- Will Lyon, Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
- Kat Ralston, Registrar, Royal college of Physicians of Edinburgh
- Rachel Salness, Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
- Ellen Schmitt, Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
- Kerri Baker, Dean of Education & Training, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
- Andy Elder, President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
- Michael Certo, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
- Laura Arneson, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
- Gopi Astik, Associate Professor, Northwestern Univeristy
- John Bailitz, Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University
- Tim Caprio, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
- Mary McBride, Professor, Northwestern University
- Revika Singh, MD/MPH candidate, Northwestern University
Conference in Bedside Medicine
First Annual Conference in Bedside Medicine
Reinvigorating the Bedside Clinical Encounter
The Center for Bedside Medicine, in association with the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Society of Bedside Medicine, is proud to host the First Annual Conference in Bedside Medicine. The conference is on November 14 - 15, 2025 in Chicago, IL. Conference attendees receive a free 1-year membership to the Society of Bedside Medicine, valued at $100.
Conference Highlights
- Plenaries with international experts in bedside medicine
- Hands-on physical exam sessions with real patients
- Dedicated point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) track
- Communication sessions, including feedback at the bedside, trauma-informed care, and serious illness communication
- Hone your observational skills at the Museum of Contemporary Art
- Sessions on narrative medicine including reading, writing and music
- Pop-ups with the Northwestern Medicine Orchestra and the Northwestern Galter Library Special Collections team
- Society of Bedside Medicine Poster Session
Who Should Attend?
Physicians, clinician educators, advanced practice providers, fellows, residents and anyone interested in improving their bedside clinical and teaching skills are welcome to attend this conference.
We will have faculty presenters from all over the world, including the keynote speakers below.
Keynote Speakers
Andrew Elder, MD
President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Plenary
Andrew Elder is a consultant geriatrician and Honorary Professor at Edinburgh Medical School. He is the first geriatrician to serve as president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. A recognized expert in bedside clinical skills, he has taught and assessed learners in over twenty countries and has help visiting professorships at institutions including Stanford University, Johns Hopkins, and Washington University in St. Louis. He is a former Medical Director of MRCP (UK) and believes that compassion, communication, and core clinical skills are essential to high-quality patient care.
André Mansoor, MD
Founder, Physical Diagnosis PDX
Associate Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University
Physical Exam Potpurri
André Mansoor is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon. As a hospitalist at Oregon's academic medical center, he works closely with residents and students. He is passionate about teaching and has developed an effective framework system for approaching common problems encountered in the field of internal medicine. Other interests include bedside procedures and physical diagnosis.
Brian T. Garibaldi, MD
Director, Center for Bedside Medicine, Northwestern University
Strategies to Reinvigorate the Bedside Encounter
Brian Garibaldi is the Charles Horace Mayo Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. He is the director of the Center for Bedside Medicine whose mission is to redesign the modern clinical encounter. In 2017, Brian co-founded and became the first co-president of the Society of Bedside Medicine, devoted to education, innovation and research on the role of the clinical encounter in 21st century medicine. Brian is a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and the American College of Physicians. He is also a member of the American Osler Society.
Our conference faculty includes a range of physicians across the United States and United Kingdom.
Conference Faculty
- Stephen Russell, Professor, University of Alabama
- Maja Artandi, Clinical Professor, Stanford University
- Janet Record, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University
- John Kugler, Clinical Professor, Stanford University
- John Woller, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
- James Boyle, Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, University of Glasgow
- Russ Horowitz, Associate Professor, Northwestern University
- Neel Mansukhani, Assistant Professor, Northwestern Univeristy
- Courtney Reamer, Clinical Informatics Fellow, Northwestern University
- Julia Vermylen, Associate Professor, Northwestern University
- Rebecca Williams, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
- Brian Garibaldi, Director, Center for Bedside Medicine, Northwestern University
- Katie Lattal, Special Collections, Galter Library, Northwestern University
- André Mansour, Assistant Professor, Oregon Health and Science University
- Tim Niessen, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
- Andrew DeFillipis, Professor, Vanderbilt University
- Junaid Zaman, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
- Derek Papp, Director, Baptist Health Ortho Care, Florida Keys
- Catherine Belling, Associate Professor, Northwestern University
- Rachel Lipman, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
- Sheena Mansukhani, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
- Arjun Seth, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
- Gordon Wood, Associate Professor, Northwestern University
- Marlise Pierre-Wright, Internal Medicine Resident, Northwestern University
Friday, November 14
Pulmonary, Cardiac, Endocrine, and Muskuloskeletal/Rheum Exams: Learn a practical approach to the exam and practice your skills with real patients.
Geriatrics - Learn a practical approach to the evaluation of older patients using the 4M approach.
5-Minute Moment and 10-Minute Moment - Learn how to teach and evaulate physical exam skills at the bedside with faculty from the Society of Bedside Medicine and the Standford 25.
Feedback at the Bedside - Learn and practice how to give effective feedback to learners at the bedside.
Clinical Observation at the Museum of Contemporary Art - Explore how close attention to visual art can sharpen clinical skills such as identiying visible details and insight into patient experience.
POCUS - Learn how to effectively incorporate bedside ultrasound into your clinical and teaching roles.
Happy Hour
Saturday, November 15
Neuro, GI/Hepatology, and Vascular Exams: Learn a practical approach to the exam and practice your skills with real patients.
Trauma-Informed Care - Learn how to incorporate a trauma-informed care lens into your clinical and teaching roles.
Building Radical Empathy: A Workshop in Music as Narrative Medicine - Examine music as a medium for more deeply exploring and understanding stories of illness, death, and dying through engaging and discussing works of music across a range of style and time period.
5-Minute Moment and 10-Minute - Learn how to teach and evaluate physical exam skills at the bedside with faculty from the Society of Bedside Medicine and the Stanford 25.
Serious Illness Communication - Improve your serious illness communication skills with faculty from the ALIGN program.
Narrative Medicine: Reading - Exlore how close attention to written narrative can sharpen clinical skills like verbal acuity, imaginative insight, and managing uncertainty through collaborative close reading of a short story.
Narrative Medicine: Writing - Explore how narrating clinical experience in writing can illuminate otherwise hidden aspects of their work through a brief writing exercise and share close reading.
POCUS - Learn how to effectively incorporate bedside ultrasound into your clinical and teaching roles.