Annual Symposium
Welcome Reception ~ Friday, September 18, 2009 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
6:30 - 7:00 p.m. Social/Networking Time & Refreshments
7:00 - 7:15 p.m. Barb Marques, CMT, AHDI-F
7:15 - 8:15 p.m. Julia Welch, CCS - First Capital Chapter President (1983-84)
"Eats, Shoots, and Leaves, C U L8R, and the Apostrophe Protection Society: How Transcriptionists Courageously Hold the English Language from its Slide into Twittering Oblivion"
~ With thanks to Lynne Truss and those who've gone before (1 Medical Transcription Tools)
8:15 - 8:30 p.m. Networking
Agenda ~ Saturday, September 19, 2009
7:30 - 8:15 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 8:30 a.m. Welcome & Announcements
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Barb Marques, CMT, AHDI-F
AHDI Director and President Elect
AHDI - Who, What, and Why (1 Professional Development)
9:30 - 9:45 a.m. Break/Exhibitors
9:45 -10:45 a.m. Vishal Kancherla, MD, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Pain is a 4-Letter Word (1 Clinical Medicine)
10:45 -11:00 a.m. Break/Exhibitors
11:00 -12:00 p.m. Debbie Bright-Chunn, RHIT, CMT, AHDI-F
AHDI Director and Board Partner for Texas
Stepping Through the Workforce Door (1 Professional Development)
12:00 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch & Exhibitors
1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Barb Adler, CMT, AHDI-F
Chair, AHDI PHR Task Force
PHR: A Window of Opportunity (1 Technology & the Workplace)
2:15 - 2:30 p.m. Break/Exhibitors
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Richard Bryarly, MD, Otolaryngology/ENT
Hearing Loss: Causes, Risks, Prevention, and Treatment (1 Clinical Medicine)
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Break/Exhibitors
3:45 - 4:45 p.m. Tom Twiss
Austin Memorial & Burial Information Society (AMBIS)
End-of-Life Planning: Are You, Your Family Members, and Clients Prepared? (1 Medicolegal Issues)
4:45 p.m. Closing Comments & Prize Drawings (must be present to win)
Note: Schedule and presentations are subject to change and subject to AHDI approval
