8:00 a.m.
Registration
Exhibits Open, Breakfast
Exhibit Hall

8:50 a.m.
Introduction & Welcome
Melissa Martinez, MD
Scientific Program Chair

9:00 a.m.
“Navigating Herbal Medicine While Caring for Indigenous Populations”
Charity Bishop, MD, Taylor Russell, Medical Student

10:00 a.m.
“Geriatric Depression”
Brock Frost, PhD

11:00 a.m.
“Breaking Through Biases Building Skills for Collaborative Weight Management in Primary Care & Treating Obesity as a Chronic Disease”
Jamy D. Ard, MD, FTOS

12:00 p.m.
Lunch 

1:00 p.m.
“New Therapies for Chronic Migraines”
Christopher Bouchard, MD

2:00 p.m.
“LFT’s/Hep B and C”
Robert Goldsteen, MD

3:00 p.m.
Break 

3:30 p.m.
“Nonpharmacologic Approaches to Managing Chronic Pain: Fewer Pills, Better Results”
Maya Armstrong, MD

4:30 p.m.
“Family Medicine Update”
Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD

5:30 p.m.
At Leisure

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception Dinner
Patio MCM Elegante
Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, Honored Guest
Announcement of the NMAFP Candidates for Office 2025-2026

8:00 a.m.
Registration
Exhibits Open, Breakfast
Exhibit Hall

9:00 a.m.
“Presentation of Dermatologic Issues in Skin of Color”
Carlos Cano, MD

10:00 a.m.
“ADHD in Pediatric Patients”
Kimothi N. Cain, MD

11:00 a.m
“Emerging Topics in Cardiovascular Health: Lp(A), Cardiac Calcium Scoring and other New Modalities”
Dion Gallant, MD

12:00 p.m.
Lunch

1:00 p.m.
“RSV Primary Care at the Center of RSV Prevention: Community- Focused Strategies to Foster Trust and Vaccine Acceptance”
Brenda L. Tesini, MD

2:00 p.m.
“Cannabis Use Disorder”
Valerie Carrejo, MD

3:00 p.m.
Break – Exhibit Hall
Sponsored by Montanas del Norte Area Health Education Center

3:30 p.m.
“Climate Medicine”
Tochi Iroku Malize, MD

4:30 p.m.
“Vaccine Update”
Melissa Martinez, MD

5:30 p.m.
At Leisure

6:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Awards Dinner & Dance with live DJ
Exhibit Hall

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Yoga, all levels
(Space limited, pre-registration required)
Marianne Mohr

8:00 a.m.
Registration
Breakfast – Exhibit Hall

9:00 a.m.
“Evidenced Based Supplements”
Amy Robinson, MD

10:00 a.m.
“Difficult Patients: Don’t Despair-BREATH OUT”
Jennifer Edgoose, MD

11:00 a.m.
“Recent Hot Topics in the Literature”
Daniel Waldman, MD

12:00 p.m.
Lunch

1:00 p.m.
“Recognizing and Treating Sodium Disorders: An Outpatient to Inpatient Approach”
Alicia Gonzales, MD

2:00 p.m.
“Transforming T2DM Treatment in Primary Care: Discerning the Glycemic and Extra Glycemic Effect of GLP-1 Ras”
James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD

3:00 p.m.
“The Now and Future of ABFM Board Certification”
Gary LeRoy, MD

4:00 p.m.
End of Continuing Medical Education Presentations

8:30 a.m.
Breakfast Board of Directors Meeting
Ruidoso Convention Center

10:00 a.m.
Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting
Ruidoso Convention Center

8:00 a.m.
Registration
Exhibits Open, Breakfast
Exhibit Hall

8:50 a.m.
Introduction & Welcome
Lisa Stolarczyk, MD
Scientific Program Chair

9:00 a.m.
“Treating Opioid Use Disorder in the Fentanyl Era”
Valerie Carrejo, MD

10:00am
“Head to Toe OSA”
Lana Wagner, MD

11:00 a.m.
“Evidence-based Review of Medical Literature”
Sherry Weitzen, MD, PhD

12:00 p.m.
Lunch – Exhibit Hall

1:00 p.m.
“A Complex Disease Process: Understanding Endometriosis to Improve Patient Care”
Molly McClain, MD, MPH

2:00 p.m.
“Update on Thyroid Disorders”
Teodor Duro, MD

3:00 p.m.
Break – Exhibit Hall

3:30 p.m.
“Choosing Wisely – Rapid Review of Practice-Changing Clinical Recommendations for 2024”
Alex Lin, MD; Isabell Diaz Morfin, MD; Sangmin Choe, MD

4:30 p.m.
“Frontier Medicine”
John Cullen, MD, AAFP Past Board Chair & Honored Guest

5:30 p.m.
At Leisure

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception Dinner
Exhibit Hall
John Cullen, MD, AAFP Past Board Chair & Honored Guest
Announcement of the NMAFP Candidates for Office 2024-2025
Sponsored by UNM School of Medicine Office for Community Faculty

8:00 a.m.
Registration
Exhibits Open, Breakfast
Exhibit Hall

9:00 a.m.
“Cases in the Community: Optimizing Treatment and Considering Weight Management as a Primary Goal in People With T2DM”
Dion Gallant, MD, FAAFP & Jay H. Shubrook, MD

10:00 a.m.
“Principles of Chronic Wound Management”
Eileen Comstock, MD

11:00 a.m
“ ‘PFTs’ for the PCP”
Hayley Israel, MD

12:00 p.m.
Lunch – Exhibit Hall
Sponsored by Montanas del Norte AHEC

1:00 p.m.
“The Critical Role of Family Physicians in Preventing Heart Disease with Coronary Calcium CT and Simple Targeted Lipid Management”
David Schade, MD

2:00 p.m.
“New Approaches to Asthma in Treatment Selection and Assessment”
Stephen Brunton, MD

3:00 p.m.
Break – Exhibit Hall

3:30 p.m.
“Navigating Narcolepsy in Family Medicine: Patient-Centered Strategies to Optimize the Experience and Outcomes of Treatment”
Lois E. Krahn, MD

4:30 p.m.
“Cognitive Disorders”
John Adair, MD

5:30 p.m.
At Leisure

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Awards Dinner
Exhibit Hall
John Cullen, MD, AAFP Past Board Chair & Honored Guest

8:00 a.m.
Registration
Breakfast
Exhibit Hall

9:00 a.m.
“Approach to Parkinson’s Disease”
Dana Sugar, MD

10:00 a.m.
“A Call to Action to Primary Care as Partners in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Practical Strategies to Shorten the Time to Diagnosis and to Safely and Effectively Improve the Course of This Disease for Our Patients”
Anjali Tiku Owens, MD

11:00 a.m.
“Key Articles and Clinical Developments in Family Medicine”
Dan Waldman, MD

12:00 p.m.
Lunch – Exhibit Hall

1:00 p.m.
“Advances in the Treatment of Cardio-Renal-Metabolic Disorders”
Stephen Brunton, MD

2:00 p.m.
“Updates on Community Acquired Pneumonia, Acute Bronchitis, and Acute Rhinosinusitis”
Stephanie Benson, MD, FAAFP

3:00 p.m.
Break – Exhibit Hall

3:30 p.m.
“The Healthcare AI Landscape: Opportunities and Challenges in Healthcare Transformation”
Jason Mitchell, MD

4:30 p.m.
“Reducing Complications in Maternal Care From Rural Perspectives”
John Cullen, MD, AAFP Past Board Chair & Honored Guest

5:30 p.m.
End of Continuing Medical Education Presentations