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160The 160th Annual Meeting &House of Delegates of theNorth Carolina Medical SocietyOctober 24-25, 2014 - Grandover Resort, Greensboro, NC

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTWELCOMEWelcome to the 160th North Carolina Medical Society(NCMS) Annual Meeting and House of Delegates. We areglad you’ve joined us for an enlightening and, we hope,inspirational two days.As I reflect on my year as NCMS President and theimpressive 166 years of this organization’s history, Ithink of the enduring legacy of service to our patientsand our communities that the NCMS represents. Thisyear, our meeting features speakers and individuals whoserve our veterans. The CME session on Friday afternoonbrings together distinguished physicians and lay peoplewho have unique insight into the many challenges facingour veterans, including access to care and clinical issuesrelated to physical and mental health. Be sure not to missthis timely and important discussion.and how North Carolina is preparingand responding to these threats. Atthe House of Delegates the issuesdeemed important by you andyour fellow NCMS members will bedebated and discussed and will helpshape NCMS policies for the comingyear. Please attend and weigh in withyour views.The Annual Meeting also is yourtime to reconnect with colleagues and to inauguratethe incoming President. Enjoy the cocktail hour andinaugural reception on Friday evening—both greatopportunities to celebrate. If you’re politically inclined,the NCMS PAC breakfast promises some lively discussion.We also have a special guest from the VeteransAdministration in Washington, DC who will address ourHouse of Delegates on Saturday morning. Carolyn Clancy,MD, the Interim Under Secretary for Health, will give usher perspective—as a physician and as a top official in theVA—on caring for our veterans.Again, welcome, and please take advantage of all theNCMS and this Annual Meeting have to offer.Another guest speaker, State Epidemiologist Zack Moore,MD, MPH, will address Friday’s House of Delegates withan update on the latest outbreaks of infectious diseaseDevdutta Sangvai, MD, MBA, FAAFPNCMS President, 2013-2014

SCHEDULE OF EVENTSFRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 7:45pm7:45pm-11:00pmSATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, am10:00am- 1:00pm1:00pm-2:00pm1:00pmAMA Delegation MeetingProvencial RoomMeeting Registration Desk OpenGrandville Prefunction AreaContinental BreakfastGrandville ABExhibit Hall OpenGrandville AB“Wake Up Walk” sponsored by the NCMS PlanColony TerraceNCMS PAC BreakfastCarlisle BallroomSpeaker / Reference Committee CaucusRiviera RoomBreak in Exhibit HallGrandville ABHouse of Delegates: Session 2Grandville CDNCMS Board of Directors Open ForumGrandville CDOptional Golf OutingGrandover West CourseSCHEDULENCMS Benefit Plan Trustee Breakfast/MeetingBerkeley Room8:00am-11:30am NC Chapter, American College of PhysiciansCouncil MeetingBeaumont Room8:30am-7:00pmMeeting Registration Desk OpenGrandville Prefunction Area9:00am-2:00pmCommission for Public Health MeetingWhitehall Room9:30am-12:00pm NCMS Board of Directors MeetingProvencial Room11:00am-12:00pm Leadership College LunchBerkeley Room11:00am-12:00pm Women in Medicine LunchGrandview Ballroom (2nd floor)11:00am-7:00pm Exhibit Hall OpenGrandville AB12:00pm-2:00pm County Medical Society Executives LunchTrinity12:00pm-2:00pm Quality Veteran Care CME SessionGrandville CD12:00pm-3:00pm NC OB/GYN Society Executive Committee MeetingRegents Boardroom1:00pm-5:00pmResidents/Students Poster SessionGrandville AB2:00pm-3:00pmReference Committee Meeting - OpenProvencial2:00pm-3:00pmBreak in Exhibit HallGrandville ABHouse of Delegates: Session 1Grandville CDCocktail Reception in Exhibit HallGrandville ABPresident’s InaugurationCarlisle BallroomInaugural ReceptionGrandville CD

Quality Care for VeteransFriday, October 24, 2014 - 12:00pm-2:00pmCMEGrandville CDThe headlines have highlighted the issues with veterancare, but what is being done to fix the problems andhow can we improve care for active duty and veteranpersonnel? This panel discussion will increase awarenessof veterans’ and active duty military personnel’s medicalneeds and available treatments. The panel of experts willexamine conditions occurring at a higher rate in thesepopulations, such as post-traumatic stress disorder andeffects of traumatic brain injury as well as health caredelivery issues, like excessive wait times for needed care.In addition to identifying areas of concern, discussion willinclude measures being taken to address the concerns. 25 for those pursuing CME credit; free for those interestedin learning more about this issue, but not needing credit.Targeted Audience:Objectives:Cost:Physicians, physician assistants, residents and students, aswell as practice staff are invited to attend this session. Accreditation:Identify ways in which civilian providers can optimizemedical care for veterans and active-duty militarypersonnel. Partner with the Veterans Administration and othermilitary health care delivery systems to improve waittimes in VA facilities and other systems for veterans andactive-duty military personnel in need of care. Examine medical disorders that particularly impactveterans, from psychological issues such as PTSD andhigher suicide rates to physical issues such as traumaticbrain injury and more.Course director: Palmer Edwards, MDThe Southern Regional AHEC designates this live activityfor a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) .Physicians/PAs should claim only the credit commensuratewith the extent of their participation in the activity.4

Speakers:Glenn Batten, Deputy Director of the North CarolinaDivision of Veterans AffairsA 23-year US Navy veteran, Mr. Batten currently servesas the Deputy Director for the North Carolina Division ofVeterans Affairs, a state agency that serves the veteransof North Carolina with advocacy and assistance to identifyand apply for those VA benefits earned through service totheir country.Elizabeth Goolsby, MSN, Director, Fayetteville VAMedical CenterMs. Goolsby is a retired Colonel with the Army NurseCorp. and has served as the Medical Center Directorat Fayetteville VAMC since July 4, 2010. She has theoverall responsibility for planning, organizing, directing,Brian P. Hayes, MD, MPH, MSS, Associate Chief of Staff,Ambulatory Care, Durham VA Medical CenterDr. Hayes, a veteran of the US Air Force, received hismedical degree from the University of Miami and attendedHarvard in 2001, where he earned his Masters of PublicHealth. He served his residency at US Air Force School ofAerospace Medicine at Brooks AFB in Texas and receivedhis Masters of Strategic Studies at the Air War College,Maxwell AFB, Alabama.Michael W. Brennan, MD (Moderator) Ophthalmologist,Alamance Eye CenterDr. Brennan practices comprehensive ophthalmology inBurlington, North Carolina, after a 20-year career in theUS Army. A West Point graduate, Dr. Brennan received aMasters in Aeronautics at Stanford University and servedas an Army aviator in Vietnam and instructor at WestPoint. He received his medical degree from the Universityof Texas, completing his residency in ophthalmologyat Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston andlater serving as Chief of Surgery at Fort Bragg. Dr.Brennan is past president of the North Carolina Societyof Eye Physicians and Surgeons and was instrumental indeveloping the NCMS’ Leadership College program.CMEDebra Bolick, MD, Psychiatrist, Salisbury W.G. (Bill)Hefner VA Medical Center; Acting Section Chief ofOutpatient Mental Health, Hickory VA Community BasedOutpatient Clinic, Veterans Health AffairsDr. Bolick currently practices adult general psychiatry,serves as Acting Section Chief of Outpatient Mental Healthfor the Hickory and Winston-Salem Community-BasedOutpatient Clinics (CBOCS) and is on the active medicalstaff of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salisbury.She is an active member of the NCMS and the NorthCarolina Psychiatric Association and serves on the NorthCarolina Medical Board.coordinating and controlling medical, administrativeand supporting operations of a health care system thatadministers medical care and treatment to veterans in19 North Carolina counties and two counties in SouthCarolina.5

HOUSE OF DELEGATESHOUSE OF DELEGATESHouse of Delegates Session IHouse of Delegates Session IIThis opening session of the House features leadershipelections for the coming year and preliminary discussionof House business. In addition, State Epidemiologist ZackMoore, MD, MPH, will provide an update on the Ebola andEnterovirus D68 outbreaks. Outgoing President DevduttaSangvai, MD, MBA, FAAFP will wrap-up this session with aspeech on NCMS accomplishments in 2013-2014.Session II will focus on policy debate and decision-making.Prior to House business, Interim Under Secretary for Healthat the US Department of Veterans Affairs Carolyn Clancy,MD, will present a keynote address on veterans healthissues, and newly inducted President Robert E. Schaaf,MD, FACR, will share his leadership priorities for thecoming year.Featured Speaker FridayZack Moore, MD, MPHFeatured Speaker SaturdayCarolyn Clancy, MDNC DHHS Medical Epidemiologist,Communicable Disease Branch“Emerging Infections: Preparednessand Response in North Carolina”Interim Under Secretary for Health,Veterans Health Administration“Improving Access to Care For Veterans”Friday, October 24 - 3:00pm-5:30pmDr. Moore received his medical degreefrom UNC-CH and a master’s degree inZack Moore, MD, MPHpublic health from Harvard University.Following residency at Stanford University, he workedwith the National Immunization Program at the CDC andlater completed fellowship training in Pediatric InfectiousDiseases at Emory University. Dr Moore began workingwith the NC Division of Public Health in 2006 as anofficer with the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service and iscurrently a Medical Epidemiologist with the CommunicableDisease Branch.Saturday, October 25 - 10:00am-1:00pmDr. Clancy, a general internist and healthservices researcher, is a graduate ofBoston College and the University ofCarolyn Clancy, MDMassachusetts Medical School. In herrole as Interim Under Secretary for Health, Dr. Clancyoversees the health care needs of millions of veteransenrolled in VHA, the United States’ largest integratedhealth care system, with more than 1,700 sites, includinghospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities and ReadjustmentCounseling Centers.

INAUGURAL EVENTSPresidential Inauguration and ReceptionFriday, October 24 - 7:00pmFollowing the Inauguration, all meeting attendees andtheir guests are invited to the Inaugural Reception tocelebrate Dr. Schaaf’s new role at the Medical Society.The evening will feature light hors d’oeuvres, drinks,and dancing to the big-band music of Big Swing andthe Ballroom Blasters.Devdutta Sangvai, MD, MBA, FAAFP,currently is executive director of DukeConnected Care and associate chiefmedical officer for the Duke UniversityHealth System. He has a long history ofinvolvement with organized medicine. Atthe NCMS, he has served as SecretaryTreasurer on the Board of Directors aswell as the Young Physicians Sectionchair. He also has been president of theDevdutta Sangvai, MDDurham Orange County Medical Societyand highly involved at the national level with the AMA.NCMS President-Elect Robert E. Schaaf,MD, FACR, is a board-certified diagnosticradiologist and is the former presidentand managing partner of Wake Radiology,having served in that role from 1986 untiljust last year.Big Swing and the Ballroom BlastersDr. Schaaf has been on the Board ofDirectors of the NCMS since 2004 and hasserved on six NCMS committees during his Robert E. Schaaf, MD33 years of membership. He has also beena Governor-appointed member of the NC Medical CareCommission since 2005.INAUGURATIONPlease join us for the Inauguration of Robert E.Schaaf, MD, FACR, and the presentation of thePresidential Pin to Devdutta Sangvai, MD, MBA,FAAFP, on Friday evening beginning at 7:00pm.NCMS Leadership