2018 Hawaii Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons CME Meeting

HAOPS is hosting a multi-day CME meeting from March 26th-March 28th, 2018 in Honolulu.  Please join us and learn from exceptional faculty on important CME topics. The Hawaii Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (HAOPS) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide continuing medical education programs for physicians.  HAOPS designates this program for a maximum of 20 AOA Category 1-A Credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in this activity.  

This program meets Monday thru Wednesday from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm and conference fees include daily continental breakfast and buffet lunch. 

Validated Parking Available 

The Hale Koa Hotel is a military hotel so only military families and Department of Defense employees are eligible to stay at the hotel. The Hilton Hawaiian Village is right next door to the Hale Koa. Below are other hotels within walking distance. 

Hotels Near Hale Koa

Within 0.2 miles: Trump International, Embassy Suites Waikiki, Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort, The Grand Islander by Hilton Grand Vacations

Within 0.3 miles: Ilikai Hotel, Grand Waikikian by Hilton Grand Vacations, Waikiki Parc Hotel, Luana Waikiki, Aqua Palms Waikiki, Imperial Hawaii Resort.

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HAOPS Member Rate: $600 

Non-Member Rate: $700 

Student/Resident/Intern: Free

Conference Schedule

Monday, March 26

7:30am-8am   Registration/ Continental Breakfast / Welcoming Remarks by Spencer Lau, D.O.

8am-9am   Medical Cannabis: What Little We Know - Stephen Wilson, MD

9am-10am   Mumps: Re-emerging and No Longer Just about Kids  -  Sarah Y. Park, MD, FAAP 

10am-10:15am  Morning Break

10:15am-11:15am   Ending Homelessness: Inspiring Change, Navigating Systems, Innovating Strategies -  Connie Mitchell, APRN, MS, CS    

11:30am-1pm  Lunch Break/Visit the Exhibitors

1pm- 2pm   Maximizing Workcomp Outcomes -  Bernyce M. Peplowski, D.O., MS, FACOEM

2pm - 3pm     Topical Cardiology -   Jone Geimer-Flanders, D.O., FACP, FACC 

3pm-3:15pm   Afternoon Break 

3:15pm - 4:15pm  Burnout and Back - Jone Flanders, D.O., FACP, FACC 

5:00pm - 6:30pm  Social Event at Bibas Courtyard Grill

Tuesday, March 27

7:30am - 8am  Continental Breakfast/Registration

8am-9am  Osteoporosis Update -  Louis Pau, MD    

9am-10am   Evaluation and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection -  Elizabeth M. MacNeill, MD, MPH

10am-10:15am  Morning Break

10:15am - 11:15am  Comprehensive Assessment of Neurodevelopmental Disorders - Candice J. Sutton, Psy.D, CSAC 

11:30am - 1pm   Lunch Concurrent with Presentation:  Positive Beta-HCG... Woe is Me! General Surgery in the Pregnant Patient - Laura Spector, D.O.

1pm-2pm  Evaluation, Treatment and Prevention of Angistrongylus Eosinophilic Meningitis - Rat Lungworm Disease -  Gerald Murphy, MD

2pm-3pm    Physician Leadership: Is This an Oxymoron? - Parnell Mattison, D.O.  

3pm-3:15pm Afternoon Break 

3:15pm - 4:15pm   Pain, Non Opioid Healing -  Patricia Walcyk, D.O.    

Wednesday, March 28

7:30am to 8am  Continental Breakfast and Registration

8am-9am  Pain Management, Addiction, and Homelessness in Hawaii - Senator Joshua Green, MD

9am-10am  Investigation of Renal Disease - Troy Denunzio, D.O. 

10am-10:15am Morning Break

10:15am - 11:15am The Opioid Epidemic- Ron Fujimoto, D.O.  

11:30am - 1pm   Lunch Concurrent with Presentation:  Suicide Prevention Workshop -  Christopher Rocchio, LCSW, CSAC, ICADC

1pm-2pm  Obstructive Sleep Apnea -  Jordanna Mae Hostler, MD, FACP

2pm-3pm  An Osteopathic Approach to the Rotator Cuff Syndrome: A Tale of Two Shoulders. An Introduction to the Fascial Distortion Model, Part 1- Byron Perkins, D.O. 

3pm-3:15pm  Afternoon Break

3:15pm - 4:15pm  An Osteopathic Approach to the Rotator Cuff Syndrome: A Tale of Two Shoulders- An Introduction to the Fascial Distortion Model, Part 2 - Byron Perkins, D.O.

4:15pm   Final Remarks from Spencer Lau, D.O./Conference Adjourns