2022 | Fall Symposium

Make plans to join your colleagues from across the Commonwealth for the 46th Annual KAPA CME Symposium. We are looking forward to seeing everyone in-person, at the Marriott Griffin Gate Resort in Lexington KY. If you can't join us in-person our sessions will also be recorded and offered in a flexible hybrid format after the event so that attendees won't miss their favorite talks, while still maximizing CME for their money! Conference organizers plan to apply for 25 hours of AAPA Category 1 CME. 

Our conference committee has put together an engaging agenda covering the hottest topics in PA practice in Kentucky. Our event will feature dual tracks on Thursday December 8th, a full day of General sessions on Friday, as well as two hands on workshops. Saturday will feature a workshop on Cerumen Management, and the Thursday session will be announced soon. Conference recordings will be made available to attendees at no additional cost for 1 year.

We are excited to announce that for our 46th Annual CME Symposium, we will be joined on Friday by Dr. Steven Stack, Commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health. He will lead a keynote talk on the state of healthcare in Kentucky and addressing the challenges our patients face.

Steven J. Stack, MD, MBA, FACEP was appointed commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health by Gov. Andy Beshear in February, 2020. He resides in Lexington, Ky and is a board-certified emergency physician.

For more than 20 years Dr. Stack has been a leader in the medical profession. He has served on boards of directors and in senior leadership roles for numerous geographic and specialty medical societies. In 2006, he became the first emergency physician ever elected to the American Medical Association (AMA) board of trustees, subsequently serving as board chair and in 2015-2016 as the youngest AMA president since 1854.

Dr. Stack has served as medical director of multiple emergency departments, including Saint Joseph East, Lexington, Saint Joseph Mt. Sterling, KY and Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. He has more than 18 years of emergency medicine administrative and clinical practice experience in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee.

In 2018, Dr. Stack joined The University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business as adjunct professor. In this role, he lectures on healthcare policy and the mechanics of advocacy to physicians in the physician executive MBA program and to both physician and non-physician healthcare leaders enrolled in executive education programs.

Dr. Stack has focused experience in health information technology (IT). A nationally recognized advocate, he bridges bedside care with governmental policy and has served on numerous federal advisory committees for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology from 2010 -2016. Additionally, he served from 2012 - 2016 as board member and secretary of eHealth Initiative, a Washington, DC-based non-profit association improving health care through the advancement of health IT.

His other areas of expertise include emergency department and hospital management, health system reform, physician licensure and regulation and healthcare anti-trust issues. Dr. Stack has extensive experience in policymaking and advocacy at federal, state and county levels and before legislative bodies and executive branch regulatory agencies. He also is a skilled public spokesperson and longtime advocate for universal access to affordable and high quality healthcare.

Born and raised in Cleveland, Dr. Stack graduated magna cum laude from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. where he was a Henry Bean Scholar for classical studies. He returned to Ohio to complete medical school and emergency medicine residency at The Ohio State University before moving to Memphis to begin his clinical practice. In 2006,Dr. Stack and his family relocated to Lexington. In December 2017 he completed his MBA at UT Knoxville Haslam College of Business.

Dr. Stack is married and the proud father of one daughter. His wife, Tracie, is an MD, PhD and practicing board-certified allergy/asthma/ immunology specialist. In his leisure time, Dr. Stack enjoys the study of classical Greek and Roman history, United States presidential history, photography and traveling with his wife and daughter.

The Kentucky Academy of Physician Assistants’ is excited to announce sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities for our 46th Annual CME Symposium, on December 8-10, 2022 at the Marriott Griffin Gate resort in Lexington, KY. We invite you to showcase your company’s products and services to an anticipated crowd of 250 + Kentucky PAs and PA Students during the three day event.

PAs are licensed health care professionals who practice medicine with physician supervision in general practice settings and specialty practice areas. PAs conduct physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret tests, counsel on preventative healthcare, assist in surgery, and write prescriptions.

Exhibiting at KAPA’s 46th Annual CME Symposium provides you with an opportunity to:

• Enhance your brand
• Increase sales
• Educate current and potential customers
• Gain valuable input and feedback
• Generate leads
• Forge new relationships and partnerships
• Build trust and confidence

… all while supporting the Physician Assistant profession in the Commonwealth. Please see our offering of sponsorship, exhibitor and advertising packages — including our straight-forward policies and procedures — to plan the optimum level of participation for your company, business or organization.

Exhibit space is limited and is available on a first-come, first served basis. Reserve your space now!

This program is not yet approved for CME credit. Conference organizers plan to apply for18 AAPA Category 1 CME credits from the AAPA Review Panel. The total number of approved credits is yet to be determined.