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Past Physician Forums

The 2024 Physician Forums began on January 22. We will post recordings here as they become available. CME credit is not offered for archived recordings.

November 15, 2024: Social Media & Teens: Handling a Wasp Nest​

  • Moderator: Katie Smentek, MD
  • Speaker: Josh Stein, MD

 

October 1, 2024: Challenging Cases and Updated Guidance for Syphilis, including Congenital Syphilis 

  • Moderator: Ruth Lynfield, MD, State Epidemiologist, Minnesota Department of Health  

  • Speakers/Panelists:  

    • James (Jamie) Conniff, MD, MPH, Family Physician, Min No Aya Win Clinic, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 
    • Alice Lehman, MD, CTropMed, Adult and Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Fellow, University of Minnesota, LEAP Fellow 2023-2024  
    • Elizabeth Dufort, MD, Medical Epidemiologist, Minnesota Department of Health  
    • Elizabeth Lees, DO, MPH, Senior Associate Consultant, Mayo Clinic Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases, and Occupational Medicine, Medical Consultant Olmsted County Public Health 
    • Robert Tanouye, MD, MBA, 

      Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School Medical Director, M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center - West Bank Emergency Department, Staff Physician, University of Minnesota Physicians

 

 

July 17, 2024: Patient Care in an Era of Low Trust

  • Speaker: William J. Doherty, Ph.D., Co-Founder, Braver Angels
  • Moderator: Will Nicholson, MD, Past President, Minnesota Medical Association
  • Presentation

May 22, 2024: Private Equity

  • Speakers: 
    • Laurel Ries, MD, MMA President (Moderator)
    • Brent D. Fulton, Ph.D., MBA, associate research professor of health economics and policy, UC Berkeley
    • Jon Woodruff, JD, assistant attorney general - antitrust division, Office of the Minnesota Attorney General
    • Jill S. Melicher, MD, managing partner, Minnesota Eye Consultants
    • Susan Truman, MD, president and CEO, Midwest Radiology, PA 

 

April 11, 2024: Rumbling with Grief and Forgiveness

  • Speaker: Corey Martin, MD

 

February 2, 2024: Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis

  • In Partnership: Minnesota Department of Health
    • Speaker: Ruth Lynfield, MD
  • Presentation

December 5, 2023: Opioid Prescribing: Replacing the Contract with Conversation for Better Outcomes 

  • In Partnership: Stratis Health, the Shared Decision Making Collaborative, and the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians
    • Speakers: Kurt DeVine, MD, FASAM; Joe Bianco, MD; Bill Adams, Patient Advocate
    • Moderator: Jennifer Lundblad, PhD, MBA, President and CEO of Stratis Health
  • Presentation

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