The Richmond Region VCNP will hold the 15th annual
Pharmacology Symposium
Saturday, October 19, 2019 7:15AM – 4:00PM
at 
Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens
Kelly Education Center
1800 Lakeside Avenue Richmond, VA 23228
Registration:
https://services.easterassociates.com/conference/registration/VCNP/26

The Donna Campanella Distinguished Nurse Practitioner and Outstanding Nurse Practitioner Student awards will be announced at lunch.  Please consider nominating someone.  
We hope to see you there!
6.25 continuing education hours will be awarded at the completion of this activity. 

7:15AM Registration/breakfast
 
7:45-8:15AM Welcome: Kristen Johnson, President, Richmond region
 
Guest Speaker Delegate Dr. Dawn M. Adams
 
8:15-9:15AM The End of the Antibiotic Era: The Rising Tide of Antimicrobial Resistance,
J. Daniel Markley, DO, MPH
 
9:15-10:15AM Mood Disorders: Diagnosis and Management, Prakash Ettigi, MD
 
10:15-10:45AM Break with vendors
 
10:45-11:45AM Guideline Directed Therapy for Heart Failure, Preeti Dube, MD
 
11:45AM-12:45PM Polypharmacy in elderly: What can we do about it? Sheila J. Turbides Minaya, MD
 
12:45-1:30PM Lunch with vendors
 
1:30-2:30PM Basics of Biologics: A Primer for APNs, Mandy Gatesman, PharmD, BCOP
 
2:30-3:30PM Common GI Issues: Anywhere from Mouth to Anus: Let’s be as Blunt as our Scopes! Mary Kathleen Engelken, NP
 
3:30PM Prizes
 
Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Virginia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.