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Transitions to Adult Care in Patients with Chronic Medical Conditions: Grand Rounds Episode for MOC Credit

 
Episode 35: Transitions to Adult Care in Patients with Chronic Medical Conditions MOC Credit link
https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10094078
 
 
Pediatrics Now Host Holly Wayment brings us:
Presenters:Amrit Misra, MD
Overview:Transitions to Adult Care in Patients with Chronic Medical Conditions
Objectives:To increase awareness and education for pediatric providers
Dr. Amrit Misra completed his residency and pediatric cardiology fellowship from the Detroit Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of Michigan. He then completed an adult congenital heart disease fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He currently is a staff physician at these hospitals through the Boston Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program. His interests include transitions of care, community health, and heart failure.
Financial Disclosures:Amrit Misra, 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.
Credits:AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hour)Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hour)MOC-2 credit (1.00 hour)
Target Audience:Pediatric Doctors and ProvidersFaculty, residents, health care providers; medical students and trainees.
Accreditation:The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation:The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.

A Water Safety Refresher

Episode 34: How to Survive and Thrive in the Heat: Part 2 – Preventing Drowning
https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10094060
 
How to Survive and Thrive in the Heat: Part 2 – Preventing Drowning
 
FACULTY:
Robert Sanders, MD is the Director of Ambulatory Operations, Department of Pediatrics, UT Health San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano-Long School of Medicine. He is also a wilderness medicine instructor.
 
OVERVIEW:Pediatrics Now Host and Producer Holly Wayment interviews Dr. Robert Sanders about a water safety refresher for pediatric practitioners.  Link to Texas Pediatric Society Water Safety Project: https://txpeds.org/national-provider-drowning-prevention-moc-project
 
https://txpeds.org/drowning-prevention
 
 
 
DISCLOSURES:Robert Sanders, 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 0.25 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™ (0.25)Non-Physician Participation Credit (0.25)
 
 
 

How to Survive and Thrive in the Heat 🥵: An Interview with a Wilderness Medicine Instructor🌲

 
CME link for Episode 33:  https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10093878
 
How to Survive and Thrive in the Heat: An Interview with a Wilderness Medicine Instructor
FACULTY:
Robert Sanders, MD is the Director of Ambulatory Operations, Department of Pediatrics, UT Health San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano-Long School of Medicine.  He is also a wilderness medicine instructor.
 
OVERVIEW:Pediatrics Now Host, Producer and Author Holly Wayment interviews Dr. Robert Sanders about how to survive and thrive in the extreme heat. 
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at-home/Pages/Protecting-Children-from-Extreme-Heat-Information-for-Parents.aspx
 
https://www.nhtsa.gov/campaign/heatstroke
 
https://www.weather.gov/safety/heat-index
 
https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/Applications/heatTracker/
 
https://www.uiltexas.org/health/info/heat-stress-and-athletic-participation
 
 
DISCLOSURES:Robert Sanders, 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 0.75 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™ (0.75)Non-Physician Participation Credit (0.75)
 

Let’s Get Real About Coding

 
CME link for Episode 32
https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10093840
 
FACULTY:
Linda D. Parsi, MD owns a pediatric practice in San Antonio and serves as adjunct faculty in pediatrics at the UT Health Science Center Medical school and the University of Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine.
 
OVERVIEW:Pediatrics Now Host and Producer Holly Wayment interviews Dr. Linda Parsi about how we can get real about coding and her passion for teaching coding, especially to pediatric practices “so together as a team -we can be a voice for our children and serve them with our best as well as keeping the joy of medicine in our own lives”.
 
DISCLOSURES:Linda D. Parsi, MD has disclosed she is a consultant/has ownership interest in the PEDSMD Company; and is on the speakers bureau for Mead Johnson. The relevant financial relationships noted for Dr. Parsi have been mitigated.  
 
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 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)
 
 
 

Pediatric Plastic Surgery and a Passion for Helping Children: An Interview with Dr. Charles Anton Fries

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)
 

Messaging, Centering and Coparenting: There’s No Benefit to Being A Jerk - An Interview with a Top Doctor with the AAP

CME link for Episode 30
https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10092971
 
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)
 

Improving Relational Health: You Have the Power

CME link for Episode 29: Improving Relational Health: You Have the Power
https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10092968
 
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)

The New Obesity Guidelines by the AAP: Our Pediatric Wellness Expert Doctor Weighs In

CME link for Episode 28: The New Obesity Guidelines by the AAP: Our Pediatric Wellness Doctor Weighs In
https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10092960
 
The New Obesity Guidelines by the AAP: Our Pediatric Wellness Expert Doctor Weighs In
FACULTY:
Luisa M. Rodriguez, MD is a pediatric endocrinologist at UT Health San Antonio.  She sees patients at University Health's Texas Diabetes Institute Wellness Clinic: 210-358-7561.  The referral fax number is: 210-7024228
For prevention or treatment of fatty liver disease, Dr. Amy Issa sees patients at our clinic on Wurzbach and Fredericksburg.  Referral fax: 210-450-2124, Phone: 210-450-7334
OVERVIEW:Pediatrics Now Host and Producer Holly Wayment interviews pediatric endocrinologist and wellness expert Luisa M. Rodriguez, MD about the new obesity guidelines by the American Academy of Pediatrics and what these really mean.
 
DISCLOSURES:Luisa M. Rodriguez, 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 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)

Futility and Moral Distress in Pediatrics; Responding to Requests for Potentially Inappropriate Treatment

 Episode 27: Futility and Moral Distress in Pediatrics
https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10092951
 
Futility and Moral Distress in Pediatrics
FACULTY:
Caroline Jones, MD is an assistant professor in the division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at UT Health San Antonio. She is currently Medical Director of the PICU and vice chair of the University Health Ethics Committee.
 
OVERVIEW:Pediatrics Now Host and Producer Holly Wayment talks with Caroline Jones, MD about futility and moral distress in pediatrics.
 
DISCLOSURES:Caroline Jones, 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 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Strep Throat That Won’t Go Away or Keeps Coming Back and an Outbreak of Bordetella parapertussis

CME link for Episode 26: Stress About Strep: What to Do When It Won't Go Away
https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10092937Stress About Strep: What to Do When It Won’t Go Away
FACULTY:
Theresa (Tess) Barton, MD is a pediatric infectious disease doctor with UT Health San Antonio and University Hospital.  She is passionate about working with adolescents with HIV, and that interest has evolved. 
 
OVERVIEW:Pediatrics Now Host and Producer Holly Wayment interviews Tess Barton, MD about what to do when strep keeps coming back or won’t go away. Wayment and Dr. Barton also discuss a new pertussis concern.
Doctor/Provider/Clinic Staff to Infectious Disease Doctor Number: 210-890-2699
Referral Info:
OCCAPI Clinic:
Diagnostic testing and treatment of congenital infections including: CMV, syphilis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV
Located at UH Rio Tower
Dr. JB Cantey
 
FFACTS Clinic:
Testing and prophylaxis for newborns exposed to HIV infection
Treatment and primary care services for children and adolescents living with HIV infection
Comprehensive care with case management and mental health services
Dr. Tess Barton
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES CLINIC
UH Rio Tower, Drs. Barton and Cantey
 
We see a variety of infections and communicable diseases, as well as follow-up care after hospitalization for severe infections. That includes follow-up after severe COVID infections, or long-term COVID illnesses.
 
DISCLOSURES:Theresa (Tess) Barton, 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)