A Patient with Too Many Ailments: Where Do I Begin?
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Target Audience
Healthcare providers.
Purpose
This activity is designed to provide practical insights, including clinical pearls, common pitfalls, and multidisciplinary perspectives, on the evaluation and management of patients with undiagnosed myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). By enhancing clinicians' knowledge and approach to care, the activity aims to improve patient outcomes and promote effective, compassionate management.
Additionally, the program seeks to address and reduce stigma within the medical community by increasing awareness and understanding of ME/CFS as a complex, legitimate medical condition.
Learning Objectives
- Identify unexplained chronic pain, fatigue, depression, cognitive impairment, etc., caused by Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) from other diseases.
- Identify common causes that lead your patients to develop ME/CFS.
- Diagnose (for clinicians) and develop an individualized treatment plan tailored for your ME/CFS patients.
Agenda
All times listed are in Central Time. The agenda is subject to change.
| Thursday, January 21, 2027 | |
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| 12:00 pm | Welcome Melanie Hoppers, MD |
| 12:15 pm | Things to Watch Out for When Treating Pediatrics with ME/CFS and Long COVID Melanie Hoppers, MD |
1:15 pm | My Patients With EDS and ME/CFS Cannot Get out of Bed to Brush Their Teeth or See a Dentist. What Should I do? They Now Have Toothaches Suspecting Cavities, What Should I Tell the Dentists and Oral Surgeons Not To Do? Audrey Kershaw, BDS, FDS, RCS(Ed) |
| 2:15 pm | How to Deal with Patients That Answer “Yes” to All Your Review-Of-System Questions? Stephanie Grach, MD, MS, FACP |
| 3:15 pm | I Do Not Know Why This Patient is Dizzy with a Mysterious Headache! Yoon-Hee Cha, MD, FAAN |
| 4:15 pm | My Patient Said They Crashed After Doing My Exercises, and What If They Also Have EDS? Clayton Powers, DPT |
| 5:15 pm | Adjourn |
| Friday, January 22, 2027 | |
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| 8:00 am | Welcome Michael Peroski, DO, MBA, MMCM, CMQ, CPE, FAPA |
| 8:15 am | Is This Patient Really Depressed? Michael Peroski, DO, MBA, MMCM, CMQ, CPE, FAPA |
| 9:15 am | Taboos When Speaking to Patients Complaining of Everything Wrong, and They Are Too Tired to Try Anything Helen Holt, MA |
10:15 am | How Can We Discharge ME/CFS Patients Who Have Normal Tests and Exams but Refuse to Follow My Recommendations? Jessica Puchalski, PA-C |
| 11:15 am | Practical Pearls About Pacing, Durable Medical Equipment, and Other Modalities to Make ME/CFS Easier to Live With Amy Mooney, MS, OTR/L |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm | Do You Wish to Tell Your Primary Care Colleagues Before Referring Their Long COVID, Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus, and ME/CFS Patients to You? Logan Felix, MD |
2:00 pm | Does Lymphatic Therapy Really Work? Raymond Perrin, DO, PhD |
| 3:00 pm | My Patients Take All These Supplements. Help! Crystalin Montgomery, NMD, LAc |
| 4:00 pm | My Patient Has Air Hunger and Dyspnea With Fatigue, What is That? Chiarina Galvez, MD |
5:00 pm | Adjourn |
Accreditation Statements
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EDUCATIONAL GRANTS
No ineligible company provided financial support for this continuing education activity.
DISCLOSURES
The speaker(s) will disclose if any pharmaceuticals, medical procedures, or devices discussed are investigational or unapproved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The activity director is responsible for determining educational content and selecting speakers.
Relevant to the content of this educational activity, the following individual(s) have no conflict(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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Disclaimer
The information provided in this activity is for continuing education purposes only. It is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a healthcare provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- 1.00 AOA Category 2A
- 1.00 CE Contact Hour(s)

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