30th Annual Geriatrics Medicine Highlights and
10th Annual Cognitive Impairment and Memory Disorders
Thursday, October 1, 2026
7:45 AM – 8:00 AM Registration
8:00 AM – 8:10 AM
Welcome and Course Overview
Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D.
Cardiology – Moderator: Gohar Azhar, M.D.
8:15 AM – 8:45 AM
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Srikanth Vallurupalli, M.D.
8:50 AM – 9:20 AM
Coronary Artery Disease
Subhi J. Al’Aref, M.D.
9:25 AM – 9:55 AM
Syncope
Gohar Azhar, M.D.
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Break
10:20 AM – 10:50 AM
Devices/Pacemakers
Mangaraju “Raj” Chakka, M.D.
Pulmonary – Moderator: Gohar Azhar, M.D.
10:55 AM – 11:25 AM
Pulmonary HTN
Larry G. Johnson, M.D.
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Manish Joshi, M.D.
12:05 PM – 12:50 PM LUNCH/Board Review
Deanna Cochran
Infectious Diseases – Moderator: Deanna Cochran, M.D.
12:55 PM – 1:25 PM
Bacterial Pneumonias and Empyema
Rebekah Thompson, M.D.
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
RSV, Influenza, and other illnesses
Cassandra Lautredou, M.D., M.P.H.
Cancer – Moderator: Deanna Cochran, M.D.
2:05 PM – 2:35 PM
Post-menopausal bleeding and Endometrial Cancer
Alexander Burnett, M.D.
2:40 PM – 2:55 PM
Break
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Gastric and Esophageal Cancer
Sumant Inamdar, M.D.
3:35 PM – 4:05 PM
Prostate cancer screening, Diagnosis, Treatment of localized and metastatic prostate cancer
Anuradha Kunthur, M.D.
4:10 PM – 4:40 PM
Multiple Myeloma
Sharmilan Thanendrarajan, M.D., Ph.D.
4:50 PM – 5:00 PM
Wrap-Up and Evaluation
Gohar Azhar, M.D.
Friday, October 2, 2026
7:45 AM – 8:00 AM Registration
8:00 AM – 8:10 AM
Welcome and Course Overview
Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D.
Endocrine – Moderator: Priya Mendiratta, M.D.
8:15 AM – 8:45 AM
Osteoporosis
Robert Weinstein, M.D.
8:50 AM – 9:20 AM
Diabetes Management
Don Bodenner, M.D., Ph.D.
9:25 AM – 9:55 AM
The Essentials of Amino Acids and Proteins (via Zoom)
Robert Wolfe, Ph.D.
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Break
10:20 AM – 10:50 AM
Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Impact on cognition, quality of life and mangement
Susan D. Emmett, M.D., M.P.H.
Grief
10:55 AM – 11:25 AM
A Chaplain’s Perspective on Walking with the Grieving
Susan McDougal, M.S.
Kidneys and Urology – Moderator: Lisa Hutchison, Pharm.D., M.P.H.
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
End-stage Renal Disease
Manisha Singh, M.D.
12:05 PM – 12:50 PM
Lunch/Poster Review
12:55 PM – 1:25 PM
Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
Brian Langford, M.D.
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Alexis White, M.D., FACOG, MSCP, MIGS
Neurocognitive Impairment – Moderator: Lisa Hutchison, Pharm.D., M.P.H.
2:05 PM – 2:35 PM
Prescribing Cascades
Lisa Hutchison, Pharm.D., M.P.H.
2:40 PM – 3:10 PM
Diagnosis and Management of Alzheimer’s Disease
Gohar Azhar, M.D.
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Break
3:35 PM – 4:05 PM
FDG PET, Amyloid PET, and DaTscans in the Diagnostic Workup of Dementia
Joshua Eichhorn, M.D., Ph.D.
4:10 PM – 4:40 PM
Swallowing Issues
Ozlem Tulunay Ugur, M.D.
4:45 PM – 4:55 PM
Wrap-Up and Evaluation/Meet the Faculty w/heavy hors d’oeuvres
Gohar Azhar, M.D.
Saturday, October 3, 2026
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM
Registration
8:45 AM – 8:55 AM
Welcome and Course Overview
Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D.
Caring for the Caregiver – Moderator: Elizabeth Eoff, M.D.
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Memory Loss Prevention and Early Detection
Elizabeth Eoff, M.D.
9:35 AM – 10:05 AM
Memory Loss and the Family (via Zoom)
Brandi Schneider
10:10 AM – 10:25 AM
Break
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
PANEL: Q & A on Memory and Caregiving
Debbie Brady, L.C.S.W., Susie Whittington
11:05 AM – 11:35 AM
New Treatments for Depression in Older Adults
Lou Ann Eads, M.D.
11:40 AM – 12:25 PM
Poster Review
12:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Resources for Caregivers and Those Living With Dementia
David Cook, Alzheimer’s Association, Arkansas Chapter
Essentials for Those Living with Neurocognitive Disorders – Moderator: Regina Gibson
1:05 PM – 1:35 PM
Getting Your Affairs in Order: Legal and Financial Planning
Rebecca Winburn, Winburn, Wilson, Schrader & Shram, PLLC
1:40 PM – 2:10 PM
Falls in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment
Paige Beck, M.D., Ph.D.
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM
Exercise Art Therapy
Kerry Jordan, Ph.D., RN, CNS, CNL-BC
2:50 PM – 3:00 PM
Wrap–Up and Evaluation
Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D.