EmPRO Insurance Company

Self Compassion and Mindfulness
2025-01-14 08:00 - 08:45, 2025-02-11 08:00 - 08:45, 2025-03-11 08:00 - 08:45, 2025-05-13 08:00 - 08:45, 2025-06-10 08:00 - 08:45, 2025-07-08 08:00 - 08:45, 2025-08-12 08:00 - 08:45, 2025-09-09 08:00 - 08:45 (America/New_York) and 1 more date
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Mindful Practice - Enhancing Quality of Care, Quality of Caring and Professional Well-Being
2025-01-15 18:30 - 19:30

The Writer's Studio
2025-02-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-04-02 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-05-07 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-06-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-06 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-09-03 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-05 19:00 - 20:00

Noticing: Chaos, Challenges, and Presence in Clinical Care
2025-02-19 18:30 - 19:30

Being with Suffering: Turning Towards Brokenness and Beauty
2025-03-19 18:30 - 19:30

Self-Compassion and Mindfulness
2025-04-08 08:00 - 08:45

The Wounded Healer: Transforming Health Professional Grief
2025-04-16 18:30 - 19:30

Exploring Inner Resources of Resilience
2025-05-21 18:30 - 19:30

Teamwork: Creating Safe, Effective and Inspiring Approaches to Medical Care
2025-06-18 18:30 - 19:30

Uncertainty: Improvisation and the Art of Medicine
2025-07-16 18:30 - 19:30

Conflict: Leaning into Difference
2025-08-20 18:30 - 19:30

Compassion: Being with Families, Patients and Ourselves in Medicine
2025-09-17 18:30 - 19:30

When Things Go Wrong: The Hidden Gift of Our Imperfections
2025-10-15 18:30 - 19:30

Annual Patient Safety Conference - Healing Across Generations
2025-10-29 09:00 - 15:30 | Cure., 345 Park Avenue South, New York, NY, 10010, United States
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This program is complimentary for you and your colleagues. Breakfast and lunch will be served.
Learning Objectives:

Describe and compare the defining characteristics and communication styles of each of the five healthcare generations.
Analyze how generational differences affect patient expectations and safety practices by reviewing clinical scenarios.
Apply strategies presented to improve collaboration across generations and increase patient engagement.
Identify generational biases and areas and or sources of communication breakdown in clinical or workplace settings.
Evaluate how generational values and communication styles may impact jury selection and attitudes in malpractice trials.

Explore the current and emerging applications of artificial intelligence in healthcare and evaluate its potential benefits and challenges.
Keynote Speaker:

Alayna Thomas, MS, SHRM-SCP
Retention Strategist, Magnet Culture
As a GenZ keynoter, Alayna equips leaders to make the necessary adjustments to keep today’s multigenerational workforce intact. Highly credentialed and a wise-beyond-her-years GenZer herself, Ms. Thomas already has experience as an HR Director, her Master’s in Management, and a Senior Certified Professional designation from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM-SCP). She’s the author of the minibook “It’s Not About Birth Year” and designs and delivers generational programs at Magnet Culture, creators of the Employee Retention Ecosystem™.
Speakers:

Christine Quinn | Vice President of Risk Management & Chief Risk Officer, EmPRO Insurance
Christine Quinn has over 37 years of experience as a risk manager. Prior to transitioning to a career in professional liability, Ms. Quinn, a Registered Nurse, worked as a critical care nurse at New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center. Ms. Quinn works collaboratively with physicians and healthcare providers on patient safety issues by designing and implementing strategies to improve patient care and to avoid lawsuits. With her clinical expertise and knowledge of risk assessment, Ms. Quinn has a wealth of experience working with physicians who are at risk.
Andrea Mokrzycki | Director of Patient Safety, EmPRO Insurance
Andrea Mokrzycki has over 30 years of risk management and patient safety experience, working in both academic medical centers and in the insurance industry. Ms. Mokrzycki has co-chaired and served on several hospital committees including the Patient Safety Committee, Ethics Committee, Serious Event Review Committee, Policy and Procedure Committee, Compliance Committee, and the Grievance Committee. Her extensive experience makes her a dynamic educator on patient safety issues.
Timothy Shea | Senior Vice President & Chief Claims Officer, EmPRO Insurance
As Chief Claims Officer, Mr. Shea develops, implements, and manages EmPRO’s strategic claims programs. Mr. Shea has over thirty years of experience in the insurance industry encompassing accomplishments in the start-up, acquisition, and transformational leadership of domestic and international insurers, reinsurers, medical professional claims operations, and litigation leadership.
Max Gaujean | Senior Trial Attorney & Managing Attorney, Law Offices of Benvenuto & Gaujean
Mr. Gaujean has over 30 years of litigation experience with over 20 years’ experience as a medical malpractice defense attorney. Previously, Mr. Gaujean was the managing partner at Brown, Gaujean, Kraus and Sastow. He has appeared and represented clients in both State and Federal courts in New York and has successfully tried cases in almost every downstate venue including New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx, Nassau, and Suffolk County courts. Throughout his career he has represented hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, PA’s, nurses, dentists, podiatrists, and organizations and facilities including, prep schools, universities, hotels, and corporations. He has also litigated product liability actions and toxic tort asbestos claims for Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Gaujean has been invited to give lectures at hospitals in-service programs for medical professionals at Westchester Medical Center, Stony Brook University Hospital, and grand rounds at New York Health Hospital Bellevue. He has also lectured at statewide Continuing Legal Education seminars for both State and Federal judges.
Michael Maher | Senior Associate Attorney, Law Offices of Benvenuto & Gaujean
Mr. Maher has practiced with a focus on medical malpractice defense and nursing home/long-term care liability defense. He has represented individual physicians, hospitals, health care facilities, and nursing homes in New York City, Long Island and Hudson Valley areas. Mr. Maher has handled all aspects of medical malpractice cases from inception up to and including trial in various jurisdictions. Mr. Maher has also been instrumental in formulating and piloting the trial technology team at the Law Offices of Benvenuto & Gaujean working with other trial attorneys, as well to enhance the presentation of evidence during trial. Mr. Maher also sits on the COVID-19 Task Force that was assembled by EmPRO for the management, defense, and advocacy for favorable outcomes for medical professionals in early litigation involving allegations pertaining to medical services rendered during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Continuing Education Credits
This program has been approved for Continuing Education for 5.25 total participant hours by NAB/NCERS—Approval #20261028-5.25-A115285-IN.
CME Accreditation Statement
EmPRO Insurance Company is accredited by The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
EmPRO Insurance Company designates this live activity for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Policy on Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
EmPRO Insurance Company collects and verifies, prior to engaging with the accredited education; that all individuals involved in content development, planners, speakers, reviewers, faculty disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that they have had in the past 24 months. There is no minimum financial threshold; individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies. Individuals must disclose regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education.
Should any relevant financial relationship(s) with an ineligible company be identified, it will be mitigated prior to the activity.
The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Christine Quinn, Andrea Mokrzycki, Timothy Shea, Max Gaujean, Michael Maher, and Alayna Thomas have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies within the past 24-months to disclose.
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Curiosity in Medicine
2025-11-04 13:00 - 17:30 | New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10029, United States
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Learning Objectives:

Examine real clinical cases and physician stories to explore how curiosity can improve diagnosis, strengthen patient relationships, and lead to better health outcomes.
Assess how curiosity supports clinician wellbeing and helps prevent burnout by looking at research, mindfulness practices, and real-world experience.
Create ways to use curiosity in daily clinical work such as asking reflective questions or being more patient-focused to increase connection, meaning, and engagement.

Speakers:
Dr. Michael (Mick) Krasner
A Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of Rochester and Co-Chief Medical Officer and VP of Education at EmPRO Insurance Company, Dr. Krasner has over two decades of experience teaching mindfulness and relational skills to thousands of health professionals worldwide. He co-directs the Mindful Practice in Medicine programs, offering international training to promote flourishing, reflective practice, and high-quality patient care. His work emphasizes cultivating awareness, attention, and meaning in the healing relationship.
Dr. Lisa Sanders
Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine and Medical Director of Yale’s Long COVID Multidisciplinary Care Center, Dr. Sanders is renowned for her “Diagnosis” column in The New York Times Magazine. Called The Doctor Behind the Character ‘House,’ her book Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis brings to light complex medical cases, reflecting her deep commitment to understanding and empathizing with patients’ experiences. ​
Dr. Donald E. Moore
With over 35 years of managing a primary care practice in Brooklyn and serving as an Attending Physician at New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Dr. Moore has been a steadfast advocate for patient-centered care and healthcare policy reform, and is the current Chair of the Physician Wellness and Resilience Committee and the immediate past chair of the Committee for Physicians Health of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY). His leadership roles in the broader medical community underscore his dedication to improving healthcare access and equity.
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Policy of Confidentiality
This program is confidential – no notes will be maintained.
Accreditation Statement
EmPRO Insurance Company is accredited by The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
EmPRO Insurance Company designates this live activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Policy on Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
EmPRO Insurance Company asks all individuals involved with content development, planning, and management to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies that they have had in the past 24 months. There is no minimum financial threshold; all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with an ineligible company must be disclosed.
The ACCME defines an ineligible company: as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling healthcare products used by or on patients.
Should any relevant financial relationship(s) with an ineligible company be identified, it will be mitigated prior to the activity.
Dr. Krasner, faculty for this live program, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies within the past 24-months to disclose.
Dr. Lisa Sanders, faculty for this live program, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies within the past 24-months to disclose.
Dr. Donald E. Moore, faculty for this live program, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies within the past 24-months to disclose.
