June 2017

June 1 | “Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD”

Leonard A. Rappaport, MD, MS

   Mary Deming Scott Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
   Senior Associate in Medicine; Chief, Division of Developmental Medicine
   Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

June 8 | James A. Wright Memorial Lectureship – “Gastrointestinal Motility … from the Foregut to the Hindgut”

Jose M. Garza, MD

   Medical Director, Pediatric Neurogastroenterology and Motility,
   Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

June 15 | “The State of Mental Health in Alabama”

Jacqueline M. Feldman, MD

   Professor Emerita, UAB Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
   NAMI Associate Medical Director; Editor-in-Chief, Community Mental Health Journal

June 22 | “Controlling Nearsightedness: Headlines, Hyperbole and Hypotheses vs. The Evidence”

Katherine K. Weise, OD, MBA, FAAO

   Professor, UAB Department of Optometry & Vision Science

Andrew D. Pucker, OD, PhD, FAAO

   Assistant Professor, UAB Department of Optometry & Vision Science

June 29 | “Screening for Family Psychosocial Risk in Pediatrics”

Anne E. Kazak, PhD, ABPP

   Professor of Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
   Co-Director, Nemours Center for Healthcare Delivery Science,
   A. I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
   Co-Director, Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress, 
   The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and A. I. DuPont Hospital for Children

Children's of Alabama designates these live activities for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Children's of Alabama is accredited by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  

The Alabama Board of Nursing will acknowledge programs of continuing medical education designated as category 1 as acceptable activities for the renewal of license to practice nursing.

Children's of Alabama Continuing Medical Education relies upon its faculty to provide information in a manner that is objective and as free from bias as possible.  All activity faculty are asked to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentation.

Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds is considered a Regularly Scheduled Series; therefore our educational objectives are global in scope.  

Grand Rounds Regularly Scheduled Series Objectives:
Upon completion of the 2016 Grand Rounds series, participants will be able to:

1. Recognize and review diagnosis and current management options for a variety of illnesses related to the field of pediatrics.
2. Discuss research related to pediatric illnesses.
3. Recognize and utilize new advances in technology and physician practice for the diagnosis, care, and treatment of the pediatric patient.
4. Use a multidisciplinary approach to provide optimal outcomes for the pediatric patient.
5. Discuss improvement methodology to provide quality care for the pediatric patient.
6. Discuss the role of pediatric practice in education and advocacy.

Office of CME - (205) 638-9898    
E-mail:  Amy.Richardson@childrensal.org

Christopher G. Maloney, MD, PhD

   Chief Medical Officer & Chair of Medicine, Primary Children’s Hospital

   Division Chief, Pediatric Inpatient Medicine & Associate Chair, Inpatient Services

Mohan Doss, PhD, MCCPM