Conference 2025 is jointly sponsored by the Duke University School of Medicine and ACFE/APA/AAIM.

The Duke University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14.5 hours in Category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the activity.

CME – Certified Presentations include:

APA

ACFE

The following presentations have been certified for AMA PRA Category 1 credit.

Friday, September 27, 2025

10:15 – 4:45

Certified Medical Investigator (CMI) Program (Robert K. McCann, DO, JD, CMI-V) – (Separate fee and registration required)

10:15 – 12:15

Biological Terrorism (Dickson Diamond, MD)

1:30 – 2:30

Beyond Custody Evaluations: Using the Child’s Attorney and Mental Health Professional to Break through the Impasse of High Conflict Parents (Donald J. Hiebel, PhD; Barbara D. Aaron, JD, ABSFW)

2:45 – 3:45

Forensic Expert Witness Synopsis (Jess E. Dines, ABRE)

4:00 – 5:00

So You’re Going to Testify: What is good for Frye may not be good for Daubert (Richard H. Bloomer, EdD, ABPS, FACAPP; Barry Hurwitz, PhD, ABPS, ABPdN)

The Responses of 9/11 among Forensic Psychiatric Sample (Rokeya Farooque, MD; Ron Stout, PhD, ABPS)

Saturday, September 28, 2025

8:00 – 4:00

Certified Medical Investigator (CMI) Program (Robert K. McCann, DO, JD, CMI-V) – (Separate fee and registration required)

8:00 – 9:00

Death, Survivor Notification & Physician Killers (Kenneth V. Iserson, MD, MBA, FACEP, ABFM)

10:00 – 12:00

Some of My Most Interesting Cases (Cyril Wecht, MD, JD)

1:30 – 2:30

Biological Markers of Violence (R. Gregory Lande, DO, FACN, ABFM; Pamela Crawford, MD)

Mediating Factors and Complicated Grief Dynamics Following Homicide (Wayne Leaver, PhD, ABFC)

2:45 – 3:45

Can Projective Devices Enhance Recidivism Predictions? (Jules de Cruz, MS, DACFE; Albert Levitt, MEd, DACFE; Phillip J. Miraglia, PhD, ABPP)

4:00 – 5:00

Paradoxical Interventions with Domestic Violence Perpetrators (Geraldine Abelson, RCSW, BCD, DABFSW; David Osman, CSW, ABPS)

Effective Utilization of Validity Testing for Forensic Professionals (Michael E. Stone, PsyD)

Alternates

Comprehensive-Child Assessment Program (C-CAP) (Elizabeth Winton Blake, PhD, ABPS)

Forensic Psychology: Media Myths & Movie Mirth (James S. Herndon, PhD, EdD, ABPS)

Detecting Truth from Deception: Understanding the Sexual Offender & Domestic Batterer (Scott A. Johnson, MA, LP, ABPS)

A Psychological Profile of Kids who Commit Violent Acts (Donald F. Demoulin, PhD, ABPS)

AAIM

The following presentations have been certified for AMA PRA Category 1 credit.

Friday, September 27, 2025

8:15 – 10:00

Integrative Medicine Models of Future Care (Martin J. Sullivan, MD)

1:30 – 2:30

Smallpox, Polio, Airborne Toxicology (David E. Rosengard, MD, PhD, MPH; Robert Whalen, PhD)

4:00 – 5:00

A New Technique for Pain Control, Depression & Stress Reduction: Afterimage Visual Perception Thought Stopping (Robert J. Walsh)

Saturday, September 28, 2025

8:00 – 9:00

Stillness & Motion: An Investigation of the Use of the Ancient Disciplines of Yoga & QiGong for Rehabilitation & Healing (Stephen E. Driscoll, DDS)

9:15 – 10:15

Professional Development / New Health Management (Larry Kopelman, PT, PhD, ND)

10:30 – 12:00

2 Minute Non-Invasive Screening of Cancer, Marked Cancer Cell Telomere Reducing Effect and Normal Cell Telomere Increasing Effect with Selectively Enhanced Drug Uptake to Primary and Metastatic Cancer Tissues when Acupuncture is given at true ST.36 (Yoshiaki Omura, MD)

1:30 – 2:30

Efficacy of Popular Complementary and Integrative Therapies for Cancer (Cathy L. Bartels, PharmD, FAAIM)

4:00 – 5:00

Legal Aspects of Integrative Medicine (Mary Louder, DO)

Alternates

Acupuncture for Xerophthalmia (Richard C. Niemtzow, MD, PhD, MPH)

Target Audience

Members of ACFE, AAIM, and APA

Needs Assessment

Topics were chosen based on member surveys, the evaluation results from the 2025 conference, and prevailing literature. Faculty members from Duke University then specified which specific presentations could be certified for CME credit.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this conference, participants should be able to…

· Discuss techniques and recent developments within Forensic Science, including expert testimony, domestive violence / child custody, and psychological issues;

· Describe recent advances in Integrative Medicine, including pain management, cancer therapy, and acupuncture; and

· Discuss recent developments and issues within psychotherapy, including Guided Imagery and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Duke University School of Medicine and ACFE/APA/AAIM. The Duke University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The information provided at this CME activity is for continuing medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition

The Duke University School of Medicine adheres to ACCME Essential Areas, Standards, and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and commercial relationships will be made known at the activity. Speakers are required to openly disclose discussion of any off-label, experimental, or investigational uses of drugs or devices in their presentations.