Presenter: Jeffrey R. Starke, MD
Overview:
40 Years in Childhood Tuberculosis: My How Things Have Changed!
Objectives:
To increase awareness and education for pediatric providers
Jeffrey R. Starke, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He received his M.D. from the University of Rochester in 1980. After completing a residency in pediatrics and fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases, he joined the Baylor faculty where he has remained. His major area of study has been tuberculosis in children, having cared for over 1,100 children with TB disease. He is an author of over 170 papers and 60 chapters on childhood tuberculosis, and is the editor of the multi-authored international book Handbook of Child and Adolescent Tuberculosis. His research papers have covered a wide variety of mycobacterial-related topics including new diagnostic techniques such as the interferon-ɣ release assays, pharmacokinetics of antituberculosis drugs, treatment trials for tuberculosis infection and disease, and reviews of various clinical aspects of childhood tuberculosis. He was the Infection Control Officer for 22 years at Texas Children’s Hospital, and published about the infection control aspects of childhood tuberculosis, demonstrating that most children are not contagious but the importance of screening the parents of children with suspected tuberculosis who often have previously undiagnosed tuberculosis. He has served on numerous expert and guideline writing groups for the American Thoracic Society [ATS], Infectious Disease Society of America, American Academy of Pediatrics [AAP], the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], and World Health Organization. He served two terms and is a past chairman of the CDC Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis. He has been active in medical education, having given over 100 national and international presentations on tuberculosis. He has won many teaching awards at his home institution including the Robertson Award, the highest education award given by Baylor College of Medicine. In 2021, he was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the North American Region of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. In October 2022, he received the Distinguished Research Award from the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society.
Financial Disclosures:
Jeffrey R. Starke, 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.