Date: April 18, 2017

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

5th Floor Maloney Conference Room

Presenters & Discussants / Moderators
Jillian Baron, M.D. / Carolyn Kramer, M.D. / Keith Hamilton, M.D. / Val Amorosa, M.D.
Lauren Dutcher, M.D. / Sajal Tanna, M.D. / Sarah Longworth, M.D. / Emily Blumberg, M.D.
Jessica Meisner, M.D. / Matthew Ziegler, M.D. / Anne Norris, M.D. / Steve Gluckman, M.D.
Leslie Stewart, M.D / Dave Pegues, M.D. / Susan Hansen-Flaschen, BSN
Kathryn Whitaker, M.D. / Kevin Alby, Ph.D. / Mindy Schuster, M.D. / Stuart Isaacs, M.D.
Todd Barton, M.D. / John Stern, M.D. / Ebbing Lautenbach, M.D.
Kathleen Degnan, M.D. / Paul Edelstein, M.D. / Pablo Tebas, M.D. / Judy O’Donnell, M.D.
Wisna Jean, M.D. / Harvey Friedman, M.D. / Marissa Wilck, M.D.

Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Target Audience

This program has been designed for physicians, fellows, residents, medical students, pharmacists, professional nurses, advanced practice nurses in the medical specialties of dermatology, internal medicine, infectious diseases, pathology, pediatrics and radiology.

Series Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Generate differential diagnoses in patients presenting with illnesses that could be caused by infectious diseases
  • Improve confidence in understanding the latest modes for diagnostic testing for infectious diseases
  • Review the latest treatment options for infectious diseases
  • Improve communication across clinical teams to improve quality of care and patient safety

Accreditation

Physicians: The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Nurses: Penn Medicine Nursing is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Approval # 124-3-H-15

Designation of Credit

Physicians: The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses: Nurse participants will be awarded 1.0 contact hour.

PAs: AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. PAs may receive a maximum of 1 Category 1 credits for completing this activity.

Approved for (PSRM) patient safety/risk management designation

Acknowledgement of Commercial Support* NONE

For more information please contact: Elizabeth Straw

215-573-7588

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships and Unapproved Uses of Products

It is policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Nursing Education, Innovation and Professional Developmentfor individuals who are in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose to the learners all relevant financial relationships that they have with any commercial interest that provide products or services that may be relevant to the content of this continuing education activity. For this purpose we consider relationships of the person involved to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner.

The intent of this policy is to ensure that Penn CME/CNE certified activities promote quality and safety, are effective in improving medical practice, are based on valid content, and are independent of control from commercial interests and free of commercial bias. Peer review of all content was conducted for all faculty presentations whose disclosure information was found to contain relationships that created a conflict of interest relevant to the topic of their presentation. In addition, all faculty were instructed to provide balanced, scientifically rigorous and evidence-based presentations.

The staff in the Office of CME at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Mila Kostic, CHCP, FACEHP, Director of CME,Zalman Agus, MD,Senior peer reviewerand Patricia A. Smith, DNP, RN-BC,Nursing professional development specialist of the HUP Department of Nursing Innovation and Development have disclosed that they have norelevant financial relationships with any commercial interests related to the content of this educational activity.

The following individuals have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests related to the content of this educational activity:

Planning Committee Member & Presenter Name

Stuart Isaacs, MD / Steve Gluckman, MD / Susan Hansen-Flaschen, BSN, MSN, CRNP
Val Amorosa, MD / Ebb Lautenback, MD / Judith O’Donnell, MD

Presenter Name

Kevin Alby, PhD / Jillian Baron, MD / Todd Barton, MD / Kathleen Degnan, MD / Lauren Dutcher, MD
Paul Edelstein, MD / Harvey Friedman, MD / Keith Hamilton, MD / Wisna Jean, MD / Carolyn Kramer, MD
Sarah Longworth, MD / Jessica Meisner, MD / Anne Norris, MD / Dave Pegues, MD / Mindy Schuster, MD
John Stern, MD / Leslie Stewart, MD / Sajal Tanna, MD / Kathryn Whitaker, MD / Marissa Wilck, MD
Matthew Ziegler, MD

The following individuals have reported the listed relevant financial relationships with commercial interests related to the content of this educational activity.

Planning Committee Member & Presenter NameName of Commercial Interest Relationship

Emily Blumberg, MDGSK, BMS, PfizerDSMB Member

Actelion, Ansun, Achaogen, Shire, Rempix, Roche Research Support

Ebbing Lautenbach, MD, MPH, MSCEMerck, ValerivaDSMB

Presenter NameName of Commercial InterestRelationship

Pablo Tebas, MDGlaxoDSMB

MerckConsultant

Relevant financial relationships are those relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received or expected

Disclosure of Unapproved Uses of Products

Presenter nameProductInvestigational and/or Off-label Use

ALL PresentersAll anti-infective agents (anti-bacterials, antifungals, Treatments for Infections

anti-virals, anti-parasitic agents