Diversity, Complexity, and Quality:
The Essence of Medical Surgical Care
TIME
TOPIC
7:30am - 8:00am
Registration/Breakfast/Welcome
8:00am - 9:00am
Latest Advances in Diabetes Management
Therapies: What’s In, What’s Out,
and What’s Next!
Moisture Associated Skin Damage
9:00am – 9:45am
Break
SPEAKER
Melissa Weinstein, RN, BSN, BC
Clinical Nurse Educator
St. Charles Hospital
Lucille Hughes MSN/ED, RN, CDE, BC-ADM, FAADE
Director of Diabetes Services for Catholic Health Services
Director of Diabetes Education Center,
St. Joseph Hospital
A. Chenel Trevellini RN, MSN, CWOCN
Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse
Nursing Education,
St. Francis Hospital
Break
9:45am - 10:00am
Stopping Sepsis: A Call to Action
10:00am - 10:45am
Quality Initiatives
10:45am – 11:15am
11:15am - 12:15pm
Stress Management for the
Health Care Provider
Lunch
12:15pm –1:00pm
1:00pm - 2:00pm
2:00pm – 3:00pm
3:00pm - 3:15pm
The Fundamentals of Palliative Care Beyond
The Dying
Advanced Technologies in the Treatment of
Cerebrovascular Disease
3:15pm – 4:15pm
Break
Palliative Wound Care:
Principles and Practice
4:15pm - 5:00pm
New Technologies in Knee Replacement,
The MAKO Robot
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Closing Remarks, Evaluations, Questions
Laura Healy, RN, NE-BC, CHPN
Coordinator of Infection Prevention and Control and
Palliative Care
St. Charles Hospital
Kathleen E. Masiulis, M.S.N., FACHE
Senior Vice President
LIHN
Theresa McKenna, Ph.D., RN, CDE Director- Psychology
Services Program Coordinator - Diabetes Care Center
St. Charles Hospital
Lunch
Kerrianne P. Page, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Hospice, Palliative Care & Home Care Services
Catholic Health Services
Henry Woo, MD
Director of Cerebrovascular Center
Stony Brook University Medical Center
Break
Oscar M. Alvarez PhD, CCT, FAPWCA
Director, Center for Curative and Palliative Wound Care
Calvary Hospital
Douglas Petraco, MD
Director of Orthopedics
St. Charles Hospital
Brian J. McGinley, MD
Orthopaedic Surgeon
St Charles Hospital
Melissa Weinstein, RN, BSN, BC
Clinical Nurse Educator
St. Charles Hospital
Diversity, Complexity, and Quality:
The Essence of Medical Surgical Care
TIME
7:30am - 8:00am
TOPIC
Registration/Breakfast/Welcome
8:45am – 9:30am
Articular Cartilage Procedures;
The Advent of Stem Cell and Blood Products with
Cartilage Regeneration Procedures
Metabolism and Obesity: The Role of Weight Loss
Surgery
9:30am- 10:00am
Components and Importance of a Nutrition Assessment
8:00am – 8:45am
Break
SPEAKER
Melissa Weinstein, RN, BSN, BC
Clinical Nurse Educator
St. Charles Hospital
Brian J. McGinley, MD
Orthopaedic Surgeon
St Charles Hospital
John Angstadt, MD
Bariatric Surgeon
Stephanie D. Giraulo, RD, CDN , MBA
Director of Nutritional Services
St. Charles Hospital
Break
10:00am - 10:15am
Successful Solutions to Ostomy Care
10:15am - 11:00am
11:00am – 11:45am
High Risk Medications: Anticoagulants, Insulins, and
Opioids
Pain Management Misconceptions
11:45am - 12:15pm
Lunch
Denise Howell BA RN CRRN CWOCN
Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse &
Diabetes Educator
Nursing Education Department
St. Charles Hospital
Amanda Ryan, BS, PharmD
Assistant Vice President of Clinical
Services Catholic Health Services of Long
Island
Stacey Tursi, RN-C, MSN, ANP-BC
Nurse Practitioner-Pain Management
Lunch
12:15pm –12:45pm
12:45pm - 1:15pm
The Use of Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Management of
CHF Patients
Nicotine Addiction and Treatment Modalities
1:15pm – 2:00pm
Care of the Pediatric Patient with Respiratory Illnesses
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Closing remarks, , Evaluations, Questions
2:45pm – 3:00pm
Christian Becker, MS, RT
Senior Lead Clinician for the Outpatient
Cardiopulmonary Rehab Programs
St. Charles Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor SUNY @
Stony Brook
Respiratory Therapy Program
Gloria Porcelli, RN , BSN
Smoking Cessation Coordinator
St. Charles Hospital
James Cavanagh, MD
Director of Pediatrics
St. Charles Hospital
Melissa Weinstein, RN, BSN, BC
Clinical Nurse Educator
St. Charles Hospital