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2017 AMDA Conference

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Jonathan Shenk

Valley Family & Elder Care
Owner, CEO
Harrisonburg VA

3:00pm MST

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall Exhibit Hall 6 (North Building)

8:00pm MST

Foundation Futures/ABPLM CMD Welcome Reception TBA

8:00am MST

INF1 | SHEA/CDC/AMDA Infection Prevention in PA/LTC Certificate Course Grapevine B TH4 | Telemedicine in PA/LTC: How to do it and do it Well Texas 5-6Suzanne Gillespie, MD, RD, CMD • Murthy Gokula, MBBS • Steven Handler, MD, PhD

11:30am MST

Cash Lunch in Exhibit Hall Longhorn Hall E-F

1:30pm MST

TH12 | Unleash the Power of Performance Improvement in Your Facility by Stopping the Madness of Data Insanity Dallas 5-6Leonard Gelman, MD, CMD • Paige Hector, LMSW

11:00am MST

FR8 | Parkinson's Disease: A Video is Worth 1.8 Million Words San Antonio 4John Dean, MA, CCC-SLP • Nora Reznickova, MD FR2 | Are we Doing Enough? A Need for New Approaches to Address Transitions of Care for the Older Adults Across Continuum of Care Texas 1-2Michele Bellantoni, MD, CMD • Fatima Sheikh, MD, MPH, CMD

12:15pm MST

Product Theater TBA

1:30pm MST

FR12 | Demonstrating Improvement in Pain Management Through a Novel, International Collaborative Approach to QI Texas 3-4Paul Katz, MD, CMD • Jennifer Plant, MSc • Tammy Retalic, MS, RN

3:00pm MST

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall with Prize Drawing Longhorn Hall E-F

3:30pm MST

FR20 | This Year in Review for LTC Texas 3-4Julie Gammack, MD, CMD • Milta Little, DO, CMD

5:15pm MST

Product Theater TBA

6:30pm MST

State Chapter Business Meetings/Receptions TBA

6:00am MST

SA1 | Meet the Expert Breakfast Session -- When the Benefits Outweigh the Risks: Managing Chronic Mental Illness in PA/LTC Texas DMD • MS • Maureen Nash

8:00am MST

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

11:00am MST

SA10 | Disaster Preparedness 101 San Antonio 2-3Mary Evans, MD, CMD • Annaliese Impink, JD • Stacey Hallissey, PT SA11 | The “How To” Implementation of Pain Management, Pressure Ulcers and Other Wounds, and Heart Failure Clinical Practice Guidelines in PA/LTC Grapevine BGabriel Brandeis, MD, CMD • Gwendolen Buhr, MD, MEd, CMD • Robert Hogikyan, MD, MPH, CMD • Deborah Way, MD, CMD • Victoria Nalls, GNP SA7 | Quality Improvement Awards and Expert Panel Discussion Dallas 7Thomas Caprio, MD, CMD • Dulce Maria Cruz Oliver, MD

12:30pm MST

Lunch on Own TBA

1:00pm MST

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

2:30pm MST

SA14 | Maximizing JAMDA’s Relevance for the PA/LTC Community Texas 5-6Phillip Sloane, MD, MPH • Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD

4:00pm MST

House of Delegates Meeting TBA SA22 | Urinary and Fecal Incontinence: What to do About it in PA/LTC Texas 5-6Elizabeth Hames, DO, CMD • Kenya Rivas, MD, CMD • Suzanne Nall, RN, MBA • Michael Felver, MD

7:30pm MST

President’s Desert Reception TBA