Presenter: Noah C. Bierwirth, MD
PGY-6 Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellow, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, UT Health San Antonio, Texas
Overview:
Implications of Early Hyperglycemia in Extremely Low Birthweight Neonates
Objectives:
To increase awareness and education for pediatric providers
Dr. Noah Bierwirth is a sixth year NICU fellow at UT Health San Antonio. His research over the past 5 years of training focus on hyperglycemia in the extremely premature neonate and its implications for organ system function. He has presented this research at local, regional, and national conferences. After graduating from his fellowship in July of this year, he will remain on as faculty and take on the role of Assistant Program Director for the neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship program. He looks forward to remaining in San Antonio and continuing to give back to the community after 10 years of medical training at this institution.
Financial Disclosures: Noah C. Bierwirth, 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.