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The Brutal Summer Heat and How That’s Changing Modern Medicine🥵

 If you're a practitioner, here's the link for free credit:
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Using Body Bags to Save People: Extreme Heat and Modern Medicine
FACULTY:
Steve Moore, MD is an associate professor of medicine at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and emergency room doctor at University Health.  He’s the director of the new Wilderness Medicine Fellowship Program.
 
OVERVIEW:Pediatrics Now Host and Executive Producer Holly Wayment discusses with Dr. Moore extreme heat and what this means for modern medicine and your patients.
Link to acclimatization guidelines from the Korey Stringer institute:
https://ksi.uconn.edu/heat-acclimatization/
DISCLOSURES:Steve Moore, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
 
The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Steven Seidner, MD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. 
 
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)
 

Developmental Screening in Primary Care and When to Utilize a Developmental Pediatrician, Grand Rounds for MOC Credit

 
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Developmental Screening in Primary Care and When to Utilize a Developmental Pediatrician
FACULTY:
Mario Fierro, MD is a Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician and is Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Health San Antonio and his goal is to empower parents to advocate for their children with special needs.
 
OVERVIEW:Pediatrics Now Host and Executive Producer Holly Wayment discusses with Dr. Fierro developmental screening in primary care and when to utilize a developmental pediatrician.
 
DISCLOSURES:Mario Fierro, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.  Fax number refer a patient to Dr. Mario Fierro: 210-450-2124.  He sees patients out of UT Health San Antonio's Verde Hills location.
 
The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Steven Seidner, MD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. 
 
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 1.00 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™ (1.00)Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00)
MOC 2 credit (1.00)
 
 

RSV Prevention Update

 
Practitioners Click here for free credit:
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Update on RSV Prevention in Infants
FACULTY:
Michael Odom, MD is a neonatologist with UT Health San Antonio and University Hospital.  He's passionate researching methods to prevent RSV in babies and has been doing so since the 1990’s.
 
OVERVIEW:Pediatrics Now Host and Executive Producer Holly Wayment discusses with Dr. Odom cutting edge RSV prevention, including the now recommended Nirsevimab.   Dr. Odom answers questions from pediatric practitioners.
www.pediatricsnowpodcast.com
 
DISCLOSURES:Michael Odom, MD has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
 
The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Steven Seidner, MD, Daniel Ranch, MD, and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. 
 
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)
 
 

How to Stay Ahead When It Comes to Cranial Remolding

 
Episode 39
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How to Stay Ahead When It Comes to Cranial Remolding
 
FACULTY:
Darren J. Poidevin, CLPO, is the Cranial Remolding Clinical Director Department of Pediatrics, UT Health San Antonio.
 
OVERVIEW:Pediatrics Now Host and Producer Holly Wayment interviews Darren J. Poidevin, CLPO, about how to stay ahead when it comes to cranial remolding.
www.pediatricsnowpodcast.com
Cranial Remolding Program:
https://www.uthscsa.edu/patient-care/physicians/clinics/cranial-remolding
 
Giving - Cranial Remolding Program:
https://makelivesbetter.uthscsa.edu/tinyheads 
 
DISCLOSURES:Darren J. Poidevin, CLPO 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)
 

Covid in Children: What That Means Now

Episode 38
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Covid in Children: What That Means Now
 
FACULTY:
Theresa Barton, MD is a pediatric infectious disease doctor with UT Health San Antonio and University Hospital.  She is passionate about infectious diseases and working with adolescents with HIV, and that interest has evolved. 
 
OVERVIEW:Pediatrics Now Host and Producer Holly Wayment discusses with Dr. Theresa Barton why Covid is now the number one virus hitting children and what that means.  Wayment and Dr. Barton also cover a case, and questions from community pediatricians.
 
DISCLOSURES:Theresa 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 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 PRACategory 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)
 

Heat Health: From Swimming to Hot Cars, an Update with our Pediatric ER Doctor

CME Link for Episode 37:   https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10094245
Heat Health: From Swimming to Hot Cars, an Update from our Pediatric ER Doctor
FACULTY:
Priyanka Kandhal, MD is a Pediatric and Emergency Medicine Physician with UT Health San Antonio.
 
www.pediatricsnowpodcast.com
 
Jeff Holst is cofounder of Colin’s Hope, A nonprofit recommended by the Texas Pediatric Society that has videos and materials for pediatric clinics that can be sent  on drowning prevention.
 
Jennifer Poteat has a master’s degree from Dell Medical School and is Executive Director of Colin’s Hope.
OVERVIEW:Pediatrics Now Host and Producer Holly Wayment interviews UT Health San Antonio and University Hospital Pediatric E.R. Doctor Priyanka Kandhal about recent drownings and also a child left in a hot car.  She talks to Jeff Holst and Jennifer Poteat about swimming safety and resources for pediatricians. Holst opens up about the tragic loss of his son and his nonprofit he hopes will help others.
DISCLOSURES:Priyanka Kandhal, MD, Jeff Holst, and Jennifer Poteat, EMPL, MSHCT 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 0.75 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)
 

Bone Tumors: What to Know as a Pediatrician, Grand Rounds

Episode 36
CME Link:        https://cmetracker.net/UTHSCSA/Publisher?page=pubOpen#/getCertificate/10094174
www.pediatrisnowpodcast.com
Bone Tumors: What to Know as a Pediatrician
FACULTY:
Cristabel Torres, MD, FAAP moved to San Antonio from Puerto Rico in 2020 (in the middle of COVID pandemic) to start fellowship in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at UT Health San Antonio and she is currently a third-year fellow and will be completing her fellowship soon. She always had passion for pediatric oncology, as her older brother is a childhood cancer survivor.
 
OVERVIEW:Pediatrics Now Host and Producer Holly Wayment brings us the grand rounds talk by Dr. Christabel Torres about bone tumors and what you need to know as a pediatrician.  Dr. Torres is passionate about pediatric oncology.  Her brother is a pediatric cancer survivor.
 
DISCLOSURES:Cristabel Torres, MD, FAAP  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 1.00 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™ (1.00)Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00)
 
 

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
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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)