

3. Describe the approach to the most ill returning travelers in the emergency department.

Track P – RSA/YPS TrackViceroy (Grande Hall)

9:00am – 9:45am Making a Stellar Impression: Essentials of CV Preparation

Michael Epter, DO FAAEMAssociate Professor, Vice Chair of Education & Residency Director, University of Nevada

Learning Objectives1. Identify the key elements of the CV. 2. Provide participants with pearls and pitfalls when

compiling their CV.

9:45am – 10:15am Preparing for Your Interview Leslie Zun, MD MBA FAAEM

Chairman and Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago Medical School and Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

Learning Objectives1. To understand the interview process from the candidate’s

perspective.2. To learn about the chair’s/medical director’s approach to

interviews.3. To avoid the pitfalls in interviewing.

10:15am – 10:45am How to Get the Most Out of Your Consultations Chad Kessler, MD MHPE FAAEM

Section Chief, Emergency Medicine, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center; Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine and Medical Education, University of Illinois-Chicago

Learning Objectives1. Develop a conceptual framework for communicating with

and understanding different colleagues and patients in medicine.

2. Comprehend the meaning and significance behind “treating others the way they would want to be treated!”

3. Become familiar with the five Cs of Consultation, a standardized method of consultation.

10:45am – 11:45am Finding Your Dream Job Kevin Rodgers, MD FAAEM

Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine & Co-Program Director, Indiana University Emergency Medicine Residency



workplace.

11:45am – 12:00pm Break

12:00pm – 12:45pm Panel Discussion: Benefits of a Fellowship Jennifer Kanapicki, MD FAAEM Joel Schofer, MD RDMS FAAEM Darlene House, MD FAAEM



workplace.



AAEM’s Tenth Annual Open Mic PresentationsThursday, February 9, 2012; Spreckels A & B

Please sign up at the AAEM Registration Desk if you are interested in one of the remaining open spots.

Time Presenter Title of Talk

7:30am

8:00am Heather Murphy-Lavoie, MD FAAEM The Algorithmic Approach to the Unknown Rash

8:30am

9:00am Tracy LeGros, MD PhD FAAEM Pulmonary Catastrophes

9:30am

10:00am Matthew Astin, MD MPH A New Code: The Cutting Edge of ACLS

10:30am

11:00am Samantha Wood, MD A Tale of Three PE’s: Thrombolysis in Submassive Pulmonary Embolism

11:30am

12:00pm Steve Tantama, MD FAAEM Battlefield Medicine: Lessons from the War

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING & LUNCH 12:30pm – 2:20pm

2:30pm

3:00pm George Willis, MD FAAEM Critical Management of Thoracic Aortic Dissection

3:30pm

4:00pm Wirachin (Ying) Hoonpongsimanont, MD

4:30pm

5:00pm



General InformationAAEM Education Committee

ChairMichael Epter, DO FAAEM

MembersHoward Blumstein, MD FAAEMWilliam Brady, MD FAAEMRoger Chirurgi, MD FAAEMJames Colletti, MD FAAEMGaston Costa, MDJonathan Davis, MD FAAEMRob Dickson, MD FAAEMChristopher Doty, MD FAAEMWilliam Durkin, Jr., MD MBA FAAEMMitchell Goldman, DO FAAEMElizabeth C. Hall, MD FAAEMStephen Hayden, MD FAAEMJennifer Kanapicki, MD FAAEMA. Antoine Kazzi, MD FAAEMChad Kessler, MD FAAEMMichael Klevens, MD FAAEMChristopher C. Lee, MD FAAEMMichael Levine, MD FAAEMMichael Lewitt, MD MPH FAAEMJoseph Lex, Jr., MD MAAEM FAAEMEverett Lyn, MD FAAEMJohn Madden, MD FAAEMAmal Mattu, MD FAAEMTrevor Mills, MD FAAEMUsamah Mossallam, MD FAAEMLillian Oshva, MD FAAEMBrian Potts, MD MBA FAAEMMichael Pulia, MD FAAEMDan Quan, MD FAAEMKevin Reed, MD FAAEMKevin Rodgers, MD FAAEMJoel Schofer, MD RDMS FAAEMIndrani Sheridan, MD FAAEMRichard Shih, MD FAAEMMichael Silverman, MD FAAEM FACEPDavid Vega, MD FAAEMElizabeth Weinstein, MD FAAEMJoanne Williams, MD FAAEMMichael Winters, MD FAAEM

Scientific Assembly SubcommitteeWilliam Durkin, Jr., MD MBA FAAEMMichael Epter, DO FAAEMChad Kessler, MD FAAEMJoseph Lex, Jr., MD MAAEM FAAEMAmal Mattu, MD FAAEMKevin Reed, MD FAAEMKevin Rodgers, MD FAAEMElizabeth Weinstein, MD FAAEMJacob Ufberg, MD FAAEM

Onsite AAEM Staff MembersJody Bath, Communications & RSA Program Manager – [email protected] Blackman, Meetings Manager – [email protected] Czajkowski, Membership & Website Manager – [email protected] Derenne, Program Manager – [email protected] Johnson, Administrative Coordinator – [email protected] Whalen, Executive Director – [email protected] Wilson, Associate Executive Director – [email protected]

Accreditation StatementThe American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation StatementThe American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) designates this live activity for a maximum of 16.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AOA Accreditation Statement and Designation StatementAAEM designates this live activity for a maximum of 16.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AAEM has been approved to provide (AOA) Category 2A Credit by the American Osteopathic Association. Participants should contact the AOA at (800) 621-1773 for instruction on submitting a credit certificate.

Disclosure PolicyAll faculty and planning committee members participating in continuing medical education programs sponsored by AAEM have disclosed to the audience any real or apparent conflicts of interest to the content of their presentation. AAEM’s Education Committee and ACCME Subcommittee have established procedures to resolve conflicts of interest.

Educational needsIn order to maintain their medical practice at the highest possible level, emergency physicians need up-to-date information on a variety of topics in emergency medicine, including both clinical and workplace issues. This conference will meet those needs by providing cutting edge information in several relevant areas.

When planning activities, the AAEM Education Committee uses the 2009 Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine to determine the education needs of the emergency physicians attending Scientific Assembly. The Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine details the core content of emergency medicine and undergoes an on-going review.

Target AudienceThis activity is designed for: (1) Full voting members and potential full voting members of AAEM, defined as physicians certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) or the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM); (2) Physicians engaged in the practice of emergency medicine who are seeking the most current information in the field, presented at a skill level appropriate to the educational needs of the board certified emergency physician.



Learning ObjectivesUpon completion of this activity, participants will be able to apply new principles to improve their everyday practice of emergency medicine and to increase their understanding of the emergency medicine workplace.

Specific learning objectives for each session can be found on the AAEM website at http://www.aaem.org/education/scientificassembly/.

ACGME Competency IndexTo contribute to the development of our members as lifelong learners and enhance the effectiveness of the CME activities it provides, AAEM uses the six competencies defined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to guide its educational programming decisions. The six competencies are:

Patient CareMedical KnowledgePractice-Based Learning and ImprovementInterpersonal and Communication SkillsProfessionalismSystems-Based Practice

Sessions at the AAEM Scientific Assembly address the aforementioned competencies with an emphasis on patient care, medical knowledge and practice-based learning and improvement. For more information about the ACGME physician competencies, Visit: http://acgme.org/Outcome.

CME CertificatesCME Certificates will not be available onsite. An online CME link will be emailed to all conference participants within 30 days following the conference.

EvaluationsPlease take time to complete the evaluation forms which will be placed on the chairs in all opening sessions each day and at the registration desk. Your input and comments are essential in planning future educational activities. Be sure to return your completed evaluation forms to a member of the AAEM staff prior to your departure.

ExhibitsExhibitors will be located in the Crown/Coronet Rooms in the Victorian Building at the Hotel del Coronado. The exhibit hall will be open as follows:

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 – 7:00am – 8:00am*Wednesday, February 8, 2012 – 9:00am – 3:30pm*Wednesday, February 8, 2012 – 5:30pm – 7:30pm**Thursday, February 9, 2012 – 7:30am – 12:00pm*Breakfast and breaks will be served in the exhibit hall.**The opening reception will be held in exhibit hall.

Please allow adequate time in your daily schedule to visit the exhibits. Take time to speak with the representatives of companies that provide services or market products directly related to your professional and personal interests. The participation of exhibitors is vital to the success of the Scientific Assembly. Let them know you appreciate their support.

Open Microphone Session (Spreckels A & B, Thursday, February, 9, 2012, 7:30am - 5:30pm)

Don’t forget to sign up for Open Mic sessions at the AAEM registration desk. Spaces will be available for speakers to showcase their presentation skills to the membership and members of the Education Committee. The top speakers will be invited to present during the general sessions of the 2013 AAEM Scientific Assembly at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, NV.

Registration DeskName badges and conference materials will be available for all Scientific Assembly delegates at the AAEM registration desk. Delegates not pre-registered for the Assembly should register onsite at the registration desk. AAEM staff will be available at the desk throughout the conference to answer questions and to respond to delegate concerns.

Young Physician Section (YPS) ActivitiesBoard of Directors MeetingAll attendees are invited to attend an open meeting of the YPS section on Wednesday, February 8, 10:10am – 11:10am in the Pointe room in the California Cabanas.

RSA/YPS Planned TrackFriday, February 10th, will feature presentations geared especially for the emergency medicine residents and those who have recently entered into attending practice, but all are welcome. The track begins at 9:00am and concludes at 12:45pm. All of these sessions will be held in Viceroy in Grande Hall.

General Information



AAEM Resident and Student Association ActivitiesResident and Student Association Board MeetingAll residents and students are invited to attend an open meeting of the AAEM Resident and Student Association at 3:30pm – 5:30pm on Thursday, February 9, 2012.

Student Planned TrackTuesday, February 7th, will feature presentations geared especially for the emergency medicine students, but all are welcome. The Student Track begins at 8:00am and concludes at 1:00pm. All of these sessions will be held in Coastal/Surf rooms in the California Cabanas. CME will not be available for this session.

Student Track Schedule8:00am – 9:00am Navigating the Path to Residency Michael Epter, DO FAAEM

9:00am – 10:00am Overview of EM Eric Katz, MD FAAEM

10:00am – 11:00am Interesting Cases in EM & Toxicology Ziad Kazzi, MD FAAEM

11:00am – 12:00pm Ultrasound in the ED John Christian Fox, MD FAAEM

11:00am – 12:00pm Military Panel Joel Schofer, MD RDMS FAAEM Michael Matteucci, MD FAAEM

12:00pm – 1:00pm Program Director Panel Kevin Rodgers, MD FAAEM Eric Katz, MD FAAEM Michael Epter, DO FAAEM Jacob Ufberg, MD FAAEM Binh Ly, MD

RSA/YPS Planned TrackFriday, February 10th, will feature presentations geared especially for the emergency medicine residents and those who have recently entered into attending practice, but all are welcome. The track begins at 9:00am and concludes at 12:45pm. All of these sessions will be held in Viceroy in Grande Hall.

AAEM/JEM Resident and Student Original Research CompetitionAAEM and The Journal of Emergency Medicine are pleased to present their 14th Annual Resident and Student Original Research Competition, which will be held on Wednesday, February 8th, from 3:15pm – 5:45pm in Spreckels A & B in Grande Hall. A total of eight oral abstracts authored by EM residents will be presented at this forum. The presenter of the oral abstract judged to represent the most outstanding research achievement will receive a $3,000 honorarium. $1,500 and $500 honoraria will go to the presenters of the second and third place oral abstracts, respectively.

General InformationResident In-Service Review: Preparing for In-Service; What to Expect on Your TestFriday, February 10, 20122:00pm – 6:00pmWilder E & F (Grande Hall)

Course DescriptionThis Post-Conference Course is meant to simulate the type of questions encountered on the ABEM Qualifying Examination. This course will serve as an intense overview of many high yield topics to facilitate maximal success on the upcoming in-training examination.

Credit Designation StatementThe American Academy of Emergency Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Learning ObjectivesBy the end of this course, attendees will have gained knowledge and confidence that will significantly improve their scores on the National Emergency Medicine In-training Examination.

FacultyKevin Rodgers, MD FAAEMMichael Epter, DO FAAEM



Statements of Disclosure The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) endorses the guidelines for continuing medical education programs as set forth in the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Elements (including the Standards for Commercial Support) and Accreditation Policies. AAEM maintains control over the development of its educational programs and the selection of topics and presenters.

A full disclosure of relevant financial relationships is required of all presenters and faculty members and the presence of any such relationship will be reported to all program attendees. AAEM defines relevant financial relationships as those relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds) or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected. ACCME considers relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner.

In accordance with these policies, AAEM would like to make the following information known to all conference participants.

Speakers Who Have Disclosed no Relevant Financial RelationshipsJeffrey Baker, MD FAAEMMichael Bond, MD FAAEMJoelle Borhart, MD FAAEMJoseph Bushra, MD FAAEMBharath Chakravathy, MD FAAEMMichael Epter, DO FAAEMLuke Day, MDScott Dresden, MDAndrew Fuller, MDAutumn Graham, MD FAAEMDarlene House, MD FAAEMJennifer Kanapicki, MD FAAEMEric Katz, MD FAAEMChad Kessler, MD MHPE FAAEMAustin Kinney, MDRachelle Klammer, MDJason Knight, MD FAAEMDavid Lawhorn, MD FAAEMAndrew Lee, MDJoseph Lex, Jr., MD MAAEM FAAEMHaney Mallemat, MD FAAEMJoseph Martinez, MD FAAEMAmal Mattu, MD FAAEMMaureen McCollough, MD FAAEMRobert McNamara, MD FAAEMWilliam Miller, JDRaquel Mora, MD FAAEMLisa Moreno-Walton, MD MSCR FAAEMHeather Murphy-Lavoie, MD FAAEMSassan Naderi, MD FAAEM FACEPRobin Naples, MD FAAEMDavid Ngo, MDCraig Norquist, MD FAAEMJohn Perkins, MD FAAEM FACEPHenry Pitzele, MD FAAEMKevin Reed, MD FAAEMKevin Rodgers, MD FAAEMJason Schaffer, MD FAAEMGhazala Sharieff, MD MBA FAAEM FAAPRichard Shih, MD FAAEMMichael Silverman, MD FAAEM FACEPCorey Slovis, MD FAAEMSamuel Stellpflug, MD FAAEMHarsh Sule, MD FAAEM

Jacob Ufberg, MD FAAEMJennifer Walthall, MD FAAEM FAAPElizabeth Weinstein, MD FAAEM FAAP FACEPJoanne Williams, MD FAAEMMichael Winters, MD FAAEM FACEP

Speakers Who Have Disclosed Relevant Financial RelationshipsJames Blakeman, ACS-EDInstitute for Emergency Medicine, Income, Owner InterestEmergency Groups’ Office, Inc., Salary, Employment

Peter De Blieux, MD FAAEMMerck, Consultant

John Christian Fox, MD FAAEMSonoSite, Inc., Equipment Loan, ConsultantSonoSite, Inc., Shares, Consultant

Mel Herbert, MD FAAEMEM:RAP, OwnerEssentials of EM, Owner

Jeffrey Kline, MDAHRQ, Grant, ResearchGenentech, Grant, ResearchCP Diagnostics LLC, Stock, Medical Director

Swaminatha Mahadevan, MD FAAEMPelagique LLC, Ownership Interest, FounderEconomedics, Ownership Interest, Advisory BoardRicoh Innovations, Inc., Honorarium, Advisory Board

Pinaki Mukherji, MD FAAEMPfizer Corporation, Salary, Spouse employee

Joel Schofer, MD RDMS FAAEMMedscape.com; HonorariumSonosite, Inc., Honorarium

Daniel Sullivan, MD JD FAAEMThe Sullivan Group, Salary, Ownership Interest, President & CEOMidwest Emergency Assoc., LLC, Salary, Ownership Interest, Chairman of the Board

Stuart Swadron, MD FRCP(C) FAAEMEM:RAP (CME Company), Salary, Co-host and commentator

David Talan, MD FAAEM FACEP FIDSAPfizer, Merck, Cepheid, Innovative Biosensors, Durata, Aggenix, Furiex, Pinnacle Research Grant SupportForrest, Merck, Optimer Honoraria for consultation

Leslie Zun, MD MBA FAAEMAlexza Pharma, Consultant



Planning Committee Members and Staff who Have Disclosed no Relevant Financial Relationships

Jody BathHoward Blumstein, MD FAAEMMarcia BlackmanWilliam Brady, MD FAAEMJames Colletti, MD FAAEMGaston Costa, MDGinger CzajkowskiJonathan Davis, MD FAAEMTom DerenneRob Dickson, MD FAAEMChristopher Doty, MD FAAEMWilliam Durkin, Jr., MD MBA FAAEMMichael Epter, DO FAAEMMitchell Goldman, DO FAAEMElizabeth C. Hall, MD FAAEMStephen Hayden, MD FAAEMLauren JohnsonJennifer Kanapicki, MD FAAEMA. Antoine Kazzi, MD FAAEMChad Kessler, MD MHPE FAAEMMichael Klevens, MD FAAEMChristopher C. Lee, MD FAAEMMichael Levine, MD FAAEMMichael Lewitt, MD MPH FAAEMJoseph Lex, Jr., MD MAAEM FAAEMEverett Lyn, MD FAAEMJohn Madden, MD FAAEMSarah T. Malka, MDAmal Mattu, MD FAAEMTrevor Mills, MD FAAEMLisa Moreno-Walton, MD MSCR FAAEMUsamah Mossallam, MD FAAEMLillian Oshva, MD FAAEMBrian Potts, MD MBA FAAEMMichael Pulia, MD FAAEMDan Quan, MD FAAEMKevin Reed, MD FAAEMZachary Repanshek, MDKevin Rodgers, MD FAAEMTeresa Ross, MDJoel Schofer, MD RDMS FAAEMRyan Shanahan, MDIndrani Sheridan, MD FAAEMRichard Shih, MD FAAEMMichael Silverman, MD FAAEM FACEPDavid Vega, MD FAAEMElizabeth Weinstein, MD FAAEMLeana Wen, MD MScJoanne Williams, MD FAAEMJanet WilsonMichael Winters, MD FAAEM

The Following Planning Committee Members and Staff Have Disclosed Relevant Financial Relationships

Roger Chirurgi, MD FAAEMEmergency Medicine Connection, PC, Honorarium, Lecturer

Gary Gaddis, MD FAAEMJohnson & Johnson, Dividends, Stock Ownership

Robert Glatter, MD FAAEMMedscape Emergency Medicine Honorarium, Blogger; Advisor; Reviewer

Joel Schofer, MD RDMS FAAEMMedscape.com, HonorariumSonosite, Inc., Honorarium

Nounou Taleghani, MD FAAEMVivid Medical, Medical Advisor

Kay WhalenExecutive Director, Inc., Ownership Interest

Leslie Zun, MD MBA FAAEMAlexza Pharma, Consultant

Statements of Disclosure



Exhibit DirectoryThe following organizations will exhibit at the AAEM 18th Annual Scientific Assembly in the Crown/Coronet Room at the Hotel del Coronado.

Exhibit Hours:The schedule of exhibit hours will be as follows:Wednesday, February 8, 2012 – 7:00am – 8:00am*Wednesday, February 8, 2012 – 9:00am – 3:30pm*Wednesday, February 8, 2012 – 5:30pm – 7:30pm**Thursday, February 9, 2012 – 7:30am – 12:00pm

*Breakfast and breaks will be served in the exhibit hall. **The opening reception will be held in the exhibit hall.

AAEM STATE CHAPTERS555 East Wells Street, Suite 1100Milwaukee, WI 53202Phone: (800) 884-2236Email: [email protected]: www.aaem.org

AAEM members can make an impact on the local level by forming a state chapter of AAEM. Although emergency physicians are encouraged to join both their state chapter and national AAEM, there is no requirement that they do. Those physicians who wish to belong solely to an AAEM state chapter are free to do so. The following states have established chapters: California, Delaware Valley, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin and Uniformed Services. If you are interested in developing a state chapter in your state, please contact us at [email protected].

*ACUTE CARE, InC.1609 N. Ankeny Blvd, Suite 200Ankeny, IA 50023Phone: (800) 729-7813

Acute Care, Inc. is a provider practice management company based in Des Moines, IA. The company was formed in 1989 by Dr. Mark Menadue who, as a practicing emergency medicine physician, saw an opportunity to provide critical staffing solutions and value added services to small and rural hospitals. In Acute Care, Inc.’s twenty year tenure, we’ve adapted to the needs of our client base by growing geographically, adding service lines (locum tenens, permanent placement, hybrid ED-hospitalists) and developing value added services.

ALLSCRIPTS222 Merchandise Mart, Suite 2024Chicago, IL 60654Phone: (800) 334-8534Fax: (312) 506-1204Website: www.allscripts.com

Allscripts provides innovative solutions that enable a connected health care community and empower all stakeholders across the health care continuum to deliver world-class outcomes. Learn more at www.allscripts.com.

BYTEBLOC SOFTWARE, LLC9952 Grandview DriveLa Mera, CA 91941Phone: (760) 510-9900Website: www.bytebloc.com

We offer two scheduling products for physicians. EPSKED, the emergency physician-scheduling program, has automated scheduling in hundreds of emergency departments worldwide since 1989. EPSKED saves time, money and aggravation! A free two-month trial of EPSKED is available for download at www.bytebloc.com. WebSked allows providers to enter their requests online. Providers can see who is available for shifts, swap shifts, confirm hours and maintain an accurate schedule, all on the website. Please contact us at [email protected] or by calling (760) 510-9900 to arrange an online demonstration.

*CEP AMERICA, InC.2100 Powell Street, Suite 900Emeryville, CA 94608Phone: (510) 350-2600

CEP America is the largest democratic emergency medicine group in the U.S., providing management and staffing solutions to sites across the nation. Our practice management company is owned by our practicing physicians, enabling us to consistently produce superb results at our sites, including reductions in wait times, higher quality care, and improved patient satisfaction scores. Today, we have more than 1,800 providers working at 100 practice locations in eight states, serving four million patients annually.

DISCHARGE 1-2-3 - CALLIBRA, InC.150 N Martingale Road, Suite 838Schaumburg, IL 60173Phone: (847) 605-2125

The superior documentation technology provider for discharge instructions! Callibra, Inc. provides two key offerings to enhance patient discharge in ED, inpatient, urgent care, clinic and ambulatory settings.

Content - Content written by medical professionals for use inside current hospital information systems.

Gain the benefits of content created by emergency medicine physicians. Our content can be used with most current HIS software for superior results, including Allscripts, Epic, Meditech, PICIS and others.

Software - Computerized discharge instructions and prescription writing. Provide patient-specific discharge and medication instructions, prescriptions, medication reconciliation and more while saving time, reducing errors, accelerating revenue generation and increasing patient satisfaction. Contact: [email protected].

DST HEALTH SOLUTIOnS - PHYSICIAn BILLInG, CODInG AnD CREDEnTIALInG SOLUTIOnS2400 Thea DriveHarrisburg, PA 17110Phone: (717) 703-6015Website: www.dsthealthsolutions.com

DSTHS’ suite of integrated Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) applications, reporting tools and Electronic Health Record (EHR) are designed to improve collection rates, increase provider profitability, and improve efficiencies from scheduling to reimbursement. Our choice of outsourcing (BPO) or ASP delivery models provide a solution to mitigate the risk of technology obsolescence while solving your business needs.



Exhibit Hall DirectoryDUVASAWKO1530 Cornerstone Blvd, Suite 200Daytona Beach, FL 32117Phone: (888) 311-8760 ext. 7840

Owned & operated by former emergency physicians and experienced practice managers Dr. Charles Duva and Dr. Bill Sawko, DuvaSawko has developed an unmatched proprietary coding, billing and A/R management process that will revolutionize your revenues! Our compliant system with web-based reporting will close all loopholes for lost revenue and dramatically add to your bottom line. Call (888) 311-8760, ext. 7840 for a free analysis.

ELSEVIER, InC.1600 JFK Blvd, Suite 1800Philadelphia, PA 19103Phone: (215) 239-3491

Elsevier is proud to present The Journal of Emergency Medicine (JEM), an international, peer-reviewed publication, featuring original contributions of interest to both the academic and practicing emergency physician. JEM is the official journal of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. Please visit our booth to view the latest copy of JEM and our other related products in the emergency medicine field.

*ELSEVIER HEALTH CAREERS360 Park Avenue SouthNew York, NY 20009Phone: (215) 633-3158

Elsevier Health Careers has the largest collection of health care and medical job listings from all around the world. Search for your next health care job by specialty, or discover available medical jobs within a geographic region. Elsevier publishes more than 25% of all health care research worldwide. Physicians, surgeons, nurses and allied professionals, in every branch and specialty of health care, turn to us daily to stay current and to use our practice support tools. Elsevier Health Careers is the premier platform that connects physician recruiters and job seekers. ElsevierHealthCareers.com was built to put you in control of every aspect of career planning – searching, interviewing and even continuing education.

EMERGEnCY GROUPS’ OFFICE444 East Huntington Drive, Suite 300Arcadia, CA 91006Phone: (877) 346-2211Website: www.emergencygroupsoffice.com

Emergency Groups’ Office provides a full range of billing and coding management services to emergency medicine groups and hospitals. Registered nurses experienced in emergency medicine and knowledgeable in reimbursement accurately code the services provided by the emergency physician. The company, started in 1990, continues to provide superior results as demonstrated by the fact that Emergency Groups’ Office bills for more than 2,100,000 visits annually for clients in eight states. For more information, contact James Blakeman at [email protected] or Kevin Meyer at [email protected].

*EMERGEnCY MEDICInE ASSOCIATES, P.A., P.C.20010 Century Blvd, Suite 200Germantown, MD 20874Phone: (240) 686-2300Fax: (240) 686-2334

Emergency Medicine Associates, P.A., P.C. (EMA) is a well-established, regional, democratic physician-managed group that provides staffing to twelve suburban community emergency departments in northern Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia. Since the company’s founding in 1971, our ongoing provision of uncompromising quality emergency medical care has resulted in 100% contract stability. EMA is a participatory professional corporation that offers partnership to qualified physicians and staffs our contracted facilities with a team of superbly qualified emergency medicine physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and medical scribes.

*EMERGEnCY SERVICE PARTnERS6300 La Calma Drive, Suite 200Austin, TX 78752Phone: (512) 610-0315

ESP is a democratic physician-owned group with over 20 hospital partners across Central and East Texas. Our partner sites include Dallas/Ft. Worth, Austin, Bryan/College Station, San Antonio area and the Texas Hill Country, and we will work to find the right position for you. With compensation models to maximize income, fair scheduling, paid malpractice and tail, mentoring/leadership programs and partnership opportunity, we truly have our physician’s best interests at heart.

EPBS-InTERMEDIX3303 South Meridian AvenueOklahoma City, OK 73119Phone: (800) 962-3303 or (405) 682-3303Fax: (405) 682-1586Website: www.intermedix.com

Intermedix is the nation’s leading provider of billing, coding and practice management services for emergency physicians, hospitalists and urgent care centers. For more than 29 years, Intermedix has served hospital-based providers across the United States, processing millions of patient visits annually and making sure every dollar earned is a dollar collected. Isn’t it time your practice had a success story? At Intermedix, we take care of business so you can practice medicine.

EPOWERDOC, InC.PO Box 241642Omaha, NE 88124Phone: (440) 891-0125Fax: (440) 891-1224Email: [email protected]: www.epowerdoc.com

EPOWERdoc is a leading supplier of electronic and template emergency department documentation systems. EPOWERdoc’s EMRDoc™ is a revolutionary electronic patient tracking and documentation system that incorporates the unique EPOWERdoc template formats into an EMR module that is specifically designed for ED physicians and clinicians. EMRDoc™ is the fastest and easiest EDIS product on the market today.



Exhibit Hall DirectoryEVOLVEMED175 West 200 South, Suite 4004Salt Lake City, UT 84101Phone: (800) 301-4901 ext. 105

EvolveMed is a leading provider of electronic medical documentation solutions. EvolveMed was conceived over 20 years ago by ED physicians who were in need of a better, more flexible, charting solution. EvolveMed’s primary goal is to give physicians unmatched charting flexibility while slashing documentation costs and increasing efficiency at the front end. EvolveMed’s unique web and tablet-based emergency medicine charting solution, PeerCharts Online, will be on display at the 2012 AAEM Scientific Assembly. Stop by and check out our new iPad app. For more information, please call (800) 301-4901 ext. 105.

*GREATER SAn AnTOnIO EMERGEnCY PHYSICIAnS, P.A.8401 Datapoint Drive, Suite 500San Antonio, TX 78229Phone: (210) 614-0180 ext. 147Fax: (210) 614-1722Email: Becky Doran, MD – [email protected]

Brian Bates, MD – [email protected]

Greater San Antonio Emergency Physicians, P.A. is an established, independent, democratic group of 40+ emergency physicians, all EM board-certified (or eligible) residency trained and 14 pediatric fellowship trained, providing services in a single health system and community for over 20 years. Currently seeking BC/BP residency trained physicians and pediatric emergency physicians. All facilities new or recently renovated including a dedicated children’s ED. Total group volume 170K+. Competitive compensation and a partnership track to all physician employees.

ICARE USAPhone: (919) 624-9095Email: [email protected]: www.icare-usa.com

NO Calibration & NO Drops. Icare® Tonometers for measuring Intraocular Pressure (IOP) with unique, patented rebound technology which enables quick and painless measurement with no drops or air. Quick, easy to use and patient friendly. From beginning to end the test takes under 60 seconds. Icare® has over 27,000 satisfied users in over 50 countries.

*InFInITY HEALTH CARE111 E Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 2100Milwaukee, WI 53202Phone: (414) 290-6700

Infinity Health Care is a successful and highly regarded physician-employee owned and managed emergency medicine group practice. Growth and expansion have resulted from our ability to deliver the highest quality of care on a consistent basis in established collaborative relationships with client hospitals and the medical staffs. We are proud to be able to exceed expectations in the 20 hospital EDs throughout Wisconsin and Northern Illinois that we currently staff and manage. Infinity distinguishes itself by virtue of a unique ownership structure, solid ideological foundation, and proven physician leadership and direction.

InSURAnCE DATA SERVICES, InC.1161 68th Street SWWyoming, MI 49509Phone: (616) 532-8000

Insurance Data Services (IDS) has been providing medical billing services since 1976 throughout the continental U.S. while maintaining a 100% domestic footprint. Billing models include full service billing, application services provider (ASP) and Turnkey medical billing services. Services include coding audits, contract projections, documentation training, coding & billing, and practice management. We offer services to emergency physician groups (hospital or independents), anesthesia, radiology, pain management, clinics, hospitalists, OBGYN, orthopedics, occupational medicine, family practice, mental/behavioral health and pathology. As a software developer, we continue to provide innovation, flexibility and increased capacity to our health care billing clients small or large. In a world of change, IDS offers options.

KARL STORZ EnDOSCOPY - AMERICA, InC. 2151 E Grand AvenueEl Segundo, CA 90245Phone: (800) 421-0837

KARL STORZ offers products to simplify airway management - all connected to a single video platform. The fully portable C-MAC® video laryngoscope has standard-shaped MACINTOSH blades for ease of use and allows connection of intubation-fiberscopes and optical intubation stylets. All intubation devices are available in pediatric to adult sizes. The addition of the new Pocket Monitor for the C-MAC® system as well as disposable video blades (coming in 2012) will give even more portability and flexibility.

*LEVEL 5 HEALTH CARE12221 Merit Drive, Suite 1610Dallas, TX 75251Phone: (214) 217-1911

Two of Texas’ premier emergency medicine groups, Dallas-based Questcare and GHEP of Houston, have teamed up to create a higher level of EM services in San Antonio, Texas, called Level 5 Health Care. Level 5 Health Care strives to provide the highest quality emergency care in the San Antonio area and to offer physicians a true democratic ownership opportunity.

*LOCUM LEADERS925 N Point Parkway, Suite 160Alpharetta, GA 30005Phone: (877) 562-8656

Locum Leaders is a leading national provider of locum tenens opportunities for emergency physicians, hospitalists and other physician specialists. We offer occurrence malpractice insurance, prompt pay with direct deposit, travel and housing and reward points for resort vacations. Locum Leaders is one of the fastest growing locum tenens companies in the U.S. and has been twice named one of Atlanta’s Best Places to Work.



Exhibit Hall DirectoryMARTIn GOTTLIEB & ASSOCIATES, LLC4932 Sunbeam RdJacksonville, FL 32257Phone: (904) 346-3088 Toll-free: (800) 833-9986Fax: (904) 596-2742Email: [email protected]: www.gottlieb.com

Martin Gottlieb & Associates, LLC is the one emergency medicine billing company that provides unparalleled support as well as innovative and sound solutions to assure your success and stability. For more than 30 years, Gottlieb’s management team has pioneered the specialized billing products and processes that generate more dollars to your practice. We continually invest in developing industry-specific technology and expertise, to make managing your business easier and more successful even as reimbursement laws and compliance regulations change. Stop by our booth to learn more and register for our drawing.

MASIMO40 Parker DriveIrvine, CA 92618Phone: (949) 297-7000

Masimo is a global medical technology company that develops and manufactures innovative noninvasive monitoring technologies, including medical devices and a wide array of sensors that enable earlier detection and treatment of potentially life-threatening conditions. A key medical technology innovator, Masimo is responsible for the invention of award-winning noninvasive technologies that are revolutionizing patient monitoring, including Masimo SET® pulse oximetry, Masimo Rainbow SET® Pulse CO-Oximetry, Masimo noninvasive and continuous total hemoglobin (SpHb™), and Masimo Patient SafetyNet™.

MEDDATA, InC.6880 West Snowville Road, Suite 210Brecksville, OH 44141Phone: (800) 877-8577Website: www.meddata.com

For more than 30 years, physicians across the nation have relied on MedData’s expertise to manage their coding and billing functions as well as to enhance and expedite their practice’s reimbursement processes. Throughout our tenure, we’ve handled more than 100 million patient visits, securing reimbursement success rates at 8 to 12% higher than the industry standard and supported with a proven compliance record. Additionally, we secure payment from patient pay balances at a rate four times greater than others, which is why we currently serve more than 2,000 physicians. Learn how MedData can optimize your coding and billing at www.meddata.com.

*MEDICAL EMERGEnCY PROFESSIOnALS (MEP)20251 Century Blvd, Suite 130Germantown, MD 20874Phone: (301) 944-0049

MEP was founded in 1997 by physicians who are passionate about emergency medicine. We attract some of the brightest and most qualified emergency physicians and mid-level providers in the country. Currently, we treat more than 350,000 patients annually at six facilities in Maryland and one in Connecticut. Quality and efficiency are at the core of our practice model. MEP has earned national recognition as a high-performance emergency care organization that is poised for growth and continual development.

MEDICAL MAnAGEMEnT SPECIALISTS4100 Embassy DriveKentwood, MI 49546Phone: (616) 975-1845Website: www.mms.med.pro

Medical Management Specialists (MMS), founded in 1993 by emergency physicians provides a full range of services to emergency medicine, urgent care and anesthesia. Our breadth of services includes coding, physician documentation education, chart audits, payroll, practice management, credentialing and enrollment, contract negotiation and compliance. We help physician groups protect their income while abiding by the highest ethical standards and staying ahead of emerging industry trends and regulations.

MInDRAY nORTH AMERICA800 MacArthur BlvdMahwah, NJ 07430Phone: (201) 995-8269

Mindray North America is headquartered in New Jersey. Mindray has been providing medical solutions to medical professionals, worldwide, for over 18 years. Our major product lines include patient monitors, anesthesia delivery systems and ultrasound imaging systems. Mindray M series ultrasound imaging systems are effective bed side evaluation tools for emergency medicine clinicians.

MIRADOR BIOMEDICAL, InC.2815 Eastlake Avenue E, Suite 220Seattle, WA 98102Phone: (206) 755-5470

Mirador Biomedical, Inc., has developed the Compass™ platform of point-of-access pressure monitoring devices. The Compass™ is a single-use, inexpensive, digital pressure measurement device with integrated display designed to quickly and easily incorporate into procedural workflow, eliminating cumbersome cabling and capital equipment required by other solutions.

About the Compass™ Platform: The Compass™ Compartment Pressure: attaches to standard needles and syringes and provides an immediate compartment pressure reading. The Compass™ Vascular Access: attaches to standard needles and syringes during central venous, dialysis, port and sheath catheter insertion and provides pressure confirmation of needle tip, guidewire and catheter location. The Compass™ Lumbar Puncture: attaches to a spinal needle and provides an early indication of needle tip entrance into the CSF space and an instant opening pressure. The Compass™ Thoracentesis: allows physicians to monitor pleural pressure, a key factor in optimizing fluid removal. The Compass™ Arterial Assist: attaches to standard needles and provides an instant indication of arterial access; optimization of the pressure waveform helps ensure successful guidewire and catheter introduction.

*nAVAJO AREA InDIAn HEALTH SERVICES (nAIHS)PO Box 9020Window Rock, AZ 86515Phone: (928) 871-5884

The Navajo Area Indian Health Service (NAIHS) is a major health care provider in the southwestern United States (U.S.) in northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southern Utah and serves a population of over 250,000. Health care services are provided in the area spanning over 25,000 square miles. The NAIHS network consists of six hospitals and eight health center/health stations. NAIHS provided over one million outpatient visits and 18,000 hospitalizations for our service population.



Exhibit Hall DirectorynICKA & ASSOCIATES, InC.5501 Independence Parkway, Suite 316Plano, TX 75023Phone: (972) 964-5330Website: www.nicka-associates.com

Nicka & Associates has a proven industry know how to maximize appropriate reimbursement and minimize compliance risk. Emergency medicine is our specialty – YOUR business is OUR business! Excellence in coding, consulting, compliance and education. Visit us at www.nicka-assoicates.com.

nORTHWEST SEMInARS1412 N 5th AvenuePasco, WA 99301Phone: (509) 547-7065

Northwest Seminars, in joint sponsorship with the A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, provides accredited educational opportunities, whether conferences or focused workshops, for post-graduate emergency medical specialists. Each conference is held in one of a wide variety of venues throughout every season of the year. While the titles may be the same, each conference is distinctly different from the others in content and faculty.

OPTUMInSIGHT (FORMERLY A-LIFE MEDICAL) 6195 Lusk Blvd, Suite 120San Diego, CA 92121Phone: (858) 795-1701

A-Life Medical, now OptumInsight, is the pioneer and leading provider of computer-assisted coding products and services for the health care industry. Optum is an information and technology-enabled health services business platform serving the broad health marketplace, including care providers, plan sponsors, life sciences companies and consumers. Its business units – OptumInsight, OptumHealth and OptumRx – employ more than 30,000 people worldwide who are committed to enabling sustainable health communities.

PD-RX PHARMACEUTICALS, InC. 727 N Ann Arbor Oklahoma City, OK 73127Phone: (800) 299-7379Fax: (405) 942-5471Email: Jack McCall - [email protected]: www.pdrx.com

PD-Rx offers the largest number of brand, generic and OTC medications in repack - Unit of Use, ointments, creams, solutions and injectables. PD-Rx supplies our customers with the top of the line web dispensing software and has interfaced with some of the leading EHR companies to enhance the flow of your practice. Plus, our sales team has the highest combined years of experience in working with medical providers. PD-Rx is 100% pedigreed and is licensed in all 50 states! Ask us about the 3 C’s and how we can help you make a difference.

PEPID1840 Oak Avenue, Suite 100Evanston, IL 60201Phone: (847) 491-9100

PEPID Emergency Physician (ED) Suite is the only point-of-care resource that truly supports decisions in the emergency room. PEPID ED gives you instant access to thousands of disease profiles, life-saving protocols, evidence-based medicine, drug database and drug interaction checker. Available online for your entire department, on any mobile device or integrated into your EDIS, PEPID is available when and where you need it most. PEPID ED is developed in partnership with AAEM.

PHYSASSIST SCRIBES, InC.6451 Brentwood Stair Road, #100Fort Worth, TX 76112Phone: (877) 242-9939

As the nation’s original scribe company, PhysAssist Scribes is recognized as the leader in effective physician record assistant staffing. Since 1995, PhysAssist Scribes has been increasing the efficiency, compensation and professional satisfaction of the physicians and departments we serve. In addition to our dedication to improving the lives of physicians, PhysAssist Scribes is also committed to the continued development of future health care providers through education and experience, as dozens of our former scribes are now physician leaders in their respective EDs.

PHYSICIAnS BUSInESS nETWORK, InC.10950 Grandview, Suite 200Overland Park, KS 66210Phone: (800) 288-4901

Physicians Business Network (PBN), a proven leader in helping physicians optimize their practice’s financial performance, specializes in revenue cycle management, contract negotiations, coding, practice audits, training, provider credentialing, accounting and consulting services. Proprietary software, a full time compliance officer, and strong client advocacy make PBN a business partner our clients rely on to help them navigate complex payer reimbursement rules. Call (800) 288-4901 for additional information. It’s Proof… Not Promises.

*PREMIER PHYSICIAn SERVICES332 Congress Park DriveDayton, OH 45459Phone: (800) 406-8118Website: www.premierdocs.com

Premier is one of the leading health care providers in the greater midwest, east and southeast. We have successfully provided emergency medicine physician services and emergency department management since 1987. We are an employee-owned and operated physician group with a model that gives you control over your medical practice decisions and the satisfaction of a genuine career. Come by our booth to learn more about Premier’s unique model, opportunities and benefits. Visit www.premierdocs.com or call Rachel Klockow at (800) 406-8118.



Exhibit Hall DirectoryPSR9229 LBJ FreewayDallas, TX 75243Phone: (866) 217-4440

PSR provides state-of-the-art practice management services for independent emergency physician groups. Services include: group formation, financial, IT, human resources, scheduling, recruiting, credentialing, risk & litigation management, customer satisfaction assessment and incentive compensation development & management. PSR provides coding and billing company oversight for our clients to ensure maximum revenue and compliance. PSR – bringing all the pieces together for a successful practice.

*THE READInG HOSPITAL AnD MEDICAL CEnTER2561 Bernville RoadReading, PA 19605Phone: (610) 898-5640

The Reading Hospital and Medical Center is a 700+ bed tertiary care facility located in West Reading, PA.; one hour from Philadelphia. One of Pennsylvania’s busiest EDs with 50+ physicians; treating 120,000+ patients annually; excellent patient/physician ratio; 1.7 -2.0/hour; 84 specialty and multi-purpose treatment rooms plus 24-bed observation unit; level II trauma center; hospital is ranked in top 5% nationally for patient safety for financial accreditation.

*ST. AGnES EMERGEnCY PHYSICIAnS1303 E. Herndon AvenueFresno, CA 93720Phone: (559) 450-3281

An innovative, stable democratic partnership of 19 ABEM/AOBEM physicians in Fresno, CA. Annual ED volume of 74,000. Private hospital with excellent specialty coverage and hospitalists. Highly-trained physician scribes. Efficient intake and zone process model. Excellent schools. Superior compensation. CMO, CMIO and President-Elect of Med Staff all from ED group. Mountains and ocean are close. Affordable California housing. A group of friends working together.

*ST. MARY’S MEDICAL CEnTER3700 Washington AvenueEvansville, IN 47750Phone: (812) 485-7962

Immediate opportunities are available for BE/BC emergency physicians. Our level II trauma center serves an area population of over 828,000. St. Mary’s emergency physicians work 1,675 hours per year, earn $170 per hour ($180 per hour night shift), plus an outstanding benefit package. Enjoy working with a well-staffed, democratic group. Please contact Kathy Schenk, Director of Physician Development Services, at (812) 485-7962, [email protected] or Dr. Andrew Houseman at (812) 925-6388, [email protected].

*SAUDI ARAMCO9009 West Loop SouthHouston, TX 77096Phone: (713) 432-4675

The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) is a fully integrated, world-leading oil company with major operations in exploration, production, refining, distribution and marketing. Saudi Aramco employs experienced professionals in the health care field, providing skilled services to company employees and their dependents through advanced medical technologies and modern, accredited facilities.

SCRIBEAMERICA1637 West Avenue H4Lancaster, CA 93534Phone: (818) 515-7035

Serving over 100 hospitals in 24 states, ScribeAmerica is the nation’s most trusted medical scribe training, education and management company. Utilization of our scribes leads to significant increases in individual providers’ productivity and emergency department operational efficiency. Furthermore, our generous profit-sharing model with our career medical scribe managers ensures long-term scribe program maintenance for your emergency department.

SHIFT ADMInISTRATORS, LLC2818 Canterbury RoadColumbia, SC 29204Phone: (888) 744-3840

Shift Admin is a completely web-based schedule management system for emergency physicians. The system includes a world-class schedule generation algorithm that is extremely powerful and still easy to use. The system also allows you to manage schedules for one or many facilities, and features include user and administrative shift posting/trading/splitting, schedule requests, easy printing, automatic syncing with external calendar software, private and public URL options, extensive administrative controls, extensive stats and reporting and much more.

SOnOSITE21919 30th Drive SEBothell, WA 98021Phone: (877) 657-8050

SonoSite has long recognized the very specific ultrasound needs of emergency physicians, and it offers imaging and workflow solutions that are uniquely suited to assist with providing increased diagnostic capabilities at the bedside. Fast, high-quality imaging at the point of care increases patient safety and improves efficiency.

*STAFF CARE, InC.5001 Statesman DriveIrving, TX 75063Phone: (469) 524-1715

Staff Care is the nation’s leading locum tenens staffing firm, matching more than 7,500 physicians and providers each year with hospitals and other types of organizations that need temporary support. Staff Care offers assignment choices in a variety of facility settings nationwide, from small hospitals to major teaching hospitals with the most advanced trauma facilities and equipment.

SYnERGISTIC SYSTEMS, LLC6345 Balboa Blvd, Suite 330Encino, CA 92316Phone: (818) 462-0910

Experts in coding and billing – specializing in emergency medicine. Synergistic Systems, LLC is a leading provider of revenue cycle management which brings together value innovation and interactive business solutions for emergency medicine services. EMS medically trained coders, monthly documentation deficiency report by provider, online access to the billing system, client specific reporting package, and high touch client support. Synergistic Systems changes the paradigm: one emergency department at a time.



U.S. HEREDITARY AnGIOEDEMA ASSOCIATIOn58 Lisa DriveNorth Attleboro, MA 02760Phone: (508) 212-9757

The U.S. Hereditary Angioedema Association is a non-profit patient organization that provides a wide range of patient services and pioneers new clinical research for this rare genetic disease, also called C1 Inhibitor Deficiency.

VIROPHARMA, InC.730 Stockton DriveExton, PA 19341Phone: (623) 533-2112

At ViroPharma, we strive to improve the lives of patients and to deliver medicines that address serious unmet medical needs. Our goal is simple in that we dedicate ourselves to developing and marketing products that help address dangerous, potentially life-threatening conditions including diseases such as hereditary angioedema (HAE) that are caused by C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency, and C. difficile.

WILEY-BLACKWELL350 Main StreetMalden, MA 02148Phone: (888) 378-2537Website: www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell

Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, publishes Academic Emergency Medicine, the official journal of SAEM. Stop by our booth to take advantage of our 20% savings on books and to pick up free journal samples. For more info, visit www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell.

ZEROWET, InCPO Box 4375Palos Verdes, CA 90274Phone: (310) 544-1600

The Zerowet supershield is the most widely used, widely recommended wound irrigation shield in the world by far. If your ED doesn’t yet use this unparalleled product, come see what you’re missing. And the Klenzalac is perfect for quickly and effectively cleaning out even the nastiest wounds. Come see them both today!

ZOnARE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, InC.420 North Bernardo AvenueMountain View, CA 94043-1839Phone: (650) 230-2800Website: www.zonare.com

ZONARE Medical Systems, Inc., based in Mountain View, California, is solely dedicated to ultrasound excellence through its innovative, software-based, next generation technology, and putting customers and employees first. The patented design and architecture of the z.one Ultrasound platform delivers high-end image quality and clinical versatility at unparalleled value. ZONARE’s exclusive ultrasound focus resulted in Frost & Sullivan awarding the 2011 North American Technology Innovation Award in Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging Technology to ZONARE.

Exhibit Hall Directory

*Indicates the exhibiting company has a signed attestation statement on file with AAEM stating that they are actively recruiting physicians on site and the position they are promoting provides a democratic and equitable work environment which includes provisions for due process and the absence of restrictive covenants. The position being advertised is one of the following: 1) employment by a hospital, university, or non-profit corporation or foundation or 2) A physician group that is not owned directly or indirectly in part or in whole by a lay entity or individual.



Support Acknowledgement

The American Academy of Emergency Medicine would like to acknowledge the unrestricted grant and support

from the following for the 2012 Scientific Assembly:

LanyardsMedical Management Specialists

Registration Bag InsertCEP America

PEPID

Water BottlesMedData, Inc.



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Certificate of Workplace FairnessThe American Academy of Emergency Medicine strongly supports fair working practices for emergency physicians. Consequently, it will certify that an emergency department meets standards for employment excellence if its physician employees are guaranteed the following five workplace conditions: 1. A reasonable due process policy. 2. A reasonable policy of financial transparency that protects physicians against financial exploitation. 3. A reasonable policy of financial equity that allows physicians to share in the department’s profits. 4. A reasonable policy of political equity that allows physicians to improve their own working conditions. 5. Employment arrangements that do not impose post-contractual restrictions.

Recognized as being in compliance with Certificate of Workplace Fairness Standards & Conditions

Organization State

Baptist Hospital, Nashville TN

Central California Emergency Medicine Physicians CA

Clear Lake Regional Medical Center TX

Emergency Physicians at Sumner, PLLC TN

Kern Medical Center CA

Madison Emergency Physicians-St. Mary’s Hospital WI

Middle Tennessee Medical Center TN

Mount Sinai Hospital IL

Newport Emergency Physicians, Inc RI

Reid Hospital/Emergency Medicine of Eastern Indiana IN

Southeast Emergency Consultants serving: Memorial Hospital FLJacksonville, Orange Park Medical Center and Capital Regional Medical Center

Southern Colorado Emergency Medical Associates CO

Southwestern Michigan Emergency Services, P.C. MI

St. Joseph Regional Medical Center IN

St. Luke’s Hospital IA

Stanford/Kaiser Santa Clara TPMG UCI Medical Center CA

UCI Medical Center CA

Valley Emergency Physicians-South Bend IN

West Jefferson Emergency Physician’s Group LA



Tentative Committee and Board Meeting ScheduleSchedule subject to change. Please see internet posting and registration desk bulletin board for any updates to the schedule.

DATE/TIME LOCATIOn LOCATIOn LOCATIOn LOCATIOn

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

4:00-5:00pm

5:00-6:00pmAAEM BOD

(Hanover Room in the Victorian Building)6:00-7:00pm

7:00-8:00pm

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Pointe (Capacity: 28) Strand/Bayside (Capacity: 28) Pacifica/Tide (Capacity: 32) Carousel (Capacity: 48)

8:00-9:00am

9:00-10:00am

10:10-11:10am YPS BOD Government Affairs

11:10am-12:10pm Practice Management

12:10-1:20pm LUNCH

1:20-2:30pm

2:30-3:00pm

3:10-4:00pm CAL/AAEM BOD Finance

4:00-5:00pm International Clinical Practice (CPC)

Thursday, February 9, 2012 Pointe (Capacity: 28) Strand/Bayside (Capacity: 28) Pacifica/Tide (Capacity: 32) Carousel (Capacity: 48)

7:00-8:00am ACCME

8:00-9:00am

9:00-10:00am

10:15-11:15am State Chapter Legal RSA VP Council

11:15am-12:15pm Membership Operations Management (OMC)

12:30-2:20pm LUNCH & ANNUAL MEETING

2:20-3:20pm WestJEM Meeting(2:00pm-4:00pm)3:30-4:00pm

RSA Board Meeting(3:30pm-5:30pm)

4:00-5:00pmJEM Board Meeting(4:30pm-6:30pm)

Education(4:30pm-6:30pm)

5:00-6:00pm

6:00–7:00pm

Friday, February 10, 2012 Pointe (Capacity: 28) Strand/Bayside (Capacity: 28) Pacifica/Tide (Capacity: 32)

7:00-8:00am

8:00-9:00am

9:00-10:00am EMS

10:00-11:00am USAAEM BOD

11:00am-12:00pm

12:00-1:00pm AAEM BOD(Coronet Room in the Victorian Building)1:00-2:00pm

Plenary Sessions- No Meetings

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