LIFE AFTER RESIDENCY

September 9, 2026 | Delta Hotels Virginia Beach Waterfront
9:30 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.

PARTICIPATING HIRING ORGANIZATIONS

Each of these groups will be on-site to share their respective employment opportunities. We thank them for their financial support for making Life After Residency possible.

Life After Residency schedule

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

9:30 – 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 — Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig
Lauren Webb, MD — Southside Medical Center
  • How to evaluate and negotiate contracts
  • Understanding hourly rates, base pay and RVUs
  • What compensation language actually means
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Finance for the Early Attending Years
TJ Tzavaras, MD — Emergency Physicians of Tidewater
  • Budgeting, investing, taxes and avoiding early mistakes
  • Building a retirement strategy
  • Disability insurance that actually protects you
12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch / Job Fair
Meet emergency medicine employment groups with Virginia and national operations.
1:30 – 2:00 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
2:00 – 2:45 p.m.
Hospital Contracts — Why Metrics and Reimbursement Matter
David Fosnocht, MD — Augusta Emergency Physicians
  • 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, SEP-1 and sepsis mortality
  • Why these measures matter, including contract retention and expansion, incentives and stipends, Star Ratings, Leapfrog and CMS reimbursement
2:45 – 3:30 p.m.
What I Wish I Knew Then — Panel Discussion with New(ish) Attendings
Atilio Atencio, MD — Inova Fairfax
Stephanie Louka, MD — VCU Health System
Ben Pastwik, MD — VCU Health System
  • Work-life balance in the real world
  • Community vs. academic emergency medicine
  • RVUs, billing and avoiding costly mistakes
3:30 p.m.
Wrap-Up
Closing remarks and final takeaways.
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