Presenter: Kristen Cares, MD
Overview:
Updates on Management of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Objectives:
To increase awareness and education for pediatric providers
Dr. Kristen Cares is an associate professor at the Central Michigan University School of Medicine and a Pediatric Gastroenterologist at Children’s Hospital of Michigan. She is the program director of the pediatric gastroenterology fellowship. She is also the medical director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease program at Children’s Hospital of Michigan. She is a member of the advisory board for the state chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, where she is actively involved in patient relations, education, and advocacy. Her research primarily is focused on IBD; specifically, management, epidemiology, and biomarkers, with a grant-funded clinical trial looking into the utility of infliximab proactive therapeutic drug monitoring.
Financial Disclosures: Kristen Cares, 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.