IBD Clinical Education Series - April 2019

Skokie, IL US
April 11, 2019
This educational activity is designed to provide a platform to discuss current GI advances and management of difficult GI problems while incorporating emerging diagnostic and therapeutic modalities.

Target Audience

This educational activity is designed to provide a platform to discuss current GI advances and management of difficult GI problems of gastroenterologists and surgeons and other healthcare providers interested in gastroenterological diseases.

Learning Objectives

After participating in this conference, participants will be able to:

  • Review the latest FDA-approved therapies for Crohn’s disease and  ulcerative colitis;
  • Discuss the use of telemedicine in the care of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients;
  • To describe difficult IBD cases with feedback from a pathology, radiology, surgery and medical perspective.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Jennifer Wertheimer
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
CME Coordinator Contact Phone: 
(847) 570-1258
Summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 Participation
Event starts: 
04/11/2019 - 5:30pm
Event ends: 
04/11/2019 - 8:30pm
Activity opens: 
04/11/2019
Activity expires: 
07/11/2019
Maggiano’s
4999 Old Orchard
Skokie, IL 60077
United States
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ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact our office at 847-570-1258 or via email at jwertheimer@northshore.org.

 The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.

COURSE DIRECTOR
  Eugene Yen, MD       
  Clinical Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
  Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
  NorthShore University HealthSystem
  Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
  University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
 
GUEST SPEAKER
  David Binion, MD
  Professor of Medicine
  Clinical and Translational Science
  Co- Director, UPMC IBD Center
  Director Translational IBD Research
  UPMC Presbyterian Hospitals
                            University of Pittsburg School of Medicine
                            Pittsburg, PA
 
 

Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This includes any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner that could create a conflict of interest. Mechanisms are in place to identify and resolve any potential conflict of interest prior to the start of the activity.

Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.

Physician Credit
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and NorthShore University HealthSystem. The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Other Healtchare Professions Credit
Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
 
Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference end date. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.
Registration: RSVP is required as space is limited. 
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