56th Annual Primary Care Review

Conference description

The 56th Annual Primary Care Review provides up-to-date clinical information and critical review of topics essential to primary care practice. Twenty-five plenary presentations and 44 breakout session provide the opportunity to design a personalized learning experience.

Conference date

February 10-14, 2025

Conference location

Sentinel Hotel - Portland, Oregon

Target audience

The 2025 Primary Care Review is designed for family physicians, internists, hospitalists, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, and other primary care health care providers.

Online pre-registration is closed. On site registration opens at 7:00 am on Monday, February 10.

Monday, February 10

7:15     Registration and Breakfast    
Morning Session:         
7:50     Welcome and Introduction to the Course     
8:00    "My Antidepressant/Anxiolytic Prescriptions Aren't Working – Now What?" - Y Pritham Raj, MD
8:40    HIV PrEP: Leveraging PCPs to End the Epidemic - Hunter Spencer, DO
10:00    BREAK    
10:20    Heart Failure Treatment - Nalini Colaco, MD, MPH
11:00    POTS - Elizabeth Le, MD
12:10    LUNCH    
Afternoon Session:         
1:00    BREAKOUT SESSIONS I    
            Pain, Pericardial Effusion, Pericarditis - What Do I Need to Do? - Elizabeth Le, MD
            Hair Disorders - Melissa Adair, BSN, FNP
            Effective Counseling for Common Behavioral Concerns in Early Childhood - Andrew Riley, PhD
2:05    Spotlight on Spotting: Mastering Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Primary Care - Katherine Putnam, MD, Emily Waterman, MD, MPH and Allyson Adams, MD
3:05    BREAK
1:00    BREAKOUT SESSIONS II
            Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care - Leah Baruch, MD
            Approach to Neuropathies - Anson Wilks, MD
            Primary Hyperaldosteronism - Stuti Fernandes, MD
            From Seed to Bud: The Impact of Cannabis Use Across the Lifespan - Jamie Lo, MD and Jasper Bash, MD
4:30    POLST Conversations: How to Explore Patient Wishes and Provide Medical Context for Treatment Choices at the End of Life - Eriko Onishi, MD and Christine Mullowney, MD
5:30    ADJOURN     

Tuesday, February 11

7:15    Registration and Breakfast    
Morning Session:         
8:00    Technology in Diabetes Management - Rita Parsiani, Pharm.D., CDCES, BC-ADM
8:40    Newer Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes - Brief Review for PCPs    Smriti Ohri, MD
10:00    BREAK    
10:20    Managing CKD in the Primary Care Setting - a PCP and Neph Panel Discussion - Robert Rope, MD and Moira Ray, MD
11:00    Outpatient cardiorenal management to reduce CV and ESRD Risk - James Gendreau, MD
12:10    LUNCH    
Afternoon Session:         
1:00    BREAKOUT SESSIONS I    
            An Overview of Hypermobile Connective Tissue Disorder - Sonia Sosa, MD and Alena Guggenheim, ND
            Depression in Older Adults - Rasha Nakhleh, MD
            AI in the Primary Care Office - Ishak Elkhal, MD
2:05    BREAKOUT SESSIONS II    
            Pancreatic Cancer Screening: Early Detection -     Carmen Curry, MS, FNP-BC
           Intersectionality and Cross-Cultural Treatment Planning: Use of the ASCN Model in Clinical Practice - Jessica Binkley, Psy.D
           Liver Health in Primary Care - Aline Gottlieb, MD and Rasha Nakhleh, MD
3:05    BREAK    
3:25    BREAKOUT SESSIONS III
            Mastering the Art of Diuretics: Tackling Congestion in Heart Failure - Harleen Singh, PharmD and Carrie Puckett, DO
            Avoid the Care Crisis! Strategies to Anticipate and Plan for Increased Care Needs of Older Adults - Suvi Neukum, DO
           Pediatrics: Allergy Elimination Diets - Briza York, RD, CSP, LD, CD
4:30    Osteoporosis in Women and Men - Chaim Vanek, MD
5:30    ADJOURN     

Wednesday, February 12

7:15      Registration and Breakfast    
Morning Session:         
8:00      Hepatic Steatosis - What Do I Do? - Smriti Ohri, MD
8:40      Cirrhosis - Arnab Mitra, MD
10:00    BREAK / EXHIBITORS    
10:20    Oral Lesions - Heidi Hansen, MD
11:00    The Role of Primary Care in Melanoma Detection - Elizabeth Berry, MD & Alex Verdieck Devlaeminck, MD
12:10    LUNCH    
Afternoon Session:         
1:00    BREAKOUT SESSIONS I    
             Diagnosis and Acute Managing of Venous Thromboembolic Disease - Thomas DeLoughery, MD
            Osteoporosis: Sentinel Events - Morgan Lisner, MD
            Geriatrics: Etiology of Alzheimer's and What Puts Patients at Risk - Aimee Pierce, MD
2:05    BREAKOUT SESSIONS II    
            Preoperative Evaluation for the Primary Care Providers - Kristen Ash, DNP, ANP-BC and Christine Ernst, FNP
           Chronic Medical Illness in the Wilderness - Thomas DeLoughery, MD
           Hepatitis C - Matthew Chan, MD
3:00    BREAK / EXHIBITORS
3:25    BREAKOUT SESSIONS III    
            Let's Call Radiology: Pediatric MSK Pearls - Caroline Barrett, MD and Katherine Barton, MD
            Headache in Primary Care     Kaitlin Greene, MD
            Bleeding Disorders and Menstruation: How much is too much? - Bethany Samuelson Bannow, MD
4:30    BREAKOUT SESSIONS IV    
            Genetics for the Non-Geneticist: What Role can PCPs Play in Their Patients' Genetics Care? - Jonathan Qu, MD and Merin Jose, MD
            Common Skin Lesions - Jordan Praytor, PA-C
5:30    ADJOURN 

Thursday, February 13

7:15      Registration and Breakfast    
Morning Session:         
8:00      Practical Nutrition Counseling for Weight Loss - Patrick Sheppard, MD
8:40      Vitamania for Geriatric Patients - Craig Williams, PharmD, BCPS, FNLA
10:00    BREAK / EXHIBITORS    
10:20    Chronic DVT Management - Thomas DeLoughery, MD
11:00    Anemia in Primary Care - Kylee Martens, MD
12:10    LUNCH    
Afternoon Session:         
1:00    BREAKOUT SESSIONS I    
            Travel Medicine - Geoffrey Clover, MD
            Hematology Mythbusters! - Thomas DeLoughery, MD
            Long COVID in 2025 - Eric Herman, MD
2:05    Deprescribing Deftness - Jessica Wright, MPAS, PA-C
3:00    BREAK / EXHIBITORS
3:25    BREAKOUT SESSIONS II    
            Medication Abortion: A Practical Implementation Guide for Primary Care - Julia Tasset, MD, MPH
            Xolair - Navid Ziaie, MD
            Advanced Care Planning Innovation in Primary Care (2 hour talk) - Sumathi Devarajan, MD, Rebecca Rdesinski, MSW, MPH, Harry Krulewitch, MD, Erin Gallivan, RN, Seiko Izumi, RN, Eriko Onishi and Cynthia O'Reilly 
4:30    BREAKOUT SESSIONS III
            Accessing and Using FDA Labeling to Assess New Drugs - Craig  Williams, 
            Advanced Care Planning Innovation in Primary Care (continued) - Sumathi Devarajan, MD, Rebecca Rdesinski, MSW, MPH, Harry Krulewitch, MD, Erin Gallivan, RN, Seiko Izumi, RN, Eriko Onishi and Cynthia O'Reilly 
5:30    ADJOURN     

Friday, February 14

7:15    Breakfast    
8:00    Tropical Diseases Heading North Due to Climate Change - William Messer, MD, PhD
8:40    Water-Borne Illnesses - Lynne Strasfeld, MD
10:00    BREAK    
10:20    Contraception Bootcamp - Julia Tasset, MD, MPH
11:00    Menopause - Moira Ray, MD
12:10    ADJOURN