March 21 - March 22, 2025
Friday, March 21st
1:30 – 1:35
Louisiana Ballroom
Welcome & Opening Remarks
NI IX Co-Chairs Rajiv Gala, MD, FACOG, DIO, Ochsner Health System
James “JP” Orlando, EdD, Chief GME Officer and DIO, St. Luke’s University Health Network
1:35 – 1:45
Louisiana Ballroom
Personal Story
Melissa Parlade, DO, Family Medicine Physician, Baptist Health South Florida
1:55 – 4:00
La Fourche, Point Coupee, St. Landry, St. Tammany and Terrebonne
Final Poster Presentations
Saturday, March 22nd
8:15- 9:30
Louisiana Ballroom
Plenary 3 and NI IX Meeting Four Keynote Address
8:15- 9:30 Plenary 3 and NI IX Meeting Four Keynote Address Healthy State: Ochsner Health
James “JP” Orlando, EdD, Chief GME Officer and DIO, St. Luke’s University Health Network
Deborah F. Grimes, RN, JD, MSHQS, Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer Ochsner Health
Elizabeth Grush, MBA, PMP, Vice President, Health Outcomes
Eboni Price-Haywood, MD, MPH, MMM, FACP, Associate Dean for Health Equity and Public Health, Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine
10:00-10:30
Louisiana Ballroom
Poster Slam-
Realities of Residency: The Impact of Wellness Check-Ins and Resident Satisfaction
Natasha Bradley, RMHCI, Staff Psychotherapist Intern, AdventHealth Orlando
A Successful Formula for Financing a Centralized GME Research and Scholarly Activity Support Team
Jacob Bidwell, MD, DIO and Vice President, Academic Affairs, Aurora Health Care
Saboria Thomas, MD, MPH, Resident Physician, Family Medicine, Henry Ford Rochester Hospital
10:30-11:15
Louisiana Ballroom
Closing Session and Boxed Lunch: Celebration of the AIAMC National Initiatives (NIs) and Announcement of Theme for NI X
Carl Patow, MD, Prior AIAMC Board President and AIAMC National Initiative Founder
Brian (Alex) Dummett, MD, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, and National Initiative IV Resident Leader