Short on time, but still want to attend the 2019 AMSUS Annual Meeting? You’ve got options—especially if you live in the DC/MD/VA region and can choose a single-day or two-day registration to attend:

Monday, 2 December

  • Attend Battlefield Acupuncture: Tier 1 from 1:00─5:00 pm for $25. To register, contact Jeanette Naiman.
  • Attend the F2F ACHE Focus: Public-Private Partnerships for Patient Safety from 1:00─5:00 pm and earn three ACHE Face-to-Face credits ( or other CE/CME, including ADA-CERP) for these two sessions:
    • Patient Safety: Increasing Patient Trust in Systems of Care (abstract)
    • Defense Healthcare Management Systems: Innovations within the Electronic Health Record that Drive Patient Safety (abstract)

ACHE members not attending the Annual Meeting may register for $35 by following these instructions.

Tuesday, 3 December

  • Request a complimentary pass to attend the AMSUS Annual Meeting Exhibit Hall and Career Center Live anytime from 11:00 am to 4:30 pm. Email Stacie McArdle to get your complimentary Exhibit Hall pass.
    • Attend presentations on the Exhibit Hall floor by Philips and a demonstration/education session by Intuitive Surgical of daVinci Surgical Robotics
    • Bring your resume and meet recruiters from Gesinger Health, Remote Area Medical, Northcentral University, Thermo Fisher Scientific, ChenMed, The Johns Hopkins Health System and UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing.
    • Meet exhibitors/industry partners innovating to advance federal healthcare
    • View exhibitors on Exhibit Hall floor to plan your visit.
  • Register to attend Tuesday’s Opening Ceremonies, Exhibit Hall and Career Center Live, a lunch ticket, breakout sessions, and Welcome Reception and Poster Presentations. Opening Session speakers include:
    • Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)
    • LTG Ronald J. Place, Director of the Defense Health Agency and 2019 AMSUS Honorary President
    • BG (Ret) John M. Cho, MD, AMSUS Executive Director/CEO

Read the abstracts for Tuesday’s breakout sessions. To attend the AMSUS Annual Meeting on Tuesday, 3 December, register here.

Wednesday, 4 December

  • Register to attend Wednesday’s Plenary Session and breakout sessions. Wednesday Plenary Session speakers include:
    • ADM Brett P. Giroir, MD, Assistant Secretary for Health, HHS
    • U.S. Surgeon General VADM Jerome M. Adams, MD, MPH
    • Dr. Richard Stone, MD, Executive in Charge, Veterans Health Administration

Read the abstracts for Wednesday’s breakout sessions. To attend the AMSUS Annual Meeting on Wednesday, 4 December, register here.

Thursday, 5 December

  • Register to attend Thursday’s Plenary Session and breakout sessions. Thursday Plenary Session speakers include:
    • Keynote Speaker GEN (Ret) Richard A. Cody
    • HON Thomas McCaffery, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
    • Defense Health Agency Director LTG Ronald J Place
    • Army Surgeon General LTG R. Scott Dingle
    • Navy Surgeon General RADM Bruce L. Gillingham
    • Rep for Air Force Surgeon General Lt Gen Dorothy Hogg
    • Joint Chiefs Surgeon Brig Gen Paul Friedrichs
    • Uniformed Services University President Dr. Richard Thomas

Read the abstracts for Thursday’s breakout sessions. To attend the AMSUS Annual Meeting on Thursday, 5 December, register here.