LIFE AFTER RESIDENCY

Note: Stay tuned for our 2027 event date and information. We’ll keep this page live with information about the 2026 event.

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

Employer/sponsor Information

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.

PARTICIPATING HIRING ORGANIZATIONS

We thank our job fair participants 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.
Register