WOMEN IN MEDICINE – 2025 ANNUAL RETREAT
Empowered Journeys: Redefining Identity, Resilience, and Growth in Medicine

Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025

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

Fee:

Physician Members: $250
Physician Nonmembers: $350**
Resident/Student Members: $100*
   
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.  

** PHYSICIAN NONMEMBERS: When joining ISMA for $490, you’ll receive a $100 discount on this event and other benefits, including:

• Free access to all on-demand CME content on the ISMA Online mobile app.
• Free access to live, monthly CME webinars.
• Practice management resources.
• Publications that update you on important news and legislation.    

Learn more and join at www.ismanet.org/join!

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

Participate in a transformative retreat tailored specifically for women physicians.This comprehensive program brings together powerful concepts to help physicians and medical students thrive in both their personal lives and professional careers. It addresses the intersection of emotional intelligence, identity formation, and change management, offering participants tools and insights to navigate challenges and transitions with confidence.

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.

An unforgettable lunch experience at Feinstein's, nestled in the elegant Hotel Carmichael has been planned with a special musical performance by Crooked Finger Rhythm Revue. The band members include fellow physicians Dr. Nicholas Zyromski, Professor of Surgery and David Aronoff, MD, the chair of the Department of Medicine at IU School of Medicine. Here is a performance from the band that you might enjoy from You Tube.

MORNING SESSION 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.

Negotiation 101: Moving out of Your Emotional Basement

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Examine the five negotiating styles and the specific situations in which each shines.
• Apply strategies to help keep others out of their “emotional basement” in a conflict as a means of facilitating a more productive dialogue.
• Acquire specific phrases that can help move both parties in a conflict towards a solution.

AFTERNOON SESSION SPEAKERS:


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. 

AFTERNOON SESSION 1:

Choosing Your Own Adventure

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Examine the modern physician life cycle.
• Uncover the autonomy and agency that exists in health care.
• Identify options for pivots and re-framing a physician career that serves you.

Emily Zarse, MD
Psychiatrist, Community Health Network

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Dr. Zarse received her medical degree from IU School of Medicine in 2012 and has earned board certification in addiction medicine, addiction psychiatry and psychiatry. She currently serves as the director for Community Health Network’s Addiction Medicine Fellowship program. She enjoys teaching, expanding access to care for the underserved, and designing innovative ways to meet the needs of the community.