On Thursday, Sept. 18th and Friday, Sept. 19th, join 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.
Physicians • Medical Residents • Physician Assistants • Nurse Practitioners • Nurses
• Pharmacists • Health Administrators • Counselors • Therapists • Health Advocates
Health Summit Registration Fee
Attend one or both days! The 2025 Summit registration includes lunch on Friday, Sept. 19. This activity is
eligible for AOA, AMA, and ACPE credit; see final CME/CPE activity announcement for
specific details.
Physicians
$150
Medical Residents, Allied Health Professionals (PA, CRNA, CRNP, RN, PharmD, etc.),
non-Healthcare professionals
$100
Duquesne University Alumni
$85
Duquesne University Students, Employees and Affiliated Preceptors, Residents, and
Residency Faculty
No Cost
The 2025 Summit Speakers
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.
Program Director, Family Medicine Residency Program & Program Director, Transitional
Year Residency Program, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA
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
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
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Edith L. Trees Professorship
of Disabilities Medicine, Duquesne University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Duquesne University College of Osteopathic
Medicine
The 2025 Summit Program
The Program
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.
Agenda - Thursday, Sept. 18
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
Recognize the life expectancy gap that exists throughout the United States.
Identify ways that organizations should partner together to solve the life expectancy
gap.
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
The Quiet Revolution: How Local Public Health is Rewriting the Health Story Iulia Vann, MD, MPH
Describe the core goals and priority areas of the Plan for a Healthier Allegheny 2023–2027
and their relevance to integrative health practice.
Recognize local public health data and community health assessment findings to identify
disparities and unmet needs in Allegheny County.
Explain how environmental, behavioral, and social determinants of health intersect
to impact population health outcomes.
Identify opportunities for collaboration between clinical, community, and public health
sectors to improve access, prevention, and equity.
Translate public health strategies to their own practice or organization to support
whole-person care, prevention services, and community engagement.
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Break
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Federally Qualified Health Centers: A Nationwide Resource Arsenial Runion, MHA
Explain the critical role that Federally Qualified Health Centers play nationwide.
Discuss the role that Federally Qualified Health Centers play in caring for the underserved
and underinsured populations.
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
Recognize the impact of Medicaid cuts, as well as other healthcare funding challenges,
and identify practical strategies to leverage value-based care models through primary
care and pharmacy savings for sustainable healthcare transformation.
Identify actionable insights into innovative policy and care delivery approaches that
have a potential to lead to improved health outcomes.
4:15 pm
Closing remarks
Agenda - Friday, Sept. 19
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
Define the intersection of science and medicine for rapid translation and better clinical
outcomes.
Define the impact of evidence-based clinical application of new healthy aging drugs
and supplements on clinical outcomes and practice.
Discuss opportunities for collaborative research.
10:00 am – 10:45 am
Burnout, Empathy, and the Difficult Patient Encounter John Kalata, DO
Discuss factors that contribute to burnout.
Identify strategies to approach patients with empathy.
Recognize specific coping strategies to employ when approaching patients.
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
Summarize the importance of promoting exercise to prevent muscle wasting or disability
and increase quality of life in an aging population.
Discuss the need for medical professionals to partner with exercise professionals
to bridge the gap in healthcare and translate exercise science into exercise medicine.
Review the Effects of GLP-1 Medication on changes in lean mass.
Identify the benefits of harnessing tech to revolutionize exercise as medicine.
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
Identify the stages of Teaming
Describe the importance of teams to achieve Quintuple Aim
Describe the components of collaboration required to create effective teams
Define the four DISC Profiles
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
Closing the Global Gap: Practical and Scalable Assistive Technologies for Underserved
Populations Phillip R. Bryant, DO, FAAPMR
Describe global disparities in access to assistive technologies and their root causes.
Identify simple and high-tech assistive technologies that are effective and affordable
in low-resource settings.
Apply principles of ethical, evidence-based device provision to underserved populations.
Collaborate with local and international partners to support sustainable AT access.
Advocate for equitable, inclusive care for persons with disabilities using assistive
technologies.
2:15 pm
Closing remarks
Continuing Education Information
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.
Pre-register for CE: please follow the link in your registration email to access the evaluations.
Walking Directions from Chatham Garage to Duquesne's Power Center
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.
No Duquesne University Forbes Avenue and Locust Street Garages Available: These garages are reserved for permit holders only, and no tickets will be dispensed.
No Validation: Parking will not be validated. Rates and availability vary by garage—please check
directly with the facility for details.
Accessibility Options Available: Attendees who require accessible parking or accommodations may contact the summit
committee at healthsummitFREEDUQUESNE.
Duquesne's Forbes & Locust Garages Are Not Available for Event
Questions?
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Additional information will be added to this page when available.
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.