2006 APM Winter Meeting

February 15-18, 2006
Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel
Dana Point, CA

Listed below are the presentations and handouts for the 2006 APM Winter Meeting. Unless otherwise noted all files are in a .pdf format. Download a free copy of Adobe Reader below.

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Plenary Session I
"Quality, Safety, and Pay for Performance: More Clinical Issues to Keep a Chair Awake at Night"

David E. Steward, MD, Moderator
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Caroline S. Blaum, MD
University of Michigan Medical School

Dennis S. O’Leary, MD
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Plenary Session II
"Increasing Faculty Diversity: What Departments
Can Do"

Donald E. Wesson, MD, Moderator
Texas Tech University School of Medicine

Joan Y. Reede, MD
Harvard Medical School

Myron L. Weisfeldt, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

APM Business Meeting and Lunch

Lee Goldman, MD, Moderator
APM President

APM Financial Update
William J. Bremner, MD, PhD
APM Treasurer

Report on The American Journal of Medicine (AJM)
Joseph S. Alpert, MD
AJM Editor-in Chief

Report from APM Nominating Committee
Jeffrey Glassroth, MD
APM Past President

Presidential Address
Lee Goldman, MD
APM President

Friday, February 17, 2006

Plenary Session III
"Current Status, Future Promise, and Ethical Challenges in Stem Cell Research"

Jonathan I. Ravdin, MD, Moderator
University of Minnesota Medical School

John A. Kessler, MD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

John E. Wagner, MD
University of Minnesota Medical School

Jeremy Sugarman, MD
Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute
Johns Hopkins University

Plenary Session IV
"Life After Being a Chair"

Mary D. Nettleman, MD, Moderator
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Panel:

Raphael Dolin, MD
Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women’s Hospital

William R. Hazzard, MD
VA Puget Sound Health Care System

Gerald S. Levey, MD
Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles

APM Awards Luncheon

Lee Goldman, MD, Moderator
APM President

Presentation of the Robert H. Williams, MD
Distinguished Chair of Medicine Award

Eugene Braunwald, MD, Presenter
Harvard Medical School

Victor J. Dzau, MD, Recipient
Duke University School of Medicine

Presentation of the APM Special Recognition Award

David W. Young, DBA, Recipient
The Crimson Group

Keynote Address

Timothy E. Quill, MD
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Saturday, February 18, 2006

Plenary Session V
"Accrediting Fellowship Programs, Selecting Fellows, and Understanding Everything in Between"

Barbara L. Schuster, MD, Moderator
APM President-Elect

Henry J. Schultz, MD
Residency Review Committee for Internal Medicine

Kevin P. High, MD
Association of Specialty Professors

Plenary Session VI
"Determining APM’s Positions on Recognizing Focused Practice and Redesigning the Educational Continuum"

Lee Goldman, MD, Moderator
APM President

Christine K. Cassel, MD
American Board of Internal Medicine

Frederick J. Meyers, MD
Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine