CME Event Agenda
Friday, October 7
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Registration
8:30 am – 8:40 am
Welcome and How to Navigate the Day
- Melissa Cortez, Associate Professor and Autonomic Laboratory Director, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics
8:40 am – 9:20 am
POTS Basic Definitions, History, and Exam
- Melissa Cortez, Associate Professor and Autonomic Laboratory Director, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics
9:20 am – 10:00 am
Introduction to Autonomic Failure and Small Fiber Neuropathies
- Guillaume Lamotte, Assistant Professor, University of Utah
10:00 am – 10:20 am
Break
10:20 am – 11:00 am
Pediatric/Adolescent POTS Overview & Connections
- Kelsey Klaas, MD, Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic
11:00 am – 11:40 am
Pathophysiology Special Topic: Post-Viral, Autoimmune, and Mast-Cell Related Mechanisms and the Autonomic Nervous System
- Anne Maitland, Attending Physician, Mount Sinai South Nassau
11:40 am – 12:00 pm
Q&A with Speakers
- Kelsey Klaas, MD, Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic
- Anne Maitland, Attending Physician, Mount Sinai South Nassau
- Melissa Cortez, Associate Professor and Autonomic Laboratory Director, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics
- Guillaume Lamotte, Assistant Professor, University of Utah
12:00 pm – 12:40 pm
Lunch
12:40 pm – 1:20 pm
Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Dysautonomia
- Laura A. Pace, MD, PhD, FACG, Director of Neurogastroenterology, Metrodora Institute
1:20 pm – 2:00 pm
Non-Pharmacologic Treatment Overview
- Craig Coleby, MD Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Sports Medicine, and Autonomic Disorders, Member Board of Directors, Granger Medical Clinic
2:00 pm – 2:40 pm
Mechanisms of Exercise Intolerance and Therapy for POTS
- Tae Hwan CHUNG, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
2:40 pm – 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 pm – 3:40 pm
Overview of Physical Therapy in POTS
- Ryan Pelo, PT, Metrodora Institute
3:40 pm – 4:20 pm
Pharmacologic Treatment of Orthostatic Intolerance: State of the Evidence and Clinical Applications (Focus on Reflex Syncope, POTS, and Neurogenic OH)
- Glen A. Cook, MD, Commander MC, USN; Director, Autonomic Disorders Clinic, WRNMMC; Director, Neurology Residency, National Capital Consortium , Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Department of Neurology
4:20 pm – 4:40 pm
Migraine & Headache Disorders in POTS
- Melissa Cortez, Associate Professor and Autonomic Laboratory Director, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics
4:40 pm – 5:00 pm
Q&A with Speakers
- Tae Hwan CHUNG, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
- Laura A. Pace, MD, PhD, FACG, Director of Neurogastroenterology, Metrodora Institute
- Glen A. Cook, MD, Commander MC, USN; Director, Autonomic Disorders Clinic, WRNMMC; Director, Neurology Residency, National Capital Consortium , Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Department of Neurology
- Melissa Cortez, Associate Professor and Autonomic Laboratory Director, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics
- Craig Coleby, MD Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Sports Medicine, and Autonomic Disorders, Member Board of Directors, Granger Medical Clinic
5:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Adjourn
Saturday, October 8
9:00 am – 9:10 am
Welcome and Overview of Hot-Topic/Breakout Sessions
- Glen A. Cook, MD, Commander MC, USN; Director, Autonomic Disorders Clinic, WRNMMC; Director, Neurology Residency, National Capital Consortium , Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Department of Neurology
9:10 am – 9:30 am
Overview of Post-COVID Syndrome and Autonomic Dysfunction
- Tae Hwan CHUNG, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
9:30 am – 9:55 am
Perspectives from the Panel (Q&A)
- Melissa Cortez, Associate Professor and Autonomic Laboratory Director, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Advanced Rehabilitation Considerations: Highlights from Panel and Hands-On Time
- Ryan Pelo, PT, Metrodora Institute
- Katie Johnson, PT, DPT, OCS, University of Utah POTS PT Working Group
- Clayton Powers, PT, University of Utah South Jordan Health Center
- Kelsi Schiltz, Metrodora Institute
- Lauren Ziaks, Park City Hospital, Intermountain Healthcare
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Role of Immune Therapies: Review of Evidence-Based Practices
- Glen A. Cook, MD, Commander MC, USN; Director, Autonomic Disorders Clinic, WRNMMC; Director, Neurology Residency, National Capital Consortium , Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Department of Neurology
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Expert Q&A Panel and Cases: "What Are Your Challenges, and What's Not Working?"
- Melissa Cortez, Associate Professor and Autonomic Laboratory Director, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics
- Craig Coleby, MD Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Sports Medicine, and Autonomic Disorders, Member Board of Directors, Granger Medical Clinic
- Laura A. Pace, MD, PhD, FACG, Director of Neurogastroenterology, Metrodora Institute
- Glen A. Cook, MD, Commander MC, USN; Director, Autonomic Disorders Clinic, WRNMMC; Director, Neurology Residency, National Capital Consortium , Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Department of Neurology
- Ryan Pelo, PT, Metrodora Institute
- Tae Hwan CHUNG, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University