Symposium by the Sea offers your company a unique opportunity to network with attendees who are already interested in cutting-edge advances in emergency medicine.

Submit your completed exhibitor registration form and full payment by close-of-business on April 24, 2024 to receive discounted pricing and PRIORITY booth placement in our Exhibit Hall. The final deadline to reserve space and be included in conference materials is June 21, 2024.

In Case You Missed It….

Symposium by the Sea 2023

August 3-6, 2023

Hyatt Regency Coconut Point in Bonita Springs, FL

The FCEP SBS Planning Committee welcomed about 285 attendees and their
families, plus 40 sponsors and exhibitors to this year’s annual meeting. EM physicians, residents, nurses, administrators, medical students and other allied health professionals gathered together for networking and educational opportunities with a high-demand for information regarding the ever-changing EM practice environment. We hope you enjoyed your time at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point and encourage you to leave us feedback through your CME evaluation.

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Congratulations to FCEP’s 2023 SBS Resident Competition Winners!

Case Presentation Competition (CPC):

• Best Presenter: Alexa Ragusa, DO (UCF/HCA- Greater Orlando/Osceola)- Case: Typhoid Fever.
• Best Discussant:Melissa Sayegh, DO (AdventHealth)- Case: Tick Paralysis.
• Overall Program:AdventHealth (second time in a row!)

EM Resident Quiz Bowl:

• First Place: UCF/HCA Greater Orlando.
• Second Place: AdventHealth Orlando.
• Third Place: HCA- Orange Park

EM Resident Drop the Mic (new):

• First Place: Abigail Alorda (UCF) “The Cure ALLmost Anything.”
• Second Place: Taylor Cesarz (UCF) “The Art of Feedback.”
• Third Place: Mitchell Voter (UCF) “Big Medicine, Small Towns: Critical Access Emergency Medicine.”

EM Research Poster Competition:

• Best Clinical Vignette:Samuel Harris, USF- Esophageal Stent Migration Diagnosed With Point of Care US.
• Best Medical Student Poster:Urmila Venkataramani, USF- Findings from a Quality Improvement Project Aimed at Improving the Care of Patients Presenting to the ED following Sexual Assault.
• Best Resident Poster: Andrew Rice, USF- Characterization of Out-of-Hospital and Emergency Department Cardiac Arrests at Tampa General Hospital.
• Best Fellow/ Attending Poster: Peter Duan, Orlando Health– The Association Between Race & EMS Patient Offload Times.

Sponsors & Exhibitors

Sponsorship opportunities and exhibit booths sold out in record time this year. SBS offers a unique opportunity to network and engage with attendees who are already interested in cutting-edge advances in emergency medicine and provide maximum exposure for your company, product, and/or service. If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at Symposium by the Sea 2024, please contact Program Manager, Tatiana, at tmartin@emlrc.org to be added to the invitation list.

A Huge Shout-Out to Our Faculty!

Our faculty and SBS Planning Committee worked countless hours to design a program that would most efficiently educate and entertain our hard-working community of EM Members and Professionals.

Thank you, SBS 2023 Faculty:

Sara Kirby, MD, FACEP, FAAP
Toni Large
Andy Little, DO, FACEP
Carmen J. Martinez Martinez, MD, MSMEd, FACEP
Thom Mayer, MD, FACEP
Kristin McCabe-Kline, MD, FACEP
Yiraima Medina-Blasini, MD, FACEP
Sarah Melendez, MD
Caroline Molins, MD, MSMEd, FACEP
Moises Moreno, DO, FACEP
Amit Patel, MD, FACEP
Joseph Pepe, DO, FAAEM
Randy Pilgrim, MD
Richard Shih, MD, FACEP
Jamie Shoemaker, MD, FACEP
Tricia Swan, MD, MEd, FACEP, FAAP
Christopher Tana, DO, FACEP, FAAEM
Alexandria Tymkowicz, MD
Victoria Vazquez, MD
Ariel Vera, MD, FACEP
Jason Wilson, MD

Thank you, SBS Planning Committee!

Shayne Gue, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
PLANNING COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR

Shiva Kalidindi, MD, FACEP
PLANNING COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR

Sara Baker, MD
Natalie Diers, MD
Maureen France
Erich Heine, DO
Michael Lozano, MD
Rene Mack, MD
Carmen J. Martinez Martinez, MD, MSMEd, FACEP
Caroline Molins, MD, MSMEd
Samuel Muniz, MD
Jeremy Selley, DO, FACOEP

Pediatric Track Course Directors:
Vanessa Perez, MD, FAAP
Cristina Zeretzke-Bien, MD, FAAP, FAAEM, FACP

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