Welcome to the CME Portal!

Presenting live from Cohen Conference Center or via Live Stream

Presenters:

Rachel C. Lombardo, MD,

Pediatrician, Genetics and Metabolism, Phoenix Children's

Pamela Smith, MD, 

Medical Director, Metabolic Bone & Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) Clinic, Phoenix Children's

Maegen Wallace, MD, 

Surgical Director, Metabolic Bone and Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) Clinic, Phoenix Children's

At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:

1. Describe the various subtypes of Osteogenesis Imperfecta and the associated genetic findings. 
2. Discuss what's new in the medical and surgical management of Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Children’s Neuroscience Grand Rounds 

Presenter: Rebecca Silverstein, DO  

Fundamentals and Applications of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Common Artifacts

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the basic principles of MRI imaging.
2. Recognize various applications of MRI sequences to help determine diagnosis.
3. Recognize common MRI artifacts and apply fundamentals to detect artifacts.

Children’s Neuroscience Grand Rounds 

Presenter Afra Can, MD

Deep Brain Stimulation for Pediatric Movement Disorders

Learning Objectives

1. Review deep brain stimulation and use in pediatric movement disorders.
2. Discuss a remarkable patient case.

Phoenix Children's Surgical Grand Rounds

Exhaustion & Empowerment: The Challenges of Professional Success and Personal Fulfillment for Female Leaders

Invited Speaker: Leah Brown, MD, FAAOS

Assistant Clinical Professor Department of Orthopaedic Surgery  University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix

Team Orthopedic Surgeon, Phoenix Mercury

Assistant Team Orthopedic Surgeon, Phoenix Suns

Learn more about this presenter

Presentation learning objectives:

1. Highlight the dual struggle faced by female leaders: achieving professional success while maintaining personal fulfillment.

2. Discuss the societal expectations and stereotypes that often hinder female leaders' progress.

3. Encourage advocacy for systemic change and better mentorship of the next generation of female leaders.

Children’s Neuroscience Grand Rounds 

Presenter: Ali Reza Tavasoli, MD

Navigating the Complexities of Migraine Pathophysiology

Learning Objectives

1. Relate migraine incidences, migraine stages, and CN-V anatomy.
2. Describe the anatomical network and chemical pathway involved in different stages of the migraine.
3. Explain the known and unknown aspects of these pathways as well as available treatment options.
4. Discuss further perspectives in the understanding of migraine and its treatments.

High Risk Fetal Conditions:  Cardiac Evaluation and Potential for Prenatal Therapy/Intrapartum/Postnatal Therapy  

March 26, 2024 – 7:30 AM

In Person at the Cohen Conference Center and Live Streamed

Presented by: Nicholas Behrendt, MD and Christopher Lindblade, MD 

Overall Activity Objectives:

1 Implement appropriate strategies for diagnosing pediatric conditions.

2 Evaluate and implement appropriate, current treatment options vis a vis emerging therapeutics.

3 Implement in practice developing areas of research and evidence-based recommendations within a diverse range of pediatric specialties.                                                                                                                                                             

Session Objectives:

• Discuss high risk fetal conditions (e.g. sacrococcygeal teratoma, vein of Galen malformation, placental chorioangioma, etc) and their cardiovascular implications

• Present options for prenatal monitoring and intervention for high risk fetal conditions

• Discuss the perinatal management for high risk fetal conditions and postnatal outcomes

ChatGPT and Beyond: A Pediatrician's Guide to Generative Artificial Intelligence 

Presented by: Srinivasan Suresh, MD, MBA

March 19, 2024 – 7:30 AM

Session Objectives:

• Define Generative Artificial Intelligence

• Create an effective and appropriate prompt for a generative AI tool such as ChatGPT

• Identify three aspects of pediatric health care where a pediatrician or pediatric specialist can use a generative AI tool to support high quality care or practice

Statutes, Rules, and Codes: Our Professional Lives and the Law

David Weinstock, JD, PhD

7:30am to 8:30am 

https://dmgaz.zoom.us/j/96336555388?pwd=S3pMcmg2ZkFQN0xrSkpwVktBT1VHdz09

Meeting ID: 963 3655 5388
Passcode: 762046

Target Audience

General pediatric staff, Inpatient Pediatric Staff, Outpatient Clinical Staff, Community Clinical Experts

Session Objectives

• Identify legal terms and applicability to practice.
• Develop practice processes that comply with legal and ethical expectations.
• Prepare to respond to requests to involve the private practitioner in the legal process.

Overall Objectives

• Present and/or explain current practice guidelines or best available evidence regarding the diagnosis.    
• Explain the unique needs of our patient population at Valleywise, identify system complexities & the available resources in our system & how this impacts the care we provide to patients.
• Demonstrate adherence to updated clinical practice guidelines. 

Contact Megan Jehlicka to claim CME credit for this session:

Office: 602.344.5418 | Cell: 775.846.5924; Email: megan_jehlicka@dmgaz.org

Children’s Neuroscience Grand Rounds 

11-Mar-24

Metabolic Psychiatry for Treatment Resistant Depression

Beth Zupec-Kania, RDN, CD

Children’s Neuroscience Grand Rounds 

04-Mar-24

The Phoenix Children’s Deep Brain Stimulation Program

Michael Kruer, MD

Presenter: Jared Gilliland, DDS, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Phoenix Children's

At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to: 

• Know the available surgical procedures for patients with skeletal malocclusion and temporomandibular joint disorders 
• Understand indications and benefits of orthognathic surgery (also known as corrective jaw surgery) 
• Learn the diagnosis and management of temporomandibular joint pathology and disorders

Children’s Neuroscience Grand Rounds 

Recording available for internal purposes only. Please contact Christina Casanova to request access.

Demystifying Functional Neurological Disorders 

Presented by: Amy Schaefer, PsyD 

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify risk factors, presentations, outcomes, and biases associated with functional movement disorders and functional [nonepileptic] seizures
2. Discuss updated recommendations for evidence-based evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of functional neurological disorders
3. Review current functional neurological disorder guidelines created by interdisciplinary teams at Phoenix Children's

Hot Topics in Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine

Presenters: Drs. Jared Kusma, Sagar Shah, Merritt ten Hope 

At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:

• Recognize how social determinants of health impact hospitalized and readmitted pediatric patients

• Better understand current pediatric residency program practices and curricula with regards to billings, coding and documentation, and demonstrate the need for developing a formalized curriculum

• Demonstrate the role and potential pitfalls of procalcitonin as a biomarker in identifying bacterial infections in febrile infants

Children’s Neuroscience Grand Rounds

Early circuit-directed rehabilitation mitigates late-onset sensory hypersensitivity after traumatic brain injury

Presented by: Gokul Krishna, PhD

Learning Objectives:

1. Recognize the contribution of maladaptive circuit reorganization as a pathophysiological process underlying late-onset neurological deficits after concussive brain injury.
2. Evaluate the efficacy of early rehabilitation for lessoning deficit severity and improving circuit function in a well-established model of diffuse axonal injury.

Early pharmacological intervention with gabapentin inhibits traumatic brain injury-mediated synaptogenesis in rats

Student Presenter: Caitlin Hair, PhD 

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe traumatic brain injury-induced upregulation of thrombospondins implicated in increased-synaptogenesis as a pivotal process in maladaptive circuit reorganization. 
2. Evaluate the efficacy of early gabapentin treatment to inhibit maladaptive synaptogenesis and improve long-term outcomes.
3. Discuss clinical possibilities of prophylactic use of gabapentin after in TBI patients.

Neuropathology and vulnerability to traumatic brain injury in a mouse model of connective tissue disorders

Presented by: Tala Curry, PhD (Candidate)

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify that connective tissue disorder (CTD) patient populations may be at risk for elevated severity of symptoms after traumatic brain injury.
2. Recognize Marfan Syndrome (CTD) and associated downstream signaling can contribute to neuropathology.

Behavioral Problems in the Toddler: How to manage in limited time.

Nilam Khurana, MD

DMG/ Valleywise Health

Session Objectives:

• Utilize screeners to guide parents on behavioral problems in toddlers.
• When to refer and who to refer to for social, developmental, trauma or parenting concerns.
• Understand the consequence of not recognizing or not referring.

Children’s Neuroscience Grand Rounds 

Neuropsychological Functioning in Children

Presented by: Ammiee Hammer, PhD  

Presented by: Shahan Fernando, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Phoenix Children's

At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:

• Review the workup for binary obstruction

• Understand the therapeutic advantages of advanced endoscopic procedures

• Know the available resources for patients in need of advanced endoscopic therapies

Guest Presenter: Thomas Keens, MD, Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Attending Physician, Professor of Pediatrics, Physiology and Biophysics, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Clinical Interests

Cystic fibrosis, Sudden infant death syndrome, Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS), Chronic respiratory failure and home mechanical ventilation, Pediatric respiratory physiology

At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:

1. Define sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and known basic demographics
2. Review current research on possible causes of SIDS
3. Know SIDS risk reduction actions which reduce the chance of a baby dying from SIDS

Presentation details will be provided at a later date.

Presenters: Dr Arian Hess and Dr Camille Imbo

Presenter: Dr. Shagun Kaur

Phoenix Children's Grand Rounds 2024 - Newborn Screening and Inborn Errors in Metabolism

January 16, 2024 – 7:30 AM

Phoenix

Overall Activity Objectives:

1 Implement appropriate strategies for diagnosing pediatric conditions.

2 Evaluate and implement appropriate, current treatment options vis a vis emerging therapeutics.

3 Implement in practice developing areas of research and evidence-based recommendations within a diverse range of pediatric specialties.                                                                                                                                                              

Session Objectives:

1 Discuss the history and principles of newborn screening

2 Identify resources to use in the event of an abnormal newborn screen

3 Recognize ethical challenges in newborn screening 

Contact Megan Jehlicka to claim CME credit for this session:

Office: 602.344.5418 | Cell: 775.846.5924; Email: megan_jehlicka@dmgaz.org

https://dmgaz.zoom.us/j/96336555388?pwd=S3pMcmg2ZkFQN0xrSkpwVktBT1VHdz09

Meeting ID: 963 3655 5388
Passcode: 762046

Contact Megan Jehlicka to claim CME credit for this session:

Office: 602.344.5418 | Cell: 775.846.5924; Email: megan_jehlicka@dmgaz.org

Guest presenter: Swapna Reddy, JD, DrPH, MPH, Arizona State University

Presentation details will be provided at a later date.

https://dmgaz.zoom.us/j/96336555388?pwd=S3pMcmg2ZkFQN0xrSkpwVktBT1VHdz09

Meeting ID: 963 3655 5388
Passcode: 762046

Contact Megan Jehlicka to claim CME credit for this session:

Office: 602.344.5418 | Cell: 775.846.5924; Email: megan_jehlicka@dmgaz.org

PCH - Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy with a History of Phoenix Children's - Dr. Saunder Bernes

Guest presenter: Blyth Lord, EdM, Courageous Parents Network

Learning objectives will be provided at a later date.

Reminder: ALL Barrow at Phoenix Children’s Faculty & Staff Report your Attendance to CAMS

Announcement for October 30, 2023 Pediatric Neuroscience Grand Rounds.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson

Barrow at Phoenix Children’s

Neuroscience Grand Rounds

Strategic Opioid Use and Home Naloxone: A Balanced Practice and a New Rescue Option

Ahmar Husain, MD

Phoenix Children's

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to: 

1. List the benefits of adequate analgesia and the risks related to different modalities of analgesia.
2. Recognize clinical scenarios that may benefit from multimodal analgesia including regional anesthesia or an ERAS protocol.
3. Identify signs of substance use disorder in pediatric patients.
4. Describe the use and current availability of naloxone at home and in the hospital.

Barrow at Phoenix Children’s

Virtual Live Streaming Neuroscience Grand Rounds

Monday’s from 7:00 – 8:00 a.m.

Zoom Information: CNI Grand Rounds

Meeting ID: 993 7837 3233

Join from PC, Mac, iOS or Android:

https://PhoenixChildrensHospital.zoom.us/j/99378373233?pwd=UXBudHZLemRYK056ZWZvMm8yUzNkUT09

Or join by phone: (408) 638-0968 (US Toll) or (646) 558-8656 (US Toll)

The Attendance code will be listed in the chat at the beginning of the presentation and every 20 minutes thereafter until the conclusion.

Please text the attendance code to the Grand Rounds Attendance number: (866) 327-3062 or log into the CAMS website: http://CME.arizona.edu and enter the attendance code.

• Please make sure to enter your cell phone number in your profile
• Please note that the attendance code is different each week

Attendance codes are only valid 15 minutes before the activity start time and for 24 hours after the activity end time.

Accreditation Statement:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson and Phoenix Children’s Hospital. The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement: 

All Faculty, CME Planning Committee Members, and the CME Office Reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with commercial interests that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.

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Outcomes of Hearing Rehabilitation in Congenital CMV - Dr. Punam Patel

High Flow: When should we use it? Nellie Farrington, MD DMG/ Valleywise Health October 10th, 2023 7:30am to 8:30am

https://dmgaz.zoom.us/j/96336555388?pwd=S3pMcmg2ZkFQN0xrSkpwVktBT1VHdz09

Meeting ID: 963 3655 5388
Passcode: 762046

Contact Megan Jehlicka to claim CME credit for this session:

Office: 602.344.5418 | Cell: 775.846.5924; Email: megan_jehlicka@dmgaz.org

Guest presenter: Kamlesh B Patel, MD, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital

Learning objectives will be provided at a later date.

Guest presenter: Nicolas Bamat, MD, MSCE, Division of Neonatology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Learning objectives will be provided at a later date.

At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:

• Associate the Indications for Imaging in Headache.
• Recognize the common Imaging Findings in Secondary Headache.
• Identify which studies are inappropriate in specific Headache situations.

Creating a Culture of Inclusive Excellence

Cammy Bellis, MEd and Francisco Lucio

DMG/ Valleywise Health

                                          September 12th, 2023

7:30am to 8:30am

General pediatric staff, Inpatient Pediatric Staff, Outpatient Clinical Staff, Community Clinical Experts

• Define and examine what constitutes a culture of inclusive excellence.
• Understand structural competency and structural racism as frameworks to understand health inequities in Pediatrics.
• Identify current research related to the importance of a diverse workforce and inclusive practices and identify action steps towards inclusive excellence at your clinic.

Recorded session is for internal use only. Please email apeoples@phoenixchildrens.com to receive access information. 

At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:

• List available tests to characterize Immune status
• Describe the distinguishing features of combined immunodeficiency
• Identify potential barriers for off-label immunomodulation in pediatric rare diseases

Pediatric Grand Rounds *Via Zoom*

https://dmgaz.zoom.us/j/96336555388?pwd=S3pMcmg2ZkFQN0xrSkpwVktBT1VHdz09

Meeting ID: 963 3655 5388
Passcode: 762046

Contact Megan Jehlicka to claim CME credit for this session:

Office: 602.344.5418 | Cell: 775.846.5924; Email: megan_jehlicka@dmgaz.org