Pediatrics Now: Cases Updates and Discussions for the Busy Pediatric Practitioner

CME link for Episode 31
https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10093717
 
Pediatric Plastic Surgery and a Passion for Helping Children: An Interview with Dr. Charles Anton Fries
 
FACULTY:
Charles Anton Fries, MD is a plastic surgeon at UT Health San Antonio and University Hospital. For appointments, call the Medical Arts and Research Center (the MARC) 210-450-9220
 
OVERVIEW:Pediatrics Now Host and Producer Holly Wayment interviews plastic surgeon Dr. Charles Anton Fries about the latest in pediatric plastic surgery and his passion for helping children from Oxford, England to UT Health San Antonio, and also the Philippines.
 
DISCLOSURES:Charles Anton Fries, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
 
The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.  Planning Committee member Steven Seidner, MD has disclosed he receives funding from Draeger Medical for the Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Infinity Acute Care System Workstation Neonatal Care Babylog VN500 Device in High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) Mode in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Neonates for which he is a co-principal investigator. The relevant financial relationships noted for Dr. Seidner have been mitigated.  
 
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio and Deepak Kamat, MD course director and content reviewer for the activity, have reviewed all financial disclosure information for all speakers, facilitators, and planning committee members; and determined and resolved all conflicts of interests.
 
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION STATEMENTS:
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
CREDITS:AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.50)Non-Physician Participation Credit (0.50)
 

CME link for Episode 30
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Messaging, Centering and Coparenting: There’s No Benefit to Being A Jerk - An Interview with a Top Doctor with the AAP
 
FACULTY:
David L. Hill, MD is a hospitalist pediatrician, author, podcaster, and speaker. Currently he is Chair of the AAP Council Management Committee, co-host of the Pediatrics on Call podcast, Associate Editor of Patient Education for AAP Pediatric Care Online, Associate Medical Editor of Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5, and an official AAP spokesperson. He works as a hospitalist pediatrician at UNC Health Wayne in Goldsboro, NC as well as at UNC Children’s Health in Wilmington, NC and as a primary care pediatrician at Wilmington’s MedNorth Community Health Center.
 
OVERVIEW:Pediatrics Now Host and Producer Holly Wayment interviews hospitalist pediatrician David L. Hill, MDabout engaging the media for advocacy, specifically, tools for effective communication for Pediatric advocacy.
 
DISCLOSURES:David L. Hill, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
 
The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.  Planning Committee member Steven Seidner, MD has disclosed he receives funding from Draeger Medical for the Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Infinity Acute Care System Workstation Neonatal Care Babylog VN500 Device in High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) Mode in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Neonates for which he is a co-principal investigator. The relevant financial relationships noted for Dr. Seidner have been mitigated.  
 
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio and Deepak Kamat, MD course director and content reviewer for the activity, have reviewed all financial disclosure information for all speakers, facilitators, and planning committee members; and determined and resolved all conflicts of interests.
 
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION STATEMENTS:
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
CREDITS:AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.50)Non-Physician Participation Credit (0.50)
 

CME link for Episode 29: Improving Relational Health: You Have the Power
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Improving Relational Health: You Have the Power
FACULTY:
Alice K. Gong, MD is the William and Rita Head Distinguished Chair in Developmental and Environmental Neonatology, Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Director, PREMIEre Program, at UT Health San Antonio and University Health.
 
OVERVIEW:Pediatrics Now Host and Producer Holly Wayment interviews neonatologist and relational health expert Alice K. Gong , MD about how to improve relational health and why pediatric practitioners have the power.
https://nurturescienceprogram.org/wecs/
 
DISCLOSURES:Alice K. Gong, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
 
The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.  Planning Committee member Steven Seidner, MD has disclosed he receives funding from Draeger Medical for the Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Infinity Acute Care System Workstation Neonatal Care Babylog VN500 Device in High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) Mode in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Neonates for which he is a co-principal investigator. The relevant financial relationships noted for Dr. Seidner have been mitigated.  
 
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio and Deepak Kamat, MD course director and content reviewer for the activity, have reviewed all financial disclosure information for all speakers, facilitators, and planning committee members; and determined and resolved all conflicts of interests.
 
CONTINUING EDUCATION STATEMENTS:
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing education for physicians.
 
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 0.50 AMAPRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
CREDITS:AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.50)Non-Physician Participation Credit (0.50)

Episode 20: Safe Opioid Prescribing in Pediatrics
https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10101783
 
FACULTY:Hema Navaneethan, MD currently serves as the Medical Director Pediatric Supportive Care Services and the Pediatric Palliative Care Fellowship Director.
 
OVERVIEW:
Pediatrics Now Host and Producer Holly Wayment talks with Hema Navaneethan, MD about safe opioid prescribing in pediatrics.
OVERALL LEARNING OBJECTIVE:Increased awareness and education for pediatric providers
 
DISCLOSURE TO LEARNERS:
Speaker: Hema Navaneethan, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
The Pediatrics Now Podcast Planning Committee members: Steven Seidner, MD, and Holly Wayment have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
The University of Texas at San Antonio and Steven Seidner, MD course director and content reviewer for the activity, have reviewed all financial disclosure information for all speakers, facilitators, and planning committee members; and determined and resolved all conflicts of interests.
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION STATEMENTS:The University of Texas at San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.The University of Texas at San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The presentation, Safe Opioid Prescribing in Pediatrics, has been designated by the University of Texas at San Antonio for 1 credit of education in pain management and the prescription of opioids.
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE:Healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance and are asked to consult with their licensing board for information on applicability and acceptance.Credit may be obtained upon successful completion of the activity’s evaluation.RELEASE DATE:4/28/2026
EXPIRATION DATE:8/31/2028
 
 
 

The Latest Developments in Developmental Peds: An Interview with Dr. Mario Fierro
Credit Link:
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Episode 15: The Latest Developments in Developmental Peds: An Interview with Dr. Mario Fierro
 
FACULTY
Mario A Fierro MD has a clinical appointment in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Health San Antonio.
 
OVERVIEWHost Holly Wayment talks to Dr. Mario Fierro about updates, cases and discussions in developmental pediatrics.  Dr. Fierro's clinic phone: 210-450-7334, (fax)210-450-2124
CPAN: 1-888-901-CPAN
 
DISCLOSURESMario A. Fierro, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
 
The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.  Planning Committee member Steven Seidner, MD has disclosed he receives funding from Draeger Medical for the Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Infinity Acute Care System Workstation Neonatal Care Babylog VN500 Device in High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) Mode in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Neonates for which he is a co-principal investigator. The relevant financial relationships noted for Dr. Seidner have been mitigated.  
 
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio and Deepak Kamat, MD course director and content reviewer for the activity, have reviewed all financial disclosure information for all speakers, facilitators, and planning committee members; and determined and resolved all conflicts of interests.
 
CONTINUING EDUCATION STATEMENTS The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
CREDITSAMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.75)Non-Physician Participation Credit (0.75)
 

If you're a practitioner, click here for CME credit😁:  https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10092712
 
Topic:  Heart to Heart Talk with Pediatric Cardiology Division Chief Ginnie Abarbanell and Pediatric CT Surgeon Aaron Abarbanell
 
Date:   Pediatrics Now Podcast Episode, Friday February 17, 2023
 
Speakers:     Podcast Host Holly Wayment interviews Pediatric Cardiology Division Chief Ginnie Abarbanell and Pediatric CT Surgeon Aaron Abarbanell
 
FACULTY
Ginnie Abarbanell, MD, is a Professor of Cardiology and Aaron Abarbanell, MD, is a C.T. Surgeon
 
OVERVIEW
Pediatrics Now host Holly Wayment discusses with them cardiology updates for the busy pediatric practitioner, plus the secret to how they unplug from their high-stress jobs, working together and their decades-long happy marriage.  The case discussed focuses on what to do for a two-week old patient with a heart murmur.  Ginnie Abarbanell sees patients at UT Health San Antonio's clinic in the medical center and in Stone Oak in San Antonio: 210-450-7334, fax 210-450-2124.  Practitioners with questions or needing help getting a patient in, call 210-436-9933.
 
 
DISCLOSURES
Ginnie Abarbanell, MD and Aaron Abarbanell, MD have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
 
The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.  Planning Committee member Steven Seidner, MD has disclosed he receives funding from Draeger Medical for the Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Infinity Acute Care System Workstation Neonatal Care Babylog VN500 Device in High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) Mode in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Neonates for which he is a co-principal investigator. The relevant financial relationships noted for Dr. Seidner have been mitigated.  
 
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio and Deepak Kamat, MD course director and content reviewer for the activity, have reviewed all financial disclosure information for all speakers, facilitators, and planning committee members; and determined and resolved all conflicts of interests.
 
CONTINUING EDUCATION STATEMENTS
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing education for physicians.  
 
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
 

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Date:     Pediatrics Now Podcast Episode, Friday February 10, 2023
Speakers: Podcast Host Holly Wayment interviews Integrative Medicine and Infectious Disease Doctor Jan Patterson, co-author of the fascinating new book Breath for the Soul: Self-Care Steps to Wellness
Texas Medical Board of Ethics
This presentation meets the Texas Medical Board criteria for formal continuing medical education involving the study of medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.
 
FACULTY
Jan Patterson, MD, is a Professor of Medicine and Integrative and Infectious Disease Doctor at UT Health San Antonio and University Hospital.
 
OVERVIEW
Pediatrics Now host Holly Wayment discusses with Dr. Jan Patterson  simple ways we can use our breath, movement, nutrition, and spirit to care for ourselves, even during our busy work days, and especially during the toughest of times.  Dr. Patterson talks about some simple things we can do for ourselves that take only a few minutes. Plus, Dr. Patterson  opens up about unimaginable grief—the loss of her son Will and how to thrive with life’s greatest challenges.
DISCLOSURES
Jan Patterson, MD is a professor of Medicine/Infectious Disease and Associate Dean for Quality & Lifelong Learning at The Joe. R and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio. She is a clinician and a healthcare epidemiologist and has served on the Infectious Diseases Society of America Board of Directors and is Past President of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America. She is a longtime infectious disease consultant to the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC), has served on the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Practices Advisory Committee and has been a consultant to the City of San Antonio Metro Health Department. She has been a site principal investigator for new antimicrobial agents and was a co-investigator for the NIH Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial (ACTT) studies, NIH Accelerating COVID-10 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines studies (ACTIV-6) and a sub-investigator for the Novavax SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial at UT Health and University Hospital.
 
The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.  Planning Committee member Steven Seidner, MD has disclosed he receives funding from Draeger Medical for the Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Infinity Acute Care System Workstation Neonatal Care Babylog VN500 Device in High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) Mode in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Neonates for which he is a co-principal investigator. The relevant financial relationships noted for Dr. Seidner have been mitigated.  
 
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio and Deepak Kamat, MD course director and content reviewer for the activity, have reviewed all financial disclosure information for all speakers, facilitators, and planning committee members; and determined and resolved all conflicts of interests.
 
CONTINUING EDUCATION STATEMENTS
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing education for physicians.  
 
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
 
 

PEDIATRICS NOW PODCAST CME CREDIT
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Pediatric Appendicitis: Little Organ, Big Problem!
 
Release Date:                Friday, February 3, 2023
 
Topic:              Pediatric Appendicitis: Little Organ, Big Problem!
 
A Conversation with Pediatric Surgeon Ian Mitchell and Pediatric and Emergency Medicine Physician Priyanka Kandhal
 
Summary:  Podcast Host Holly Wayment talks with these expert doctors about the diagnosis and treatment of appendicitis.  What questions can we answer?  pediatricsnow@uthscsa.edu
 
Disclosure to Learners
Ian Mitchell, MD and Priyanka Kandhal, MD, have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. 
 
The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.  Planning Committee member Steven Seidner, MD has disclosed he receives funding from Draeger Medical for the Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Infinity Acute Care System Workstation Neonatal Care Babylog VN500 Device in High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) Mode in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Neonates for which he is a co-principal investigator. The relevant financial relationships noted for Dr. Seidner have been mitigated.
 
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio and Deepak Kamat, MD course director and content reviewer for the activity, have reviewed all financial disclosure information for all speakers, facilitators, and planning committee members; and determined and resolved all conflicts of interests. 
 
Continuing Medical Education Statements
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  
 
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 

This episode will be eligible for ethics credit! Click here for free credit. Is sleep the last thing on your list? You might want to change that.  Here's just one reason why: new research directly links how we sleep to our ability to show empathy the next day.  Pediatrics Now host Holly Wayment talks to author and sleep scientist Aric A. Prather regarding how to get the sleep you deserve.  Prather, who was recently featured on the front page of The New York Times for his new book The Sleep Prescription: Seven Days to Unlocking Your Best Rest walks us through at least five simple ways to get a better night's rest.  Plus, he explains why sticking your head in the freezer for a few seconds in the afternoon can help!

PEDIATRICS NOW PODCAST CME EPISODE CREDIT LINK:
Grand Rounds Episode: Anti-vaccine rhetoric and the Threat to Routine Childhood Immunizations
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Pediatrics Now Topic:            Anti-vaccine rhetoric and the threat to routine childhood immunizations 
To see the slides in our recorded grand rounds, click here.
 
Date:             Friday, January 27, 2023, Grand Rounds from January 20,2023
Speaker:       Lindy McGee, MD
Lindy McGee, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. 
Rekha Lakshmanan, MHA
Rekha Lakshmanan, MHA has disclosed she was a consultant for Merck and Co., Inc. The relevant financial relationships noted for Dr. Lakshmanan have been mitigated. 
Jason Sabo
Jason Sabo has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.  
 
 
Lindy McGee, MD is a general pediatrician who practices in Pasadena, TX. Dr. McGee completed her undergraduate education at Vanderbilt University, and her M.D. at Baylor College of Medicine where she also completed her residency in pediatrics. She is currently an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine and spends her clinical time teaching residents at a Harris Health county clinic in an underserved area. Dr. McGee is also a member of the Academic General Pediatrics division at Texas Children’s Hospital, where her research focuses on cancer prevention in the adolescent population. The interest in cancer prevention has led to projects on increasing HPV vaccination rates in teens and on e-cigarette education for healthcare providers and the public. Dr. McGee has served on the board of directors of The Immunization Partnership since 2009. Through her involvement on this board and with the executive legislative committee of Texas Pediatric Society, she has been an active vaccine advocate for the past several Texas legislative sessions.
 
Rekha Lakshmanan, M.H.A. is the Chief Strategy Officer for The Immunization Partnership, a non-profit organization in Texas. She is responsible for developing, monitoring, and supporting the execution of the organization’s strategic plan along with identifying and executing growth opportunities. Prior to this role, Rekha served as the Director of Advocacy and Policy for TIP. She worked four state legislative cycles and successfully advocated for the passage of legislation to improve immunization coverage rates in the state. Prior to joining The Immunization Partnership, Rekha spent over twelve years in the private sector helping health care organizations develop preventative and chronic care protocols to improve health outcomes. Rekha serves as a contributing expert to Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. She is frequently called up from state and national partners to advise on vaccine policy issues and legislative advocacy. She holds a master’s degree in health care administration from Texas Woman’s University- Houston Medical Center and a B.A. in government from The University of Texas in Austin and is a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School’s Leadership, Organizing and Action: Leading change program.
 
Jason Sabo is the Founder of Frontera Strategy and works as a political strategist, philanthropy advisor, and coalition builder in multiple states.  He focuses his work on public health, education, human services, and foundation and nonprofit issues.   Jason specializes in assisting organizations and philanthropists develop advocacy strategies for challenging fiscal and political circumstances.  Prior to launching Frontera, Jason worked on local, state, and federal policy issues for twenty years as a policy analyst and lobbyist.  Jason has developed and implemented complex multi-year advocacy efforts that have resulted in changes to law and policy impacting millions of children and families. His work also involves assisting foundations and other philanthropists to most strategically invest their dollars to achieve policy change.  Jason has received numerous awards for his advocacy and public interest lobbying.  Jason lives in Austin, Texas and received a Master’s degree in History from Indiana University.  
 
 
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Disclosure to Learners
The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.  Planning Committee member Steven Seidner, MD has disclosed he receives funding from Draeger Medical for the Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Infinity Acute Care System Workstation Neonatal Care Babylog VN500 Device in High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) Mode in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Neonates for which he is a co-principal investigator.
 
Continuing Medical Education Statements
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.