Emil Lesho, DO Related Seminars and Products

Rochester Regional Hospital

Emil P. Lesho, DO, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA is an Infectious Diseases physician and the Healthcare Epidemiologist for Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY. Previously, Dr. Lesho served for 26 years on active duty in the U.S. Army. Following his deployment to Iraq, he was the Cofounder and Director of the Multidrug-resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network and the Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring and Research Program (MRSN-ARMoR) at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, which is the Department of Defense’s (DoD) flagship agency for conducting epidemiologic surveillance and applied research of multidrug-resistant organisms isolated from healthcare associated infections including war trauma.

Dr. Lesho graduated magna cum laude from DeSales University, Center Valley, PA with a degree in biology, and from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia PA with D.O. degree.  He trained in Internal Medicine at Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA and in Infectious Diseases at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC.  Dr. Lesho has co-authored 168 papers in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. He holds the position of Professor of Medicine (inactive) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, and has lectured extensively both nationally and internationally on various internal medicine and infectious diseases topics, and most recently on the escalating crisis of antibiotic resistance.

Dr. Emil Lesho, DO, and the MOA Planning Committee disclose that they have no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

Charles Radis, DO Related Seminars and Products

Dr. Chuck Radis brings a singular perspective to his writing and is the author of Go by Boat, Island Medicine, Wildflowers of Casco Bay, and John Jenkins: the Mayor of Maine. Following graduation from Bates College, he committed to a career in osteopathic medicine after meeting a D.O. family practice bush pilot in Baja, Mexico.

Throughout his years as both a primary health care physician and later, as a specialist in rheumatology, Dr. Radis has published both in peer-reviewed scientific journals and in the popular press. He has written on empathy and kindness in medicine, the narcotic epidemic, and the logic of expanding Medicare for all Americans. As the founder and medical director for the Maine-African Partnership for Social Justice (www.mapsj.org) he has developed programs in the Kiryandongo United Nations Settlement in Uganda where he partners with refugee groups in innovative public health programs.  

For the last 40 years he has taught in the musculoskeletal system at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he is a Clinical Professor of Medicine, and continues to enjoy his connections with our next generation of osteopathic physicians.

Charles Radis, DO has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Elisabeth Mock, MD, MPH, FAAFP Related Seminars and Products

Physician Educator

Maine Independent Clinical Information Service

Elisabeth Fowlie Mock attended Colby College, Emory University, Vanderbilt Medical School and UNC Chapel Hill for Public Health. She is Board Certified in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine and works primarily as a consultant and clinical educator with per diem Hospitalist shifts. She intends to run for the national Board of Directors of the American Academy of Family Physicians in 2024. Interests include Toastmasters, and women’s basketball--she is a certified basketball referee. She has 3 kids in their early 20s and lives in Bangor with her husband and 3 doodles, also known as substitute children.

Dr. Elisabeth Fowlie Mock MD, MPH, FAAFP has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Lewis Madrona, MD Related Seminars and Products

Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine and trained in family medicine, psychiatry, and clinical psychology. He completed his residencies in family medicine and in psychiatry at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. He has been on the faculties of several medical schools, most recently as associate professor of family medicine at the University of New England. He continues to work with aboriginal communities to develop uniquely aboriginal styles of healing and health care for use in those communities. He is interested in the relation of healing through dialogue in community and psychosis. He is the author of Coyote Medicine, Coyote Healing, and Coyote Wisdom, a trilogy of books on what Native culture has to offer the modern world. He has also written Narrative Medicine, Healing the Mind through the Power of Story: the Promise of Narrative Psychiatry, and, his most recent book with Barbara Mainguy, Remapping Your Mind: the Neuroscience of Self-Transformation through Story. Lewis currently works with Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness, which serves the five tribes of Maine. He also works part-time at Acadia Hospital and with the Family Medicine Residency at Eastern Maine Medical Center. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Coyote Institute for Studies of Change and Transformation. Lewis has been studying traditional healing and healers since his early days and has written about their work and the process of healing. His primary focus has been upon Cherokee and Lakota traditions, though he has also explored other Plains Cultures and those of Northeastern North America. His goal is to bring the wisdom of indigenous peoples about healing back into mainstream medicine and to transform medicine and psychology through this wisdom coupled with more European-derived narrative traditions. He has written scientific papers in these areas and continues to do research. He writes a weekly (almost) blog on health and mental health for www.futurehealth.org. His current interests center around psychosis and its treatment within community and with non-pharmacological means, narrative approaches to chronic pain and its use in primary care, and further developing healing paradigms within a narrative/indigenous framework.

Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Brian Kaufman, DO, FACP, FASAM Related Seminars and Products

Brian Kaufman, DO FACP FASAM is the President of the Maine Osteopathic Association. He holds board certification in: Internal medicine, pain medicine, Neuro-musculoskeletal medicine, and addiction medicine.  He currently practices pain management and addiction medicine in New Hampshire but resides in Kennebunk and practiced in Maine for 13 years.

Dr. Kaufman has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Jims Jean-Jacques, DO, FACC, FHFSA Related Seminars and Products

Highly personable, tri-lingual, and team-spirited cardiologist working at St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor, ME. He started and is the Director of Heart Failure Clinic at St. Joseph Hospital where he also serves as Chief of Medicine, Vice-President of the Medical Executive Committee, Chairman of the Ethics Committee, and Chairman of the Credentials Committee. He previously served as the Chairman of the Bylaw Committee and past Secretary/Treasurer of the Medical Executive Committee at the same institution. He received specialized training in advanced heart failure, cardio-oncology, cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension, mechanical circulatory assist device, and transplant cardiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York. He is board-certified in internal medicine, non-invasive cardiology, and advanced heart failure/transplant cardiology.   In the community, he serves as State Department Medical Advisory Board Bureau of Motor Vehicles, President Maine Medical Society (an affiliate of National Medical Association), Founder of The Haitian Network of Maine and Maine Medical Association Board of Directors, and Ad Hoc Committee Member on Race, Ethnicity and Healthcare Disparity. 

Dr. Jean-Jacques, DO, FACC, FHFSA has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

John Diefenderfer, DO Related Seminars and Products

John earned his undergraduate degree at Sewanee-The University of the South in Sewanee TN, and was awarded a master’s degree in biological sciences from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia PA. He completed medical training at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, family medicine training at St. Vincent’s Family Medicine Residency in Jacksonville, FL, and both a sports medicine fellowship and ONMM residency at Maine-Dartmouth. He joined Maine-Dartmouth as a faculty member in September 2020 and splits his time between the family medicine and ONMM residencies. John’s personal interests include road and mountain cycling, CrossFit, and soccer.

Dr. Diefenderfer has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Kenneth G. Brown, PhD Related Seminars and Products

Kenneth G. (Ken) Brown, Ph.D., is an organizational psychologist who serves as the Tippie Children Professor of Management in the Tippie College of Business and as a Professor of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies in the College of Education, University of Iowa. Ken is a consultant and executive trainer who runs his own boutique consulting business, a former university administrator, and an award-winning scholar and teacher.

Kenneth G. (Ken) Brown, PhD has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Loren Wold, PhD Related Seminars and Products

Dr. Loren Wold is a Professor in the College of Medicine at the Ohio State University, as well as Associate Dean for Research Operations and Compliance. Dr. Wold’s lab has been funded by several grants from the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Heart Association and the Veterans Administration to study the role of the environment on cardiovascular disease throughout the lifespan. Dr. Wold is also Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier journal Life Sciences.

Dr. Loren Wold has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Andrew Gray, PharmD Related Seminars and Products

Drew Gray has worked in Maine pharmacies for over 18 years. He began his career in retail pharmacy at age 19 and has since worked in multiple fields including long-term care, hospital, and specialty pharmacy. In addition to daily pharmacist tasks, he oversees the compounding laboratory at Coastal Pharmacy and Wellness. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Rhode Island in 2009. Upon graduation, he moved back to his home state of Maine, where he thoroughly enjoys the Maine way of life. “Providing honest and friendly patient care has been the mainstay of my pharmacy career. There’s nothing more rewarding than establishing a relationship with a patient and being able to have a positive impact on their health and life”. In 2021 Drew completed extensive continuing education specific to Low Dose Naltrexone and
passed the LDN Research Trust masterclass exam. He is one of only 19 certified LDN specialists worldwide, and the only certified pharmacist in New England. He is passionate about educating patients and prescribers about the benefits of this underutilized medication. In addition to his work, Drew enjoys sailing, paddleboard racing, and woodworking.

Disclosures-- Works for Coastal Pharmacy, which compounds LDN. Off-label uses: LDN doesn't have any labeled indications. I plan to discuss usage in many conditions that are mediated by inflammation. Ex: Pain, Dermatology, Rheumatology, GI.

Joseph D Piorkowski Jr, DO, JD, MPH Related Seminars and Products

Joe Piorkowski, Jr, DO, JD, MPH has served as the leader of national expert witness teams for the defense of Norplant, Sulzer hip and knee implant, Baycol, and YAZ/Yasmin litigations. He has experience representing scientists, physicians, other health care providers, hospitals, and other product manufacturers in a wide range of litigation, including toxic tort/products liability cases, medical malpractice actions, peer review proceedings, and FDA matters. Joe has been repeatedly selected as one of Washington, DC’s “Superlawyers” for Personal Injury Products (Defense) and he has been repeatedly listed by Washingtonian magazine as one the “Best Lawyers in Washington.” Joe is a osteopathic physician as well as an attorney and is board certified in three areas, including family practice. He served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Naval Reserve Medical Corps for over 25 years until his retirement with the rank of Captain in 2005. He continues to teach other doctors and health care providers as an Instructor in Advanced Trauma Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support. Joe has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center since 1992, where he has taught courses including “Trial Practice: Working with Medical Experts.” He also served as Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery (General) at the Georgetown University of Medical Center from 1995 to 2004. Joe is the author of “Medical Testimony and the Expert Witness” Legal Medicine:Medical Dynamics of Legal Encounters (3d. ed. 1995, 4th ed. 1998, 5th ed. 2001, 6 th ed. 2004, 7 th ed. 2007, 8 th ed. 2010, 9 th ed. 2015); Note, Between a Rock and a Hard Place: AIDS and the Conflicting Physician’s Duties of Preventing Disease Transmission and Safeguarding Confidentiality 76 Georgetown Law Journal 169 (1987); and Note, Professional Conduct and the Preparation of Witnesses for Trial: Defining the Acceptable Limitations of “Coaching” 1 Georgetown Journal of Law Ethics 389 (1987). He is also a frequent lecturer and presenter on various legal and medical topics. Joe is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine and the American College of Legal Medicine. He served as President of the American College of Legal Medicine from 2021 to 2022, and was the first osteopathic physician to hold that position. In 2018, Joe was elected to the Academy of Medicine of the District of Columbia and has served on the Board of Directors since 2019. He is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology, and the American Bar Association’s Litigation section. Joe is admitted to practice before the state courts of Maryland, Texas and the District of Columbia; and numerous United States District Courts and Courts of Appeals as well as the United States Supreme Court. Joe is licensed to practice medicine in the District of Columbia and Maryland.

Dr. Joseph Piorkowski Jr, DO, JD, MPH  has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Michael Conte, DO Related Seminars and Products

Dr. Conte is a graduate of A.T. Still University – Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is board certified in both Family Medicine and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine. After completing his Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Residency at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2015, Dr. Conte served as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the OMM department at UNE COM, while also working as an NMM consultant physician for the inpatient
population at Maine Medical Center, routinely caring for a wide variety of cases including newborn and NICU infants, antepartum, postpartum, post-surgical, and ICU patients. Dr. Conte has worked as a Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine specialist in private practice in Santa Barbara, California. He joined the inaugural faculty at the California Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine as an Assistant Professor in Osteopathic Principles and Practices, helping to create
the new curriculum and teach the first few classes of medical students. In spring 2022, Dr. Conte returned to teach OMM as a full-time member of the UNE COM clinical faculty.

Dr. Michael Conte, DO has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Alicia "Lee" Smilowicz, DO FAAO Related Seminars and Products

Alicia “Lee” Smilowicz, DO, FAAO, Joined the Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine in June. Dr. Smilowicz is an UNE COM alum, class of 2000 and former Anatomy/OMM Fellow. Lee completed an Internal Medicine residency program at Wilson Memorial Hospital 2001-2004 and a +1 Residency Training in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/OsteopathicManipulative Medicine at University of North Texas Health Science Center 2004-2005. She subsequently was employed by UNECOM as an Assistant to Associate Clinical Professor October 2005-May 2013. Dr. Smilowicz attained the prestigious Fellow status within the specialty academy of the Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine in March 2011. Since 2013 Lee has been employed in various clinical situations in the state of Maine.

Dr. Alicia "Lee" Smilowicz DO, FAAO has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Mary Yee, DO Related Seminars and Products

Dr. Yee came to osteopathic medicine later in life. She completed several degrees Bachelor of Liberal Arts, Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering, Masters of Biomedical Engineering and Masters of Mechanical Engineering working in various fields before attending UNECOM and graduating in 2005.

She finished the FP residency at UNECOM in 2008 and Then did the OMM Plus One at UNECOM graduating in 2009. She worked 1 year as attending with Dr. Bryan Beck in the osteopathic manipulation consultation service at Maine Medical Center and then headed to Western Massachusetts to join Berkshire Osteopathic Health in osteopathic family practice. She spent 12 years in the Berkshires and just this year, in November 2022, joined full time faculty at UNECOM.

Dr. Yee's driving interest is to get osteopathic physicians of all stripes to put hands on patients more often to provide more fulfilling care to the patients and to enable the physicians to enjoy their medical careers better.

Dr. Mary Yee, DO has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Brock Libby, MD Related Seminars and Products

Brock Libby, MD joined Maine Medical Partners at South Portland Pediatrics as a Pediatrics | Adolescent Medicine specialist in July 2019. After earning his bachelor of science degree in biology and bachelor of arts degree in sociology from the University of Maine, he went on to earn his medical degree at the University of Vermont. He then completed his residency in pediatrics at the University of Virginia, which included an additional year acting as chief resident. He culminated his training in 2019 with an adolescent medicine fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. His clinical interests include LGBTQ youth, hormonal contraception and young men's health. In his spare time, Dr. Libby enjoys reading, watching movies and being outside (hiking and camping).

Dr. Brock Libby, MD has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Sarah Lafleur OMS Related Seminars and Products

Sarah is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire College of Life Science and Agriculture (2019). While at UNH, she majored in Biomedical Sciences: Medical and Veterinary Sciences with focus areas in Genetics and Psychology. The research Sarah conduced while at UNH involved bat populations in the Oklahoma Tallgrass Prairies and their relationship to anthropogenic noise. Following graduation, Sarah worked for the Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC) as a contractor through Abt Associates to investigate the long-term health implications of PFAS/PFOA-contaminated water ingestion. Directly prior to attending UNECOM, Sarah worked for United Therapeutics on the research and development team. Here she was dedicated to ending the organ donation shortage through development of 3D-printed, biocompatible hydrogel scaffolds for lung transplants. As a first-year UNECOM student, Sarah is a class representative in the Student Government

Sarah Lafleur has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Isabel Smith, OMS III Related Seminars and Products

Isabel Smith is a third-year medical student at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. She grew up in Greene, Maine, and graduated from Brandeis University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Currently, she is completing her clinical clerkships at Eastern Maine Medical Center.
She plans to specialize in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Isabel is passionate about reproductive health and improving healthcare for gender-diverse people, especially within her home state of Maine. She spends most of her free time outdoors, and enjoys surfing, rock climbing, and mountain biking.

Isabel Smith has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Aishwarya Ayyappan, OMS III Related Seminars and Products

Aishwarya Ayyappan is a third year medical student at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine and is currently rotating at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, NY. She is interested in General Surgery and Diversity in Medicine. She was a Pathways to Inclusive Healthcare scholar at UMASS Medical School and is now a scholar in the Care for the Underserved Pathways program at UNECOM. In 2018, she earned High Honors in Biology for her research on the inheritance of obesity in fruit flies. In 2021, she became a Kahn Foundation Research Fellow investigating pain sensitivity in rats after optogenetic activation of CRF+ cells. Lastly, as President of the Dancin’ Docs club she created and organized the Diversity Gala event, for which she won the Start-Up of the Year award in 2022. Today, she is here to present a case presentation on Inferior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis as a rare complication of Acute Diverticulitis.

Aishwarya Ayyappan has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Arsal Shah, OMS Related Seminars and Products

Arsal graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Psychology at the University of Connecticut (UConn) in May of 2019. At UConn, he did research in behavioral neuroscience, which helped build his interest in studying the brain and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). In August of 2019, Arsal joined the Boston University CTE Center and Brain Bank and pursued his current research interests, which include the quantification of neurodegeneration in CTE. Arsal is currently a first-year medical student at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) and is continuing his interests in studying the brain as President of the Neuro/Psych Club.

Arsal Shah has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Lauren Hall, DO Related Seminars and Products

Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine

Dr. Hall is a faculty physician with the Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency (MDFMR) Geriatric Medicine Fellowship. She serves as the medical director for the Alzheimer’s Care Center, an assisted living facility dedicated to providing care for older adults with Alzheimer’s and related dementias in a caring, home-like setting. She also sees older adult patients in the outpatient and home visit settings and provides comprehensive geriatric assessment consultations for patients referred by community providers. Her interests include promoting advance care planning among older adults, osteopathic manipulation, and helping learners in all stages develop an evidence-based and compassionate geriatric lens for caring for their older patients.

 Dr. Hall has no disclosures. 

Stacey Pierce-Talsma Related Seminars and Products

University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Dr. Pierce-Talsma is the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the University Of New England College Of Osteopathic Medicine.  She is a MSUCOM graduate who completed an Internship, Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Residency program, and Masters in Medical Education and Leadership at UNECOM.  She is a Fellow in the National Academy of Osteopathic Medical Educators (NAOME) and is a past AOA Health Policy Fellow. She has previously served as the Chair of the OMM Department at Touro University of California COM.  She currently serves on the AACOM Ethics and Professionalism Task Force, the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) Board of Governors, and as the Vice-Chair of the ACGME ONMM Review Committee.  Dr. Pierce-Talsma is also a registered yoga teacher RYT-500 and lectures nationally on yoga, exercise, movement, osteopathic manipulative medicine and medical education.

Dr. Pierce-Talsma  has no disclosures.

Adrian Fugh-Berman,, MD Related Seminars and Products

Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD is a Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology with a joint appointment in the Department of Family Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center. Dr. Fugh-Berman codirects the M.S. program in Health and the Public Interest and directs PharmedOut, a GUMC research and education project that promotes rational prescribing, exposes the effect of pharmaceutical marketing on prescribing practices and has had a profound impact on prescribers’ perceptions of the adverse consequences of industry marketing.

Dr. Fugh-Berman has authored many key articles in peer-reviewed literature on the area of industry influence on medicine, including the first studies in the medical literature about how the pharmaceutical industry influences surgeons, pharmacists, basic scientists, and individual patients. Other key articles include the first comprehensive article on marketing messages in continuing medical education, including studies of messaging in CME on on short-acting opioids, fentanyl, binge-eating disorder, and hypoactive sexual desire disorder; a national survey of dentists attitudes about opioids, a study that shows that Medicare prescribers who accept industry gifts prescribe more medications (and more expensive medications), a review of how industry uses social psychology to manipulate physicians, an exposé of how ghostwritten articles in the medical literature were used to sell menopausal hormone therapy, an article about how “key opinion leaders” are used to market drugs off-label, an explanation of drug rep tactics, a national survey of industry interactions with family medicine residencies, and a study of the first educational activity that changed physicians’ perceptions about their own individual vulnerability to pharmaceutical marketing. Dr. Fugh-Berman lectures internationally and has appeared on 20/20, Nightline, the 1A, the Diane Rehm show, and every major television network.

Dr. Adrian Fugh-Berman, MD has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Ernst Lamothe Jr, AOA Public Relations and Social Media Director Related Seminars and Products

AOA

A seasoned journalist and public relations and social media expert, Ernst Lamothe Jr. has worked in the communication industry for more than two decades. He leads media relations and digital social media outreach strategy for the American Osteopathic Association, working to increase national visibility of DOs and osteopathic medicine. In addition, he serves as primary media relations counsel for major AOA initiatives, working directly with leadership on messaging and process for outreach. He is responsible for helping grow and maintain the organization’s brand by identifying media opportunities to promote public awareness of the osteopathic medical
profession. Previously, he covered health care, business, government and schools in New York and Illinois for several newspaper publications. After journalism, he transitioned into the public relations and marketing field working for Advocate Health Care--now Advocate Aurora Health--
which was the largest health system in Illinois. Lamothe Jr. also led communication initiatives at Thornton Township, the largest township in Illinois; handling their public relations, marketing, social media, newsletter, crisis communication, photography and event planning. In addition, he
has been contracted for specific projects to create media opportunities for Illinois-based colleges and businesses in Chicago and New York. Lamothe has been the keynote speaker at various events discussing public relations, marketing and journalism strategies.

Ernst Lamothe Jr. has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.