Always read the reviews.
If you want to know if that new restaurant a few blocks away is going to be any good, read the reviews.
If you want to know if that fancy doohickey that you think you just can’t live without is going to break within 2 months of your purchase, read the reviews.
If you want to know if your Uber driver is going to chat your ear off (we hate that), read the reviews.
And if you want to know if CMEpalooza is the grandest and finest meeting of them all for CME professionals, read the reviews.
(Funny how we have a few reviews from the most recent CMEpalooza handy. You know these are legit since we didn’t bother editing them. Yes, we’re just that lazy)
At CMEpalooza, I can enjoy top-notch content from the comfort of my couch or my less comfortable office chair. Heck, I can even get my steps in on my under-desk treadmill as I watch! (That’s not quite so comfortable this week given my enthusiasm last week….). Also it’s the perfect backdrop for my personal karaoke sessions – sadly no one else gets to hear me belt out Anti-Hero) – has the potential thrill of a Taylor Swift cameo and I can pick the sessions I love, (spoiler alert – all of them) and after a decade of running this show the tech is way smoother than my last family zoom call. The cherry on top of this delicious cake is the dry humour infused throughout….I like it a lot, it’s good craic as they say and I’ll drink to that. Slàinte Mhar!!
Its free, we hear from a ton of experts in our field (loved the AI one), I can be off screen to learn so get to wear my work jammies today. Also, the spring one I go to the office and clean it top to bottom, while fall one I stay hone and clean that office! Although this year I haven’t motivated myself away from the laptop, recliner, and the dog yet.
It’s a personal holiday! Hehe It provides so much needed information that is accessible and really helps me do my job better and allows me to be a #CMENerd in like company 🙂 So appreciate what you guys do every year!
Because it only makes sense for innovative companies to be associated with “The greatest invention since avocado toast!” (OK, we made that one up), we are again inviting CME providers, supporters, and service companies to take advantage of sponsorship opportunities with CMEpalooza Spring and Fall in 2024. Our events are scheduled for Wednesday, April 24, and Wednesday, October 16 – we’re working on making these international holidays, but no promises. North Korea is a tough nut to crack.
You may have heard that 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of CMEpalooza, which means that we’re doing something a little bit special for our sponsors. We’re calling it the “Bundle of Tin” (for some reason, tin is the traditional metal for 10th anniversary). If you bundle any two sponsorship opportunities, you get a 10% discount on the total cost of the sponsorships.
Of course, there is the usual gamut of sponsorship opportunities available, as well as other creative ways we’ve come up with to promote your company. We’ve thrown in a few new and improved goodies again this year to celebrate our 10th anniversary, as well. If there is anything particularly creative you have in mind, come talk to us, and we’ll figure out something unique.
Click here for the 2024 CMEpalooza Sponsor Prospectus
Confirmed CMEpalooza Fall Sponsors
GOLD LEVEL SPONSORS
Angie Ladas, VP, Educational Strategy & Director of Grantor Engagement
angie.ladas@haymarket.com
Med Learning Group
Matthew A. Frese, MBA, General Manager
mfrese@medlearninggroup.com
Andrew Grzybowski, Sr. Vice President, Educational Partnerships
agrzybowski@medlearninggroup.com
Med Learning Group is a full-service accredited medical education company that focuses on developing and implementing continuing education that improves healthcare practitioners’ ability to provide optimal care to their patients. Our goal is to provide high-quality education that is designed to deliver the highest level of outcomes for not only the practitioner, but also the patient. Med Learning Group has expertise in developing both live and online activities that are innovative, case-based, interactive, and patient-centric in nature. We are experts in applying adult learning theory and principles to our programs and, more importantly, understand the nuances of our specialty audiences. We design programs for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare practitioners and have a deep understanding of how to educate both specialty audiences and general practitioners.
PlatformQ Health Education
David Clausen, Senior Vice President of Health Education Sales
dclausen@platformq.com
PlatformQ Health Education (PQH) is a digital education company that uses cutting-edge video and virtual technologies to produce live, online education for healthcare providers and patients. The mission at PQH is to be the world’s leading producer of interactive, online educational events. The company aims to create next-generation digital educational experiences that:
- Deliver practical, relevant and fair-balanced educational content in sessions led by expert clinicians from around the world
- Facilitate synchronous interaction and adult learning, and
- Foster a global community of education, improved patient outcomes, and social responsibility
PlatformQ Health Education works with leading CME/CE providers to develop the highest quality CME programs for health care professionals.
SILVER LEVEL SPONSORS
Academic CME
Timothy Hayes, MD, PhD, President
thayes@academiccme.com
AcademicCME is a medical education company that has Joint Accreditation and 10 years experience producing clear, concise, and practical education across many disease states. Our formats include live symposia at global and regional medical meetings as well as various types of on-demand webcasts.
Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL)
Lisa Keckich, Executive Director
lkeckich@achlcme.org
ACHL actively engages and collaborates with diverse healthcare stakeholders to transform the reach and redefine the value of independent medical education. Through these collaborations and as an independent CME/CE provider, ACHL strives to promote positive change and improve the quality of care for patients everywhere. Based in Chicago, IL, ACHL’s team of 25 employees manages over 250 educational activities each year across a wide range of therapeutic areas – winning awards for our groundbreaking digital technologies, innovative designs, and global reach.
Clinical Education Alliance
Tina B Stacy, PharmD, FACEHP, BCOP, CHCP
Chief Strategy Officer
tstacy@cealliance.com
Clinical Education Alliance (CEA) is the growing group of recognized and valued healthcare education provider organizations with a shared mission, which is to improve patient care and clinical outcomes. The CEA entities—which include Clinical Care Options (CCO), Practicing Clinicians Exchange (PCE), and ProCE—deliver continuing education for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants/associates, pharmacists, nurses and other healthcare professionals. CEA, collectively, impacts more than 2 million engaged healthcare professionals annually within specialty, interprofessional, and multidisciplinary education that support the specific practice needs of learners across the continuum of care delivery. Each CEA entity, individually or through collaboration, designs and delivers a wide variety of innovative, evidence-based education, tools, and resources proven to change healthcare professional behavior and improve patient care.
Daiichi Sankyo
Executive Director for Medical Affairs
jruggiero@dsi.com
Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. was established in 2005 with the merger of two leading century-old pharmaceutical companies, Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Sankyo Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Tokyo, the company is dedicated to the creation and supply of innovative pharmaceutical products to address the diversified, unmet medical needs of patients in both mature and emerging markets.
Daiichi Sankyo makes available independent grant funding for CME and non-CME initiatives that accelerate precise, current, and emerging evidence into practice with the ultimate goal of benefiting patients. Daiichi Sankyo’s grant-giving adheres to the commercial support standards established by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®). The company also complies with the principles established by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) Compliance Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Code on Interactions with Medical Professionals.
Healio CME
Meredith Barnes, Director
mbarnes@healiohss.com
Healio CME is a leading site that provides healthcare professionals with a faster, easier way to obtain free CME tailored to their practice needs. Guided by extensive research and physician usability testing, Healio CME was designed to deliver the best online CME experience imaginable. Healio CME offers 100’s of activities, comprehensive modules, a personal CME dashboard, instant CME certificates and much more! Grantors and our MECC partners enjoy our reach into specialty audiences, our higher learner-to-test taker conversions and our actionable insights derived from journey analytics. Healio CME offers healthcare professionals the personalized experience to lead to better outcomes.
Integrity CE
Michael Baffuto, President & Partner
mbaffuto@integrityce.com
Integrity Continuing Education is an ACCME-accredited provider of continuing medical education with commendation. We aim to combine strengths in strategic educational design, appropriate selection of learning mechanisms, thoughtful content development, and efficient detail-focused execution to produce educational activities with the power to change clinician behavior and generate meaningful outcomes for all involved stakeholders. Integrity has expertise in the development of live, online, and on-demand activities and has been a leader in social media-based educational activities, both in terms of development of clinician- or patient-centered communities of learning and in execution of educational activities.
We employ a variety of innovative technologies and educational design principles to further the effectiveness of our programs and our ability to measure their success. Integrity CE’s staff comes from a diverse background of significant experience in the medical education community and includes on-board educational strategy, medical development, program management, outcomes, technology, and graphics departments. We develop educational activities for the entire treatment team and patients as appropriate based on the educational goals of a particular activity and have experience in a wide variety of general medicine and hematology/oncology therapeutic areas.
Medscape Education
Haleh Kadkhoda, MS, Executive Director, Team Lead, Strategic Partnerships
hkadkhoda@medscape.com
Medscape Education (Medscape, LLC) engages members in over 30 healthcare specialties, and combines proprietary technology, instructional expertise, and measurable impact to accelerate the adoption of scientific advances in to practice. Medscape Education focuses on continuous innovation to better address clinician needs in order to improve the care and outcomes of patients. Medscape, LLC is Joint Accredited with Commendation, and a leading online provider of continuing professional education.
BRONZE LEVEL SPONSORS
Answers in CME
Aisha Suhail, Group President
aisha.suhail@answersincme.com
Answers in CME (AiCME) is dedicated to delivering succinct, short-format educational activities that connect healthcare professionals with dynamic clinical content. We leverage cognitive learning principles and innovative instructional techniques to present clinical science in a manner that is engaging, informative, and impactful. Our aim is to be a trusted provider of high-quality, evidence-based continuing medical educational activities that help healthcare professionals to stay current with the latest advances in their fields and improve their clinical skills. At AiCME, we are committed to enhancing the learning experience and improving the quality of education across various therapeutic areas through proprietary artificial intelligence. By narrowing the knowledge gap and increasing clinician competence, our program supports practice improvements that help patients live longer, healthier, better-quality lives.
AXDEV
Suzanne Murray, CEO and Founder
murrays@axdevgroup.com
AXDEV is a leading global organization with 27 years of experience in performance improvement, education, learning and behavioral interventions, and real-world studies, implementation research, and solutions designed and conducted for healthcare systems (hospitals, specialty societies, government, and corporate health systems).
With specific expertise in the assessment of human behaviors, professional competencies, and performance at the individual, team and system level, AXDEV provides international healthcare organizations evidence, education and performance solutions that drive successful improvements for a better healthcare environment. AXDEV has developed and collaborated on initiatives across a wide breadth of specialties in Canada, United States, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.
Bonum Continuing Education
Allison Kickel, Founder and President
akickel@bonumce.com
Bonum Continuing Education is an independent continuing education company focused on improving the care of patients through the development of high-quality educational initiatives for healthcare professionals (HCPs).
Utilizing adult learning principles, Bonum CE strives to reduce the gaps between current and best practices. Our strategic partnerships with accredited providers, key thought leaders, medical specialty societies, and other stakeholders within the health professions helps us accelerate the transfer of knowledge from bench to bedside.
CMEology
Rob Lowney, Principal/Managing Director
rlowney@cmeology.org
CMEology is a continuing medical education company that develops activities designed to enhance clinical care and improve patient outcomes. Embracing the principles of the National Quality Strategy, we add value to learning and strive to improve the effectiveness of patient care. Educational concepts begin and end with the patient. Activities include graphic illustrations of patient scenarios using comics and integrated healthcare provider and patient education. CMEology believes in demonstrating value through outcomes research and publishing. This research includes qualitative analysis on facilitators and barriers to research implementation as well as economic modeling.
One of our latest patient and healthcare provider activities features a number of celebrity advocates including Pearce Joza (“Disney’s ZOMBIES”), Brent Spiner (“Star Trek”), Gabrielle Ruiz (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”), Colton Dunn (“Superstore”, “The Recruit”) and Jack Coleman (“Heroes”, “The Office”). Watch the video below and check out what everyone is talking about.
Excalibur Medical Education
Audrie Tornow, Managing Partner
audrie@excaliburmeded.com
Excalibur Medical Education is an independent medical education company devoted to the design and implementation of innovative, credible continuing education for healthcare professionals that presents the latest evidence-based information in an engaging fashion. We are an organization devoted not only to ensuring medical accuracy in every activity we develop but also in creating layered educational curricula that allows learners to leverage the foundation of their current practice and build new skills.
A collaboration of longtime CME/CE professionals Scott Kober, MBA and Audrie Tornow, CHCP, FACEhp, Excalibur Medical Education launched in fall 2020. With more than 30 years of combined experience planning, developing, and assessing the impact of CME/CE-certified education, we represent experience without fear of evolution. We know what we’re good at (and what we’re not). We design education with a creative bent to make learning both engaging and impactful. We are decisive, efficient, and nimble. We focus our time and efforts where it is needed — the conceptualization and delivery of high-quality medical education.
Global Education Group
Andrea Funk, CHCP, General Manager
afunk@globaleducationgroup.com
Global Education Group’s mission is to design, implement, manage, and measure the healthcare effect of continuing education initiatives that promote clinical competence and performance improvement. Since 2003, Global has harnessed the power of partnership in joint providership, outcome measurement, and effective education program management. Our focus is to provide effective collaboration and CME / CE intelligence to grow results for partners, practitioners, and patients. Global’s strategic alliances with more than 20 distinguished academic centers, professional societies, medical education companies, and other organizations ensure independence, performance, and continuous improvement for learners. The staff includes experts in CME/ CE accreditation and regulatory guidelines, adult learning and outcomes, medicine, meeting planning, and project management, providing high-quality services to its partners.
Global is accredited with Commendation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide Continuing Medical Education for physicians and accredited with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center to provide Continuing Education for nurses. In addition to Global’s designation as an ACCME and ANCC accredited provider, Global is also accredited by the AANP, ACPE, APA, AND-CDR, and AGD to certify education and provide credit to nurse practitioners, pharmacists, psychologists, dieticians, and dentists.
infograph-ed
Karen Roy MSc CHCP, Principal
karen@infograph-ed.com
Infograph-ed LLC was co-founded by an experienced leader in the field of continuing medical education and an experienced medical writer and medical education professional with a PhD in neuroscience and graphic design skills. With a combined medical communications experience of more than 35 years-skilled in strategic planning, resource allocation and management of medical communication and medical education, this award-winning team has experience in multiple therapeutic areas and the ability to communicate at all levels.
Infograph-ed works collaboratively with partners to transform their educational content and data into compelling visual communication designed to enhance reader engagement and aid retention of content. Infographics are visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present complex information quickly and clearly. Combining data with design to enable visual learning, this communication process helps deliver complex information in a way that is more quickly and easily understood.
Iridium Continuing Education
Melissa Wiles, President and Founder
mwiles@iridiumce.com
Iridium Continuing Education creates educational activities that are timely and relevant to the daily practice of the healthcare providers we serve. We develop innovative activities that engage the learner where they are in order to accelerate the pace from “lab to life.”
Leading Learning
Celisa Steele and Jeff Cobb, Co-Founders
leadinglearning@tagoras.com
As a dedicated CME professional, you no doubt know the importance of investing in your own continuing development. But finding content and experiences that are truly relevant can be challenging (outside of CMEpalooza, of course!).
That’s why we think you’ll love what we offer at Leading Learning, a veritable (and growing) treasure trove of insights, tips, education, and other resources for learning business professionals—AKA people like you who serve adult lifelong learners with continuing education and professional development offerings.
We host the award-winning Leading Learning Podcast (catch episodes with CMEpalooza’s very own Scott and Derek and Dr. Brian McGowan), periodic Webinars (focused on real-world problems and opportunities), and the Learning Business Summit, our annual online conference. Plus, we offer so much more. And it’s all (mostly) free and just waiting for you.
Med-IQ
Adam Glazer, Vice President of Marketing and Communications
aglazer@med-iq.com
Med-IQ is a leading provider of clinical and risk management education, consulting services, and quality improvement solutions, empowering individuals at every level of the healthcare delivery system with the knowledge they need to continuously improve provider performance and patient outcomes. Med-IQ has delivered unique educational experiences and services across the country and around the world, has been extensively published, and is proud to be one of the most award-winning accredited medical education providers in the United States.
Paradigm Medical Communications
Will Riley, Managing Partner
wriley@paradigmmc.com
Paradigm Medical Communications, LLC, is a leading provider of continuing medical education for physicians, accredited with Commendation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. Paradigm has won multiple awards for its innovative and tailored educational activities that address the diverse and sophisticated needs of clinical audiences and foster continuous improvement and growth.
Paradigm strives to build collaborative partnerships that share common interests and goals and is dedicated to creating dynamic accredited educational initiatives that bridge identified professional practice gaps of physicians and other HCPs.
To learn more, visit our website at www.paradigmmc.com or watch our company video below.
Pri-Med
Mindi Daiga, MBA, CHCP, FACEHP, Vice President of Accreditation
mdaiga@pmicme.org
Pri-Med Institute is a leading provider of accredited, regionally relevant medical education for primary care clinicians across the country. Its educational formats include live in-person and live virtual conferences, on-demand activities, and multi-interventional curricula. Pri-Med Institute is committed to providing high quality, evidence-based continuing education that promotes new improvements in healthcare, addresses quality improvement and patient safety, and builds clinical management strategies that are not only innovative in design but also motivate clinicians to adopt appropriate, up-to-date practice skills that improve patient health.
PeerView Institute for Medical Education
Heather Drew, Director, Educational Strategy
heather.drew@peerview.com
PeerView Institute for Medical Education (PVI) is a Joint Accredited with Commendation provider of continuing educational programming for the global healthcare professional community. Through collaborations with leading academic and non-profit providers, health systems, professional societies, and patient organizations, PVI delivers innovative solutions for measurably improving patient outcomes and clinical competence, performance, and quality.
We are dedicated to excellence, and recognized and awarded:
- For quality in educational design and development
- For meaningful collaborations
- For expertise in distribution and impact
- For industry leadership
We educate hundreds of thousands of clinicians each year, leveraging the integration of live, on-demand, and QI approaches, and are trusted by learners to deliver relevant, best-in-class educational activities that provide maximum impact on their knowledge, competence, and performance.
Vindico Medical Education
Robert Esgro, Chief Operating Officer
resgro@vindicocme.com
Katie Robinson. PhD, CHCP, Senior Director, Outcomes and Analytics
krobinson@vindicocme.com
Vindico Medical Education provides high-quality, interprofessional, independent education for healthcare professionals, with the goal of improving patient health. Each year, Vindico produces hundreds of successful programs addressing medical education gaps in skills/strategies and performance, with measurable practice-improving outcomes, reaching thousands of healthcare professionals in-person, online, and by mail. Vindico Medical Education, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team through November 30, 2026. Vindico carefully maps educational objectives to format and program delivery in the execution of hundreds of successful educational activities each year. For more information, go to www.vindicocme.com/publications.
Write Medicine
Alexandra Howson, MA, PhD, CHCP
alex@alexhowson.com
Struggling with how to create continuing medical education content for health professionals (CME/CE)? The Write Medicine podcast, hosted by Alexandra Howson PhD, CHCP, FACEhp, is your definitive guide to mastering the craft of high-quality CME/CE content creation that lifts learning and changes behaviors.
Every Wednesday, Write Medicine explores the art, science, and nuances of crafting compelling CME/CE content through enriching conversations with experts in the CME/CE field and beyond. You’ll gain valuable perspectives on adult learning, teaching platforms, effective learning formats, and emerging healthcare trends that shape our content. In Monday Mentor, Alex shares practical tips gleaned from creating, evaluating, and publishing results from scores of CME activities and programs.
Write Medicine is more than a podcast; it’s a commitment to elevating your professional development in CME/CE content creation. Whether you’re planning, designing, writing, delivering, or evaluating CME/CE programs, Write Medicine is your home base for insights, guidance, and strategies to help you confidently navigate every stage of the CME/CE content creation journey.
CMEpalooza STEPtacular Challenge Sponsor
Talem Health
Eric VanStone, President and CEO
evanstone@talemhealth.com
Talem Health is a provider of accredited continuing education (ACE). Our mission is to engage and empower professionals comprising the healthcare team through high-quality, meaningful education across a wide range of topics leading to improvements in team members’ skills/strategy and performance.
Rural Medical Education (RME) Collaborative, a division of Talem Health gives special emphasis to the unique needs of remote and rural clinicians and their patients. Through strategic partnerships and planning, we design educational programs that are tailored to the specific challenges of care in underserved areas.
CMEpalooza Q&A Sponsor
Horizon CME
Jonathan P. Ackerman, SVP, Education Strategy
jack.ackerman@horizoncme.com
At Horizon CME, we have been delivering quality, audience-directed education since 2008, with a strong focus in oncology, immunology, cardiometabolic, and respiratory conditions. Our senior leaders have 60+ years of IME experience, and one-quarter of our team have been practicing clinicians. Through our experience, key partnerships, and proprietary conferences, Horizon CME is uniquely positioned to build engaging activities for communities of learners. Our flagship platform, APP Oncology Summit (APPOS), is a series of 25+ regional meetings in partnership with national & local societies and prominent cancer care organizations. Developed by a steering committee of NPs, PAs, and PharmDs, these events are designed to meet the practice-specific needs of hematology and oncology advanced practice providers.
To explore our education portfolio, please visit www.horizoncme.com.
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