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Grand Rounds – Surgical Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

Event Details:

Overview:

Primary Care provides Women’s Health across the lifespan, including wellness, disease states that affect women, and health-enhancing strategies. Therefore, abnormal uterine bleeding is a critical topic in primary care. Dr. Anne Porter, Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at UT Health San Antonio, will review options for surgical management of abnormal uterine bleeding including both conservative options that preserve fertility as well as uterine sparing methods for patients who have completed childbearing. Dr. Porter will discuss techniques for minimally invasive surgery in patients with advanced pathology.

Objectives:

1. Review the definition of abnormal uterine bleeding and discuss differential diagnosis
2. Discuss candidate selection for surgical management
3. Review surgical management options, including risks and benefits of each option

Financial Disclosures:

Anne Porter, MD, MPH has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee members (Mark Nadeau, MD, Marcy Wiemers, MD, Maria Del Pilar Montañez Villacampa, MD, Christine Song, DO, Nehman Andry, MD, Gabriela Lopez, PsyD, Andrew Dinh, DO, Maureen Alvarado, DO, Inez I. Cruz, PhD, and Nichole Rubio) have no relevant financial relationships to commercial interests to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee member Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD has disclosed he receives royalties from General Practice and Family Medicine for being UpToDate Editor-in-Chief.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Target Audience:

Specialties – Primary Care; Family Medicine  
Faculty, residents, other health care providers and staff from our department; physicians and health care providers from San Antonio and South Texas; and medical students in our third-year clerkship and fourth year rotations. 

Accreditation:

The UT Health Long San Antonio School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The Long School of Medicine 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.

For activity related questions, please contact:

Name: Nichole Rubio- FCM Grand Rounds Coordinator
Email: rubion@uthscsa.edu

For CME general questions, please contact:

Ph: (210) 567-4445
Email: cme@uthscsa.edu