2025 Agenda

WUGM Conference Program All times listed are Central Time Monday, September 8, 2025
9:00-10:00	Registration
10:00-10:15 AM	Welcome & Overview – Elizabeth Chapman, MD; Steven Denson, MD
10:15-11:15 AM	Geriatric Assessment – Evan M. Henricks, MD, MS
11:15 -12:15 PM	Clinical Nephrology Considerations for the Geriatric Patient: Best Practices and New Data – Anna Gaddy, MD, FASN
12:15-1:15 PM	Lunch
1:15-2:15 PM	Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy for Woman’s Incontinence and Sexual Health – Elizabeth Barkowitz, PT, BCB-PMD
2:15-3:00 PM	Home-Based Medical Care – Melissa Dattalo, MD, MPH
3:00-3:15 PM	Break
3:15-4:00 PM	Appropriate Prescribing and Deprescribing in Older Adults – Lauren L. Welch, PharmD, BCGP
4:00-5:00 PM	Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Updates – Ann Braus, MD, CMD and Elizabeth Bukowy, DO, CMD

Tuesday, September 9, 2025
9:00-9:45 AM	Keep It Up! Updates in Immunizations in Older Adults – Rachel Kavanaugh, PharmD, BCACP
9:45-10:30 AM	Seeing Low Vision Patients Clearly – Chelsea Linzmeier, OD
10:30-10:45 AM	Break
10:45-12:15 PM	Guardianship Panel – Steven Denson, MD, Amy Devine, JD, MSW, Beth Thorson, LCSW, ACSW
12:15-1:15 PM	Lunch
1:15-2:00 PM	Parkinson’s Disease: Pearls and Pitfalls in the Geriatric Population –Teresa Mangin, MD, FAAN
2:00-2:45 PM	Late-Life Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – Kathryn Chen, MD
2:45-3:00 PM	Break
3:00-4:00 PM	Optimizing Sleep in Older Adults- A Multifaceted Strategy for Success – Steven Barczi, MD, FAASM
4:00-4:45 PM	Treatment of Common Dermatological Conditions in the Elderly – Shanthi Narla, MD
4:45-5:30 PM	Updates in Wound Care Best Practice for the Non-Wound Care Provider – Jessica Held, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC, CWOCN-AP, CFCN

Wednesday, September 10, 2025
9:00-9:45 AM	Hospice and Palliative Medicine Updates – Adrienne Klement, MD
9:45-10:45 AM	Managing Behavioral & Psychological Symptoms of Dementia – Laurel Bessey, MD, FAPA and Molly Schroeder, BA, CSW
10:45-11:00 AM	Break
11:00-11:45 AM	New Pathways, Older Patients: Balancing Benefits and Risks of Newer Diabetes Agents in Geriatric Medicine – Rachele Harrison, PharmD, MEd
11:45-12:30 PM	Substance Misuse & Use Disorders in Older Adults – Randall Brown, MD, PhD, DFASAM
12:30-1:30 PM	Lunch (OPTIONAL VA Geri Scholar talk for Virtual Attendees) – Steve Barczi, MD, FAASM
1:30-2:15 PM	Management of Osteoporosis – Neil Binkley, MD
2:15-3:00 PM	Frailty in Older Adults: From Identification to Intervention – Angela Beckert, MD
3:00-3:15 PM	Break
3:15-4:00 PM	Rheumatology for the Geriatrician – Ann K. Rosenthal, MD, Will and Cava Ross Professor of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin and Zablocki VA Medical Center
4:00-4:45 PM	Buprenorphine: A Special Tool for Pain Management – Jordan Bauman, MD
4:45-5:30 PM	Late-Life Depression – Katherine Levine, MD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry Fellowship Director, Geriatric Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin

Thursday, September 11, 2025
8:15-9:00 AM	Immunosenescence – Effects on Risk of and Prevention of Infectious Diseases in Aging Populations – Mary Beth Graham, MD, FIDSA, FACP
9:00-9:45 AM	Aging Hearts and Wise Starts: Principles of Cardiovascular Care in Older Adults – Adam D. Gepner, MD
9:45-10:30 AM	Understanding Healthcare Disparities in Aging – Maria Mora Pinzon, MD, MS, FACPM
10:30-10:45 AM	Break
10:45-12:15 PM	Supporting and Including Family Caregivers of Older Adults: Overview and Best Practices – Mary F. Wyman, PhD Clinical Psychologist, Madison VA Hospital and University of Wisconsin, Meghann Schmitt, MSW, LCSW and Lindsey Knoll, CISW, MSW, VA Caregiver Support Program Coordinator
12:15-1:15 PM	Lunch
1:15 – 2:00 PM	Is It Dementia or Not: The Spectrum of Cognitive Impairment – Sanjay Asthana, MD, FACP
2:00 – 2:15 PM	Break
2:15-3:15 PM	Does Living With Dementia Include Driving – Nathaniel Chin, MD and Christopher Suess, OTR, CDRS
3:15-4:15 PM	Age Inclusive Firearm Injury Prevention Counseling – Siobhan D. Wilson, MD, PhD, FACP
4:15-5:00 PM	Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH) – Jillian Bodden Hoenisch, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, APNP
5:00 PM	Adjourn