Presenter:
Ajeya Joshi, MD
Overview:
Lifestyle as Medicine: Systems Consideration in the Pediatric Practice Setting
Objectives:
To increase awareness and education for pediatric providers
Dr. Joshi received his undergraduate training at Dartmouth University, and then attended Harvard Medical School for his MD and for his orthopedic residency training. Subsequently, he did a fellowship in spine at Baylor Medical College in Houston. He has been practicing in San Antonio since finishing his training in 2004. He takes care of children as well as adults with a variety of spine disorders. He has a clinical appointment in the Department of Orthopedics at UT Health San Antonio and has been involved in teaching and conducting research with residents. Recently, he has developed a keen interest in lifestyle medicine, including joining American College of Lifestyle (2018) and obtaining board certification in Lifestyle Medicine (2019). He is interested in studying how to apply these concepts and approaches toward health improvement in our complex societal and medical care systems.
Financial Disclosures:
Ajeya Joshi, 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.