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Matt Chase

Unity Health Network
Matt Chase

unityhealthnetwork.com

8:00am EDT

INF1 | SHEA/CDC/AMDA Infection Prevention in PA/LTC Certificate Course Grapevine Ballroom BDavid Nace, MD, MPH, CMD • Ghinwa Dumyati, MD • Morgan Katz, MD, MHS • Laurie Archbald-Pannone, MD, MPH • Theresa Rowe, DO, MS • Sarah Kabbani, MD, MSc • Robin Jump, MD, PhD

11:30am EDT

Cash Lunch in Exhibit Hall Longhorn Hall E

5:00pm EDT

Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall with Prize Drawing Longhorn Hall E

8:00am EDT

FR1 | General Session I Texas Ballroom A-BChristopher Laxton, CAE • Mary Evans, MD, CMD • Robert Kaplan, MD, CMD • Heidi White, MD, MHS, MEd, CMD • Cheryl Phillips, MD, CMDR • Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP

11:00am EDT

INF1 | SHEA/CDC/AMDA Infection Prevention in PA/LTC Certificate Course Cont. Grapevine Ballroom BDavid Nace, MD, MPH, CMD • Morgan Katz, MD, MHS • Nimalie Stone, MD, MS • Robin Jump, MD, PhD

1:30pm EDT

INF1 | SHEA/CDC/AMDA Infection Prevention in PA/LTC Certificate Course Cont. Grapevine Ballroom BDavid Nace, MD, MPH, CMD • Morgan Katz, MD, MHS • Nimalie Stone, MD, MS • Robin Jump, MD, PhD

3:00pm EDT

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall with Prize Drawing Longhorn Hall E

3:30pm EDT

FR24 | Managing Heart Failure Patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Addressing the Complex Cardiovascular Disease, and Knowing When and how to Incorporate Palliative Care (AGS/AMDA Joint Session) Texas 3-4Verna Sellers, MD, MPH, CMD • Keith Swetz, MD, MA, HMDC • Rebecca Boxer, MD • Nicole Orr, MD FR26 | Stopping Eating and Drinking by Advance Directives: Choose Your Injustice San Antonio 4-6M. Rosina Finley, MD, BSN, CMD • Timothy Holahan, DO, CMD • Peter Jaggard, MD, CMD • Fatima Naqvi, MD, CMD • James Wright, MD, PhD, CMD

8:00am EDT

SA2 | General Session II Texas Ballroom A-BAlan Abrams, MD, CMD • Robert Kaplan, MD, CMD • Cari Levy, MD, PhD, CMD • David Nace, MD, MPH, CMD • Karl Steinberg, MD, HMDC, CMD • Alex Bardakh, MPP • Joan Teno, MD, MS

11:00am EDT

SA6 | Beyond 5-Star Quality Rating System, A Guide to Survive the New Changes Dallas 5-7Sabine von Preyss-Friedman, MD, CMD • Ashkan Javaheri, MD, CMD • Irene Hamrick, MD SA7 | Quality Improvement: How to Achieve Better Outcomes in Your Facility San Antonio 4-6Rebecca Ferrini, MD, MPH, CMD • Thomas Caprio, MD, CMD • Robert Kaplan, MD, CMD • Marian McNamara, RN, MSN • Maria Acosta, RN

1:00pm EDT

ITT | In-the-Trenches: Peer Group Roundtable Discussion Texas Ballroom C

2:30pm EDT

SA18 | Optimizing Function and Physical Activity Among Residents in AL Using a Dissemination and Implementation Approach Austin 4-6Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP • Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP SA16 | The Emergency Department Joins the Interdisciplinary Team: Strategies to Improve Acute Care Transitions and Reduce ED Capture Texas 3-4Firas Saidi, MD, CMD • Adam Perry, MD

4:00pm EDT

House of Delegates Meeting Texas Ballroom A-B

7:30pm EDT

President’s Dessert Reception Center Pre-Function

6:30am EDT

SU2 | Red Eye Rounds: Clinical Quandaries Texas Ballroom DDebra Bakerjian, PhD, APRN • Timothy Gieseke, MD, CMD • David Nace, MD, MPH, CMD • Christopher Patterson, MD, CMD • Verna Sellers, MD, MPH, CMD • Peter Winn, MD, CMD