Online Registration is CLOSED, but on-site conference is available each day of the conference starting on Thursday at 7:30 am.

This is a 3 day conference (September 12-14), with consecutive speakers all three days on multiple topics. This conference offers Continuing Education Credits (CE). Number of CE credits will be posted at a later date. 

2013 ANPA Conference Schedule

Updated 8-18-13
 

Thursday, September 12th

Time: 7:30 - 8:00AM

• Registration & Refreshments – Juneau Room

Time: 8:00 - 8:15AM

• Welcome & Announcements – Juneau Room

Time: 8:15 - 9:30AM

• Key Note Session: Angela Golden, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP, AANP President
                                Where NPs Are Going?

Time: 9:45 - 11:00

• Fairbanks Room: Mo Hillstrand, ANP, DNP - Headache
   
• Kenai Room: Angela Golden, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP AANP President
                       COPD: Current Medical Therapy
   
• Valdez Room: Margaret Barnett, MSN - Cardiac Testing:
                         What is Appropriate For My Patients?

Time: 11:00 - 11:30

• Break: Please Visit Exhibitors

Time: 11:30 - 12:45

• Fairbanks Room: Ryan Ragle, MD - Gout
   
• Kenai Room: Abby Lange, ND
                       Diets of Today; Fad, Flawed, Fantastic or Otherwise
   
• Valdez Room: Gregory Semancik, MD
                         Pediatric Inflammation Bowel disease:
                         Evaluation & Management

Time: 2:45-2:30

• Lunch Session: Nancy Sanders, PhD, RN
                           Future of Consensus Model

Time: 2:45-4:00

• Fairbanks Room: John Botson, MD, RPH
                             Psoriatic Arthritis
   
• Kenai Room: Matthew Olnes, MD. PhD
                       Evaluation of Patients with Abnormal Blood Counts
   
• Valdez Room: Kitty Wellman, ANP
                         Assessing Acuity of the Ill Pediatric Patient

Time: 4:00 - 4:30

• Break: Please Visit Exhibitors

Time: 4:30 - 5:45

• Fairbanks Room: Dr. Rojas - Pulmonary
   
• Kenai Room: Jyll Green - Travel Medicine
   
• Valdez Room: AFOC - Peds sports physical/ok to play

Time: 6:00PM

• Sponsored Social @ Anchorage Marriott also Bobbie Aflatooni, ANP
• GI Dinner Talk, Location TBD

Friday, September 13th

Time: 7:30 - 8:00AM

• Registration & Refreshments – Juneau Room

Time: 8:00 - 8:15AM

• Welcome & Announcements – Juneau Room

Time: 8:15 - 9:30AM

• Plenary Speaker: Barb Berner, ANP
                              Alaska Nurse Practitioner Survey 2013

Time: 9:45 - 11:00AM

• Fairbanks Room: Stefano Emili, MD
                              Kidneys & Hypertension
   
• Kenai Room: Christine Kallander, MSN, ANP - “Derm Hormones”
                       Steroid Hormone Metabolism &
                       The 24 Hour Urine Hormone Test
   
• Valdez Room: Rachad Rayes, MD
                         Treatment Overview of Mental Illness in Children &
                         Adolescents

Time: 11:00 - 11:30

• Break: Please Visit Exhibitors

Time: 11:30 - 12:45

• Fairbanks Room: Steven Floerchinger, MD
                              Ask The Surgeon
   
• Kenai Room: David Lefler, DO
                         Common Presentations of Renal Vasculitis
   
• Valdez Room: Theresa Hirst, CPNP, CPMHS
                         AK Statewide Initiatives, Projects & Activities:
                         Impact on Primary Care

Time: 12:40 - 2:30

• Lunch Session: ANPA Business Meeting

Time: 2:30 - 3:00

• Dessert with Exhibitors

Time: 3:00 - 4:15

• Fairbanks Room: Brian. Sweeney, GERD, Colon CA,
                              Prevention & Pharmacology, Michelle. Randolf, MD,
                              Colon Cancer Screening/Prevention of Colon Cancer
   
• Kenai Room: Roy Howard, PA
                       Dermatological Problems in Family Practice
   
• Valdez Room: Jaymes Gonzales, PhD
                         How to Handle Difficult Patients-Via Video Conference

Time: 4:30 – 5:45

• Fairbanks Room: Amanda Bowler & Rose LaMesjerant
                              Understanding Clinically Significant Drug Interactions &
                              Newly Approved Therapies 2012- 2013
   
• Kenai Room: Jacob Gray, MD
                       Infectious Disease Update

Time: 6:15

• Horizon CME Sponsored Dinner & Presentation Diabetes

Saturday, September 14th

Time: 8:00 - 8:30

• Registration & Refreshments – Juneau Room

Time: 8:30 - 8:45

• Welcome & Announcements – Juneau Room

Time: 8:45 – 10:00

• Studio One Pilates

Time: 10:15 – 11:30

• Fairbanks Room: Mary Ann Rowen, FNP- BC
                              Medications for Psoriasis
   
• Kenai Room: Marilyn Sandford, MD
                       Management of Common Breast Issues in Primary Care
   
• Valdez Room: Terri Bramel, PA-C, MHD, AAHIVMAS
                         The Changing Face of the HIV Epidemic

Time: 11:45 – 1:00

• Lunch Plenary: Cancer Screening Panel;
                           Pat Senner (prostate)
                           Kathy Gohring (pap)
                           Margaret Swafford (Breast)

Time: 1:15 – 4:00

• Fairbanks Room: Deb Kiley, DNP, NP-C, FNP-BC, FAANP ER/LA Opioid
                              REMSP: Achieving Safe Use While Improving Patient Care
   
• Kenai Room: Southern Region Emergency Medical Services
                       BLS Refresher Class
                       (Space Limited to 12 Online Registration Only)

Time: 4:00 - 4:15

• Evaluations/Adjourn Please turn in you Conference Evaluations

*Schedule may be subject to change due to circumstances beyond the control of the Education/Conference Committee.