Provided by:
Endocrinology Grand Rounds
2016
Stephanie Samuels, MD
“Neonatal Graves' Disease”
Sani Roy, MD
“Growth Impairment and Growth Hormone Therapy in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease”
Pediatric Endocrinology Fellows
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
January 20, 2016
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Smilow Center for Translational Research – 12-146
Target Audience
This program has been designed for physicians, fellows, residents, medical students, professional nurses, advanced
practice nurses and researchers in the medical specialties of internal medicine, endocrinology.
Series Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:
 Apply the latest clinical guidelines in the management of endocrine diseases
 Evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic options in endocrine disorders
 Describe the results of translational research as it pertains to endocrine disease
 Describe the risks and benefits of new treatment options for endocrine diseases
Session Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:
- Stephanie Samuels: Neonatal Graves' Disease
1) Review the clinical presentation of neonatal Graves' Disease.
2) Understand the current screening and treatment recommendations for neonatal Graves' Disease.
- Sani Roy: Growth Impairment and Growth Hormone Therapy in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
1) Discuss the mechanisms for impaired growth in pediatric patients with CKD.
2) Understand the evidence for the use of growth hormone to treat growth failure in children with CKD.
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.
Acknowledgement of Commercial Support* NONE
For more information, please contact
Sherard Graham
215-746-6391
sherardg@mail.med.upenn.edu
Check your CME online at www.penncmeonline.com
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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
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presentation. In addition, all faculty were instructed to provide balanced, scientifically rigorous and evidence-based
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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
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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 NAME
JEREMY FLOOD, MD
MARK SCHUTTA, MD
SUSAN J. MANDEL, MD, MPH
GAYLE MITUREA, CRNP
PRESENTER NAME
SANI ROY, MD
STEPHANIE SAMUELS, MD
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the content of this educational activity.
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Anne Cappola, MD, ScM
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Review Panel Member
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