10th Annual Midwest Region Primary Care Symposium

Oak Lawn, IL US
May 13, 2026

This symposium serves to provide an annual update of best practices related to current topics in primary care. The goal of this symposium is for each participating provider to increase their knowledge of evidence-based guidelines pertaining to evaluation, treatment, and management of topics discussed and utilize the recommendations provided.

 

This conference is being held in person/virtually. In person location is at Advocate Christ Medical Center, Robert Stein Auditorium and Virtual via TEAMS

NOTE: Please note this activity will be presented 8:30am – 3:00pm CST / 9:30am - 4:00pm EST

Target Audience

This course is intended for nurses, physicians, pharmacists, and other health care professionals.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, learners should be able to: recognize and strategize ways to provide up-to-date, best practices in evidence-based medicine related to current topics in primary care.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.75 American Board of Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
    • 4.75 ABS Self-Assessment
  • 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 4.75 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 4.75 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 4.75 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 4.75 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 4.75 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)
    Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 4.75 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) Pharmacy Technician
    Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 4.75 ABIM MOC Part II
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 4.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Course opens: 
02/05/2026
Course expires: 
12/31/2026
Event starts: 
05/13/2026 - 8:30am CDT
Event ends: 
05/13/2026 - 3:00pm CDT
Cost:
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8:00-8:30 an

Registration / Breakfast / Vendors

8:30-8:35 am

 

Welcome and Introduction
Melanie Gordon, MD - Medical Director, Adult Medicine, Primary Care Service Line, IL & WI Divisions

Opening Remarks
Sachin Dixit, MD - Chief Medical Officer, Advocate South Suburban Hospital & Advocate Trinity Hospital

8:35-9:05 am

 

2025 Hypertension Guidelines
Rashmi Raguvir, MD  

9:05- 9:35 am

 

Early CKD (Primary Care Management Tips and When to Refer)
Edgar Lerma, MD

9:35-10:05 am

 

Lipidemia, APO Testing and PCSK9 Management
Alan Brown, MD

10:05-10:20 am

Coffee Break/Vendor Fair

10:20- 10:50 am

 

Menopause
Jamilah Okoe, MD

10:50- 11:00 am
 

Panel Q&A

11:00- 12:00 pm

 

Keynote: AI in Electronic Health Records
Ismail Nabeel, MD, MPH, MS, FACOEM
Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital

12:00-1:15 pm

 

Lunch (In the Dining Room)
DAX/Co-Pilot Presentation

1:15- 1:45 pm

 

Complications of GLP-1s: What Does the New Data Say?
Melanie Smith, DO- Medical Director of Weight Management, Midwest Region, AMG

1:45- 2:00 pm

 

Coffee Break/Vendor Fair

2:00-3:00 pm

 

Serious Illness Conversation
Beth Rosenberg, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C
Program Coordinator, Advanced Care Planning, Atrium Health

3:00 pm

Closing Remarks

 

Advocate Christ Medical Center
4440 W 95th St.
Stein Audtrium
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
United States

Faculty

Name of individual with credentialsJob titleHospital affiliations/Company names 
Annie Desai, PharmD, BCPSClinical Pharmacy Specialist-Internal Medicine Advocate Christ Medical Center
Sarwat Shaheen, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago 
 Medical Director, Family Medicine Clinic Advocate Medical Group 
Lovella Kanu, MD, FAAFP, DABOMDiplomateAmerican Board of Obesity Medicine
 Clinical Instructor Chicago Medical School 
 Asisstant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine Midwestern University 
 Director Medical Care Management/Physician Advisor  Advocate Christ Medical Center
Prentiss Taylor  
Melanie Gordon, MD, FACPMedical Director, Adult Medicine, Primary Care Service Line Illinois and Wisconsin Divisions, Advocate Health 
 Clinical Faculty, Internal Medicine ResidencyAdvocate Christ Medical Center
 Associate Professor of MedicineUniversity of Illinois at Chicago 
 Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine Wake Forest School of Medicine 
Rashmi Raghuvir, MD, FACCSecretary/Treasurer of Medical Staff  
 Clinical Assistant ProfessorUIC College of Medicine 
 Associate Program Director, Adult Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program Advocate Christ Medical Center
Edgar Lerma  
Alan Brown, MD, MHA, FACC, FAHA, MNLA Medical Director and Strategy Consultant for Division of CardiologyAdvocate Illinois Masonic Hospital
 Specialist in Clinical LipidologyWake Forest School of Medicine 
 Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine 

Disclosure

 

Faculty disclosures are being reviewed and will be presented to the audience in advance of the program.

 

Accreditation Statement
 

In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

 

 

Credit Statement(s)
 

American Medical Association (AMA) 
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.75 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) 
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum 4.75 hours of CPE credit for (pharmacists and pharmacy technicians). CPE credit can be claimed on the AAH CE platform within 60 days of activity completion and information will be provided to CPE Monitor. Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 
Pharmacy UAN: JA0006327-0000-26-046-L01-P
Pharmacy Technician UAN: JA0006327-0000-26-046-L01-T

 

Board Recognition Statement(s)
 

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) 
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 4.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

American Board of Surgery (ABS)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

Available Credit

  • 4.75 American Board of Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
    • 4.75 ABS Self-Assessment
  • 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 4.75 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 4.75 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 4.75 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 4.75 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 4.75 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)
    Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 4.75 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) Pharmacy Technician
    Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 4.75 ABIM MOC Part II
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 4.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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