2024 AGENDA
6:30 AM
Registration Open & Breakfast
6:45 AM
Welcome and Overview
7:00 AM - 7:30 AM
Leveraging Organizational Change to Facilitate Team Buy-in and Improve Workplace Culture
Larry Long, PhD
Director of the Professional Well-Being Center
The University of Kansas Health System
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Breakout Session A
Patient Experience: Bite Size Opportunities for Improvement & Compassionate Language
Hayley Morris, RHIA
Organizational Improvement
The University of Kansas Health System
Safe Prescribing of Opioids for Pain Management
Jennifer Surprise, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, PMGT-BC, AP-PMN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nursing Pain Management
The University of Kansas Health System
8:10 AM - 8:50 AM
Breakout Session B
Resmetirom (Rezdiffra™) for Treatment of NASH with F2 to F3 Liver Fibrosis
Rexhian “Rex” Brisku, PharmD
Abdominal Transplant Clinical Pharmacist at the Center for Transplant
The University of Kansas Health System
Jessica Taggart, APRN
Hepatology/Liver Transplant
The University of Kansas Health System
Advancing Sickle Cell Care: Exploring New and Established Treatments
Natalie Eberle, DNP, APRN, FNP
The University of Kansas Health System
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Breakout Session C
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Eric Gregory, PharmD, MS
Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator
The University of Kansas Health System
Chelsea Gorsline, MD
Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases
University of Kansas Medical Center
The Younger Head and Neck Cancer Patient Nonsmoker, Nondrinker, and HPV Positive
Denice Penn, FNP-BC
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Break & Exhibits
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Breakout D
Updates in Obesity Pharmacotherapy
Sarah Stolte, MD
Assistance Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical Director of the University of Kansas Weight Management Clinic
New Developments in Type 1 Diabetes: Staging and Treatment
Amanda Williams, FNP-BC, CDCES
The University of Kansas Health System, Cray Diabetes Center
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Lunch, Exhibitors, and Poster Presentations
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
The Pandemic That Persisted: A Provider's Guide to Understanding and Navigating the Long-COVID Patient
Salam Kabbani, PharmD
Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist
The University of Kansas Health System - Southwest Campus
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM
Breakout Sessions E
Healthcare Innovations at The University of Kansas Health System
Luke Mathes, PA-C
Top 5 "Don't Miss" Pediatric Diagnoses
Sallie Page-Goertz, MN, APRN, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Associate Professor (volunteer),
The University of Kansas Healthy System, KU School of Medicine
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Excellence Awards Announcements
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Break & Exhibits
2:20 PM - 3:10 PM
Breakout Sessions F
One Liver. Two Lives. Increasing Access, Awareness, and Advocacy for Living Donor Liver Transplant
Jaime Bartley, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CCTC
Director of Nursing, Center for Transplantation
The University of Kansas Health System
Palliative Medicine, Managing Difficult Conversations
Jami Schmideskamp, APRN
Palliative Medicine
The University of Kansas Health System, Southwest Campus
Hailey Wank, AGACNP-BC, ACHPN
Palliative Nurse Practitioner
The University of Kansas Health System
3:20 PM - 3:50 PM
Breakout G
Pill Power: Transforming Transplant Patient Outcomes with Education
Tashra Thomas, MSN, APRN, ANP-BC
Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation, Center for Transplantation
The University of Kansas Health System
Case Studies Depicting Gene Therapy in Sickle Cell Disease and Beta Thalassemia
Jordan Leal, DNP, APRN-NP, BMTCN, APP Coordinator
Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapeutics
University of Kansas Cancer Center
4:00 PM - 4:40 PM
Breakout H
Professional Update - Kansas Advanced Practice Nurses
Susan Hofmann, DNP, APRN
The University of Kansas Health System
Professional Update - Kansas Academy of Physician Associates
Doug Smith, Executive Director
Kansas Academy of Physician Associates
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Final Closing Remarks
