Nurse Practitioners: Quality, Access, and
Outcomes with Patient-Centered Care
March 15-18, 2017
Conference Agenda
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Registration and Reception
8:00 am to 12:00 pm Joint Injection, Arthrocentesis
Dr. Matthew Sarb
8:00 am to 12:00 pm Dermatology – Biopsy, Incision and Drainage
8:00 am to 12:00 pm Basic Splinting/Casting
8:00 am to 12:00 pm 12 Lead EKG Interpretation
8:00 am to 11:00 pm UNOPPOSED EXHIBIT HALL TIME
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm Joint Injection, Arthrocentesis
Dr. Matthew Sarb
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm Dermatology – Biopsy, Incision and Drainage
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm Basic Splinting/Casting
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm 12 Lead EKG Interpretation
“Nurse Practitioners: Quality, Access, and Outcomes with
Patient-Centered Care”
March 15-18, 2017
Conference Agenda
Thursday, March 16, 2017
7:15 am to 7:25 am Welcome
Dr. Irene W. Bean, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
Keynote Address: Future of the Nurse Practitioner’s Profession: It Rests in Your
7:30 am to 9:00 am Hands.
Wendy Wright, FNP-C, FAANP, FAAN
8:00 am to 11:00 am UNOPPOSED EXHIBIT HALL TIME
9:00 am to 10:30 am A Picture’s Worth A Thousand Words: Dermatology Across the Lifespan
Wendy Wright, FNP-C, FAANP, FAAN
10:30 am to 12:00 pm New Drug Update 2017: What’s Hot, What’s Not
Wendy Wright, FNP-C, FAANP, FAAN
12:00 pm to 12:55 pm Lunch
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm UNOPPOSED EXHIBIT HALL TIME
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Joining Forces-Caring for Military Families in Your Community
Cindy Cooke, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Thyroid Disorders: Today’s Evidence of Treatment
Cindy Cooke, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm to 4:15 pm Pediatric Epilepsy Syndrome
Dr. Javier Valero Fonseca, MD
4:15 pm to 6:15 pm Opioid Prescribing, Safe Practice, Changing Lives
AANP
“Nurse Practitioners: Quality, Access, and Outcomes with
Patient-Centered Care”
March 15-18, 2017
Conference Agenda
Friday, March 17, 2017
7:15 am to 7:30 am Welcome
8:00 am to 11:00 am UNOPPOSED EXHIBIT HALL TIME
7:30 am to 8:30 am What’s New in Adult Reconstructive Knee Surgery
Dr. Robert Otto, MD
8:30 am to 9:30 am Tennessee Chronic Pain Update for Nurse Practitioners
Brett Snodgrass, MSN, FNP-BC, FAANP
9:30 am to 9:45 am Break
9:45 am to 10:45 am Making Sense of Dollars and Cents: Strategies for Successful Negotiations
Vanessa Pomerico, MSN, FNP
Making Healthcare TRANS-parent: Essential Primary Care for the Transgender
10:45 am to 11:45 pm Patient
Vanessa Pomerico, MSN, FNP
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm UNOPPOSED EXHIBIT HALL TIME
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Treatment of Addictive and Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy
Dr. Alan Lynch, MD
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Chronic Back Pain Assessment and Management in Primary Care
Dr. Matthew Sarb
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm GI Disorders
Dr. Kristin Gaffney, MD
4:15 pm to 5:15 pm Update on Minimally Invasive and Sutureless Heart Valve Therapies
Dr. Sreekumur Subramanian, MD
5:15 pm to 6:15 pm The ABCs of Gynecological Cancer
Dr. Thomas Numnum
“Nurse Practitioners: Quality, Access, and Outcomes with
Patient-Centered Care”
March 15-18, 2017
Conference Agenda
Saturday, March 18, 2017
7:15 am to 7:30 am Welcome
8:00 am to 11:00 am UNOPPOSED EXHIBIT HALL TIME
7:30 am to 8:30 am Wound Care
Dr. James Ettien
8:30 am to 9:30 am Heart Failure Diagnosis and Management: Success in Failure
Dr. Eitan Friedman
9:30 am to 9:45 am Break
9:45 am to 10:45 am Thyroid Disorders in Pediatric Patients
Deanna Aftab Guy, MD
10:45 am to 11:45 pm The Special Needs of the Late Preterm Infant – Before and After Discharge
Patti Scott, DNP
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm UNOPPOSED EXHIBIT HALL TIME
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Using Hypnosis for Chronic Pain
Barbara Phillips, FNP
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)
Barbara Phillips, FNP
3:15 pm to 4:15 pm Forensic Care
Julie Rosof-Williams, FNP
4:15 pm to 5:15 pm Palliative Care
Julie Pickering, FNP
5:15 pm Closing Ceremonies