Provided by:
Neurosurgery Grand Rounds
Academic Year 2014-2015
“The Neuroscience Service Line: What it is, why we are compelled to action and where we are now ”
Thursday, May 28, 2015
7:00-8:00 AM
Smilow Translational Research Center
M. Sean Grady, M.D.
Charles Harrison Frazier Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurosurgery
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania
Target Audience
This program has been designed for departmental/institutional faculty, fellows, residents, medical students, other
health science students, nurses, graduate/post graduate neuroscience students in the medical specialties of
neurosurgery, neurology, neuro-oncology, neuro-radiology and neuroscience.
Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:
 Improve transfer of knowledge into improved decision making and clinical care in the interprofessional setting
and across the continuum
 Discuss the evidence from the rapidly evolving field of research and results in the neurosciences
 Improve correct diagnosis, assessment and treatment of patients with altered spinal biomechanics in the
context of the multidisciplinary teams
Accreditation
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.
Designation of Credit
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.
Acknowledgement of Commercial Support*
NONE
For more information, please contact
Lindsay Cull
215-349-8325
Lindsay.cull@uphs.upenn.edu
Check your CME online at www.penncmeonline.com
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships and Unapproved Uses of Products
It is policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 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 provides products or services that may be relevant to the content of this continuing medical education activity. For this
purpose we consider relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner.
The intent of this policy is not to prevent expert faculty with relevant relationship(s) with commercial interest(s) from involvement in
CME, but rather to ensure that Penn CME-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 provided to the Penn Office of CME was found to
contain relationships that created a conflict of interest relative 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, Director of
CME and the peer reviewer Zalman Agus, MD, Associate Dean for CME, 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 MEMBER NAME
GORDON H. BALTUCH, MD, PHD
PETER SYRE, MD
LUKE MACYSZYN, MD
LEIF BOHMAN, MD
PRESENTER NAME
The following individuals have reported the listed relevant financial relationships with commercial interests related to the content of
this educational activity.
PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBER NAME
M. SEAN GRADY, MD
NAME OF COMMERCIAL INTEREST
AESCULAP
BHR PHARMA
RELATIONSHIP
GRANT SUPPORT
DATA SAFETY MONITORING BOARD
PRESENTER NAME
M. SEAN GRADY, MD
NAME OF COMMERCIAL INTEREST
AESCULAP
BHR PHARMA
RELATIONSHIP
GRANT SUPPORT
DATA SAFETY MONITORING BOARD
Relevant Financial Relationships: 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
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PRESENTER NAME
PRODUCT
INVESTIGATIONAL AND/OR OFF-LABEL USE