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Presenter: Melissa Frei-Jones, MD, MSCI, FAAP

Overview:
Improving Care for Sickle Cell Disease through Health Policy

Objectives:
To increase awareness and education for pediatric providers

Dr. Frei-Jones received her medical degree from UT Southwestern Medical School and completed a pediatric residency at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, TX. Her pediatric hematology oncology fellowship training was occurred at St. Louis Children’s Hospital where she addi􀆟onally atained a Master’s in Science of Clinical inves􀆟ga􀆟on at Washington University in St. Louis. She has been on faculty at UTHealth Long School of Medicine in San Antonio, TX since 2008 and is currently a Professor of Pediatrics. She had been the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Program Director since 2012. Her primary clinical practice is classical hematology, specializing in red blood cell disorders and vascular anomalies. She serves as the Medical Director of the South Texas Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Program. For the past 6 years, she has supported sickle cell policy development through her role as the Vice Chair and now Chair of the Texas Department of State Health Services Newborn Screening Advisory Commitee and as a member of the Texas Sickle Cell Task Force, where she leads the surveillance subcommitee and is a member of the Mul􀆟-Disciplinary Team suppor􀆟ng TDSHS in carrying-out the tasks of the recently awarded CDC Sickle Cell Data Collec􀆟on Grant. More importantly, she has had the opportunity to be one of the medical directors for Camp Cell-A-Bra􀆟on, a summer camp for children living with SCD, and Camp Next Level, a transi􀆟on prepara􀆟on camp for teens living with SCD in Texas.

Financial Disclosures:
Melissa Frei-Jones, MD, MSCI, FAAP 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.