Presenter: Mario Fierro, MD
Overview:
Developmental Screening in Primary Care and When to Utilize a Developmental Pediatrician
Objectives:
To increase awareness and education for pediatric providers
Dr. Mario Fierro is Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician and is Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Health San Antonio. He is from California but has spent most of his life in Texas. He was undergraduate at St. Mary’s University and received his MD from Harvard Medical School in Boston. Subsequently he completed his pediatric residency at Seattle Children’s Hospital in Washington State and fellowship in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Colorado in Denver. He has been in San Antonio for over 2 decades and his goal is to empower parents to advocate for their children with special needs.
Financial Disclosures:
Mario Fierro, 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.
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.