Emergency Medicine

The FEST'24 Conference Agenda

Day 1, February 29th, 2024 Tentative – Subject to Change
7:00 am–9:00 am	Point of Care Ultrasound Lab: Messina Room 5 Dr.'s Rob Ferre, Frances Russell, Matt Rutz, Sarah Kennedy, & Ben Nti
7:30 am–9:00 am	BREAKFAST / NETWORKING, Messina Rooms 1 & 2
9:00 am–9:15 am	WELCOME, Messina Rooms 1 & 2
9:15 am–10:00 am	OPENING LECTURE, Messina Rooms 1 & 2 Dr. Jamie Jones: Creating Your Legacy in Medicine
10:00 am–10:15 am	BREAK, Snacks in Messina Rooms 1 & 2
10:15 am–12:15 pm	CARDIAC TRACK, Messina Rooms 3 & 4 Dr. Ben Hunter: Post Cardiac Arrest Care Dr. Peter Pang: Acute Heart Failure Dr. Bart Besinger: Syncope, eh? Have the Canadians Solved the Disposition Dilemma? Dr. Elizabeth Weinstein: Troubleshooting Congenital Heart Disease
12:15 pm–1:15 pm	LUNCH, Served in Messina Rooms 1 & 2
1:15 pm–2:00 pm	PANEL: Advances in Cardiac Care, Messina 3 & 4 Dr.’s Ben Hunter, Bart Besinger, & Elizabeth Weinstein (Moderated by Dr. Peter Pang)
2:00 pm–3:00 pm	PEDS TRACK, Messina Rooms 3 & 4 Dr. Geoff Hays: Pediatric Procedures Without an IV Dr. Anne Whitehead: Demystifying Care for Children with Medical Complexity
3:00 pm–3:15 pm	BREAK, Snacks in Messina Rooms 1 & 2
3:15 pm–4:15 pm	PEDS TRACK (cont.), Messina Rooms 3 & 4 Dr. Melanie Heniff: Should They Stay, or Should They Go? PEM in your Community ED Dr. Geoff Hays: Accidents Happen: Nuances in Caring for our Youngest Trauma Patients
4:15 pm–5:00 pm	PANEL: Pediatric Care, Messina 3 & 4 Dr.’s Geoff Hays, Anne Whitehead, & Melanie Heniff (Moderated by Dr. Elizabeth Weinstein)

Day 2, March 1st, 2024 Tentative – Subject to Change
7:00 am–9:00 am	Point of Care Ultrasound Lab: Messina Room 5 Dr.’s Rob Ferre, Frances Russell, Matt Rutz, Sarah Kennedy, & Ben Nti
7:30 am–9:00 am	BREAKFAST / NETWORKING, Messina Rooms 1 & 2
9:00 am–10:00 am	LITERATURE REVIEW, Messina Rooms 1 & 2 Dr.’s Jamie Jones & Ben Hunter
10:00 am–10:15 am	BREAK, Snacks in Messina Rooms 1 & 2
10:15 am–12:15 pm	POCUS TRACK, Messina Rooms 3 & 4 Dr. Frances Russell: Lung Ultrasound in Acute Heart Failure: Breaking Down the Barriers Dr. Matt Rutz: A Sound Resus Dr. Sarah Kennedy: Ocular POCUS: When Fundoscopy is a Pain in the… Eye Dr. Ben Nti: Differences in Point of Care Ultrasound Applications Specific to Pediatrics
12:15 pm–1:15 pm	LUNCH, Served in Messina Rooms 1 & 2
1:15 pm–2:00 pm	PANEL: Point of Care Ultrasound, Messina 3 & 4 Dr.’s Frances Russell, Matt Rutz, Sarah Kennedy, & Ben Nti (Moderated by Dr. Rob Ferre)
2:00 pm–3:00 pm	LEGAL TRACK, Messina Rooms 3 & 4 Dr. Marla Doehring: You Too? Addressing Physician Defendant Wellness Through Peer Support Dr. Melanie Heniff: High Liability Cases and Controversies in EM
3:00 pm–3:15 pm	BREAK, Snacks in Messina Rooms 1 & 2
3:15 pm–3:45 pm	LEGAL TRACK (cont.), Messina Rooms 3 & 4 Dr. Dan O’Donnell: Medicolegal Challenges in EMS
3:45 pm–4:30 pm	PANEL: Legal, Messina 3 & 4 Dr.’s Marla Doehring, Melanie Heniff, & Dan O’Donnell (Moderated by Dr. Elizabeth Weinstein)