40TH Annual Primary Care Conference

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: Membership meeting 

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

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