Location | WVU Building at CAMC Memorial Hospital campus
Conference Fee | $75 (FREE for Vandalia Health employees)
Program Overview and Objectives
The Annual Healthcare Symposium will provide an opportunity for pharmacy residents from West Virginia to provide continuing education to the interdisciplinary healthcare team in the tri-state area. This conference will offer current health care practitioners the opportunity to network with future leaders in the field of medicine. The target audience for this conference is interdisciplinary and includes: pharmacists, pharmacy residents, residency program directors and preceptors, physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners. By attending this conference, the participants should be able to:
- Incorporate new information presented at this conference into a daily practice
- Review new drug therapy guidelines and/or practices
- Compare/contrast new practice perspectives or service suggestions
- Develop professional contacts with peers and colleagues throughout the tri-state region
The WVU Building is located on the campus of CAMC Memorial Hospital at 3110 MacCorkle Ave. SE - east of downtown Charleston and is easily accessible from the 35th Street exit of I-64 east and I-77 south, and the MacCorkle Ave exit off I-64 west and I-77 north.
Agenda
19th Annual West Virginia Pharmacist Education Conference
Friday, May 30, 2025
Sessions will run concurrently in designated rooms 4020, 3296, and 2024 on the first floor of the Center for Learning and Research. Lunch will be provided.
7:15 a.m. | Registration
8:15 a.m. | Concurrent Session 1
- Room 4020: The Pressure's On: Managing Portal Hypertension and Bleeding in Cirrhosis | Presenter: Ransom Lee Chafin, PharmD
- Room 3296: Don't Hold Your Breath: Mastering RSI | Presenter: Bailey Coleman, PharmD
- Room 2024: Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults | Presenter: Chloe Hymer, PharmD
9:15 a.m. | Break
9:20 a.m. | Concurrent Session 2
- Room 4020: The Good, The Bad, and The Wheezy: 2024 COPD Updates | Presenter: Karlie Bolen, PharmD
- Room 3296: Caring Beyond Survival: Enhancing Supportive Care for Critically Ill Patients | Presenter: Dellani Fix, PharmD
- Room 2024: Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacy Practice | Presenter: Jasmine Maynard, PharmD
10:20 a.m. | Break
10:25 a.m. | Concurrent Session 3
- Room 4020: To Treat or Not to Treat? Current Literature Surrounding the Management of Urinary Tract Infections and Bacteriuria | Presenter: Ashton Rexroad, PharmD
- Room 3296: TXA: Bleeding Edge Medicine | Presenter: Kristyn Rooke, PharmD, MBA
- Room 2024: Updates in the Treatment of Depression | Presenter: Jonathan Robles-Diaz, PharmD
11:25 a.m. | Break
11:30 a.m. | Concurrent Session 4
- Room 4020: Urine Luck! A Deep Dive on Diuresis | Presenter: Jaclyn Collier, PharmD
- Room 3296: Mountains of pH: Navigating the Wild and Wonderful World of Acid Base Disorders | Presenter: Emma Kabalka, PharmD
- Room 2024: How to be The Supporting Character: Enhancing Patient Well-Being with Supportive Care | Presenter: Lyndsey Riffe, PharmD
12:30 p.m. | Lunch
1:15 p.m. | Concurrent Session 5
- Room 4020: Preventing the Harm in Pharm: Navigating Drug Induced Cutaneous Reactions | Presenter: Katie Burns, PharmD
- Room 3296: Decoding DKA in the Pediatric Patient | Presenter: Johnna Ball, PharmD
- Room 2024: No Pain, No Gain: Transitioning Between Opioids | Presenter: Safiyyah Mitchell, PharmD
2:15 p.m. | Break
2:20 p.m. | Concurrent Session 6
- Room 4020: Kratom Conundrum: Cure or Controversy? | Presenter: Andrew Riffe, PharmD
Accommodations
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine 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.
The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
This knowledge based activity provides six contact hours for Pharmacists UAN and six contact hours for Pharmacy Technicians UAN JA0006133-0000-25-007-L04-P | UAN JA0006133-0000-25-007-L04-T.
To receive credit, participants must complete the sign-in sheet, attend each activity in its entirety and COMPLETE THE ONLINE EVALUATION WITHIN ONE WEEK following the activity. Statements of Credit will be posted to the online NABP/ACPE CPE Monitor within six (6) weeks after the activity.
The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of six AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This offering has been approved for six contact hours. Expiration date is two years from the course dates. JA00026-26-25-713.
Faculty
Program DirectorMatthew Johnson, PharmD, BCCCP Medical/Neurosciences ICU - Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Vandalia Health System | Assistant Program DirectorKristyn Rooke, PharmD, MBA PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Resident Vandalia Health System |
Program Faculty
Johnna Ball, PharmD Vandalia Health System | Karlie Bolen, PharmD Hershel "Woody" Williams VA | Katie Burns, PharmD Hershel "Woody" Williams VA |
Ransom Lee Chafin, PharmD St. Mary's Medical Center | Bailey Coleman, PharmD Vandalia Health System | Jaclyn Collier, PharmD Vandalia Health System |
Dellani Fix, PharmD Vandalia Health System | Chloe Hymer, PharmD Hershel "Woody" Williams VA | Emma Kabalka, PharmD Vandalia Health System |
Jasmine Maynard, PharmD Marshall Health | Safiyyah Mitchell, PharmD Vandalia Health System | Ashton Rexroad, PharmD St. Mary's Medical Center |
Andrew Riffe, PharmD Hershel "Woody" Williams VA | Lyndsey Riffe, PharmD Marshall Health | Jonathan Robles-Diaz, PharmD Vandalia Health System |
It is the policy of the CAMC Health Education and Research Institute that any faculty (speaker) who makes a presentation at a program designated for the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), AMA Physician's Recognition Award (PRA) Category I or II continuing education credit must disclose any financial interest or other relationship; (i.e. spouses/partners, grants research support, consultant, honoraria) that faculty member has with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) that may be disclosed in the educational presentation. Program Planning Committee Members must also disclose any financial interest or relationship with the commercial industry that may influence their participation in this conference. All faculty and planning committee members have disclosed no significant financial interest or relationship with a commercial product or service.
Although every effort is made to have a comfortable temperature in the meeting rooms, we realize everyone's comfort zone is different. Therefore, please bring a sweater or light jacket in case the room is too cool for your comfort.
Full refunds are guaranteed until the day before the conference. If you cannot attend, you may elect to send a substitute from your organization.
Parking is available in the medical center's visitor parking building. Parking fees are the responsibility of the course participant.
