2026 North Texas Spring Forum and CME Event Agenda

Saturday, April 25,2026

7am-3:30pm

Irving Convention Center                                 This event is for all NTX employed physicians & APPs.

Breakout Room 1 (surgery) Moderator: James Fleshman, MD, FACS, FASCRS

• Breast Cancer: Cara Govednik, MD
• Colon Cancer: Katerina Wells, MD, MPH
• Orthopedic Foot & Ankle: Christian Royer, MD

Breakout Room 2 (cardiovascular) – Moderator: Aasim Afzal, MD, MBA, FACC, FHFSA

• Heart Failure: Nitin Kabra, MD
• Innovations in Cardiology: Srinivasa Potluri, MD
• Afib & Other Rhythms 101: Renato Quispe, MD, PhD, MHS

Breakout Room 3 (neurology) – Moderators: Jennifer Rasmussen, MD and Cathy Raver, MD

• Back & Spine: Ioannis Avramis, MD
• Parkinson Disease: Mazen Elkurd, II, DO
• Stroke / Aneurysm: Osman Mir, MD

Breakout Room 4 (gastro/hep/endo) – Moderators: Stevan Gonzalez, MD, MS and Carl Ciborowski, MD

• Liver Lesions: Amar Gupta, MD, FACS, FRCS ©
• Fatty Liver: Apurva Modi, MD, MS, MHSc
• Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Themistocles Dassapolous, MD

Breakout Room 5 (women’s health) – Moderator: Khang Tran, MD

• Incontinence: Casey Kinman, MD
• Perimenopause & Menopause: Naima Bridges, MD, FACOG
• Abnormal Pap Mgmt: Meghan Leinauer, MD

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10:45 – 11:00 a.m. – Networking Break & Specialty Booths

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – General Session 1: Ethics presentation: Ethical framework for using AI in medicine (Anji Wall, MD, PhD, FACS and Camille Bradley, MD)

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch, Networking & Specialty Booths

1:45 – 3:15 p.m. – General Session 3: Outpatient Case Study (Obesity) - Moderators: Sumeet Asrani, MD and Sina Matin, MD

3:15 – 3:30 p.m. – Closing Statements & Wrap-Up - Loree Lieving, MD