KAOM 2026
Spring
CME
Conference
Thank You for Another Wonderful
Spring Conference!
KAOM’s 2026 Spring Conference was a great success, and we are grateful to everyone who helped make it possible, including all those who attended.
With 17.5 hours of CME, hands-on OMM training, exceptional presentations from an outstanding group of speakers, and a warm evening reception, the conference provided both valuable education and meaningful opportunities for connection.
Thank you to our attendees, presenters, and partners for making this year’s event such a memorable experience.
We look forward to seeing you at the next KAOM conference!
Conference Overview
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Friday, March 27th 7.30am - 4.00pm
Saturday March 28th 7.30am - 4.00pm -
Sheraton Overland Park at the Convention Center
Overland Park, KS
Featured Topics
Special Events
Pre-Conference
Event
- Thursday March 26th, 1.00 - 5.00pm
- All are welcome!
- No registration required
Social Dinner
- Good food and meaningful connections with fellow DOs
- Friday evening, following Presidential Reception
- $30, includes meal and transportation
- Separate registration required
Conference Agenda
Breakfast and Registration
7.00
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine 1
Bretty Wyrick, DO
7.30
Kansas Medicaid: EPSDT and What it Means to Your Patients
Kourtney Bettinger, MD
8.30
Food as Medicine
Carlie Houchen; Kristina Bridges, PhD
9.30
AOF’s Future Project
Joel Feder, DO
10.30
Aerospace Medicine
Brett Wyrick, DO
11.30
Lunch
12.15
KAOM Member Meeting; KOF Member Meeting
1.00
The Kansas Rural Transformation Program Update
Matt Lara
1.15
Caring for the Whole Mother: A Longitudinal Approach to Maternal Mental Health
Madison Roberts, DO
2.00
The Lung Cancer Screening Gap: Improving Early Detection in Everyday Clinical Practice
Kevin Tulipana, DO
3.00
Afternoon Break
3.30
A New OMT Perspective: Fascial Distortion Model
George Chou, DO
4.00
Reception
5.30
Breakfast and Registration
7.00
Asthma and COPD
Devin Penny, DO
7.30
How Our Money Diverts
Bradon Bitter, MD
8.30
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine 2
9.30
Elevated LFTs and MASLD Update
Gregory Vardakis, DO
10.30
Advocacy: Learning to Swim with the Sharks
Eric Gish, DO
11.00
Lunch
12.00
Pediatric Psychiatry
Caitlin Mellencamp Winder, DO
1.00
Beyond Tachyphylaxis: Successful Milrinone Weaning and GDMT Optimization During 13 Months of Home Inotrope Therapy in Advanced Heart Failure
Prithvi Basu Roy, MD
2.00
Baseline Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Arterial Coupling as a Predictor of Clinical Outcomes in Endobronchial Valve Therapy for Advanced Emphysema: A Retrospective Case Series
Syed Ali Raza Abidi, MD
2.30
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Carrie Merrill, DO
3.00
What Primary Care Physicians Need to Know about Dementia Diagnosis and Management
Cameron Jeter, PhD
4.30
Registration
Retired DO
$375
Friday and Saturday
$295
One day only
DO in Kansas
If you are a DO in KS, Congratulations! You are a KAOM Member for 2026 and qualify for the member rate
$475
Friday and Saturday
$325
One day only
Non-Member
DO outside of KS or other non-DO professional
$675
Friday and Saturday
$525
One day only
Accommodation
To allow members to choose their favorite hotels, there is no group room block for this conference.
If you’re not sure where you want to stay, we’ve got some recommendations just for you, near to all the conference action!
Exhibitors
Showcase your products and services to a focused audience of osteopathic professionals.
Join us as an exhibitor and connect directly with healthcare leaders shaping the future of medicine.