Conference Agenda
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Friday, July 31, 2026
7:00-7:50am
Registration Opens/Continental Breakfast
7:55-8:00am
Welcome Opening Remarks
-- Michael Flores, MD, CMD (PALTmed Texas President); Julia A. Hiner, MD (TGS President)
8:00-9:00am
Age-Friendly Health System 4M's: Mentation and Mental Health
--Tammie Michael, DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC
--Jennifer Young, MSN, APRN, AGPCNP-C
9:00-10:00am
PM&R in Post Acute Care
--Norberto Vargas, MD, CMD
10:00-10:30am
Exhibit Break
10:30-11:30am
Augmenting the Clinician: AI Tools in Geriatric Care
--Michael Krol, MD, CMD
--Geoffrey McCrossan, MD
11:30-12:30pm
Delirium in Hospitalized Older Adults
--Kathryn Agarwal, MD
12:30-1:30pm
Sponsored Lunch Symposium (non-CME activity)
1:45-2:45pm
Staying Safe Behind the Wheel: Assessing Driving Fitness in Older Adults
--Megan Frazier, OTR, MS, DRS, DI
2:45-3:15pm
Exhibit Break
3:15-4:15pm
Sexual Health and Intimacy in the Elderly Population
--Ana Mosquera, MD. MSCP
4:15-5:15pm
Suicide in Later Life: Understanding Risks, Evidence-Based Interventions, and Pathways to Prevention
--Lesca Hadley, MD, MBA, FAAFP, AGSF, CMD
--Theresa Murphy, LCSW-S
Saturday, August 1, 2026
7:00-8:00am
Registration Opens/Continental Breakfast
8:00-9:00am
Bridging the Gap: Strengthening the Provider-Administrator Relationship
-- Molly Greenwald, LNHA
9:00-10:00am
A Dentist's Update for Physicians
--June Sadowsky, DDS, MPH
10:00-10:30am
Exhibit Break; Geriatric Fellowship Recruiting Fair; Posters
10:30-11:30am
From Ancient Remedies to Modern Practice: Integrative Perspectives in Wound Care
--Neeta Nayak, MD, CMD
--Dianne Rudolph, DNP, GNP-BC, CWON
11:30-12:30pm
Medical Directorships and Mid-Level Supervision
--David Lindsay
12:30-1:30pm
Sponsored Lunch Symposium (non-CME activity)
1:45-2:45pm
Geroscience
--George Taffet, MD KEYNOTE SPEAKER
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
Policy and Advocacy Update
--Alex Bardakh, MPP, CAE, PLC
4:45-5:45pm
CHIP: Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential:
Is "Indeterminate" Still Defensible? A Closer Look at This Biomarker
--Everardo Cobos, MD, FACP
5:45-7:00pm
Reception in the lobby
Sunday, August 2, 2026
8:00-8:30am
Registration Opens/Continental breakfast
8:30-9:30 am
Journal Club
--Lesca Hadley, MD, MBA, FAAFP, AGSF, CMD
--C. Anthony Burton, MD, MPH, CMD, FAAFP
--Melissa Hudson, MD,
--Felipe Solares, Montes, MD, MBA
--Syeda Butool Mustafa, DO
9:30-10:30am
Financial Toxicity and Cancer in America
--Fumiko Chino, MD, FASCO
10:30-10:45am
Break
10:45-11:45am
Brain Teasers, Diets, Exercises and Supplements for Brain Health after 70
--Ramsis Benjamin, MD, MPH
11:45-12:00pm
Closing Remarks by TGS and PALTmed Texas Presidents
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