9th Annual Essentials of Clinical Medicine CME Conference
Overview
Please save the date and make plans to join us for our 9th annual Essentials of Clinical Medicine CME conference, to be held June 13-15, 2025, at Dollywood's HeartSong Lodge & Resort in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee!
***Full information and registration available at http://dcomalumni.LMUnet.edu/2025CME.***
Target Audience
Physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and professional students.
Program
Tentative weekend schedule is as follows (all times are Eastern):
​schedule is subject to change
FRIDAY, JUNE 13 | ||
9:00 AM | Pre-registration Opens | |
10:00 AM | Practical Osteopathy | Travis Groth, DO'11 |
11:00 AM | OMT for Neck Pain and Tension Headaches | Caitlin Russell, DO'12 |
NOON - 1:00 PM | Registration Opens | |
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | Diabetes Update | Dana Brown, DO'15 |
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM | Faculty Q&A | |
2:00 PM - 2:25 PM | A Practical Approach to Concussion for the Primary Care Provider | Kaitlyn Vann, DO'16 |
2:25 PM - 2:50 PM | Post MI Care | Neil Barry, DO'13 |
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM | Faculty Q&A | |
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | Provider Wellness and Burnout Prevention | Leah Snodgrass, MD |
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM | Faculty Q&A | |
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | Cardiometabolic Effect of GLP-1 Therapy | Ben Goins, DO'11 |
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM | Faculty Q&A | |
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Social Hour | |
SATURDAY, JUNE 14 | ||
7:00 AM- 7:50 AM | Updates in MSK Medicine for Primary Care Medicine | Jeffrey Ham, DO'15 |
7:50 AM - 8:00 AM | Faculty Q&A | |
8:00 AM - 8:25 AM | Lung Cancer Screening Updates | Emily McGovern, DO'18 |
8:25 AM - 8:50 AM | Stroke Prevention in Primary Care | Jim Dolbow, DO'20 |
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM | Faculty Q&A | |
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM | CKD for the Non-Nephrologist | Parker Hughes, DO'18 |
9:25 AM - 9:50 AM | Common Childhood Viral Syndromes | Mallory Raper Reeves, DO'15 |
9:50 AM - 10:00 AM | Faculty Q&A | |
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Updates in Urology | Michael Douglas, DO'12 |
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM | Faculty Q&A | |
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Understanding and Treating Substance Use Disorders | Ryan Alexander, DO'17 |
11:50 AM - NOON | Faculty Q&A | |
NOON - 2:00 PM | Visit Posters and Exhibitors/Light Lunch | |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Open/Break | |
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | OMT Session | Lauren Davis, DO'15 |
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM | Faculty Q&A | |
5:00 PM - 5:50 PM | Rapid Osteopathic Techniques for the Family Practice | Craig Wells, DO'15 |
5:50 PM - 6:00 PM | Faculty Q&A | |
SUNDAY, JUNE 15 | ||
7:00 AM - 7:50 AM | Dermatologic Considerations in the Geriatric Patient | Mandy Alhajj, DO'20 |
7:50 AM - 8:00 AM | Faculty Q&A | |
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM | Rural Health | Jacy Warrell, RHAT |
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM | Faculty Q&A | |
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM | Primary Care for the Transgender Patient | Mark Peacock, DO |
9:25 AM - 9:50 AM | Preoperative Evaluation of a Medical Patient | Doug Leahy, MD |
9:50 AM - 10:00 AM | Faculty Q&A | |
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Approach to Cognitive Assessment in the Older Adult: Dementia, Delirium, and Depression | Hannah Stewart, DO'17 |
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM | Faculty Q&A | |
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Benefits and Cautions of Exercise in the Aging Patient | Gina DeFranco, DO |
11:50 AM - NOON | Faculty Q&A |
All presentations will be available to view on-demand online for one month following the conference. These links will be sent to attendees once the conference is completed and the videos have been posted online.
Venue

Faculty
Disclosures for all speakers will be available for inspection at the Office of the LMU-DCOM Director of Alumni Services and CME.
Register/Take course
Price
***Full information and registration available at http://dcomalumni.LMUnet.edu/2025CME.***