The fall 2026 LSOMS meeting will be held at Metairie Country Club

                                     580 Woodvine Avenue in Metairie, Louisiana.  ​

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Friday, September 11th: Ralph's on the Park, New Orleans

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• Hosted dinner for members at Ralph's on the Park with ToothNote.ai founder Matt Dreyer. 

• Dinner at 6 PM. 

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​Saturday, September 12th: Metairie Country Club, Metairie​, LA

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• 7:30 – 8:00 AM: Check-in with full breakfast

• 8:00 – 10:00 AM: ​Deepak G. Krishnan, DDS, FACS

  • Preserving & Protecting the OMS Anesthesia Model

• 10:00 – 10:30 AM: Break

• 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Matthew Fowlkes, DDS, MD on Advocacy. LSU Department Chairs Jeffrey N. James, MD, DDS, MBA, FACS, FAACS, and Dongsoo David Kim, DMD, MD, FACS

  • Program updates and clinical cases 

• 12:00 – 1:00 PM: Lunch and business meeting for the executive council

• 1:00 – 2:00 PM: Judson Crawford, CPA, CFP, with Cain Watters & Associates

  • Credit Card Surcharges, AI Opportunities, and How Shifting Demographics May Affect Our Practices

• 2:00 PM: Adjournment and safe travels!

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Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the current legislative and regulatory threats to the office-based OMS anesthesia model, and identify the specific strategies that produced successful outcomes in North Carolina and New Hampshire.

2. Summarize the current state of oral and maxillofacial surgery residency training in Louisiana, and evaluate its implications for workforce, recruitment, and referral patterns in their own practices.

3. Analyze how shifting patient and payer demographics affect practice valuation, and apply that analysis to their own financial and succession planning.​