Conference Chair

Jan N. Basile, MD
Director, Primary Care Service Line
Ralph H. Johnson Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Interests: Hypertension and vascular disease

Faculty

John F. Fisher, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical College of Georgia
Chief of Infectious Diseases
VA Medical Center in Augusta
Augusta, Georgia
Interests:  Antifungals and Nosocomial pneumonia

Patrick Flume, MD
Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Interests:  Adult Cystic Fibrosis and Bronchiectasis, Lung Transplantation, Dyspnea and Pediatric Lung Disease

Mark G. Martens, MD, FACOG
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Oklahoma, Tulsa
Chief Medical Officer, Heartland Health Institute
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Interests:  Women’s Health, Infectious Diseases

Southern Medical Association's Coordinating Committee on Education/Planning Committee
R. Bruce Shack, MD, Nashville, TN, Chair
James J. Bernick, MD, Baytown, TX
Frederick Carlton, MD, Jackson, MS
Ronald C. Hamdy, MD, Johnson City, TN
Richard A. Heimburger, MD, Columbia, MO
Veronica K. Piziak, MD, PhD, Temple, TX
Shakaib Rehman, MD, Charleston, SC
Nancy C. Swikert, MD, Florence, KY
Karen L. Winn, RN, MSN, Birmingham, AL

In accordance with the ACCME's Standards for Commercial Support, it is SMA's policy that all individuals involved with the planning and implementation of the content of an SMA CME/CE activity are required to disclose to the audience (1) any relevant financial relationships with entities producing healthcare goods or services consumed by or used on patients, and (2) unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices discussed in their presentation. Conflicts of interest will be resolved prior to the activity and disclosures will be noted on a slide at the beginning of the lectures and in the syllabus.