7:30am – 7:55am –       REGISTRATION   
7:55am – 8:00am –       Welcome/Opening Remarks
                                            – Brenda Ayers, MD, Education Director,
                                               Medical Director, Hospitalists,
                                               Health-Quest Medical Practice P.C.

8:00am – 8:45am –      High Risk Pulmonary Embolism
                                          – Tim Collins, DO, Critical Care Medicine, Director of Intesive Care Unit, Vassar Brothers
                                              Medical Center, Pulmonologist Health-Quest Medical Practice, P.C.

8:45am – 9:30am –      MRSA pneumonia: Approach and Considerations​
                                        – Valerie Cluzet, MD, Infectious disease, Internal Medicine, Health-Quest Medical Practice, P.C 

9:30am – 9:50am-         BREAK   
9:50am – 10:40am –     C. Diff Treatment
                                              – Salvatore M. Buffa, MD,* Gastroenterologist, Premier Medical Group, Chief of Gastroenterology and
                                                 VP Medical Staff at Vassar Brothers Medical Center

10:40am – 11:30am –   When to Refer Patients for Bariatric Surgery and What to Expect in the Process
                                       - Brian Binetti, MD, FACS, General Surgeon, Bariatric Specialist, Director of Metabolic and Bariatric 
                                         Surgery, Northern Dutchess Hospital, Health-Quest Medical Practice, P.C.    
11:30am – 12:30pm –     LUNCH

12:30pm - 1:15pm -    Non-Opioid Analgesic Modalities
                                     –Sergey M. Motov, MD, FAAEM, Research Director,Emergency Medicine Physician,Department 
                                     of Emergency Medicine Maimonides Medical Center

1:15pm – 2:15pm –    Supporting the Needs of Older Adults in the Hospital 
                                            – Jodi Friedman, MD, Geriatric, Family Medicine, Medical Director, Center for Healthy Aging at
                                               Northern Dutchess Hospital 
2:15pm – 2:30pm –       BREAK 

2:30pm – 3:15pm –     Building a Stronger Bridge to Quality End of Life Care:  Hudson Valley Hospice and You
                                           – Albert Riddle, MD, CMD, HMDC, Chief Medical Director of Dutchess County Hospice

3:15pm – 4:00pm –      Spondyloarthritis: Not just a simple back pain
                                             – Ze've Weitz, MD, Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Medical Associates of Hudson Valley

4:00pm –                      Closing Remarks

* In the spirit of keeping you well informed, the physician identified is neither an agent nor an employee of Health Quest or any of its affiliate organizations. This physician has selected our facilities as the place where he or she wants to treat and care for their private patients.