Conference Agenda
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Friday, August 1, 2025
7:00-7:50am
Registration/Continental Breakfast
7:50-8:00am
Welcome Opening Remarks
--Renee Flores, MD (TGS President) Michael Flores, MD, CMD (PALTmed Texas President)
8:00-9:00am
Hip and Knee Arthritis Management and Latest Innovations in Hip/Knee Replacement
-- Gurpreet Singh, MD, MSc
9:00-10:00am
Evaluation and Treatment of Shoulder Conditions in the Elderly
--John Wickman, MD, MBA
10:00-10:30am
Exhibit Break
10:30-11:30am
HHSC LTCR Overview
--Renee Blanch-Haley, RN
--Mark Kendall, LBSW
11:30-12:30pm
Medical Malpractice Liability Update
--Brian G. Jackson, JD
12:30-1:30pm
Sponsored Lunch Symposium presented by Legally Mine (non-CME activity)
1:45-2:45pm
Advances in Alzheimer's Disease
--Arash Salardini, MD
2:45-3:15pm
Exhibit Break
3:15-4:15pm
Bridging the Gap: Why Hearing Health Matters in Primary Care
--Maryann Flores Zurrica, Au.D, CCC-A
--Terry Zwolan, Phd, CCC-A
4:15-5:15pm
From F-Tags to Fine Print: Navigating the Latest CMS SOM Revisions
--Abigail M. Wright, RPh, PharmD, BCGP, MS
Saturday, August 2, 2025
7:00-8:00am
Sponsored Breakfast Symposium (non-CME activity)
8:00-9:00am
New Development in Geriatric Oncology
-- Everardo Cobos, MD, FACP
9:00-10:00am
Wound Care Perspectives: Past, Present and Future
--Dianne Rudolph, DNP, GNP-BC, CWOCN
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
10:00-10:30am
Exhibit Break; Geriatric Fellowship Recruiting Fair; Posters
10:30-11:30am
The Pain of Behaviors in Dementia
--Steve Arze, MD
11:30-12:30pm
Perioperative Management of Older Adults
--Ezenwa Onyema, MD
--Sarah Reichert, DO
12:30-1:30pm
Sponsored Lunch Symposium (non-CME activity)
1:45-2:45pm
Prosthetic and Orthotic Prescription Criteria for Geriatric Populations
--Joshua B. Utay, Ed.D, CPO, LPO
2:45-3:15pm
PALTmed Texas & Texas Geriatrics Society Business Meetings
3:15-3:45pm
Exhibit Break; Geriatric Fellowship Recruiting Fair; Posters
3:45-4:45pm
Addiction Principles in Post-Acute Care Settings
--Norberto Vargas, MD, CMD
4:45-5:45pm
Pain Management in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Setting
--Norberto Vargas, MD, CMD
5:45-7:00pm
Reception
Sunday, August 3, 2025
8:00-8:30am
Continental breakfast
8:30-9:30 am
Management of Inappropriate Sexual Behaviors in Long-Term Care Settings
--Brian Donley, MD, MPH
9:30-10:30am
Journal Club
--Lesca Hadley, MD, MBA, FAAFP, AGSF, CMD
--C. Anthony Burton, MD, MPH, CMD, FAAFP
--Katherine Cantu, MD
--Ryan Choudhury, MD
10:30-10:45am
Break
10:45-11:45am
We're Not Falling For It-Physical Abuse Accidental Injury
--Julia A. Hiner, MD
11:45-12:00pm
Closing Remarks by TGS and PALTmed Texas Presidents