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AAPA 2025

Denver, Colorado - May 16th-20th, 2025


Health Equity Reception Event

Sunday, May 18th | 7:30 PM MDT | Denver, CO

The LBGT PA Caucus annual Health Equity Reception welcomes all PAs, PA students, and other attendees of AAPA 2025 to attend an evening filled with inspiration, entertainment, socializing, networking and more!

Join us at Denver Sweet starting at 7:30pm. Meet up with us on-site 6:00-7:00pm in the Hyatt Regency Denver, Level 3, Granite BC before we all head to Denver Sweet.

The area and venue have security and are well lit, but be sure to travel with a buddy

Buy your event tickets here!

*Early bird discount until May 1st*

LBGT PA Caucus 2025 Health Equity Reception


2025 AAPA CME Sessions

Date/Time  Session Name  Description
Friday, May 16, 2025 at 4:15PM-5:15PM Selected Topics in Transgender Medicine  PAs in all practice specialties and settings should possess a fundamental understanding of the spectrum of healthcare that supports individuals with a transgender gender modality across their lifespan. This session will introduce current evidence on cardiovascular health, bone health, cancer screening, sexual and reproductive health, mental health, and the clinical interpretation of laboratory reference ranges associated with gender transition necessary for all clinically practicing PAs to enhance their competence while caring for transgender patients with greater insight and inclusivity.

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM 

 Advanced Topics in Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy: Challenges and Complications PAs provide gender-affirming hormone therapy in primary care and specialty care settings. This interactive, case-based session will focus on navigating advanced prescribing challenges and complications faced by PAs when providing masculinizing and feminizing gender-affirming care to adult transgender and gender non-binary patients. After a brief review of the foundations of gender-affirming care, this session will delve into the following: pros and cons regarding hormone formulation, managing medication side effects, contraception considerations, adjunctive therapies, peri- and post-operative management, significant laboratory abnormalities, and management and care for non-binary patients. 

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM  

 Foundations of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy: Treatment Initiation and Management Transgender and gender-diverse people are an increasingly visible and vibrant part of our population and communities. These populations have historically had inadequate access to primary and gender-affirming care. Providing affirming healthcare, including gender-affirming hormone therapy, is an important way to improve care, access, and outcomes for this population. PAs in primary and specialty care are well poised to improve access to therapeutic care for this population, and all PAs can benefit from being familiar with the foundations of gender-affirming hormone therapy. Participants will leave this session able to utilize the most current guidelines for initiating gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender and gender non-binary adult patients. 

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM  

 Determinants of Health: From Exploration to Clinical Application This presentation is designed for PAs, other healthcare professionals, clinical educators, clinical leaders, and policymakers to explore the multifaceted determinants of health. Faculty will discuss how social, political, and commercial factors influence health outcomes and disparities and will highlight strategies to address these determinants, emphasizing the need for cross-sector collaboration and systemic change to promote health equity and improve population health.

Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM  

 SIS: Enhancing Diversity and Inclusion in Hiring *NEEDS ADVANCED REGISTRATION* This session will present strategies for equitable hiring processes. Facilitators will provide recommendations for mitigating bias during hiring and candidate-search processes, engage participants with specific strategies and tools, share results and lessons learned, and guide others to evaluate their own opportunities and challenges in conducting more equitable searches.

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM  

 Beyond Race: Deconstructing Clinical Algorithms to Personalize Patient Care This session will discuss the historic use of race in clinical practice through various algorithms and practice guidelines, how some clinical guidelines have eliminated race and focused on other factors that influence patients’ clinical outcomes, and describe newer techniques being used to practice individualized medicine beyond the use of the social construct of race. Over the last five years, there has been concerted effort to challenge the use of race within clinical practice. As race has been established as a social construct, rather than a biological one, several systems in medicine have redesigned clinical algorithms to eliminate the use of race in determining disease management in the areas of nephrology, cardiology, and pulmonology.

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM – 12:45 PM  

 Implementation of Guidelines for HPV-Related Anal Cancer Screenin New national HIV guidelines now recommend routine screening for anal HPV disease to prevent anal cancer in certain population. Increasing rates of anal cancer have been identified among certain populations including those living with HIV, men who have sex with men, people with iatrogenic immunosuppression, and people with other HPV-related disease. Anal cytology (“pap”) is a simple test which does not require special training or equipment, but the test is limited by low sensitivity and specificity. Abnormal findings follow an algorithm developed from that of HPV-associated cervical dysplasia, but with significant differences. The faculty will review the new guidelines and the supporting epidemiologic and clinical data, provide a brief explanation of high resolution anoscopy (HRA) and anal dysplasia treatment, and demonstrate how to perform anal cytology.

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM  

 Caring for Gay Men and People Engaging in Anal Sex Gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) are a diverse community with specific needs and healthcare disparities which often go unaddressed. MSM represent 2-10% of the U.S. population, live in every geographic location, and interface with every healthcare provider. Around a third of the populations engages in anal sex. This session will provide practical, comprehensive primary care management specific to patients engaging in anal sex including: 1) proper history/physical examination techniques and appropriate language, 2) vulnerabilities and health disparities beyond just sexual health needs, 3) appropriate preventive care including specific immunization indications and screening examinations, 4) considerations in diagnosis and treatment, 5) pearls in caring for this population, 6) intersections with race and other minority status, and 7) practical resources which can be used in a variety of settings on a daily basis.

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM  

 Reducing Health Disparities in Unique Populations Studies show implicit bias among healthcare providers contributes to health disparities by adversely affecting clinical decision-making, patient-provider interactions, and patients' adherence to treatment plans. Consequently, patient-provider racial, ethnic, and language concordance is associated with improved patient satisfaction and health outcomes. As such, addressing implicit bias in the PA workforce is critical. During this dynamic session, clinicians and academic educators will lead an open discussion on the intersection of implicit bias among healthcare providers and health equity in unique populations. This presentation engages attendees in case scenarios that consider patient diversity in PA practice and underscore the need for practices and training that foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in the PA profession. Real-life case discussions will be used to present a balanced view of bias in the profession and suggest actionable tools for personal and systemic improvement.

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

 Navigating Reproductive Justice: Legal and Ethical Challenges for PAs

In this discussion, we will delve into the critical role that PAs play in advocating for reproductive justice, the legal challenges they face, and the ethical considerations in providing equitable healthcare.

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM – 12:15 PM  

 SIS: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Justice: Navigating Culturally Humble, Serious Illness Conversations *NEEDS ADVANCED REGISTRATION* Delivering equitable care across health-diverse communities has become more challenging as the geographic and cultural landscape of practice has evolved. In this session, participants will engage in series of didactic and interactive exercises to identify barriers, of which they maybe unaware, while communicating difficult news to patients and families during serious illness. Participants will be exposed to new communication strategies that reflect cultural humility and inclusivity when confronted with death and serious illness. Lastly, participants will practice having difficult conversations by taking part in scenarios with unique attitudes, beliefs, and contexts and that will be applicable to different subspecialties in adult and pediatric medicine. 

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM – 12:45 PM  

 Clinical Guidelines for Doxy PEP Bacterial STI Prevention

This session will review newly-released clinical guidelines for the use of doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxy PEP) as a biomedical sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention strategy for selected populations. Incidence of STIs caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Treponema pallidum continues to increase in the U.S. Doxy PEP has demonstrated benefit in reducing syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea and represents a new approach to addressing STI prevention. CDC recommends that providers offer persons a prescription for doxy PEP to be self-administered within 72 hours after having oral, vaginal, or anal sex. Doxy PEP should be implemented in the context of a comprehensive sexual health approach, including risk reduction counseling, STI screening and treatment, recommended vaccination, and linkage to HIV PrEP, HIV care, or other services as appropriate.

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM 

 LGBTQ+ 101: Developing Patient Relationships This session will prepare you for establishing clinical rapport, history taking, and maintaining relationships with your LGBTQ+ patients and their families.

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM  

 The Status of HIV in 2025 This session will provide an update on what every PA needs to know about HIV in 2025. While HIV medicine has evolved significantly during the past four decades, over 35,000 HIV infections occur annually in the U.S. The epidemiology continues to change with infections disproportionately affecting residents of southern states, people of color, and sexual and gender minorities. Clinical guidelines incorporate screening for HIV into routine medical care. Prevention continues to expand with increased utilization of antiretroviral-mediated prevention including preexposure prophylaxis and treatment as prevention, with new long-acting injectable medication options. Long-term survivors face new complications including certain cancers and inflammatory-mediated disease. While HIV can be considered a chronic disease, the societal stigma surrounding this disease requires that providers approach HIV with a unique perspective.

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