	The Use of New Agents and Their Roles in the Management, Control, and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Richard Bergenstal, MD Executive Director International Diabetes Center Minneapolis, Minnesota
	Rheumatoid Arthritis: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment of this Potentially Debilitating Condition Richard D. Brasington, MD Professor of Medicine Director of Clinical Rheumatology Fellowship Program Director Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri
	Multiple Myeloma Treatment Options: Does One Size Fit All? Francis K. Buadi, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Hematology Department of Medicine/Transplant Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota
	Advances in the Treatment of Melanoma Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, MD Dr. John M. Skibber Professor of Surgery Department of Surgical Oncology Professor, Deptartment of Cancer Biology Medical Director, Melanoma and Skin Center Co-leader, Melanoma Moon Shot The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas
	Liver Transplant and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS (Ed) Director, Methodist Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation Chief, Liver Transplantation Surgery Director, Immunobiology Research Center Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center Houston, Texas
	Pediatric Palliative Care: Navigating Towards Comfort Richard D. Goldstein, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School; Program Director, Robert's Program in Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics Senior Physician Boston Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
	Chronic Back Pain Management: What’s New in Treatment Options for this Population? Franz Macedo, DO Minneapolis VA Health Care System Minneapolis, Minnesota
	Is a Cure Within Reach? T-Cell Immunotherapy for Relapsed Leukemia Shannon L. Maude, MD, PhD St. Baldrick's Foundation Scholar Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Division of Oncology The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	Keynote Address: Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century: A New World Order Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH Regents Professor Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy Director, Minnesota Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance Distinguished University Teaching Professor Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health; Professor, Masters of Science in Security Technologies Technological Leadership Institute, College of Science and Engineering; Adjunct Professor, Medical School University of Minnesota Health Minneapolis, Minnesota
	Lung Transplant: Current Status, What’s New? Michael Petty, PhD, RN, CCNS, ACNS-BC Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor Cardiothoracic Clinical Nurse Specialist University of Minnesota Medical Center University of Minnesota Health Minneapolis, Minnesota
	Congestive Heart Failure: Updates in Management Joseph G. Rogers, MD Professor of Medicine Medical Director, Duke Mechanical Circulatory Support Program Senior Vice Chief for Clinical Affairs, Division of Cardiology Vice Chair for Clinical Practice, Department of Internal Medicine Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina
	Health Literacy, Communication and Chronic Disease Care Dean Schillinger, MD Director, Health Communications Program UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center Professor of Medicine in Residence Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine San Francisco, California
	Who Is Likely to Receive a Kidney Transplant? Anton I. Skaro, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS Associate Professor of Surgery Director of Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Associate Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programs Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine; Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, Illinois
	Organ Transplantations and Ethical Dilemmas Giuliano Testa, MD, FACS, MBA Director, Living Donor Liver Transplantation Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, Texas
	Myelodysplastic Syndrome Erica Warlick, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation University of Minnesota Health Minneapolis, Minnesota
	The Role of Biosimilars in Health Care Louis M. Weiner, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Oncology Georgetown University School of Medicine; Director, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, DC
	Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) as a Public Health Crisis Jay B. Wish, MD Professor of Clinical Medicine Indiana University School of Medicine; Medical Director, Out-Patient Dialysis Unit Indiana University Hospital Indianapolis, Indiana