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Midwest Osteopathic Annual Convention 2020 - All Days


Total Credits: 20.5 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s), 20.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™


Dates


Description

 

 

 Thursday, April 30th

 


 

Challenging Treatment Options: Medical Marijuana, CBD, and MAT

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (CST)

 

 

 Friday, May 1st

 


 

Patient Video Education

7:45 AM - 8:45 AM (CST)

 

MAOPS President's Welcome

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM (CST)

 

Business of Medicine: Coding

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (CST)

 

Movement Medicine & Exercise Rx for Everyone 

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM (CST)

 

Preventive Lifestyle Medicine 

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM (CST)

 

Update from the AOA

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM (CST)

 

Update from the Department of Mental Health

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM (CST)

 

Update from BNDD

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM (CST)

 

Update from MO HealthNet

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM (CST)

 

 

 

 

Saturday, May 2nd

 


 

Meaningful Mindfulness

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM (CST)

 

When to Refer! Practical Pearls for Primary Care

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (CST)

  

Blurred Lines of Breast Health

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (CST)

 

Sunday, May 3rd

 


 

Diversity and Bias in the Medical Setting

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM (CST)

 

Direct Primary Care

8:45 AM - 9:45 AM (CST)

 

Suspecting Pulmonary Hypertension in the Dyspneic Patient: Who, When, and How 

9:45 AM - 11:00 AM (CST)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAOPS is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. MAOPS designates this program for a maximum of 20.5 AOA Category 1-A CME credits, and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation. Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.

 

MAOPS is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

 

MAOPS designates this live conference for a maximum of 20.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Faculty

Lyndall Fraker's Profile

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Lyndall completed his 4th and final term as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives in early January 2019. He was first elected in 2010 and served as Chairman of the Financial Institutions, Local Government and Utility Infrastructure committees. Prior to his election to the House, he was elected Northern Commissioner of Webster County after completing a 17-year career in Wal-Mart management. The last seven of those years as store manager of his hometown store in Marshfield. Lyndall is a home builder and real estate developer in the Marshfield area. He discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of his presentation.


Emily Henningsen, Pharm D.'s Profile

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Dr. Henningsen is a graduate of the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy and is currently in her second year of pharmacy residency with SSM Health St. Mary’s in St. Louis, MO. She is a member of the American Pharmacist Association, Gateway College of Clinical Pharmacy, Missouri Society of Health-System Pharmacists, American College of Clinical Pharmacy and Co-Chief Resident at St. Louis College of Pharmacy. She has a passion for educating fellow pharmacist and physicians on medical marijuana as a treatment. She has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of her presentation.


Michael Brown, DO's Profile

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Dr. Michael Brown is a graduate of AT Still University - Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri. He completed a medical residency in Family and Community Medicine at Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, Missouri. He currently works full-time for Meritas Health in Smithville, Missouri, where he practices Family Medicine. He is the former Assistant Chief Medical Informatics Officer and Medical Director of Telemedicine for Mosaic Life Care. He is board certified in Family Medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine and Clinical Informatics by the American Board of Preventative Medicine.

Dr. Brown was the first physician to begin providing direct-to-consumer telemedicine in Missouri. He built a team of providers who continue to give care remotely to patients throughout rural northwest Missouri. His interests include innovative ways to deliver health care to his patients and increasing physician satisfaction with electronic health records.

Dr. Brown lives in Smithville, Missouri, with his wife and seven children and continues his family tradition of beekeeping. He also enjoys photography and running, two beneficial skills for any beekeeper. Dr. Brown will be ending his term as President of MAOPS in the next month. His leadership during this challenging year in dealing with the pandemic has been instrumental as MAOPS switched its CME focus to virtual learning.

Dr. Brown discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


Jeff Davis, DO's Profile

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Dr. Jeff Davis practices in Memphis, Missouri and is the Chief Medical Officer and Staff Family Medicine Physician for Scotland County Hospital. He keeps busy as Coroner for Scotland County, Staff Physician for Scotland County Care Center and Residential Care Facility, and Memphis Medical Services, a federally qualified hospital-based rural health clinic.

Dr. Davis has been providing well-woman, obstetrics, and adolescent care throughout his career and continues to deliver babies. Dr. Davis serves the profession passionately. He is a past president of the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons and has served on every committee in the organization. He currently serves as the Education Co-Chair. He is a trustee and a delegate to the AOA.

Dr. Davis is a graduate of AT Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri. He completed his residency at Southern Illinois University Quincy Family Practice in Quincy, Illinois. Dr. Davis is board certified in Family Medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Medicine. 

Dr. Davis discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


Steven Brushwood, DO, FAACP's Profile

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Steven Brushwood, DO, is currently the President of the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, and is a member of the American Osteopathic Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Brushwood is the Chief Medical Officer for Northwest Health Services, where he also serves as a family physician, and the Medical Director at Freudenthal Hospice in St. Joseph, MO. He is the owner of Gower Family Care Center in Gower, MO. A 1996 graduate of William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri and a 2000 graduate of the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Brushwood is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine with specialized certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of his presentations.


Victoria Damba, DO's Profile

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Victoria Damba, DO, is an Independent Family Medicine Physician in Farmington, MO. She initially began her career in medicine as a nurse working in a hospital setting and outpatient physician clinic for several years before attending medical school. She graduated from Truman State University with a BS in Biology and in 1997 graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her Internship at Des Peres Hospital and her Family Medicine Residency in Farmington, MO where she still lives and practices. Dr. Damba has served on most of the MAOPS committees and is a Past President of the organization. She discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of her presentations.


Jared Nichols, DO's Profile

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Assistant Professor of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

Kansas City University


Jared W. Nichols, DO has been an active member of Kansas City University faculty for the last three years.  He serves as the year two course director for the osteopathic skills classes.  He is on the Board of Trustees for the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons.  His interests include osteopathic advocacy and promotion, which he demonstrates through advising the Joplin-KCU student MAOPS chapter. 

Dr. Nichols earned his BA in Music, Percussion from Truman State University, Kirksville, MO.  While attending A.T. Still University in Kirksville, MO he completed a teaching fellowship in anatomy and later earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.

Dr. Nichols completed his Family Medicine Residency at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, MO.  While in residency he completed his certificate in Integrative Medicine through the University of Arizona.  Dr. Nichols began moonlighting in rural critical access Emergency Rooms during residency and continues to serve as an ER physician through Docs Who Care.  He completed his Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Fellowship at UNT-HSC TCOM/ Medical City Fort Worth in June 2018 and is board certified in FM & OMT as well as Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal medicine.  He is active in research at KCU with multiple projects ranging from ultrasound education to regenerative medicine.

He discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of his presentation.

Contact: jnichols@kcumb.edu; (417) 208-0733


Christopher Paynter, DO's Profile

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Dr. Christopher Paynter is a Family Physician for SSM Health in Tipton, Missouri. He graduated from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences – College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his residency at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is board certified in Family Medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians and the American Board of Family Medicine.

Dr. Paynter has served on the board for the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons and is the immediate Past President of the Missouri Society of American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians. He also serves as a Deacon and Leads the Men's Ministry with his local church, Freshwater Church of Jefferson City, MO. He is a current second-degree black belt in American Goju Ryu Karate. He hopes that this talk can provide ways to achieve work-life balance in today's hectic schedule.

Dr. Paynter discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


Kenneth Stewart, DO, FAAEM, FACEP's Profile

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Dr. Kenneth Stewart is an Emergency Medicine Physician in Joplin, Missouri, and northern Arkansas. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Primary Care for Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences – Joplin. He received his medical degree from the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Pomona, California. Dr. Stewart is board certified in Emergency Medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine and has been in practice for more than 27 years. Dr. Stewart has specialized training in Emergency Medicine in the following areas: FAST ultrasound, advanced cardiac life support, pediatric advanced life support, and advanced trauma life support. 

Dr. Stewart is a member of the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians, Michigan College of Emergency Physicians, Emergency Medicine Resident's Association, and the American Osteopathic Association. He is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. 

Dr. Stewart discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


Ronald Burns, DO, FACOFP, AOA President, DO, FACOFP, AOA President's Profile

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Dr. Burns is an American Osteopathic Board board-certified osteopathic family medicine physician in private practice in Orlando, Florida. He has served on the AOA Board of Trustees since 2007 and was inaugurated as the 2019-20 President of the AOA in July of 2019.

 

Active in organized medicine his entire career, Dr. Burns served as president of the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association (FOMA) from 2004–2005 and provided leadership at the local level as a trustee of FOMA and FOMA District Society 3. He has been honored with the FOMA Physician of the Year award and the Distinguished Service award. In addition, he served for nine years on the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, which assesses competencies for osteopathic medicine and related health care professions. Dr. Burns built an impressive career of service in the state of Florida by serving on the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine, the Florida Health Information Infrastructure Board, the Florida Medicaid Formulary Study Panel and the Florida Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee.

 

Dr. Burns graduated from the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, Ohio. He completed an internship at Doctors Hospital of Stark County in Massillon, Ohio, and completed residency at Florida Hospital East Orlando. In 2018, the Ohio Alumni Association Board of Directors presented Dr. Burns with the Medal of Merit for achieving distinction in his field.

 

Dr. Burns and his wife Janet have five children and reside in Winter Park, Florida. He has a long history of service in healthcare legislation, regulation, education and leadership at the national, state and local levels. He brings forth a strong directive for his year of service as AOA president: “Physician directed, physician led.” He discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of his presentations.


Mark Stringer's Profile

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Mark Stringer serves as Director of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), where he is responsible for the overall operations of the department and its three divisions: Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Administrative Services. He is a nationally certified counselor with over 35 years of experience in the substance use disorder and mental health fields. Mark serves as Immediate Past President of the board of directors of the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD). He discloses no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of his presentation.


Mike Boeger's Profile

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Michael Boeger is the Administrator and Bureau Chief of the Missouri Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.  He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration.  He was formerly the lieutenant of investigations for a law enforcement agency and was an investigator for the Missouri Department of Labor’s Fraud Unit for three years. He is currently in his 22nd year with BNDD and has been the administrator for the bureau for the past 11 years.

Michael has published the educational handouts on the bureau’s website, and he has served on 5 separate Governor’s Task Forces.  He has promulgated regulations for the bureau and assisted in drafting legislation that has been enacted by five governors.  He is also assigned to the department’s emergency response center during declared states of emergency.

Michael served as the Chairman for the Task Force on Misuse, Abuse and Diversion of Prescription Drugs.  He is a member of the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators and the National Association of State Controlled Substance Authorities. He has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of his presentation.


Jessica Dresner, COO's Profile

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Jessica has worked in public service for over 26 years. She began her career as a patrol officer before moving into Social Services. Since 2017 she has served as the Chief Operating Officer for the Missouri Department of Social Services, MO Healthnet Division. She is responsible for promoting the departments mission as well as transformational goals and projects. Ms. Dresner holds a Master of Education in Counseling from Stephens College and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Columbia College. She discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of her presentation.


Rhonda Myers, LPC's Profile

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Rhonda Myers is a licensed professional counselor who works at Capital Region Medical Center, Center of Mental Wellness. She sees clients in many capacities including individuals, couples and families for a variety of mental wellness concerns. These include anxiety, depression, relational struggles, etc. and she specializes in eating disorders.

 

Her Master's is from Webster University with some current hours from the University of Pennsylvania. Rhonda is also an adjunct professor at Columbia College in the Humanities/Psychology Department and loves to see her students grow. She discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of her presentation.


Phillip Wilson III, DO's Profile

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Dr. Wilson is a graduate of A.T. Still University, Kirkville College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his intern year in internal medicine as well as his ophthalmology residency at the University of Missouri Columbia. He currently practices comprehensive ophthalmology at Jefferson City Medical Group with special emphasis in the fields of macular degeneration, glaucoma and cataracts. Dr. Wilson is board certified in ophthalmology. He discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of his presentation.


Tom Berkbigler, DO's Profile

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Dr. Berkbigler discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of his presentation.


Katie Murray, DO, FACS, MS's Profile

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Dr. Katie Murray is a graduate of AT Still University, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri. Following graduation, she completed her Urology residency at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas, and a fellowship in Urological Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Dr. Murray is the Assistant Professor of Surgery for the University of Missouri, Department of Surgery, and the Medical Director of Urologic Oncology at Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, both in Columbia, Missouri. She is also the Assistant Professor of Surgery and Research Clinician for the University of Missouri School of Medicine. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Urology.

Dr. Murray is a member of several associations and a very active member of the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons. She currently serves as the Education Chair for the Education and Convention Committee for the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons.

Dr. Murray discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


David Cleaver, DO's Profile

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Dr. David Cleaver graduated from ATSU‐KCOM in 2006. He completed his training at the Michigan State University ‐ St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and returned to Kirksville to join his father’s practice, Cleaver Dermatology, in 2010. 

 

Dr. Cleaver is currently an associate professor of dermatology at ATSU‐KCOM. He is the President Elect of the American Osteopathic College of Dermatology. He is also the current program director for the dermatology residency training program at Northeast Regional Medical Center – Still OPTI.  He is board certified by the AOBD in dermatology and Mohs surgery. He practices general dermatology, Mohs surgery, dermatological surgery, and cosmetic dermatology.

 

Dr. Cleaver discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation. 


Matthew Bechtold, MD, AGAF, FACG, FACP, FASGE, FASPEN's Profile

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Dr. Matthew Bechtold is a Professor of Clinical Medicine and Clinical Gastroenterologist practicing general Gastrointestinal and Nutrition at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He is a fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association, the American College of Gastroenterology, the American College of Physicians, and the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. He is board certified in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Despite a busy clinical schedule, he has published over 100 articles in outcomes research, nutrition, enteral access, and preventative strategies. He is actively involved in multiple national societies and serves on multiple national committees as a member and chair. He has been a national speaker on various topics in gastroenterology and quality improvement. He is very passionate about gastroenterological diseases, nutrition, and quality improvement.

Dr. Bechtold discloses that he received speaker fees from Exact Sciences.


Tiffany Lewis, DO, MBA's Profile

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Dr. Tiffany Lewis is board certified in Radiology by the American College of Radiology. She is also MQSA certified. She obtained her medical degree from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences – College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2009 and her MBA in Healthcare Leadership from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri. She completed her Diagnostic Radiology residency at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas, and her Breast Imaging fellowship at The Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, in 2015. During her fellowship at Mayo Clinic, her extensive experience was in obstetric imaging, 3D Tomosynthesis, breast MRI, contrast-enhanced mammography, and multimodality breast biopsy. She has broad experience in clinical research on breast imaging and has presented and written numerous publications.

"Breast imaging has a special place in my heart. My mother, mother-in-law, and three aunts are breast cancer survivors, and unfortunately, one of my aunts lost her battle with breast cancer. When breast cancer hits this close to home, you treat each of your patients like family."

Dr. Lewis discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


Katie Davenport-Kabonic, DO's Profile

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Dr. Katie Davenport-Kabonic is a graduate of the AT Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCOM) in Kirksville, Missouri, where she graduated with honors. In 2012, she was selected as a MAOPS Wetzel Scholar. She completed her residency at Cox Family Medicine in Springfield, Missouri. She completed her Obstetrics fellowship at Cox Family Medicine in Springfield, Missouri. She currently serves Cox Health Family Medicine with Obstetrics as a Faculty Physician and is the SWMO AHEC – Springfield Director of Student Medical Education in Springfield, Missouri. Dr. Davenport-Kabonic is board certified in Family Medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine.

Dr. Davenport-Kabonic is an active member of the MAOPS Education and Convention Committee,the KCOM Curriculum Committee, the Lead Physician for the Walk With A Doc program, and recently obtained her Ozark Mountain Yoga RYS 200 certification.

Dr. Davenport-Kabonic discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


Luke Van Kirk, DO's Profile

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Dr. Luke Van Kirk was raised in Minnesota, Louisiana, and Kansas. He graduated from Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri. There he met friends and had professors that helped him believe he could go to medical school. He attended Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Pomona, California, and completed his medical training in 2013. He only applied to osteopathic schools because he wanted to learn how to manipulate the spine and body to help his patients as much as possible. Initially, he wanted to go into emergency medicine, but he soon realized he loved the continuity of care and getting to know his patients. That made family medicine the most obvious choice for him.

Dr. Van Kirk was lucky to meet a beautiful girl while he was at Evangel and started dating her before starting medical school. She was in nursing school in Springfield, Missouri, while he was in medical school in California. He decided to do a rotation at Cox Family Medicine Residency Program in Springfield, Missouri, to be closer to his future wife. He started his residency in July of 2012, and it ended up blowing him away. He initially thought he might do emergency department work and outpatient family medicine. This idea didn't last long because he soon discovered that his cousin, Josh Umbehr, had started a direct primary care practice called Atlas MD in Wichita, Kansas. Direct primary care completely changed his focus in residency and made him realize he wanted to do nothing but direct primary care. Thankfully, he has been patient and has waited until now to begin his direct primary care practice. He believes that it will change the world, and most importantly, the health of his patients.  He is board certified in Family Medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine.

Dr. Van Kirk discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


Fernando Torres, MD's Profile

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Fernando Torres, M.D., is a Professor of Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Director of the Lung Transplant and Pulmonary Hypertension Programs at William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital. His clinical interests include pulmonary hypertension, lung transplantation, lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema, viral infections in immunosuppressed patients, and clinical outcomes research in lung transplantation and pulmonary hypertension. 

Dr. Torres has served as principal investigator or coinvestigator in many clinical trials, including multicenter clinical trials to improve the survival of lung transplant patients. In addition, he is working on testing new equipment to improve the donor organ supply. 

Dr. Torres earned his medical degree at Cornell University Medical College in New York. He completed his internship and residency at UT Southwestern and a fellowship in pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, lung transplantation, and lung volume reduction at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver.

Since joining UT Southwestern in 2000, Dr. Torres developed the Pulmonary Hypertension Program, now the largest such program in the United States. In 2009 he assumed directorship of UT Southwestern's Lung Transplant Program, which is the eighth largest in the country. Dr. Torres is board certified in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine. Among other honors, Texas Monthly named him a Super Doctor in 2018 and he was included in D Magazine's Best Doctors list for 2018. Dr. Torres discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of his presentation.


Christine Geiger, MA,RHIA, CCS, CRC's Profile

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Chris’ career in health information management started in 1986. She has worked at large and mid-sized health care facilities in many roles where she gained a thorough understanding of health information management.  Her coding career, which began in 1986, includes working in hospitals as both an employee and a consultant. 

 

Chris has worked for First Class Solutions for since 2007.  She has served large and small clients. A teacher at heart, she coaches other coders on proper coding rules and how to find the information they need. Chris also serves as the coding instructor for Saint Louis University’s Health Information Management program.

Ms. Geiger has the certification in risk adjustment coding and understands the intricacies of hierarchical condition categories (HCCs). Chris has been intimately involved in assessing documentation and coding in Skilled Nursing Facilities for regulatory reviews and Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) coding.  Additionally, she is an AHIMA approved ICD-10 trainer and often responds to questions from clients’ staff regarding the proper application of certain codes. She discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of her presentation.


S/D Christopher Lane's Profile

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Christopher Lane is currently pursuing his Doctor of Osteopathy at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences – Joplin. He obtained his bachelor's degree in athletic training at Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts, in 2016. Before receiving his degree, he worked as a nuclear power operator for the US Navy and as an emergency medical technician.

S/D Lane discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


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