LIFE AFTER RESIDENCY

September 9, 2026 | Delta Hotels Virginia Beach Waterfront
9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

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An EM Resident Job Fair and Conference

This first-time event from VACEP is designed for graduating residents and early-career emergency physicians. Gain practical, real-world guidance from physicians and industry leaders, and find your next step at a job fair connecting you directly with hiring groups from across Virginia and beyond.

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Through August 11

Member Rate: $50

Non Member Rate: $60

After August 11

Member Rate: $75

Non Member Rate: $85

VACEP has secured a group rate of $189 per night for overnight accommodations (the night of September 8) at the Delta. Book your room by August 11.

Life After Residency schedule

Contracts, money, law and real-world lessons — everything you don’t learn in residency but need on Day 1.

9 – 10:20 a.m.
Registration
Check in, grab coffee and connect before the program begins.
10:20 – 10:30 a.m.
Introductions
Chris Hogan, MD & Joran Sequeira, MD
Welcome and overview of the day.
10:30 – 11:15 a.m.
Employment contracts
Andy Webb, JD & Lauren Webb, MD
  • How to evaluate and negotiate contracts
  • Understanding hourly rates, base pay and RVUs
  • What compensation language actually means
11:15 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Finance for early attendings
  • Disability insurance that actually protects you
  • Investing, taxes, and avoiding early mistakes
  • Building a retirement strategy
12 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch + job fair
Meet EM employment groups with Virginia and national operations.
1:30 – 2 p.m.
Virginia laws that impact your practice
Aimee Perron Seibert, VACEP government affairs
  • ECO and TDO explained simply
  • Consent and other legal realities in the ED
2 – 2:45 p.m.
Hospital contracts and why metrics matter
David Fosnocht, MD
  • Implications of being part of a contracted emergency medicine group
  • Contractual language, including performance measures and due process (or lack thereof)
  • Expected performance measures such as LWBS, DLOS, Patient Experience, SEP1/sepsis mortality, among others
  • Underlying reasons for the above measures, including continued contract, expanding contracts, monetary incentives/stipends, Star Ratings, Leap Frog, and CMS reimbursement
2:45 – 3:30 p.m.
What I wish I knew then: Panel Discussion with New Attendings
Atilio Atencio, MD & Ben Pastwik, MD
  • Work-life balance in the real world
  • Academic vs. community emergency medicine
  • RVUs, billing and avoiding costly mistakes
3:30 p.m.
Wrap-up
Closing remarks and final takeaways.
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