The 2025 Fritzky Family Ingrative Health Summit will bring today’s thought leaders and healthcare experts who are dedicated to improving health, wellbeing, and patient care within our communities through lectures and panel discussions focused on preventive care, longevity medicine, public health, social determinants of health, and more.
Chatham Center Garage (Washington Place entrance) is a 5 minute walk to the Duquesne
University Power Center at 1015 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Take Power Center
elevators to Floor 5 for Summit location. Parking for this event is available at the Chatham Center Garage on Washington Place and at other nearby public garages (see list below). Please Be Aware:
Walking Directions from Chatham Garage to Duquesne's Power Center
IMPORTANT: Parking at Chatham Center Garage & Other Locations Only
Nearby Parking Options
Duquesne's Forbes & Locust Garages Are Not Available for Event
Hosted by Duquesne University’s Center for Integrative Health and College of Osteopathic Medicine, the planning committee has created a timely and practical program designed to equip attendees with actionable tools to implement across practice settings and communities.
Together, we can champion a person-centered, upstream approach to care that addresses root causes and fosters whole-person wellness.
| Transformative Health Strategies: From Local Initiatives to National Impact | |
|---|---|
| 11:00 am – 12:15 pm | Registration and Lunch |
| 12:15 pm – 12:30 pm | Opening Remarks David J. Dausey, PhD, EdD Executive Vice President and Provost Professor of Health Sciences Duquesne University |
| Moderator: Amber Fedin, DO | |
| 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Everyone Should Have the Chance to be Healthy: Solutions to Address the Life Expectancy
Gap Omar Lateef, DO
|
| 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | The Quiet Revolution: How Local Public Health is Rewriting the Health Story Iulia Vann, MD, MPH
|
| 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm | Break |
| 2:45 pm – 3:30 pm | Federally Qualified Health Centers: A Nationwide Resource Arsenial Runion, MHA
|
| 3:30 pm – 4:15 pm | Panel Discussion: Today’s Challenges, Tomorrow’s Breakthroughs: Exploring the New
Frontiers of Healthcare Moderator: Faina Linkov, PhD Panelists: Jerome Gloster, MD, MS, Robert L. Maher, Jr., PharmD, Melanie Turk, PhD, RN, FTNSS, Divya Venkat, MD
|
| 4:15 pm | Closing remarks |
| Healing Forward: Scientific Progress, Empathetic Practice, and Inclusive Innovation | |
|---|---|
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Registration and Light Breakfast |
| 9:00 am – 9:15 am | Opening Remarks John M. Kauffman Jr, DO, FACOI, FACP Dean & Professor of Medicine Duquesne University, College of Osteopathic Medicine |
| Session 1 | Moderator: Renee Prater, PhD |
| 9:15 am – 10:00 am | Updates in Longevity Medicine and Collaborative Research Johnny Huard, PhD
|
| 10:00 am – 10:45 am | Burnout, Empathy, and the Difficult Patient Encounter John Kalata, DO
|
| 10:45 am – 11:30 am | Effects of GLP-1 Agonists on Changes in Skeletal Muscle Strength in a 2 Week Exercise
Program Matthew Kampert, DO, MS, ACSM-CEP
|
| 11:30 pm – 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| Session 2 | Moderator: Jason Wells, PhD |
| 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Accelerating Teaming by Adapting Communication Style to Meet Healthcare’s Quintuple
Aim Suzanne Labriola, DO, DipACLM
|
| 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm | Closing the Global Gap: Practical and Scalable Assistive Technologies for Underserved
Populations Phillip R. Bryant, DO, FAAPMR
|
| 2:15 pm | Closing remarks |
Accreditation Information
The Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association (POMA) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic
continuing medical education for physicians. The Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical
Association (POMA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Duquesne University School of Pharmacy Office of Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of
continuing pharmacy education.
Continuing Education Questions
Margaret Clanagan
Director of Education
Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association
(717) 939 9318, x-140 | mclanagan@poma.org
Michael Kurilla, MEd
Director, Continuing Education and Certificate Programs
Duquesne University School of Pharmacy | Office of Continuing Education
(412) 396-5332 | kurillamFREEDUQUESNE
Privacy and confidentiality
The Duquesne University School of Pharmacy Office of Continuing Education protects
the privacy of personal and other information regarding participants and educational
collaborators. Duquesne University School of Pharmacy will not release personally
identifiable information to a third party without the individual’s consent, except
such information required by ACPE.
Commercial Support
No financial, or in-kind, contributions were given by an ineligible company to pay
all or part of the costs of this continuing education activity.
Claiming Your CE Credits
Continuing education credit can be claimed in the Lecture Panda platform. Once registered, you will have access to the evaluations. A detailed list of instructions to claim credit will be posted in the Lecture Panda platform in the Materials section.
Leaders in their field, Summit speakers will provide practical and timely solutions with presentations on preventive care, longevity medicine, health equity and social determinants of health.
President and CEO, Rush University System for Health & Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Director, Allegheny County Health Department, Pittsburgh, PA
Chief Executive Officer, East Liberty Family Health Care Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Program Director, Family Medicine Residency Program & Program Director, Transitional Year Residency Program, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA
Chief Executive Officer, Primary Care Health Services, Inc, Pittsburgh, PA
Chief Scientific Officer & Director, Center for Regenerative Sports Medicine, Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail, CO
Head of Research for Sports & Exercise Medicine, Sports & Exercise Medicine Staff Physician, & Course Director of Musculoskeletal Science, Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Senior Medical Director, UPMC Employee Group & Medical Director Prescription for Wellness, Pittsburgh, PA
Dean & Professor of Medicine, Duquesne University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Division Chief of Integrative and Community Medicine, Director, Center for Integrative Health, Fritzky Family Chair in Integrative Medicine and Wellbeing & Associate Professor of Pharmacy, Duquesne University
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Duquesne University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Executive Vice President and Provost, Duquesne University
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Edith L. Trees Professorship of Disabilities Medicine, Duquesne University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Professor of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Associate Dean of Biomedical Affairs, Duquesne University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Associate Professor, Public Health and Health Administration, Duquesne University John G. Rangos Sr. School of Health Sciences
Administrative Pharmacist Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Duquesne University School of Pharmacy
Professor & Director, Nursing Honors Program, Duquesne University School of Nursing
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Duquesne University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Please feel free to contact us directly if you have any questions about the 2025 Summit. Additional information will be added to this page when available.