View last year's 2008 agenda below

• 7:30-8:30 am
  Continental Breakfast, Registration, and Exhibits
  
  
• 8:30-9:25 am
  Emerging and Re-Emerging Diseases in Public Health
  Discuss three vaccine preventable diseases and the rationale for new vaccine recommendations.
  Virginia Beasley, MD., Medical Director, Palmetto Health Center, Easley, SC.
  
  

• 9:30-10:30 am
   The Changing Face of Wound Care
  A lecture on basic wounds commonly seen in a primary care setting and how to care for them. Includes some new and innovative treatments currently being used (electrical stimulation and ultrasound therapy) as well as some older therapies (honey and maggot therapy) that still work well.
  Melanie S. Finocchiaro, APRN, BC, FNP, Clinical Director, Wound Care Clinic-ESU, Savannah, GA.

• 10:30-11:00 am
  Beverage Break and Exhibits
  
  

• 11:00-12:00 noon
  The Evolution of the NP Role in Speciality and Leadership.
  The role of the NP in specialty practice and the expanding leadership role with the emerging DNP are explored.
  Niccole Thaller,APRN, BC, East Georgia Urologic Clinic, Statesboro, GA.and Donna Hodnicki PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN, CLNC, Professor, School of Nursing, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA. 

• 12:00-1:30 pm
  Lunch on your own and Exhibits
  
  
• 1:30-2:25 pm
  AUB/DUB – How Do You Tell The Difference?
  What is the normal physiology of the menstrual cycle? What are the causes of Anovulation? What are the “uterus consequences” of Anovulation? Find out the answers to these questions and much more in this session.
  Virginia Beasley, MD., Medical Director, Palmentto Health Center, Easley, SC.
  
  
• 2:30-3:30 pm
  New Psychotropic Drug Treatment for Children and Adults.
  This session will provide an overview of trends in psychiatric medical practice.
  Robert W. Mooney, M.D., Medical Director, Willingway Hospital, Statesboro, GA.
  
  
• 3:30-3:45 pm
  Exhibits
  
  

• 3:45-5:00 pm
  Domestic Violence
  Define Domestic Violence, examples of domestic violence, dynamics of domestic violence, future trends on the issues of domestic violence.
  Ron Roberts, Prevention Coordinator, Rape Crisis Center of the Coastal Empire, Savannah, GA

• 7:00-8:00 am
  Buffet Breakfast and Exhibits
  
  

• 8:00-8:55 am
  Identification and Management of Sleep Disorders
  This session will identify the four most common sleep disorders and how they affect our physical and mental health.
  Andrew Cichelli, MD, East Georgia Pulmonary and Sleep Disorder Medicine, Statesboro, GA.

• 9:00-10:00 am
  Probiotics In An Era of Antibiotics
  Understand what probiotics are and their use in health maintenance and illness.
  Cheryl Perkins, MD, Bulloch Pediatrics, PC, Statesboro, GA.

• 10:00-10:30 am
  Exhibits
  
  
• 10:30-11:30 am
  Asthma Guidelines
  This session will present the new asthma guidelines and discuss the role of asthma medications based on the guidelines including their FDA- approved indications, dosing, administration, side effects, and monitoring parameters.
  Andrea McKeever, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Director of the Drug Information Center, South University School of Pharmacy, Savannah, GA.
  
  

• 11:30-1:00 pm - Luncheon
   A Life As A Male Nurse
  A stress reduced, mood enhanced comedy show targeted for medical professionals.
  Greg Williams, RN, AND, Emory Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, GA.

• 1:00-1:55 pm
  Pearls for Depression: Identification and Management in the Under 18 Year Population
  Description TBA
  Kevin Winders, MD, President, Savannah Psychiatry, Savannah, GA
  
  

• 2:00 – 3:15 pm
  New Drug Update
  Review new FDA-approved medications introduced to the United States marker over the last year.
  Andrea McKeever, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Director of the Drug Information Center, School University School of Pharmacy, Savannah, GA.