Emergency Medicine
The American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP) presents a comprehensive emergency medicine educational program designed for physicians practicing across a wide range of settings. Developed by leading emergency medicine educators and subject matter experts, the program delivers practical, evidence-based content that can be immediately applied in clinical practice.
Sessions explore today’s most relevant emergency medicine topics, including pediatric emergencies, neurology, toxicology, EMS, resuscitation, observation medicine, procedural skills, osteopathic manipulative treatment, and emerging advances in research and technology. Additional programming addresses physician leadership, communication, productivity, wellness, and the evolving role of emergency physicians in modern healthcare.
Through engaging presentations led by experts from emergency medicine and related specialties, attendees will gain actionable knowledge, clinical updates, and new perspectives to enhance patient care and professional development.
Time
Room
Title
Speakers
CME Credit
8 a.m.–11 a.m.
Pompeian Ballroom
Airway Lab Workshop
Jacob Snow, MD; Jonathan Littel, MD; Mary McLean, MD; Patricia Capone, DO; Spencer Heath, DO
8 a.m.–11 a.m.
Pompeian Ballroom
AOCA and ACOEP Regional Workshop
Peter Alamia, DO; Eli Johnson, DO; Blaze Kelly, DO; Blake St Louis, DO; Leon Grinman, DO; Amanda Shakal, DO, FAOCA
12 p.m.–12:30 p.m.
Pompeian Ballroom
Back Pain Emergencies
Peter Alamia, DO
12:30 p.m.–1 p.m.
Pompeian Ballroom
Severe Obesity and the ABCDEs of Emergency Care
Mary McLean, MD
1 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Pompeian Ballroom
Child Abuse Recognition and Evaluation
Yaron Ivan, MD
1:30 p.m.–2 p.m.
Pompeian Ballroom
EMS Update I
Duane Siberski, DO, FACOEP-D, FACEP, PHP, AAGG
2 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Pompeian Ballroom
Riding into Battle: Fighting to Cath Your NSTEMI Patient
Mary McLean, MD
2:30 p.m.–3 p.m.
Pompeian Ballroom
Anxiolysis and Procedural Sedation and Analgesia (PSA) in the Pediatric ER
Yaron Ivan, MD
3 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Pompeian Ballroom
Beyond the Clock: Applying the 2026 AHA/ASA Stroke Guidelines in the Emergency Department
Karen Greenberg, DO, FACOEP-D, FAAEM, FAHA
3:30 p.m.–4 p.m.
Pompeian Ballroom
Small Bodies, Big Emergencies
Jacob Snow, MD
4 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Pompeian Ballroom
High Stakes Neurology: Practice-Changing Advances Beyond the Guidelines
Karen Greenberg, DO, FACOEP-D, FAAEM, FAHA
4:30 p.m.–5 p.m.
Pompeian Ballroom
EMS Update II
Duane Siberski, DO, FACOEP-D, FACEP, PHP, AAGG
Airway Lab Workshop
Speakers
Jacob Snow, MD
Jonathan Littel, MD
Mary McLean, MD
Patricia Capone, DO
Spencer Heath, DO
AOCA and ACOEP Regional Workshop
Learning Objectives
- Describe the relevant anatomy, indications, contraindications, benefits, and potential complications associated with commonly performed regional anesthesia techniques
- Demonstrate proper ultrasound machine setup, image optimization, and identification of key sonoanatomical structures used in regional anesthesia procedures
- Develop safe procedural practices for local anesthetic dosing principles
Speakers
Peter Alamia, DO
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Eli Johnson, DO
Blaze Kelly, DO
Blake St Louis, DO
Leon Grinman, DO
Amanda Shakal, DO, FAOCA
Back Pain Emergencies
Learning Objectives
- Discuss back pain emergencies
- Review signs and symptoms of back pain emergencies
- Describe the diagnostic approach of back pain emergencies
Speakers
Peter Alamia, DO
Severe Obesity and the ABCDEs of Emergency Care
Learning Objectives
- Describe the physiologic differences in vital signs, airway, breathing, and circulation, as well as specific social considerations for patients with severe obesity
- Discuss nuances in appropriate emergency care for patients with severe obesity, including pharmacology, electrocardiography, and imaging
- Construct an evidence-based framework for addressing crucial social and societal considerations in caring for patients with obesity
Speakers
Mary McLean, MD
Child Abuse Recognition and Evaluation
Learning Objectives
- Explain when to suspect child abuse/NAT in a pediatric patient with an injury
- Outline what questions to ask on history and what physical exam findings to look for on physical exam
- Engage in “pediatric specific” workup and avoid “testing for everything”
- Provide tools for communication to parents regarding suspicion for NAT
Speakers
Yaron Ivan, MD
EMS Update I
Learning Objectives
- Delineate current pre-hospital management by EMS providers
- Discuss progression of pre-hospital management by EMS providers
- Delve into treatments, methods, and ideas for the advancement of pre-hospital management by EMS providers
Speakers
Duane Siberski, DO, FACOEP-D, FACEP, PHP, AAGG
Riding into Battle: Fighting to Cath Your NSTEMI Patient
Learning Objectives
- Distinguish unstable from stable high-risk NSTEMI patients using EKG, hemodynamic, laboratory, and clinical criteria to determine who needs emergent versus urgent catheterization
- Use the latest evidence-based scoring systems and optimal medical therapy to build the argument for cath lab activation for high-risk NSTEMI patients
- Apply advocacy strategies to mitigate the known PCI and clinical outcome disparities for women, Black, Hispanic, and elderly patients with NSTEMI
Speakers
Mary McLean, MD
Anxiolysis and Procedural Sedation and Analgesia (PSA) in the Pediatric ER
Learning Objectives
- Review the rationale for procedural sedation and analgesia in children
- Review common medications used during PSA and their side effects
- Review Step for Rapid patient assessment and airway management
Speakers
Yaron Ivan, MD
Beyond the Clock: Applying the 2026 AHA/ASA Stroke Guidelines in the Emergency Department
Learning Objectives
- Assess emerging evidence for anticoagulation reversal and hemostatic therapies in acute neurologic emergencies
- Discuss evolving advances in stroke treatment, including novel anticoagulants, medium-vessel occlusion thrombectomy, and portable neuroimaging
- Identify emerging neuroprotective therapies and innovations that may influence future neurologic emergency care
Speakers
Karen Greenberg, DO, FACOEP-D, FAAEM, FAHA
Small Bodies, Big Emergencies
Learning Objectives
- Discuss common challenges and pitfalls with the most frequently performed pediatric emergency procedures
- Integrate targeted distraction and comfort positioning techniques by partnering with Child Life specialists during procedures
- Troubleshoot immediate mechanical and anatomical complications during procedures while maintaining effective, concurrent procedural pain and anxiety control
Speakers
Jacob Snow, MD
High Stakes Neurology: Practice-Changing Advances Beyond the Guidelines
Learning Objectives
- Identify key updates in the 2026 AHA/ASA Acute Ischemic Stroke Guidelines that impact emergency department evaluation and management of stroke patients
- Identify patients who may benefit from endovascular thrombectomy, including those with large-core infarcts and basilar artery occlusions
- Implement evidence-based approaches to pediatric stroke evaluation, blood pressure management, and glucose control in the acute stroke setting
Speakers
Karen Greenberg, DO, FACOEP-D, FAAEM, FAHA
EMS Update II
Learning Objectives
- Delineate current pre-hospital management by EMS providers
- Discuss progression of pre-hospital management by EMS providers
- Delve into treatments, methods, and ideas for the advancement of pre-hospital management by EMS providers
Speakers
Duane Siberski, DO, FACOEP-D, FACEP, PHP, AAGG
OMT in the ED: Coding and Billing
Learning Objectives
- Assess areas of potential in the emergency department for utilization of OMT and evaluate the impact of OMT in the emergency department
- Develop a model for ease of access in procedure billing
- Review basics of billing and coding in OMT in the ED
Speakers
Brie Howerton, DO, MSBE
Passports, Pathogens, and Perspectives: Emergency Medicine Through the Eyes of the Military
Learning Objectives
- Recognize unique disease presentations and pathology encountered in international and resource-variable settings and discuss how these experiences can strengthen diagnostic reasoning in everyday emergency medicine
- Compare international approaches to emergency care, resource utilization, and clinical decision-making, identifying practical strategies that can be adapted to improve patient care in their own practice
- Discuss how global medical collaboration, military medicine, and cross-cultural healthcare experiences expand professional perspective, foster innovation, and reinforce the universal principles of compassionate, evidence-based emergency medicine
Speakers
Chris Colbert, DO
OMT in the ED: Top Complaints to Diagnose and Treat
Learning Objectives
- Review osteopathic principles and practices of OMT techniques and top emergency department complaints
- Determine feasibility of various types of OMT for each complaint
- Generate a care plan framework for OMT implementation for common ED complaints
Speakers
Brie Howerton, DO, MSBE
From Trauma Bays to TV Bays: How ED Physicians Can Thrive in Media Without Compromising Medical Integrity
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the principles of effective health messaging across television, radio, podcast, and other media platforms
- Describe the importance - and occasional discomfort - of adapting messages to meet the needs, knowledge, and expectations of different audiences without compromising scientific integrity
- Identify how emergency positions can serve as credible advocates for emergency medicine in public health in an increasingly saturated medical media environment
Speakers
Chris Colbert, DO
ED Observations: When and Why?
Learning Objectives
- Identify patients who are appropriate for ED observation and distinguish observation from inpatient admission and discharge
- Define a meaningful observation endpoint and select common conditions where observation adds value
- Recognize patients who should not enter observation, improve documentation and disposition decisions, and avoid common observation pitfalls
Speakers
Sebastian Bustamonte, MD
You Don't Need to Admit that Chest Pain
Learning Objectives
- Identify patients with chest pain who require immediate evaluation and escalation for potentially life-threatening conditions
- Interpret high-sensitivity troponin results in the appropriate clinical context, distinguishing myocardial injury from myocardial infarction and ACS
- Apply a validated clinical decision pathway to risk-stratify patients with possible ACS
- Differentiate low-, intermediate-, and high-risk patients to guide appropriate ED disposition
- Develop a safe discharge plan for appropriately selected low-risk patients, including follow-up and clear return precautions
Speakers
Sebastian Bustamonte, MD
Fever in the Returning Traveler
Learning Objectives
- Emphasize the importance of obtaining a comprehensive travel history and its role in identifying potential infectious etiologies of fever in returning travelers
- Develop the ability to integrate epidemiologic factors and physical exam findings to narrow the differential diagnosis for febrile returning travelers
- Apply a systematic and evidence-based diagnostic approach to evaluate fever in this population, including appropriate laboratory and imaging modalities
Speakers
Geoffrey Comp, DO
Tiny Humans, Big Decisions: Antibiotics in Common Pediatric Infections
Learning Objectives
- Identify current evidence-based antibiotic selection, dosing, and duration for four common pediatric bacterial infections encountered in the emergency department
- Distinguish clinical and age-based factors that guide decisions to treat, observe, or admit pediatric patients with bacterial infections
- Apply current diagnostic criteria to differentiate bacterial from viral etiologies and recognize presentations that warrant escalation of care
Speakers
Rachel Munn, DO, FAEMS, FACEP
Halo Procedures in the ED Part I
Learning Objectives
- Identify and define the HALO procedures in the emergency department
- Discuss the key indications and contraindications for HALO procedures in the emergency department
- Discuss the steps to succeed at performing HALO procedures in the emergency department
Speakers
Andy Little, DO
The ED Approach to Chemical Exposures
Learning Objectives
- Develop a practical bedside approach to the evaluation and initial management of unknown occupational chemical exposures in the emergency department
- Recognize high-risk exposure patterns, decontamination priorities, and common pitfalls involving skin, respiratory, and ocular chemical injuries
- Identify high-yield industrial chemicals and antidote-based treatments that emergency clinicians must rapidly recognize and manage
Speakers
Geoffrey Comp, DO
When to Stop: An Evidence-Based Guide to Terminating Resuscitation Efforts
Learning Objectives
- Apply validated termination of resuscitation rules for both BLS and ALS providers to support evidence-based field termination decisions in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
- Identify clinical, physiologic, and procedural factors — including end-tidal CO2 monitoring and point-of-care ultrasound — that inform termination of resuscitation decisions in the emergency department
- Recognize special resuscitation circumstances (hypothermia, drowning, toxicologic etiology) in which standard TOR criteria should be suspended or modified
Speakers
Rachel Munn, DO, FAEMS, FACEP
Halo Procedures in the ED Part II
Learning Objectives
- Identify and define the HALO procedures in the emergency department
- Discuss the key indications and contraindications for HALO procedures in the emergency department
- Discuss the steps to succeed at performing HALO procedures in the emergency department
Speakers
Andy Little, DO
A Career Pivot: Lessons Learned Moving from Graduate to Undergraduate Medical Education
Learning Objectives
- Compare the roles, responsibilities, qualifications, and career pathways of physician educators in Graduate Medical Education (GME) and Undergraduate Medical Education (UME)
- Discuss the professional, personal, and financial considerations involved in transitioning from emergency medicine residency leadership to medical school administration
- Identify opportunities and practical steps for emergency physicians interested in pursuing careers in undergraduate medical education and academic leadership
Speakers
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Angela Carrick, DO, FACOEP, FACEP
Re-Thinking GI Bleeds
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the new recommendations for the care of patients presenting with gastrointestinal bleeding from the American College of Gastroenterologists
- Dissolve the guidelines to help you better diagnose patient with gastrointestinal bleeding
- Discuss the best practices for the care of gastrointestinal bleeding
Speakers
Andy Little, DO
Medical Legal You Need to Know
Learning Objectives
- Review primary areas of risk for Osteopathic Physicians
- Identify best practices for risk mitigation
- Consider emerging areas of risk and litigation including generative AI
Speakers
John Casey, DO, MA, FACOEP-D
Peptide Therapy in the ED - What EM Physicians Need to Know
Learning Objectives
- Identify commonly used peptide therapies and describe their mechanisms of action and clinical indications relevant to emergency medicine
- Recognize the emergency department presentations associated with peptide therapies, including GLP-1 receptor agonists, growth hormone–related peptides, Melanotan II, and IGF-1 LR3
- Apply a physiology-based approach to the evaluation and management of patients using peptide therapies while appropriately identifying and excluding emergent pathology
Speakers
Kenneth Frye, DO
Using AI to Better Understand Clinical Research
Learning Objectives
- Develop a systematic framework to efficiently extract evidence-based answers to clinical questions from a large language model
- Use large language models as an interactive tool to understand research methods and interpret study results
Speakers
Dhimitri Nikolla, DO
Observation Medicine Beyond Chest Pain: Expanding the Modern Observation Unit
Learning Objectives
- Recognize appropriate patient populations and clinical conditions that may benefit from emergency department observation services
- Apply evidence-based observation pathways to improve patient throughput, reduce unnecessary hospital admissions, and enhance the value of emergency care
- Evaluate operational strategies, including workflow optimization, financial considerations, and emerging technologies, to strengthen departmental performance
Speakers
Kenneth Frye, DO
Sebastian Bustamante, MD
Strategies for Improving Clinical Productivity in the ED
Learning Objectives
- Distinguish between factors that are endogenous and exogenous to the physician that affect productivity
- Describe how documentation and staffing practices, as well as boarding, affect physician productivity
- Describe physician and departmental-level interventions that can improve clinician productivity
Speakers
Dhimitri Nikolla, DO
The Modern Emergency Department Leader
Learning Objectives
- Identify key operational, quality, and physician performance metrics to evaluate and improve emergency department performance
- Interpret key operational and quality metrics to guide leadership decisions and drive continuous improvement in emergency department performance
- Develop approaches to improve departmental throughput, physician engagement, and organizational culture while reducing burnout and supporting high-quality patient care
Speakers
Kenneth Frye, DO
Flow State
Learning Objectives
- Define flow state and how it contributes to performance
- Identify inputs and stressors that contribute to burnout and performance barriers
- Discuss methods to maximize the ability to operate in flow state to perform at full potential
Speakers
Drew Kalnow, DO
The Blame Game: Fundamental Attribution Error in Emergency Medicine
Learning Objectives
- Define Fundamental Attribution Error and recognize how it influences clinical judgment, patient interactions, and team dynamics in emergency medicine
- Identify common ED scenarios where behavior is misattributed to personality or character rather than situational factors, stressors, or system pressures
- Apply practical reframing strategies to improve communication, reduce bias and blame, and promote a healthier emergency department culture
Speakers
John Casey, DO, MA, FACOEP-D
EM Over Easy Live Show
Learning Objectives
- Discuss how AI can be used and avoided in the ED
- Discuss common communication breakdowns and how to tackle them in real time
- Identify healthy coping mechanisms for EM docs to incorpate after their next shift
Speakers
Andy Little, DO
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Tanner Gronowski, DO
John Casey, DO, MA, FACOEP-D
Food as Medicine: Tailoring Nutrition for Special Dietary Needs
Learning Objectives
- Differentiate between food allergies, food intolerances, and other medically indicated dietary restrictions
- Assess the nutritional implications of food elimination diets and restricted eating patterns
- Develop practical strategies to ensure nutritional adequacy for patients managing food allergies or specialized dietary needs
Speakers
Andy Little, DO