The Wisconsin chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (WACEP) will hold its 2023 Spring Symposium in Madison, Wis., on March 1-2, 2023. The annual conference brings together emergency medicine healthcare professionals from across the state for two days of education and discussion of numerous clinical and research topics.
As experts in their field, the following faculty and fellow will be giving presentations at WACEP’s 2023 Spring Symposium, including WACEP’s current President Dr. Kerry Ahrens.
| Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. |
| New Documentation Requirements Panel Speaker: Sara Damewood, MD, associate professor and director, Division of Emergency Ultrasound |
| Thursday, March 2, 2023 Hot Topics in Emergency Medicine | 8:00-11:30 a.m. |
| Child Sex Trafficking Prevalence and Screening Speaker: Allie Hurst, MD, MS, assistant professor and medical director for pediatric emergency medicine |
| Prescribing Buprenorphine: All You Need to Know in 10 Minutes Speaker: Jason Lai, MD, clinical assistant professor |
| Dissecting the AHRQ ED Diagnostic Error Report Speaker: Michael Pulia, MD, PhD, assistant professor and director of the emergency care for infectious diseases research program |
| Rethinking Pneumonia Diagnosis in Older Adults Speaker: Michael Pulia, MD, PhD, assistant professor and director of the emergency care for infectious diseases research program |
| The Future is Now: How Artificial Intelligence Can Revolutionize Your Next Shift in 2023 Speaker: Benjamin Schnapp, MD, MEd, assistant professor and associate residency program director |
| Awareness of Paralysis in the ED Speaker: Matthew Stampfl, MD, clinical instructor and fellow, UW Health Med Flight |
| Thursday, March 2, 2023 | 1:45-2:15 p.m. |
| Stroke Speaker: Kerry Ahrens, MD, clinical assistant professor; flight physician, UW Health Med Flight; and president, Wisconsin ACEP |