Title: Current Trends in the Medical and Surgical Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Speakers: Sanjay Kaji, MD, Srikar Vegesna, MD, and Richard Pearlstein, MD

Objectives: 

1. Provide a brief overview of OSA

2. Review traditional management approaches for OSA.

3. Present current trends in the medical and surgical management of OSA.

4. Highlight multidisciplinary and integrated care models for OSA.

5. Identify gaps, challenges and future directions in the management of OSA.

Date: October 31, 2025

Title: The Science of Flourishing: Using Positive Psychology to Drive Quality Improvement

Speaker: Kierstin Cates Kennedy, MD, MSHA, FACP, SFHM

Objectives: 

1. Describe the core components of the PERMA model and explain their relevance to clinicians well-being and team performance in healthcare settings.

2. Discuss how applying principles of positive psychology can strengthen organizational culture, resilience, and motivation, thereby enhancing the success and sustainability of quality improvement efforts.

3. Apply strategies grounded in the PERMA framework to integrate psychological well-being to drive better teamwork and improved patient outcomes

Date: October 24, 2025

Title: Breast Cancer: Statistics, Risk Factors and Risk Reductions

Speaker: Hung T. Khong, MD

Objectives: 

1. Review the statistics of breast cancer in the US as well as in Arizona.
2. Review risk factors associated with the development of breast cancer.
3. Review approaches to reduce the development of breast cancer.

Date: October 17, 2025

Title: Histocompatibility Complex Antigens and Adverse Drug Reactions

Speaker: Steve Curry, MD

Date: October 10, 2025

Title: Dietary Risk Factors and the Use of Food as Medicine

Speaker: Farshad (Shad) Marvasti, MD, MPH, DiplABLM, DiplABFM

Objectives: 

1. Understand the impact of diet and nutrition as a top risk factor for the chronic diseases of our time.
2. Explain the concepts of food insecurity and nutritional security and how these connect to the chronic diseases of our time.
3. Describe the important role of nutrition and culinary medicine in both health professional training and health care.
4. Analyze the role of Food is Medicine interventions in addressing diet-sensitive disease as part of clinical practice.

Date: October 3, 2025

Title: Nothing Left but the Decomposition: Stories from the Fungal Apocalypse

Speaker: Andrej Spec, MD, MSCI, FECMM, FIDSA

Objectives: 

1. To better understand the changing epidemiology of fungal infections
2. To better understand the risk of novel pathogens
3. To better understand the required one world approach to fungal infections

Date: September 26, 2025

Title: Public Health Emergencies, Past and Present: A Local Perspective

Speaker: Nicholas Staab, MD, MSPH

Objectives: 

1. Understand the basic principles of public health preparedness
2. Review how public health responses have changed in time based on technology, communications and public sentiment
3. Review how current changes in public health policy could impact response readiness

Date: September 12, 2025

Title: Advances in Asthma Management – 2025

Speaker: Christian Bime, MD, MSc, ATSF

Objectives: 

1. Identify key clinical and spirometric criteria for asthma diagnosis and recognize common mimickers.
2. Apply current GINA guidelines to develop individualized treatment plans, including the use of biologic therapies.
3. Evaluate emerging strategies and research directions for optimizing asthma control and patient outcomes.
    

Date: September 5, 2025