Thu, Sep 23
|Marriott Uptown
40TH Annual Primary Care Conference
EXPANDING NEW HORIZONS This activity has been reviewed and is approved for a maximum of 18 AAPA Category 1 CME credits by the AAPA Review Panel. PAs should claim only those credits actually spent participating in the CME activity.

Time & Location
Sep 23, 2021, 7:30 AM – Sep 25, 2021, 1:30 PM
Marriott Uptown, Marriott Dr NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110, USA
About the event
Agenda: (subject to change)
Thursday, September 23rd
7:15 – 8:00 Continental Breakfast/Registration
Opening Remarks – Sean Diesel PA-C, NMAPA President
8:00 – 9:00 Not All That Wheezes is Asthma, Albert Bourbon PA-C
9:00 – 10:00 Latent TB Treatment Update, Brenda Montoya RN and Marcos Burgos MD
10:00 – 10:20 Refreshment Break/Exhibitors
10:20 – 11:20 Update on Management of Migraine Headaches, Wei Wei Dai DO
11:20-12:20 Diabetic Kidney Disease Update 2021, Christos Argyropoulos MD
12:20 – 1:30 Lunch-NMAPA Membership Meeting (All are Welcome)
1:30 – 2:30 Rheumatology Pearls for the Primary Care Provider, Suzanne Emil MD
2:30 – 3:30 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Fabián Armijo
3:30 – 4:00 Refreshment Break/Exhibitors
4:00 – 5:00 Frailty in the Elderly, Carla Herman MD
Friday, September 24th
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast Presentation-no CME awarded-Healthcare Disparities and the Management of CAD and PAD Amy Benson PA-C
7:30 – 8:00 Continental Breakfast – Registration
8:00 – 9:00 COVID Updates, Debora Bear NP
9:00 – 10:00 Primary Care for Adult Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients, Melinda Jones, PA-C, RD
10:00 – 10:20 Refreshment Break/Exhibitors
10:20 – 11:20 Common Psychiatric Prescribing Mistakes, Peter Carmany PA-C
11:20 – 12:20 NM Department of Health Medical Cannabis Program, Gary French MD, Elizabeth Jensen MHP
12:20 – 1:30 Lunch: Annual Awards (All are welcome)
1:30 – 2:30 Understand the Current Hepatitis C Treatment Guidelines, Carly Floyd Pharm D, PhC
2:30 – 3:30 Prescribing Controlled Substances: Regulations and Best Practices, Valerie Carrejo MD
3:30 – 4:00 Refreshment Break/Exhibitors
4:00 – 5:00 Contraception Update: New methods and guidelines, Jennifer Robinson NP
5:00-5:30 Student Challeng Bowl-cancelled
Saturday, September 25th
7:30 – 8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 9:00 STD Update, Cari Riley
9:00 – 10:00 NAFLD: Why, What and How? Antoine Jakiche MD
10:00 – 10:30 Refreshment Break
10:30 – 11:30 Phenoconversion, The Future to Come, Frank Ralls MD
11:30 – 12:30 Evaluating Chest Pain, What’s new?, Michelle Khoo MD
FACULTY SPEAKERS:
Amy Benson DMSc, PA-C, Senior Medical Science Liaison Janssen Pharmaceuticals of Johnson and Johnson
Antoine Jackiche MD, Gastroenterology & Hepatology Southwest Gastroenterology Associates
Brenda Montoya RN, TB Program Manager NM Department of Health
Cari Riley Health Educator NM Department of Health
Carla Herman MD, MPH, Emeritus Professor Department of Internal Medicine University of New Mexico
Carly Floyd PharmD, PhC, AAHIVP, CDCES, Clinical Pharmacist | PGY1 Community-Based Pharmacy Residency Director UNM-AETC Clinical Director
Christos Argyropoulos MD, MS, PhD, FASN, Division Chief, Nephrology, Dept of Internal Medicine University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Debora Bear RN, MSN, MPH, FNP, COVID-19 Follow up Clinic Family Practice University of New Mexico Hospital Elizabeth R. Jensen MHP, Health Educator, NM DOH
Frank Ralls MD, New Mexico Sleep Lab
Fabián J. Armijo Director Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) | Interpreter Languages Services (ILS) -
Gary J. French, MD, Medical Director Medical Cannabis Program NM DOH
Jennifer Robinson M.S., WHNP-BC, CNM, RN, Adolescent Medicine Division Department of Pediatrics UNMH
Marcos Burgos, MD Associate Professor and Medical Director Tuberculosis Program NM Department of Health Melinda Jones MPAS, PA-C, RD, Family Medicine Ben Archer Health Center
Michelle Khoo MD, FACC, Khoo and Associates Cardiology & Wellness
Nicole Suzanne Emil MD, Associate Professor Division Chief Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine UNM School of Medicine Health Sciences Center and SRMC
Peter Carmany PA-C, Psychiatry Nor-Lea Hospital
Valerie Carrejo MD FAAFP, Medical Director, UNM North Valley Clinic, Program Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship, Clinical Vice Chair, UNM Department of Family and Community Medicine
Wei Wei Dai DO, Neurologist Presbyterian Medical Group
Tickets
Price
Quantity
Total
NMAPA Member Registration
$345
+$8.63 Service fee
$345
+$8.63 Service fee
0$0
Non-Member Registration/PA/NP
$445
+$11.13 Service fee
Consider becoming a member to save on your registration fee
$445
+$11.13 Service fee
0$0
New PA Grad Registration
$200
+$5 Service fee
Graduated within the last year after 1/1/2021
$200
+$5 Service fee
0$0
Single Day -Thursday 9/23
$200
+$5 Service fee
$200
+$5 Service fee
0$0
Single Day-Friday 9/24
$200
+$5 Service fee
$200
+$5 Service fee
0$0
Student-1 Day
$30
+$0.75 Service fee
$30
+$0.75 Service fee
0$0
Student-Full Conference
$50
+$1.25 Service fee
$50
+$1.25 Service fee
0$0
EXHIBITOR-RIO GRANDE SUPPORT
$550
+$13.75 Service fee
• Includes booth space • Recognition of your support in the program • Does not include electronic attendee list (see Sandia package)
$550
+$13.75 Service fee
0$0
EXHIBITOR SANDIA SUPPORT
$800
+$20 Service fee
• Includes booth space • Recognition of your support in the program • Electronic Attendee List • Your logo on our website home page and conference registration
$800
+$20 Service fee
0$0
EXHIBITOR ONE DAY
$400
+$10 Service fee
• Includes booth space • Recognition of your support in the program • Does not include electronic attendee list (see Sandia package)
$400
+$10 Service fee
0$0
Total
$0