Plenary

Tests I Wish You’d Never Ordered

Saturday, October 11, 2025

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Location: Calusa 1-6

Co-Presenter(s)

Gerald W. Blackburn, DO, MACOI

Infectious Disease Faculty, Dept of Internal Medicine
Corewell Health - Farmington Hills
Milford, Michigan, United States
John Prior, DO, FACOI (he/him/his)

Nephrologist
NEPA Nephrology Associates
Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, United States
Mia A. Taormina, DO, FACOI (she/her/hers)

Chair, Department of Infectious Disease
Duly Health and Care
Elmhurst, Illinois, United States

Disclosure(s):

Gerald W. Blackburn, DO, MACOI: No financial relationships to disclose

John Prior, DO, FACOI: No financial relationships to disclose

Mia A. Taormina, DO, FACOI: No financial relationships to disclose

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Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participant will be more aware of the harms that can, and do, occur as a result of tests and/or procedures that could have been avoided
Upon completion, participant will be more aware of the wastefulness of extensive patient testing when ordered inappropriately
Upon completion, participant will be more aware of the problems created when common tests and/or procedures are applied or prescribed indiscriminately