Presenter: Jim P. Brookshier, MPO, CLPO, FAAOP
Faculty/Cranial Remolding Specialist, Clinical Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health San Antonio, Texas
Overview:
Diagnosis and Treatment of Infant Skull Deformities
Objectives:
To increase awareness and education for pediatric providers
Dr. Jim Brookshier is a Cranial Remolding Specialist and faculty in the department of neurosurgery at the University of Texas Long School of Medicine in San Antonio. Prior to UT Health San Antonio, Mr. Brookshier was at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston where he built one of the largest cranial remolding clinics in the world and instructed on cranial deformities at Baylor College of Medicine. In 2017 he was published in the 100th year Orthotics and Prosthetics magazine for his cranial remolding treatment algorithm which is now considered a standard for treatment worldwide. In 2018 he joined the department of Neurosurgery at UT Health San Antonio where he is continuously researching, instructing, and publishing to optimize outcomes for cranial remolding treatment and has a contagious passion for his patient population.
Financial Disclosures: Jim P. Brookshier, MPO, CLPO, FAAOP, 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.