VCBH Annual Conference

It's our 12th Annual VCBH Conference!

This year's theme is:

Tobacco Use: Intersections with Other Addictions,
Chronic Disease, and Health Disparities

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Nancy Rigotti, MD, is our 2024 Keynote Speaker!

Cytisine for Tobacco Cessation: Next Steps for a New/Old Drug

Dr. Rigotti is a primary care physician who trained in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she is now an Associate Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and an internationally-known expert on tobacco use and treatment. She co-directs the Mass General site for the Harvard Medical School Fellowship in General Medicine and is Director of Mass General’s Office of Women’s Careers, whose mission is to promote the academic careers of female faculty members in all hospital departments.

Dr. Rigotti has long advocated for improving the delivery of tobacco dependence treatment in the health care system. She founded and directs Mass General’s Tobacco Research and Treatment Center, which combined the clinical treatment program, the Mass General Tobacco Treatment Service, with a multidisciplinary research group that develops, test, and disseminates interventions for smoking cessation across outpatient and inpatient settings. Working at the junction of medicine and public health, Dr. Rigotti’s work combines efforts to change individual behavior with community, policy, and health care system efforts to influence individuals’ decisions about starting or continuing to smoke. Dr. Rigotti has published more than 250 peer-reviewed articles and has received numerous grants to support her work, including funding from NIH and foundations

Register for the Conference

Please use our Registration Portal to attend the conference. Join us for one or both days in person, or attend virtually!

Book Your Stay in Burlington

Our conference is held at the Hotel Champlain, formerly Hilton Burlington Lake Champlain.

To book a room at the special conference rate, please use our group booking link to complete your reservation.

Other hotel options in the area include:

Earn Conference CMEs/CEs

In support of improving patient care, The Robert Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Educations (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Vermont designates this activity for a maximum of 10.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This program has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 10.25 Nursing Contact Hours.

TARGET AUDIENCE
Physicians, Nurses

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES

Discuss the relationship between behavior patterns (lifestyle) and risk for chronic disease and premature death.
Identify evidence-based interventions that successfully promote health-related behavior change.

To claim credit after the conference, please visit highmarksce.com/uvmmed.