DEX25 Agenda

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Monday, October 27 *All sessions are located in the Michigan League Ballroom unless otherwise noted.*
8 a.m. - 9 a.m. Ballroom	Breakfast and Registration
9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Concurrent Michigan Room	Community-Building Event: Patient Summit on Diagnostic Excellence CIDM Patient Engagement Committee Anjana Sharma, MD, MAS, UCSF Allyson Bontempo. PhD, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Gordon Schiff, MD, Harvard University Kristen Miller, DrPH, MSPH, MSL, MedStar Health Bridging the Gap: Exploring and Improving How Patients and Providers Experience Diagnosis Open to all: This session is for anyone looking to join the conversation and shape the next phase of patient-led work in diagnostic excellence.
9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Concurrent Vandenberg Room	Community-Building Event: Careers in Diagnostic Excellence UCSF CODEX Leah Burt PhD, University of Illinois Chicago Katie Raffel, MD, University of Colorado Grant Shafer MD, CHOC Children's Hospital Open to all: This session is for anyone looking to learn how people got started in the field and think about growing their careers in diagnostic excellence. We also encourage the community’s established leaders to join and meet the next generation of doers and share their experiences.
11 a.m. - 12 p.m.	Community-Building Lunch We encourage you to meet someone new and sit down for lunch with someone who was in the morning’s Community-Building session.
12 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Plenary	Welcome and Updates from the Field Prashant Mahajan, MD, MPH, University of Michigan Sumant Ranji, MD, UCSF Andrew Olson, MD, University of Minnesot
12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Plenary	State of the Science: The Last Five Years Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH, Department of Veterans Affairs and Baylor College of Medicine Laura Zwaan, PhD, Erasmus Medical Center
1:45 p.m. - 3 p.m Keynote	Great Debate: What Will Diagnosis Look Like in 5 Years? Prashant Mahajan, MD, MPH, University of Michigan (moderator) Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD, UCSF Cornelius James, MD, University of Michigan Gordon Schiff, MD, Harvard University
3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Concurrent Hussey Room	Shark Tank-Style Feedback Session EDUCATION, RESEARCH Hosts: Prashant Mahajan, MD, MPH, University of Michigan Andrew Olson, MD, University of Minnesota Sharks: Christina Cifra, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital Kenneth Michelson, MD, MPH, Lurie Children’s Hospital Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH, Department of Veterans Affairs and Baylor College of Medicine Contestants: Susrutha Kotwal, MD, MEHP, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Taiju Miyagami, MD, PhD, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Juntendo University Sarah Soppe, MPH, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Shawn Vainio, MD, Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Robert Pena, MD, University of Michigan
3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Concurrent Vandenberg Room	Find It and Fix It: Practical Strategies for Identifying and Coaching Diagnostic Reasoning Struggles CLINICAL REASONING, EDUCATION Andrew Parsons, MD, MPH, University of Virginia School of Medicine Eliana Bonafacino, MD, MS, Georgetown University School of Medicine Casey McQuade, MD, MSEd, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Thilan Wijesekera, MD, MHS, Yale School of Medicine
3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Concurrent Michigan Room	Educate, Engage, Empower: What is the Best Strategy for Involving Patients in Diagnosis? PATIENT ENGAGEMENT, RESEARCH Helen Haskell, MA, Mothers Against Medical Error Traber Giardina, PhD, MSW, Baylor College of Medicine Kristen Miller, DrPH, MSL, MSPH, MedStar Health Center for Diagnostic Systems Safety Kelly Smith, PhD, MSc, Michael Garron Hospital
5 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Plenary	Adjourn Prashant Mahajan, MD, MPH, University of Michigan
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. The Graduate Hotel, Regency Ballroom	CIDM Reception and Mark Graber Award Mark Graber, MD, CIDM Andrew Olson, MD, University of Minnesota

Tuesday, October 28 *All sessions are located in the Michigan League Ballroom unless otherwise noted.*
9 a.m. - 10 a.m. Ballroom	Breakfast and Registration
10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Plenary	Welcome and Poster Highlights Sumant Ranji, MD, UCSF Abhinav Appukutty, MD, Northwestern University Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, Council of Medical Specialty Societies Vadim Dukhanin, MD, MHS, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Viralkumar Vaghani, MBBS, MPH, MS, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center Takashi Watari, MD, PhD, MHQS, Kyoto University Hospital
10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Plenary	Best of the Abstracts Christina Cifra, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital (moderator) Stacey Batista, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Michael Kanter, MD, Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine Verity Schaye, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Sarah Soppe, MPH, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Peter Thorne, MD, University of Minnesota Medical School Gary Weissman, MD, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.	Lunch
1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Concurrent Hussey Room	Managing the Load: Using the Insights of Cognitive Load Theory to Improve Diagnosis and Education CLINICAL REASONING, HUMAN FACTORS David Scudder, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine David Klimpl, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine Taiju Miyagami, MD, PhD, Juntendo University Hospital of Tokyo
1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Concurrent Vandenberg Room	Improving Diagnostic Safety Through Calibration of Your Diagnostic Decision-Making CLINICAL REASONING, EDUCATION, RESEARCH Carl Berdahl, MD, MS, RAND Sangeeta Ahluwalia, PhD, MPH, RAND Doug Salvador, MD, MPH, ATW Health Solutions Claire O’Hanlon, PhD, MPP, RAND
1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Concurrent Michigan Room	Empowering Diagnostic Safety: The Transformative Role of Patient-Facing AI EDUCATION, PATIENT ENGAGEMENT, RESEARCH Vadim Dukhanin, MD, MHS, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Helen Haskell, MA, Mothers Against Medical Error Eric Harker, MD, MPH, MBA, MS, Ada Health Kathy McDonald, PhD, MM, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Benjamin Rosner, MD, PhD, UCSF Shireen Saxena, MSC, BA, Ada Health **Note that this session is not eligible for CME credits.
2:30 - 3 p.m.	Break
3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Plenary	The C-Suite's Playbook: How the University of Michigan Built a Culture of Diagnostic Excellence Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH, Department of Veterans Affairs and Baylor College of Medicine (moderator) Elizabeth Harry, MD, University of Michigan Prashant Mahajan, MD, MPH, University of Michigan David Miller, MD, MPH, University of Michigan Alice Tapper, University of Michigan class of 2029, Children’s Author and Patient Advocate Jennifer Tapper, Sepsis Alliance Board of Directors, Women & Children’s Health Advocate Brook Watts, MD, MS, University of Michigan
4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Plenary	Awards: Best of the Abstracts Christina Cifra, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.	Poster Gallery and Happy Hour
6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.	Community Dinners CIDM has a number of reservations for attendees throughout Ann Arbor. Attendees can sign up at registration. Please note that attendees will be responsible for paying their own way.

Wednesday, October 29 *All sessions are located in the Michigan League Ballroom unless otherwise noted.*
9 a.m. - 10 a.m. Ballroom	Breakfast and Registration
10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Concurrent Hussey Room	The Future of Patient-reported Measurement of Diagnostic Excellence PATIENT ENGAGEMENT, RESEARCH Vadim Dukhanin, MD, MHS, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Jenna Williams-Bader, MPH, National Quality Forum Helen Haskell, MA, Mothers Against Medical Error Carole Hemmelgarn, MS, MS, Patients for Patient Safety US Michael Kanter, MD, Kaiser Permanente Kathy McDonald, PhD, MM, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Concurrent Vandenberg Room	GAI as a Tool to Navigate Diagnostic Uncertainty CLINICAL REASONING, RESEARCH, TECH Verity Schaye, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Eliana Bonafacino, MD, MS, Georgetown University School of Medicine Maritza Harper, MD, MS, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Andrew Olson, MD, University of Minnesota
10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Concurrent Michigan Room	Pitch-A-Thon: Design and Pitch A Diagnostic Performance Feedback Dashboard and Learn from Medical Society Experts Building these Systems at Scale RESEARCH Benjamin Rosner, MD, MPH, UCSF Ella Kazerooni, MD, American College of Radiology Flora Lum, MD, American Academy of Ophthalmology Beth Radtke, American College of Rheumatology
11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.	Lunch
12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Plenary	Updates from the AHRQ Diagnostic Safety Portfolio Gerard Castro, PhD, MPH, ATW Health Solutions Claire O’Hanlon, PhD, MPP, RAND Doug Salvador, MD, MPH, ATW Health Solutions
1 p.m. - 2 p.m.	Clinical Problem Solving Andrew Olson, MD, University of Minnesota (host) Taro Shimizu, MD, PhD, MSc, MPH, MBA, Dokkyo Medical University (discussant)
2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Takeaways and Closing Prashant Mahajan, MD, MPH, University of Michigan Andrew Olson, MD, University of Minnesota Sumant Ranji, MD, UCSF

DEX25 Agenda

Monday, October 27

Tuesday, October 28

Wednesday, October 29