AAMS’ 20th Annual Hybrid Viva Las Vegas

September 6 | Arrival
September 7 | Conference

9:00 AM Registration – Montrachet Ballroom Foyer
9:30 AM Continental Breakfast – Mouton Ballroom

10:00 – 10:05 AM Introduction – Montrachet Ballroom
*Garni Barkhoudarian, MD

10:05 – 10:50 AM An Option for Appropriate Patients with Uncontrolled Moderate to Severe
Asthma with an Eosinophilic Phenotype (NON-CME)
*Amar Zeki, MD

10:52 – 10:55 AM Lexicon Pharmaceuticals: Overview of Inpefa (Sotagliflozin) (NON-CME)
11:00 – 11:20 AM Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes (CME/CDE)
*Alfred Danielian, MD, FACC, FASE

11:25 – 11:45 AM Skin Cancer: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention (CME/CDE)
*Carolyn Kassabian, MD, FAAD

11:50 – 12:10 PM Updates in Diagnosis and Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease (PD)(CME/CDE)
*Melita Petrossian, MD

12:15 – 12:35 PM What Does Being Armenian Mean in the Day and Age of Diversity in Medicine? (CME/CDE)
*Levonti Ohanisian, MD

12:35 – 12:38 PM Liquid Life Mobile IV Therapy
*Sylvia and Taline Mazlemian

12:38 – 12:45 PM Updates in the Economic Landscape and How to Take Advantage of Them (NON-CME)
*Martin Petoyan

12:45 PM Networking Lunch – Mouton Ballroom
2:00 – 2:10 PM Armenian Medical World Congress, Madrid Spain (NON-CME)
*Vicken Sepilian, MD, FACOG

2:10 – 2:15 PM Ardelyx Pharmaceutical’s IBSRELA: How Many of Your Patients May Benefit from Trying a Different Therapy for their IBS-C? (NON-CME)
*Michael Harris

2:20 – 2:40 PM Updates on Structural Heart Treatments and Complications (CME)
*Harry Balian, MD, FACC, FSCAI

2:45 – 3:05 PM Gynecologic Cancers: Signs, Symptoms, and Treatments (CME)
*Raffi Chalian, MD, FACOG

3:10 – 3:30 PM Navigating Psychopharmacology in Pregnancy: Balancing Maternal Mental Health and Fetal Safety (CME)
*Gregory Nikogosyan, DO

3:35 – 3:55 PM The Empowered Health Care Provider: Setting Healthy Boundaries in our Profession (CME/CDE)
*Kristine Tatosyan-Jones, MD, MBA

3:55 – 4:10 PM Networking Break – Mouton Ballroom
4:15 – 4:35 PM Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) and Management (CME)
*Sarkis Kiramijyan, MD, FACC, FSCAI

4:40 – 5:00 PM Role of Naltrexone in Alcohol Addiction, Gambling Addiction, and Other Uses (CME/CDE)
*Julio Meza, MD

5:05 – 5:25 PM Beyond Weight Loss and Diabetes: Health Benefits of GLP-1's and Overwhelming Unknowns (CME)
*Astkhik Zakian, PharmD

5:30 PM Question and Answer Session – Medical Jeopardy
Moderated by:
Arthur Ohannessian, MD
Garni Barkhoudarian, MD

6:00 PM Cocktail Reception -Mouton Ballroom Terrace

September 8 | Departure

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Target Audience: All healthcare professionals

  • The Armenian American Medical Society (AAMS) is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The AAMS takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of these enduring materials and live CME activities.
  • The AAMS designates these educational activities for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in these enduring materials and live CME activities.
  • The AAMS is accredited by the Dental Board of California to provide continuing dental education. The AAMS designates these enduring material and live activity for a maximum of 6 hours of Continuing Dental Education.