Best of the Best 2025

This lecture will focus on benign lumps and bumps, delving into their diverse origins, characteristics, and optimal management. From lipomas to cysts, you’ll gain the confidence to identify, assess, and communicate effectively with patients about benign lumps and bumps, ensuring comprehensive and reassuring care.

How do you determine if the blotchy red rash on the hands of a newlywed just back from Margueritaville is from contact with sunscreen, limes, or his new wedding band? How can you tell if a rash is localized to the skin or a Cutaneous Manifestation of underlying Systemic Disease? What are the new guidelines to help patients who suffer with Atopic Dermatitis, The Itch that Rashes? How can you help your patients with Psoriasis gain control over this complex disease which affects them both inside and out? Sherlock Holmes, the infamous 19th century sleuth, was a master of observation and deductive reasoning. We can learn from his investigative skills and apply them to our assessment of skin rashes and how to manage them.

Skin cancer is on the rise. 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer over their lifetime. It is important to know what signs and symptoms to look for in different types of skin cancer and to be familiar with common benign neoplasms. This lecture is very visual and will include numerous photos to help attendees recognize these lesions. We will also utilize what we learned from the previous lecture by describing lesions as we go along.

There are so many options for medication management with type 2 diabetes. It is imperative to take a person-centered approach when selecting medication. This program with discuss non-insulin medication and initiating and intensifying insulin therapy to meet the needs of the person living with diabetes.

A comprehensive review of each joint’s anatomy and explore various provocative testing techniques used for the assessment of these presentations. We will start with a detailed overview of the anatomy of the knee, hip, and shoulder joints, highlighting their key structures and common issues. Following this, we will demonstrate and discuss several provocative tests that are crucial for diagnosing joint-related problems. This session will include video demonstrations to illustrate the correct application of these tests and facilitate a deeper understanding through interactive discussions. By the end of this session, you will be equipped with valuable skills to assess joint pain and injuries effectively.

Let’s start with lower extremity injuries. This presentation will start at the foot, work upwards through the ankle, knee and hip, and finish at the lumbar spine. Maybe your patient is an avid runner with knee pain, an elderly patient with hip pain, or someone that took an awkward step at the bottom of the stairs resulting in ankle pain. We’ll cover the most commonly seen injuries involving these lower extremity joints, discuss physical exam findings with corresponding radiology results and review appropriate management strategies. This presentation will provide a breakdown of treatment options including non-operative treatment (i.e. medications, injections, physical therapy) and indications for surgical treatment. Join me for this session on lower extremity injuries, and you can begin to reassure your patients: It’s going TIBIA OK!

Let’s explore how medical cannabis and opioids can complement or challenge each other in modern pain care. We’ll examine the pharmacology, efficacy, and practical strategies for integrating these therapies while ensuring patient safety and regulatory compliance.

Afraid to ask? Not sure what to say if your patient wants to talk about their sexual health? As a healthcare provider, you’re not alone. Few of us have had any education or training in sexuality, which leads to patients who are hesitant to ask and providers understandably hesitant to tell. In this lively and practical session, you’ll learn the evidence-based, tried, and true ways to efficiently elicit pertinent information and then provide reassurance, validation, and the information they need for better sexual health.

Time for sex ed for grown ups! Let’s examine the role and function of the female sexual response cycle, how it’s different from, but not the defunct version of, male sexuality. And how to appropriately counsel our patients when they ask us how to improve their low libido, or their pain with sex. We’ll discuss options for creating a safe and empowering space for your patients to ask their burning questions and for you to feel confident in your answers! And the best part, we’ll do all of this with science! No more shame in sexuality. This is general medicine and we can create a comfort and confidence in this facet of medicine for you. We’ll review mechanisms of arousal and orgasm, and the pharmacologic and non pharmacologic interventions you can utilize in practice.