CME at The Sea Pines Resort

July 31, 2023

7:15 – 8:00am            Breakfast
8:00 – 8:15am            Introduction and Logistics - John Ragsdale III, MD
8:15 – 9:15am             Change Management - Gregory Sawin, MD, MPH
9:15 – 10:15am            Prognosis and Preferences - Teah M. Bayless, DO, CAQ Geriatrics
10:15 – 10:45am          Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:45am          Cancer Survivorship - John W. Ragsdale III, MD
11:45am – 12:45pm     Cognitive Screening - Teah M. Bayless, DO, CAQ Geriatrics

August 1, 2023

7:15 – 8:00am            Breakfast
8:00 – 8:15am            Introduction and Logistics - John Ragsdale III, MD
8:15 – 9:15am             Evidenced Based Approach to Palliative Care - 
                                         Jonathan Fischer, MD, CAQHM
9:15 – 10:15am            Hypertension in the Elderly - Gregory Sawin, MD, MPH
10:15 – 10:45am          Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:45am          Geriatric High Value Care - Raman Nohria, MD
11:45am – 12:45pm     Health Beyond Healthcare - Gregory Sawin, MD, MPH

August 2, 2023

7:15 – 8:00am            Breakfast
8:00 – 8:15am            Introduction and Logistics - John Ragsdale III, MD
8:15 – 9:15am             Osteoporosis - Teah M. Bayless, DO, CAQ Geriatrics
9:15 – 10:15am            Approach to Nausea - Jonathan E. Fischer, MD, CAQHM
10:15 – 10:45am          Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:45am          Deprescribing - Raman Nohria, MD
11:45am – 12:45pm     Prostate Cancer - John Ragsdale III, MD

August 3, 2023

7:15 – 8:00am            Breakfast
8:00 – 8:15am            Introduction and Logistics - John Ragsdale III, MD
8:15 – 9:15am             Frailty/Falls Prevention - Raman Nohria, MD
9:15 – 10:15am            Approach to Behavioral Dementia - 
                                         Jonathan E. Fischer, MD, CAQHM
10:15 – 10:45am          Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:45am          Abnormal Weight Loss - Teah M. Bayless, DO, CAQ Geriatrics
11:45am – 12:45pm     Difficult Discussions - Jonathan E. Fischer, MD, CAQHM

Raman Nohria, MD received his MD from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, completed his residency training with the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency Program and his hospital fellowship with the Duke Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. He currently serves as a teaching hospitalist on the Family Medicine Inpatient Service at Duke Regional Hospital and as a core faculty member and Associate Director for Undergraduate Medical Education for the Duke Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. His expertise and scholarly interests include the social drivers of health, community-healthcare partnerships, and multi-stakeholder collaborations for health promotion and behavioral change. 

Gregory Sawin, MD, MPH, is a practicing family physician and serves as Vice Chair for Education and Faculty Development for the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Sawin’s work reflects his core value in social justice and a passion to increase health equity — to meet vulnerable patients’ needs, he also has experience with expanding the scope of primary care to include addiction treatment with medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and gender affirming hormone therapy for gender diverse individuals. His long work in safety net health systems, along with his MPH that had a focus in Healthcare Policy Law & Ethics, fuels his drive for health system transformation and leaning in to address systemic racism, which is the primary driver of inequities that manifest as social determinants of health. Dr. Sawin believes Just Culture and psychological safety are fundamental pillars to building a better health system. 

Jonathan E. Fischer, MD, CAQHM is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Clinical Faculty in the Division of Palliative Care and a Medical Director for the Population Health Management Office at Duke University. Before entering medicine, he served as a Social Worker with homeless families in New York City and volunteered with Tibetan and Ayurvedic practitioners in Asia, which fueled his career-long passion for helping the underserved. After medical school and residency at UNC, he spent 10 years as a primary care provider in federally qualified community health centers and an instructor in the UNC School of Medicine where he continued his commitment to underserved and marginalized populations, he created access programs for refugees and migrant farm workers and developed statewide palliative care initiatives to improve serious illness care for Medicaid recipients. Currently with the Duke Center for Research to Advance Healthcare Equity, he is developing an implicit bias training intervention for medical providers.

Teah M. Bayless, DO is board certified physician in both family medicine and geriatrics. Dr. Bayless pursued a career in program management for 10 years working for organizations such as the American Red Cross, the Boys and Girls Club, the YMCA, and finally, the Robert H. Mollahan Family Charitable Foundation before graduating from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in 2010 and completed both a family medicine residency (2014) and a geriatrics fellowship (2017) at Duke University. She is currently part of the core faculty within the Duke Family Medicine Residency program, assisting in providing clinical learning experiences for learners not only from the residency program, but also those from the medical school and the physician assistant program at Duke.

John W. Ragsdale III, MD (Course Director) has served as Chief of the Division of Family Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health since 2017. Prior to that he served as Medical Director from 2012 -2017 and has maintained a clinical practice in the Department of Family Medicine since 2009. His clinical and research interests have focused on cancer survivorship specifically with urological cancers and maintains a clinical practice in survivorship at the Duke Cancer Institute. He also has a long-standing interest in women's health, leadership and medical education as he has been an active member for the Family Medicine Residency program as core faculty since 2009.

Family Medicine credits coming soon.  

Overlooking the 9th green of world-famous Harbour Town Golf Links, the Harbour Town Clubhouse blends luxurious surroundings with state-of-the-art conference facilities. Every element of our conference center is designed to focus minds and inspire creativity while relaxing and revitalizing attendees in the beautiful Lowcountry setting of The Sea Pines Resort.

When the meeting adjourns, stroll over to the inspiring sights of Harbour Town, just steps from the clubhouse and enjoy the serene waters of Calibogue Sound, majestic moss-draped oaks and breathtaking gold-and-pink sunsets. Harbour Town is also home to The Sea Pines Resort's iconic red-and-white-striped Harbour Town Lighthouse, legendary Liberty Oak and renowned Harbour Town Yacht Basin, as well as excellent dining, shopping and recreation.

Held in the Harbour Town Clubhouse (11 Lighthouse Lane, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928)

Attendees staying in accommodations at The Sea Pines Resort will be provided a gate pass at check-in.

From the guard gate, continue on Greenwood Drive for 1.3 miles and turn right onto Plantation Drive (just before Lawton Stables). Continue on this road until you reach the stop sign and turn right onto Lighthouse Road. After passing the tennis courts on your left, turn left onto Lighthouse Lane. Please park in the lot between The Inn & Club at Harbour Town and the Harbour Town Clubhouse.

For CME attendees not staying at The Sea Pines Resort: 
Guests attending CME courses but not staying within Sea Pines will have gate clearance during the hours of the conference. Please go directly to the right-hand lane of the guard gate and tell the officer your name and that you are attending the CME program.

You will be given complimentary access into the resort for the day’s program but will not receive a paper guest pass.

August 7, 2023

8:00 – 8:30am           Registration, Continental Breakfast and Exhibitors
8:30 – 8:45am           Overview and Welcome
Session I: Hernia - Moderator: Jacob Greenberg, MD, MEd
8:45 – 9:45am            This Patient Should Get a: Surgical Options for Inguinal Hernias
                                    (Open Tissue Repair, Open Lichtenstein, TEP, Lap TAPP, rTAPP) - 
                                         Jin Yoo, MD, Theodore Pappas, MD, Dana Portenier, MD,
                                         Jacob Greenberg, MD, MEd, Ranjan Sudan, MD
9:45 – 10:15am            Management of Chronic Groin Pain Following Inguinal Hernia
                                    Repair - Theodore Pappas, MD
10:15 – 10:30am          Break and Exhibitors
10:30 – 11:00am          Pre-Operative Optimization: How to Best Prepare your Patient for
                                    VHR - Kunoor Jain-Spangler, MD
11:00 – 11:30am           Which Mesh Should I use?: Mesh Selection in Contaminated Cases - 
                                         Alisan Fathalizadeh, MD, MPH
11:30 – 12:00pm          Component Separations: Tips and Tricks - Jin Yoo, MD
12:00 – 12:30pm         Robotic Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: The Future or Hype? - 
                                         Jacob Greenberg, MD, MEd
12:30-1:00pm             Case Studies and Panel Discussion

August 8, 2023

Session II: Foregut - Moderator: Alisan Fathlaizadeh, MD, MPH
8:00 – 8:30am           Continental Breakfast and Exhibitors
8:30 – 9:00am           Optimal Investigations Prior to Foregut Surgery - 
                                        Alisan Fathalizadeh, MD, MPH
9:00 – 10:00am           This Patient Should Get a: Surgical Options for GERD
                                     (Stretta, TIF, Linx, Toupet, Nissen) - Dana Portenier, MD,
                                        Alisan Fathalizadeh, MD, MPH, Kunoor Jain-Spangler, MD,
                                        Jacob Greenberg, MD, MEd, Theodore Pappas, MD
10:00 – 10:30am          Break and Exhibitors
11:00 – 11:30am            Hiatal Hernia Repair: Tips and Tricks - Jin Yoo, MD
11:30am - 12:00pm      Endoscopic Approaches to Foregut Pathology – POP and POEM - 
                                         Alisan Fathalizadeh, MD, MPH
12:00 - 12:30pm          Robotics in Foregut Surgery - Ranjan Sudan, MD
12:30-1:00pm              Case Studies and Panel Discussion

August 9, 2023

Session III: Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery - Moderator: Dana Portenier, MD
8:00 – 8:30am           Continental Breakfast and Exhibitors
8:30 – 9:00am           Medical Weight Loss in 2023: We all need Wegovy - 
                                        Kunoor Jain-Spangler, MD
9:00 – 9:30am             Endoscopic Options for Weight Loss - Alisan Fathalizdeh, MD, MPH
9:30 – 10:00am            Picking the Correct Bariatric Procedure for Every Patient - 
                                         Dana Portenier, MPD
10:00 – 10:30am          Break and Exhibitors
10:30 – 11:30am           This Patient Should Get a: Surgical Options for Obesity
                                     (Sleeve, Bypass, SADI, Switch, OAGB) - Jacob Greenberg, MD, MEd,
                                          Jin Yoo, MD, Kunoor Jain-Spangler, MD,
                                          Ranjan Sudan, MD, Dana Portenier, MD
11:30am - 12:00pm      Management of Hernias Before, During, and After Bariatric Surgery –  
                                         Jacob Greenberg, MD, MEd
12:00 - 12:30pm          Robotic Bariatric Surgery - Ranjan Sudan, MD
12:30-1:00pm              Case Studies and Panel Discussion

August 10, 2023

Session IV: Minimally Invasive Acute Care Surgery - Moderator: Kunoor Jain-Spangler, MD
8:00 – 8:30am           Continental Breakfast and Exhibitors
8:30 – 9:00am           To Close...or Not to Close: Strategies for Abdominal Wall
                                   Management During Emergent Cases - Jacob Greenberg, MD, MEd
9:00 – 9:30am           Subtotal Cholecystectomy: Who, When, What Next? - Dana Portenier, MD
9:30 – 10:00am          Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration - 
                                        Alisan Fathalizadeh, MD, MPH
10:00 – 10:30am        Break and Exhibitors
10:30 - 11:00am         Surgical Emergencies in the Bariatric Patient - Kunoor Jain-Spangler, MD
11:00 - 11:30am          Management of the Incarcerated Hiatal Hernia - Jin Yoo, MD
11:30am - 12:00pm   Robotics in Acute Care Surgery - Ranjan Sudan, MD
12:00 - 12:30pm        Case Studies and Panel Discussion

Jacob Greenberg, MD, MEd, is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Duke University.  He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed his residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. During residency, he completed a fellowship in surgical education and earned a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.  He completed a fellowship in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery from UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, MA.  He subsequently spent 10 years on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin where he served as the fellowship director for the Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship and then the Program Director for the General Surgery Residency.  He has an active clinical practice in hernia, bariatric, and benign foregut surgery and his research interests are in surgical education and outcomes in hernia surgery and is currently a board member of SAGES, the American Hernia Society, and the Fellowship Council.

Dana Portenier, MD, is Assistant Professor of Surgery and Director of Bariatric Surgery at Duke University.  He attended the College of Charleston where he completed a degree in Biochemistry as well as received the Biochemistry Honors Award. After graduating from the Medical School of South Carolina at Charleston, he went to Providence Hospital in Detroit, MI for his residency where he received the Charles G. Johnston Excellence in Research Award by the Detroit Surgical Society as well as the General Surgery Resident of the Year Award in 2003 and 2004. Dr. Portenier trained in upper gastrointestinal surgery as a traveling Hepatic-Pancreatic-Biliary Fellow, completing rotations at Mayo Clinic (Minnesota), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York), and Saint James University Hospital, Leeds (England). He then completed an Advanced Fellowship in Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery at Duke University where he later joined the division. Board certified by the American Board of Surgery and an SAGES and ASMBS member, he has over 15 years of experience in performing Bariatric Surgery and training MIS Fellows and is a frequent speaker at conferences around the world.

Theodore N. Pappas, MD, is the Vice Dean for Medical Affairs at the Duke University School of Medicine and a Distinguished Professor of Surgical Innovation. His clinical interests include gastrointestinal surgery, peptic ulcer surgery, and cancer of the esophagus, stomach, pancreas, and bile duct. He is a 1977 graduate of John Carroll University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree.  He then simultaneously earned a master’s in science and his MD from The Ohio State University and the School of Medicine in 1981. He completed his internship and residency in 1988 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He received the F.D. Moore Resident Teaching Award while a Chief Resident. He served as the gastrointestinal research fellow at the University of California from 1983 to 1985 and was a clinical fellow in surgery at the Harvard Medical School from 1985 to 1988. Dr. Pappas is the 2015 recipient of the Duke School of Medicine Leonard Palumbo Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, and the 1994 and 2006 recipient of Department of Surgery’s David C. Sabiston Teaching Award.  Dr. Pappas also served as a member of numerous medical journal editorial boards and  has been the editor of nine books and has authored some 424 papers and chapters.

Alisan Fathalizadeh, MD, MPH, FACS, completed her residency in general surgery at Albert Einstein Health followed by a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery, surgical endoscopy and bariatric surgery at Cleveland Clinic. She was an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Cleveland Clinic for two years. She is now an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Duke Health specializing in minimally invasive, foregut and acute care surgery.

Jin Yoo, MD

Ranjan Sudan, MD

Kunoor Jain-Spangler, MD

Overlooking the 9th green of world-famous Harbour Town Golf Links, the Harbour Town Clubhouse blends luxurious surroundings with state-of-the-art conference facilities. Every element of our conference center is designed to focus minds and inspire creativity while relaxing and revitalizing attendees in the beautiful Lowcountry setting of The Sea Pines Resort.

When the meeting adjourns, stroll over to the inspiring sights of Harbour Town, just steps from the clubhouse and enjoy the serene waters of Calibogue Sound, majestic moss-draped oaks and breathtaking gold-and-pink sunsets. Harbour Town is also home to The Sea Pines Resort's iconic red-and-white-striped Harbour Town Lighthouse, legendary Liberty Oak and renowned Harbour Town Yacht Basin, as well as excellent dining, shopping and recreation.

Held in the Harbour Town Clubhouse (11 Lighthouse Lane, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928)

Attendees staying in accommodations at The Sea Pines Resort will be provided a gate pass at check-in.

From the guard gate, continue on Greenwood Drive for 1.3 miles and turn right onto Plantation Drive (just before Lawton Stables). Continue on this road until you reach the stop sign and turn right onto Lighthouse Road. After passing the tennis courts on your left, turn left onto Lighthouse Lane. Please park in the lot between The Inn & Club at Harbour Town and the Harbour Town Clubhouse.

For CME attendees not staying at The Sea Pines Resort: 
Guests attending CME courses but not staying within Sea Pines will have gate clearance during the hours of the conference. Please go directly to the right-hand lane of the guard gate and tell the officer your name and that you are attending the CME program.

You will be given complimentary access into the resort for the day’s program but will not receive a paper guest pass.

October 9, 2023

7:30-8:00am            Breakfast
8:00-8:10am            Welcome
8:10-9:10am             Rapid Response Case Reports
9:10-10:10am            Historical Perspectives on Internal Medicine - The Evolution of the Hospital 
10:10-10:25am          Break
10:25-11:25am          Encephalopathy or Catatonia? - Considerations for Referral to An ECT Center
11:25am-12:25pm    Making Sense of the Generational Alphabet Soup in Medical Education
12:30pm                   End of Day

October 10, 2023

7:30-8:00am            Breakfast
8:00-8:10am            Welcome
8:10-9:10am             To Poke or Not to Poke? Evidence Based image Review from the Duke
                                 Procedural Service
9:10-10:10am            Treatment of Opiate Use Disorder
10:10-10:25am          Break
10:25-11:25am          Contraception Review
11:25am-12:25pm    Inpatient Dermatology for the Internist
12:30pm                   End of Day

October 11, 2023

7:30-8:00am            Breakfast
8:00-8:10am            Welcome
8:10-9:10am             Pregnancy as a Risk Factor for Chronic Disease: Things an Internist
                                 Should Know
9:10-10:10am            Quality improvement in Diabetes Management
10:10-10:25am          Break
10:25-11:25am          Endocrine Cases
11:25am-12:25pm    Covid Wrap Up. What we Know Now in this New Endemic World
12:30pm                   End of Day

October 12, 2023

7:30-8:00am            Breakfast
8:00-8:10am            Welcome
8:10-9:10am             Obesity Management
9:10-10:10am            Lengthy of Stay - The Hospitalist Approach
10:10-10:25am          Break
10:25-11:25am          Updates in Lipids/ASCVD Risk Reduction
11:25am-12:25pm    Update in Hospital Medicine
12:30pm                   Thank you and wrap up

Noppon Setji, MD, SFHM

• Hospitalist, Associate Professor of Medicine
• Medical Director of Duke University Hospital Medicine Program
• Medical Director of Mortality Review DUHS

Tracy Setji, MD

• Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Associate Professor of Medicine 
• Medical Director, Inpatient EndocrinologyServices, Duke University Hospital
• Associate Medical Director, Inpatient Endocrinology Services, Duke Regional Hospital

Jenny Van Kirk, MD

Rebecca Lumsden, MD

Doug Hilbert, MD

Michelle Ponder, MD

Internal Medicine credits coming soon.  

Overlooking the 9th green of world-famous Harbour Town Golf Links, the Harbour Town Clubhouse blends luxurious surroundings with state-of-the-art conference facilities. Every element of our conference center is designed to focus minds and inspire creativity while relaxing and revitalizing attendees in the beautiful Lowcountry setting of The Sea Pines Resort.

When the meeting adjourns, stroll over to the inspiring sights of Harbour Town, just steps from the clubhouse and enjoy the serene waters of Calibogue Sound, majestic moss-draped oaks and breathtaking gold-and-pink sunsets. Harbour Town is also home to The Sea Pines Resort's iconic red-and-white-striped Harbour Town Lighthouse, legendary Liberty Oak and renowned Harbour Town Yacht Basin, as well as excellent dining, shopping and recreation.

Held in the Harbour Town Clubhouse (11 Lighthouse Lane, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928)

Attendees staying in accommodations at The Sea Pines Resort will be provided a gate pass at check-in.

From the guard gate, continue on Greenwood Drive for 1.3 miles and turn right onto Plantation Drive (just before Lawton Stables). Continue on this road until you reach the stop sign and turn right onto Lighthouse Road. After passing the tennis courts on your left, turn left onto Lighthouse Lane. Please park in the lot between The Inn & Club at Harbour Town and the Harbour Town Clubhouse.

For CME attendees not staying at The Sea Pines Resort: 
Guests attending CME courses but not staying within Sea Pines will have gate clearance during the hours of the conference. Please go directly to the right-hand lane of the guard gate and tell the officer your name and that you are attending the CME program.

You will be given complimentary access into the resort for the day’s program but will not receive a paper guest pass.

We will provide notepads and pens for note taking; if you bring a laptop, be sure to have enough battery power to maintain a charge for up to four hours.

Unfortunately, binders are not available for these courses.

We plan to make the course materials available for download via the website before the start of each conference. We will send an email notification, including a link to downloadable course materials, to all registered participants one week before the start of each conference.

Hours vary depending on the conference participants attend. Individual total hours are listed under each of the course descriptions on www.seapinescme.com. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants will receive a link, within two weeks following the conference, with a request to evaluate the course and obtain their certificate.

Your registration fee, less a $50 administration fee, will be refunded when The Sea Pines Resort CME office receives notification of cancellation through phone: (800) 335-2582 or email: [email protected] no later than 14 days prior to the program starting date. No refunds will be made after this time.