WOMEN IN MEDICINE – 2026 ANNUAL RETREAT
Elevate: Embracing Challenge, Championing Change

Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026

A maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits will be awarded

Registration Fees:

Early Bird discount fees available through Oct. 12
Physician Members: $225; $275
Physician Nonmembers: $325; $375
Resident/Student Members: $100; $125
   
Registration required

* PHYSICIANS:  You have the option to contribute funds to offset the cost of student participation for the Women in Medicine Retreat.  These funds will help cover registration and meals for a medical student.  If you desire to contribute, please select one of the additional options during the registration process.  

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

Participate in a transformative retreat tailored specifically for women physicians. 

ISMA is holding this year’s in-person Women in Medicine Retreat at the critically acclaimed Hotel Carmichael in downtown Carmel. Hotel Carmichael, an Autograph Collection Hotel, is an architectural masterpiece inspired in part by the work of 18th-century architect Robert Adam. The venue delivers a distinguished hospitality experience, offering dining, refined meeting spaces, and thoughtful details like daily live music.

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SESSION TITLE: Why Failure is a Key to Your Success

SPEAKER:

Erica Howe, MD, FSHM
Hospitalist and Founder of the Women Physicians Wellness Conference

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Dr. Howe is a board-certified hospitalist, educator, wife, and mother to three crazy kids. As a prolific speaker and lifelong advocate for improved wellness in medicine, she has given hundreds of talks both nationally and internationally on topics like conflict management and boundary setting. In 2018, Dr. Howe founded the Women Physicians Wellness Conference, a three-day event hosted in Aruba, Grand Cayman, and Amelia Island exclusively for women physicians to bring them together to share their struggles and strategies for success. She believes that women are stronger together and wants to inspire them to find the courage, clarity, and community to succeed on their own terms instead of someone else’s.

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SESSION TITLE: Smarter System, Better Care: A Blueprint for Medicine 3.0

SESSION DESCRIPTION:

The U.S. healthcare system is expensive, inefficient, and reactive—leaving patients underserved and physicians overwhelmed. During this conversation, we’ll explore how the Medicine 3.0 model offers a smarter, more sustainable path forward through personalized prevention and upstream risk reduction. Attendees will leave with a renewed vision for practicing medicine that not only benefits patients but also restores meaning, agency, and health to the physicians delivering care.

SPEAKER:


Laurel Fick, MD
Internal Medicine, Niche Medical and Consulting

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

After 19 years in practice as a board-certified internal medicine physician and medical educator in traditional U.S. health care systems, Dr. Fick ventured into the insurance-free micropractice model to provide high-quality, affordable, and patient-centered primary care to her patients. Dr. Fick’s approach to medicine is centered around prevention, longevity, and a sturdy belief that the body is capable of self-care and healing through lifestyle optimization and sometimes a little Western medicine magic at Niche Medical and Consulting in Carmel. In pursuit of knowledge to take whole-body anticipatory care of her patients, Dr. Fick recently achieved certification from the Menopause Society and the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine. 

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SESSION TITLE: Burden and Benefits of Status-Leveling for Women Physicians

SPEAKER:

Jane Bridges, MD
Diabetologist, Good Samaritan Hospital

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Dr. Bridges graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1987 and completed her diabetology fellowship at IU in 1992.  For the past 33 years, she has practiced as a Diabetologist at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, IN.  Dr. Bridges currently chairs the ISMA Women In Medicine committee, serves as co-chair on the Physician Wellness Committee and represents District 2 on the Board of Trustees.   She lectures on physician wellness and issues related to women in medicine and is considered an advocate for physician wellness related to burnout, having experienced it herself.

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SCHEDULE:

DINING OPTIONS:

More information about the optional Friday dinner and Sunday brunch will be shared soon.


HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS:

Hotel Carmichael
1 Carmichael Square
Carmel, IN 46032

A group room block has been reserved for Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.  When booking your room, please identify yourself as attending the Indiana State Medical Association’s weekend retreat to receive the special room rate of $199 per night (plus tax).

Attendees can reserve discounted hotel rooms by calling 1-800-228-9290 or by using the online reservation link at:  Hotel Carmichael

The reservation cut-off date is Friday, Jan. 9.   

Unreserved rooms will be released and will be subject to availability thereafter.

Check-in time:  3:00 PM
Check-out time:   12:00 PM

Self-parking is complimentary and is located in the lower garage, or Veteran's Way Garage, a short walk from the hotel entrance. Overnight valet is $30, event and day-use valet are $20.


If you have questions, contact ISMA Education staff at 800-257-4762 or seminars@ismanet.org.

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RECEPTION SPONSOR

Designation Statement: The Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA) designates this live workshop for a maximum of 5.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accreditation Statement: The Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Disclosure Policy: In accordance with The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, educational programs sponsored by the ISMA must demonstrate balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor. Prior to the activity, all faculty, authors, editors and planning committee members participating in an ISMA-sponsored activity are required to disclose to attendees any financial relationships with an “ineligible company” whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Disclosure Statement:  There are no relevant financial relationships with an ineligible company to identify, mitigate or disclose because the content of this activity is non-clinical in nature.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST