Presenter: Natasha Shur, MD
Medical Geneticist, Children’s National Hospital, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics and Metabolism, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Overview:
Genetics for the Pediatrician: How to Incorporate New Testing into Clinical Practice
Objectives:
To increase awareness and education for pediatric providers
Dr. Natasha Shur is a Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University and a medical geneticist at the Rare Disease Institute at Children’s National Hospital. She is also a member of the Ray Helfer Society. She completed her medical school degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and her residency and genetics training at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. She has been practicing as a medical geneticist for twenty years, and she has done numerous research and work focusing on child advocacy, pediatric innovation, and improving access for patients with rare disease.
Financial Disclosures: Natasha Shur, 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.