Tucson Hospitals Medical Education Program
47 th Annual Winter Conference
2025 Winter Medical Conference
**47th Annual **
February 20-22, 2025
Register Here ***Please register ASAP to be included on the email updates.
ABOUT
This is an open invitation offered to those interested in joining many healthcare providers from the Tucson community and across the nation, over Rodeo days in the mountains of Telluride, Colorado. Great rates have been negotiated for the entire week.
The favorable rates include discounts on lodging, ski rentals, and lift tickets. The ski-in/out lodging options are detailed in the links and include a 5 star property, a 4 star resort with world class spa, as well as The Mountain Lodge, with condos and cabins. All 3 accommodations are located in the town of Mountain Village at 9500 ft elevation.
THE MEETING
Meeting
This conference will focus on recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of medical, dental and surgical diseases. The presentations, which will cover a broad range of subjects, are designed to enhance the participants' knowledge in their area of expertise while providing a broad overview of allied areas, in order to improve patient care.
CME
THMEP is accredited by the Arizona Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
THMEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 13 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
*** If you have any questions regarding CME, please contact:
Sarah Tillery Sarah.Tillery@tmcaz.com
Hotels
**Hotel reservations for 2025 are available. Please hold your room reservations to avoid missing out on the block room rate. Note the lenient cancellation policy at each resort.
Each year we have been filling the room block several months prior to the conference. **
The Mountain Lodge Reservations
If you have any problems, ..Call the hotel reservations department directly at 866-368-6867
The Mountain Lodge is offering a complete refund prior to November 1st.
If anyone has a special requests, questions, or would like to book a cabin please contact:
Sam Barnes – 970-369-6018
Dina Beserra – 970-369-6117
The Peaks Resort Reservations
The Peaks Resort & Spa: Tucson Medical 2025
The Peaks Resort has agreed to a refund minus the deposit, if you cancel outside of 30 days prior to the reservation.
The Peaks will offer 10% discount for all food and drinks to anyone who mentions the Tucson Medical Group to your server.
For any problems with your bookings at The Peaks, please contact:
Tya Kuzov
Group Sales Coordinator
The Peaks Resort and Spa
TKuzov@TellurideSkiResort.com
Phone 970.728.7381
Michael Munno: Reservations Manager MMunno@TellurideSkiResort.com
or 970-728-7335
Hotel Madeline Reservations
PROMO CODE: GRPTCM
Across from The Peaks Resort in Telluride’s Mountain Village, the Forbes Travel Guide five-star resort, Madeline Hotel & Residences provides an upper tier
of luxury for the mountain.
Discounted rates are available by identifying yourself as a part of The Tucson Medical Group. These rates are available for anyone, even though your friends may not be attending the conference. Contact must be made directly with the properties.
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Agenda 2025: will be available in January 2025
We will start our program at 7am each morning in the Big Billie’s Conference room at The Peaks Resort. Go past the hotel front desk to end of the hall. Name tags and breakfast will be available at 6:50am for our participants. For the afternoon sessions, light snacks and beverages will be available. Registration reception will start at 6pm Thursday evening.
Agenda 2024:
We will start our program at 7am each morning in the Big Billie’s Conference room at The Peaks Resort. Go past the hotel front desk to end of the hall. Name tags and breakfast will be available at 6:50am for our participants. For the afternoon sessions, light snacks and beverages will be available. Registration reception will start at 6pm Thursday evening.
Feb 22 Thursday
7AM Sam Keim MD Arizona Research Contributions to Improve Emergency Treatments for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury 8AM Patrick Chaisson MD Obesity Management in 2024: The new paradigm
4PM Darius Filsoof MD Interventional Pulmonology
5PM Rick Hesss MD Updates in Cosmetic Surgery- Body Contouring
6:00pm *** Cocktail Reception in the Crystal Room for registrants and family- 1 floor below reception desk
Heavy hors d'oeuvres and drinks
Feb 23 Friday
7AM Milan Jansky MD Diabetic Foot Infections
8AM Katie Artz MD History of Robotics in General Surgery
4PM Heidi Becker MD Dirty Dozen: Common Eye Cases to Keep in Mind
5PM Natanya Padachey DDS Dental Emergencies and Pain Management
Feb 24 Saturday
7AM Mo Mortazavi MD Updates on Concussion
8AM Timothy Dixon MD Concepts in Total Hip Replacement.
Video Lectures: the details on how to watch these video lectures will be emailed to the registrants.
- Mohammed Khreiss MD Pancreatic Cystic Lesions: From Diagnosis to Management
- Matthew Beal, MD Dermatology Update- (full title pending)
Agenda 2023:
We will start our program at 7am each morning in the Big Billie’s Conference room at the Peaks Resort. Go past the hotel front desk to end of the hall. Breakfast will be available at 6:50am for our participants.
Thursday February 23, 2023
4:00 PM Audrey Baker MD Updates on Advanced Skin Cancer Management
5:00 PM Jordan Smith, MD Current Hip Replacement Evolution
6:00pm *** Cocktail Reception in Appaloosa Room for registrants and family- 1 floor below reception desk
Heavy hors d'oeuvres and drinks
Friday February 24, 2023
7:00 AM Tung Bui, DDS Artificial Intelligence: Computer Vision in Endodontic Imaging
8:00 AM Sam Keim , MD, MS Arizona’s Research Contribution to Surviving Cardiac Arrest
*4:00 PM Dave Whittman, MD Making Sense of Chronic Kidney Disease
5:00 PM Katerina Dvorak, PhD Diagnosing Lynch Syndrome
Saturday February 25, 2023
7:20 AM Jim Warneke, MD, FACS Retroperitoneal Sarcoma: Monster of the Abdomen
Video Lectures: the details on how to watch these video lectures will be emailed to the registrants.
Kent Kwoh, MD Rheumatology
Andrew Rice, DPM Podiatry
Thomas Waggoner, DO Percutaneous Mitral Valve Clips
Eric Cornidez, MD Beyond Injections: Innovative Destination Therapies in Pain Management
Nicola Finley, MD What's Health Equity Got To Do With It?
Mo Mortavazi, MD LongCovid: Prolonged Functional Neurologic Deficits after COVID-19
Note:
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
No other speakers or planners have relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
THMEP is accredited by the Arizona Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
THMEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 13 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.TM Physicians should claim on the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
No other speakers or planners have relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
THMEP is accredited by the Arizona Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
THMEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 13 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.TM Physicians should claim on the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
2025 Lift Ticket Discount Options:
IMPORTANT FOR EPIC PASS: For 2025- Epic Pass is requiring a reservation at Telluride. Please sign into the link below and reserve your days needed.
https://www.epicpass.com/region/telluride-pass-results.aspx
Discounts:
Option 1
Epic Pass (can be purchased prior to ski season)
If you have purchased an Epic Pass www.EpicPass.com for 4, 5, 6, or 7 days, those will be honored at Telluride, as well as the full Epic Pass.
We strongly suggest that everyone read the FAQ's on the Epic website: https://www.epicpass.com/region/telluride-pass-results.aspx
- Full Epic Pass: A total of seven days of skiing and snowboarding at Telluride Ski Resort. Once all seven days have been redeemed, Pass Holders can purchase lift tickets at 50 percent off to ski or snowboard at Telluride Ski Resort.
- Epic Day Passes: Epic 4-Day Pass, Epic 5-Day Pass, Epic 6-Day Pass, and Epic 7-Day Pass - Pass Holders will receive all of the pass days for skiing or snowboarding at Telluride Ski Resort with no blackout dates as part of their total days purchased. After the purchased days are used, regardless of the resort at which they were redeemed, Pass Holders can get 20 percent off additional lift tickets at Telluride Ski Resort.
NOTE: historically the Epic Pass has offered the best discounts and flexibility.
Telluride Ski Resort will be requiring reservations for Epic Pass holders this ski season. Guests are can only reserve 7 total days in Telluride. There will not be a cap on Epic Pass skiers, this is simply to better prepare the on-mountain venues, mountain operations team, and staff. It is also a great way to double check that the guest has a valid Epic product. While there is no cap, they recommend confirming Epic Ski days at least 48 hours in advance so that the systems have time to update and guests have a easy experience going direct-to-lift.
Eligible Epic pass holders will be able to make, manage, or cancel reservations at Telluride Ski Resort online under “My Account” on EpicPass.com.
Epic Pass Redemption:
EASIEST: For those with the Epic pass, you should have them in hand upon arrival. These passes are direct to lift. Epic pass owners should request that they be mailed in advance or they can be picked up at a Vail owned resort.
However, if you show up to Telluride without your Epic pass, here is the redemption process:
There are two locations where guests can get their Epic Passes printed- Telluride Sports at Franz Klammer (in Mountain Village) or Telluride Sports at Camel's Garden (in town).
You will then have the Epic Pass media in your hand, however it will not be ready to scan until Vail activates it, usually this happens 24-48 hours afterwards. However, it can take longer. Our pass office is able to assist.
Guests have two options without the Epic pass in hand:
1. You can go in to the ticket office each day that you want to ski and redeem a day ticket. This provides flexibility and hopefully the Epic pass media will activate after day 1.
2. You may have all of the day tickets printed at once so they won’t have to come back to the ticket office, however there is no way to get those days back on their Epic pass should they choose to skip/not use a day.
Option 2:
Link for ordering tickets directly from Telluride:
https://shop.tellurideskiresort.com/s/tsg-group-tix
· Dates Active: February 17- 26th
· Code: TM2024
· Discount: 20%
Instructions:
To purchase group tickets please follow this link: https://shop.tellurideskiresort.com/s/tsg-group-tix
*Lift tickets must be ordered at least 7 days in advance.
Travel dates for 20% discount: Feb 17-26, 2024
1. Follow group link.
2. Select the “Telluride Group Tickets” Box
3. Add all lift products to cart (dates, ticket type, and number of days)
4. Hit “Apply Discount Code” and use code TM2024 To receive 20% off lift ticket products.
5. Hit “Check Out”- you will be prompted to create an account or login.
6. Create all family members/friends you will be paying for as a customer. (first, last, DOB)
7. Assign products to Group Members.
8. Digitally sign waivers and follow prompts to check out.
For ticket and pass inquiries call 970.728.7430, Lisa Morgan, (group sales desk) or email passes@telski.com . Please mention that these are referencing Group Sales.
NOTE: Only use the link provided above. Do not go to the main Telluride website or click refresh - the webpage discount code will not work.
Option 3:
Telluride has partnered with Ski Pros in Phoenix to provide significantly discounted weekday lift tickets. Follow the instructions on the link below. The tickets can be purchased at one of the three locations in the Phoenix area.
https://skipro.com/blogs/events/telluride-x-ski-pro-lift-tickets
Participating Ski Pro Locations:
Mesa, AZ
1924 W. Rio Salado Pkwy.
Mesa, AZ 85201
(480) 962-6910
Desert Ridge, AZ
21001 N. Tatum Blvd. Suite 52
Phoenix, AZ 85050
(480) 443-5670
Phoenix, AZ
2110 E. Camelback Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85016
(602) 955-3939
Ski Rental Discount
***Be sure to make reservations 7 or more days in advance to assure you receive the discount.*** Both companies also offer door to door service if you are not staying at one of the locations below. For additional questions, contact the rental company directly.
At The Peaks:
Telluride Sports is located at The Peaks Resort and also has several other locations available on the mountain and in the town of Telluride. The link will automatically provide the discount once you complete the advance reservation.
There are no options for walk-in discounts. Please arrange for rentals at least 7 days in advance of arrival.
Please pick up rentals as early as possible upon arrival, as to alleviate any traffic to the rental shop in the early mornings.
Telluride Sports:
https://www.telluridesports.com
Be sure to choose the correct shop location on the mountain.
The above site will give the standard 20% advanced discount. (At The Peaks Hotel location, you may receive another 10% discount if you put TUCSON MEDICAL into the notes section of your reservation. **per manager Jahn Skyler**)
At The Mountain Lodge:
Located on site at the Mountain Lodge, is Ski Butlers. They also offer delivery on the mountain.
https://www.skibutlers.com/portal/Tucson%20Medical
The link will require that you reserve more than 48 hours in advance to receive the discount.
Other option on the mountain: (not at The Mountain Lodge)
Christy Sports offers a discount at their 5 sites on the mountain and also offers delivery.
The link below will require that you reserve more than 48 hours in advance to receive the discount.
https://www.christysports.com/rental-groups/tucson-medical-group.html
The 2025 Tucson Medical Conference will be February 20-22, 2025. The room reservations will be available each year starting April, 2024. For your friends and colleagues, it is important to make those reservations early. They are refundable as per the cancellation policy at the hotels. Also register on the PayPal link to be sure that we include you on the email updates.
Each year we have exhausted our room blocks very early and we do not have any recourse to find more rooms.
TRAVEL
Travel to Telluride can be arranged by air into Montrose, CO or some flights will fly direct into Telluride, pending weather.