Agenda

TNCEP Annual Education Day 
Location: Spark Learning Center, Nashville, TN
Date: March 5, 2026

Emergency physicians face ongoing challenges related to evolving clinical evidence, documentation and medicolegal risk, reimbursement pressures, diagnostic accuracy, workforce sustainability, and integration of new technologies. This activity is designed to address identified gaps in knowledge, competence, and performance by providing timely, evidence-based education aligned with national EM priorities and Tennessee-specific practice considerations, with the goal of improving patient care, professional resilience, and system efficiency.

 

TIME EVENT/LECTURE SPEAKER
7:00–7:30 AM Exhibitor Set-Up  
7:30-8:00 AM Registration and Breakfast with Exhibitors  
8:00–8:05 AM Welcome/President Report Stanton Elseroad, MD, MBA, FACEP
8:05–8:25 AM National EM / ACEP Update Ryan Stanton, MD, FACEP
8:25–8:45 AM Feedback Saves Lives Abigail Cosgrove, MD
8:45–9:05 AM Documentation Pitfalls: Lessons from Common Presentations Andrea Brault, MD, MMM, FACEP
9:05–9:25 AM 5 Things Tennessee ER Physicians Should Know About EMS Dax Spencer, DO, MS
9:25–9:45 AM Addiction Is Not a Moral Failure: Approach to Substance Use in the ED Karen Rogers, MD
9:45–10:00 AM Coffee Break with Exhibitors  
10:00–10:20 AM Pulse Wave Doppler in Cardiac Arrest Blaise MacEachern, MD
10:20–10:40 AM Med Mal Heather Owen, MD, FACEP
10:40–11:00 AM Early Recognition and Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy Stan Thompson, MD, FACEP
11:00–11:20AM From the Bedside to the Bottom Line: How Care Becomes Cash—and Why Insurers Push Back Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA, FACEP
  From the Bedside to the Bottom Line: How Care Becomes Cash—and Why Insurers Push Back Jamie Shoemaker, MD, FACEP
11:20 AM–12:10 PM Lightning Round Presentations (5 @ 10 minutes each; randomized order TBD)
• Quick Blocks, Big Impact: Practical Ultrasound-Guided Analgesia (Teixeira)
• Talk the Talk: Discussing Critical Illness & Goals of Care in the ED (Helmsdoerfer)
• Facial Fracture Pathway
• Pediatric Emergencies That Keep ED Docs Awake at Night (Hagler)
• A Resident’s Overview of Artificial Intelligence in the ED (Jordano)		 Miranda Teixeira, MD
Kristin Helmsdoerfer, MD
Jonathon Bruhn, MD
Jerry Hagler, MD
James Jordano, MD
12:10–1:00 PM Lunch with Exhibitors  
1:00-1:30PM TNCEP Annual Meeting (Elections, Treasurer’s Report; Resident Report, Advocacy Update, TEMPAC Update) Stanton Elseroad, MD, MBA, FACEP
1:30–1:50 PM ACEP Reimbursement Committee Update Tyler Barrett, MD, MSCI, FACEP
1:50–2:10PM An Immune Host Response Assay to Aid in Bacterial–Viral Discrimination in Acute Infection Allison Bell, PharmD
2:10–2:30 PM The Psychology and Practice of Diagnostic Sufficiency Caleb Bailey, MD
2:30–2:50 PM The Crisis in Our Healthcare Workplaces: Should You Stay or Should You Go? Harry Severance, MD, FACEP
2:50–3:10 PM Afternoon Break with Exhibitors  
3:10-3:30 PM The Emergency Doctor’s Guide to Dermatologic Conditions Nora McNulty, MD
  The Emergency Doctor’s Guide to Dermatologic Conditions Tia’Asia James, MD
3:30–3:50 PM Not Too Late to RENOVATE… Latest Evidence on Noninvasive Respiratory Support James Williams, DO, FACEP
3:50–4:10 PM 2-for-1 Special: Resuscitative Hysterotomy Jason Lesnick, MD, FACEP
4:10–4:30 PM TXA in Trauma: What ED Physicians Need to Know Joshua Justice, MD, FACEP
4:30–4:50 PM Thermal Management with Respiratory Support Jessica Whittle MD, PhD, FACEP
4:50–5:00 PM Closing Announcements & Adjourn Stanton Elseroad, MD, MBA, FACEP
5:00- 6:00 PM OPTIONAL- Closing Reception at nearby restaurant/bar  
*Schedule and speakers subject to change

 

Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American College of Emergency Physicians and Tennessee Chapter ACEP. The American College of Emergency Physicians is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.