Presenter:
Lalitha Sivaswamy, MD
Overview:
Pediatric Stroke: 6 cases – 6 Interesting Insights
Objectives:
To increase awareness and education for pediatric providers
Lalitha Sivaswamy is a child neurologist with special interest in pediatric stroke and headache disorders of childhood. She is a Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology and Vice Chair of Department of Pediatrics at Central Michigan University and Division Chief of Child Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan. She is a graduate of Madras Medical College, India. She worked as a primary care pediatrician for several years before taking up child neurology and headache training at Wayne State University in Detroit. Dr. Sivaswamy has a keen interest in resident and student education and mentors several trainees towards their research and educational goals. She has authored several peer reviewed publications in the field of pediatric stroke and pediatric headache medicine.
Financial Disclosures:
Lalitha Sivaswamy, 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 Providers
Faculty, 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.