Agenda — 20th Annual Midwest Hospital Medicine Conference

Thursday, October 16, 2025

7:30 am

8:00 am

8:10 am

9:00 am

9:50 am

10:10 am

11:00 am

11:50 pm

Registration and Breakfast

Welcome

SHM President - Chad Whelan, MD

Starting Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder in the Hospital: Treating the Cause and Finding Solutions - Elisabeth Poorman, MD

Break

GDMT for the Hospitalist - Quentin Youmans, MD

Common Complications in the Spinal Cord Injury/Disorder Population - Allison Kessler Vear, MD

Lunch

TimeClinical A (Conference Room A)Clinical B (Pritzker)
1:00PM Diagnostic Error Cases & Lessons 
  David Goese, MD, Renuka Tripu, MD SUD Cases/Harm Reduction 
 Katherine Welter, MD , Lisa Blankenship, MD 
1:50PMOncology Emergencies
  Debi Mitra  Updates in H. Pylori and Peptic Ulcer Disease 
   Joy Liu, MD 
2:40PMBreakBreak
3:00PMInteractive Cases for the Hospitalist 
 David Young, MD The 101 (and 102) of Peri-Operative Medicine 
 Sabine Sobek, MD  
  
3:50PMBreakBreak
4:00PM GLP-1 & SGLT2 Inhibitors  
 Bilal Al-Khalil, MD  TWDFNR 
 G. Emily Kahn, MD,  
  

Time	Clinical A (Conference Room A)	Clinical B (Pritzker)
1:00PM	Diagnostic Error Cases & Lessons David Goese, MD, Renuka Tripu, MD	SUD Cases/Harm Reduction Katherine Welter, MD , Lisa Blankenship, MD
1:50PM	Oncology Emergencies Debi Mitra	Updates in H. Pylori and Peptic Ulcer Disease Joy Liu, MD
2:40PM	Break	Break
3:00PM	Interactive Cases for the Hospitalist David Young, MD	The 101 (and 102) of Peri-Operative Medicine Sabine Sobek, MD
3:50PM	Break	Break
4:00PM	GLP-1 & SGLT2 Inhibitors Bilal Al-Khalil, MD	TWDFNR G. Emily Kahn, MD,

4:50PM ADJOURN

Friday, October 17, 2025

8:30 am

9:00 am

10:00 am

10:50 am

11:10 am

12:00 pm

1:00 pm

1:50 pm

2:50 pm

3:10 pm

4:10 pm

5:00 pm

Breakfast

Updates in Clinical Medicine: Part 1 - Gianna Bosco, MD and Tyler Edwards, MD

Addressing COPD Readmissions through Care Transition Interventions - Valerie Press, MD, MPH

Break

Outcomes after acute pulmonary embolism. How do we change the narrative? - Dan Schimmel, MD

Lunch

Sepsis Updates - James Walter, MD

Updates in Clinical Medicine: Part 2 - Rachel Kaismer, MD and Sonali Khurana, MD

Break

Medical Dermatology Chat - Rachel Lipman, MD

Bacteremia for the Hospitalist - Shannon Galvin, MD

Top 10 Takeaways - Cheryl Lee, MD; Ann-Marie Tantoco, MD; and Melissa Bregger, MD