Morbidity and Mortality Conference

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

8:00-9:00 a.m.

Hirst Auditorium

Nathan Handley, Hematology/Oncology Fellow

Safety in the Infusion Suite

Pamela Boimel, Hematology/Oncology Fellow

Radiation induced keratitis and a review of ocular side effects from radiation treatment

Target Audience

This program has been designed for physicians, fellows, residents, medical students, physician assistants, professional nurses, advanced practice nurses, nursing students in the medical specialties of internal medicine, medical genetics and genomics, nuclear medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, pathology, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, radiology, and urology.

Series Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Describe and define the pathophysiology and etiology of oncologic diseases
  • Explain and employ new diagnostic methods for different oncologic diseases
  • Formulate and prescribe a management plan for different oncologic diseases
  • Access and grade prognostic information about different oncologic diseases

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: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Nursing Education, Innovation and Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the PA State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

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.

Approved for (PSRM) patient safety/risk management designation

Acknowledgement of Commercial Support* NONE

For more information, please contact

Joy Junious

215-662-3917

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 Development for 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 reviewer and Patricia A. Smith, MSN, RN-BC, Nursing professional development specialist of the HUP Department of Nursing Innovation and Development have disclosed that they have no relevant 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 & Presneter Name

Joseph R. Carver, MD / Eli Glatstein, MD / Chi Dang, MD, PhD
Alison Loren, MD / Patricia Gambino, MSN, RN

Presenter Name

Nina Beri, MD / Pamela Boimel / Aaron Cohen, MD
David Guttman / Nathan Handley, MD / Thomas Karasic, MD
Christine McMahon, MD / Nicholas McAndrew, MD / Sarah Nagle, MD, PhD
Allyson Pishko, MD / Caitlin Schonewaz / Jennifer Vogel
Adam Waxman

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

Planning Committee & Presenter NameName of Commercial InterestRelationship

Selina Luger, MDPfizerDSMB

Toledo, Novartis, KangopharmAdvisory Board

AmgenClinical Trial

David Vaughn, MDAstellasDSMB

Presenter NameName of Commercial InterestRelationship

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