Agenda - 2025 Gulf States Hospital Medicine Conference

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Exhibitor Set Up

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Pharma Talk (Not eligible for CME Credit)

7:00 AM - 7:30 AM

Sign In & Breakfast/Visit Exhibits

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Hospitalist Approach for the Stroke Patient
Randy Roth, MD / Singing River Health System

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

Vascular Surgery and Emergencies for the Hospitalist
Rishi Roy, MD/Singing River

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Unusual Withdrawal Syndromes: GHB, Kratom, and More
Annie Arens, MD, FAACT/Ochsner Health

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Break/Visit Exhibits

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Observation Medicine: Optimizing Efficiency, Focus, and Innovation in Patient Care
Laura Reed, MSN, APRN, NP-C//Georgia Emergency Department Services

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Heart Failure
Cherie Champagne, MD

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Reception - Participants, Families, and Exhibitors are invited

7:30 AM - 8:00 AM

Breakfast/Visit Exhibits

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Anticoagulation Cases
Steven Deitelzweig, MD / Ochsner Health

8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

AI Update
Jason Hill, MD/Ochsner Health

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Break/Visit Exhibits

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Hospitalist Role in Value Based Purchasing: Moving the Quality Needle
Chris Thomas, MD/FMOLHS

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Navigating Infections in the Immunocompromised – A Guide for Hospitalists
Abigail Coco, MD/Ochsner Health

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Semaglutides
Ben Seale, MD