Meet the Faculty

Dan Bentley, PA-C
Physician Associate
Oregon Psychiatric Partners
Eugene, OR
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- Western Headicine – Treatment and Management of Core Psychiatric Complaints
- Psyche Safari: Sifting through Symptoms & Solutions in the Synaptic Savanna

Brian Bizik, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA
Physician Assistant
Terry Reilly Health Services
Nampa, ID
Disclosures: Consultant: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals; Speaker: Grifols Pharmaceuticals.
All relevant financial relationship listed for this faculty have been mitigated.
Sessions
- Asthma and COPD – Rapid Review

Kirsten J. Bonnin, DMSc, PA-C
Clinical Professor
Northern Arizona University Physician Assistant Program
Phoenix, AZ
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- Mending Broken Hearts: Tools for Managing Heart Failure on an Outpatient Basis
- Fragile Hearts: Case Studies in Heart Failure

Joseph C. Carter, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Cottage Health
Buellton, CA
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- Death, Taxes, and Back Pain: A Family Practice Guide to Effective Management and Referrals for Neck and Back Pain

Julia M. Burkhardt MS, PA-C
Assistant Professor
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- Obstetrics and Gynecologic Cases – An Update for Primary Care Providers

Valerie DeGregorio, PA-C
Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- Pediatric Surgical Emergencies

Stephanie DeSandro, MS, PA-C
Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- Upper Extremity Physical Examination Skills and Special Tests
- What’s Up with that Upper Extremity?

Elizabeth P. Elliott, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA
Program Director
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- Welcome from the Course Directors
- Rapid Review for PANCE
- Well-Child Care: The Cornerstone of Pediatric Healthcare

Katherine Erdman, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA
Senior Faculty, Assistant Professor, in the School of Health Professions
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- Health Trifecta: Hypertension, Diabetes, and Hyperlipidemia Get a Makeover!
- Skin-teresting Connections: Exploring Common Rheumatologic Complaints in Primary Care

Chasity Falls, DMSc, MS, PA-C
Academic Coordinator, Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Michigan – Flint
Flint, MI
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- Welcome from the Course Directors
- Rapid Review for PANCE
- Closing Remarks

Jada Hansberry, MS, MPAS, PA-C
Endocrinology Physician Assistant
Northwestern Medicine
Lake Forest, IL
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- Endocrinology – Ummm, what is that? And what do I do about it?
- Diabetes Management- Let’s work through it!

Andrea Heeter, PA-C, MSPH
PA-C
Whiteriver Indian Health Services
Whiteriver, AZ
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- It’s Going Tibia Okay. Hands on Evaluation of Common Lower Extremity Injuries
- Bro’s Don’t Let Bro’s Skip Leg Day

Carolyn A. Jahr, DMSc, PA-C
Associate Professor, PA
The College of St. Scholastica PA Medicine Program; Essentia Health-Duluth
Duluth, MN
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- The Weight is Over: What Every Family Medicine PA Needs to Know About the Disease of Obesity and Surgical Obesity Management

Timothy Kessler, DMSc, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Pinnacle Dermatology – QualDerm
Grand Blanc, MI
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- Papules, patches and plaques – Common dermatology conditions in primary care
- What is that? – Cutaneous neoplasms

Viet Le, MPAS, PA-C, FACC, FAHA
Associate Professor of Research, Preventive Cardiology PA
Intermountain Health
Salt Lake City, UT
Disclosures: Researcher: Jannsen
All relevant financial relationship listed for this faculty have been mitigated.
Sessions
- Physiologic Debris and Detritus plugging the biologic pipes? Management of Coronary Artery Disease

Michael Moore, MS, PA-C
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Michigan – Flint
Flint, MI
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- Mastering the Migraine and Stroke Exam
- Localize the Lesion

Benjamin Olmedo, MMSc, MPH, PA-C
PA
Cottage Clinical Associates
Santa Barbara, CA
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- Welcome from the Course Directors
- Rapid Review for PANCE
- Closing Remarks

Gabriel A. Rocha, PA-C, MMSc, IFMCP
Founder
The Rocha Health Center for Men & Peak Performance
Charlotte, NC
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- From Flaccid to Fantastic: The Functional Approach to Men’s Health, A Different Perspective on Testosterone Optimization & E.D.

Scott Thompson, MS, PA-C, CAQ-Psych
Psychiatric Physician Assistant
University of Detroit – Mercy
Detroit, MI
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- Helping Patients Live To Be 100 Years Old
- Dementia 101, or is it 1001? A deep dive into the complex challenges in treating dementia and related issues.

Brian Wingrove, MHS, PA-C, DFAAPA
Physician Assistant
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- Managing Asthma in Children
- Spirometry : Measuring Lung Function in Children

Jessica Wright, PA-C
Clinical Instructor
Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland, OR
Disclosures: Researcher: Jannsen
No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months
Sessions
- First, Do No Harm: Polypharmacy and Deprescribing
- I Got 99 Problems but a Pill Ain’t One